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Gullfoss es una de las atracciones más populares del país. Se encuentra en el amplio cauce del río Hvítá, que fluye hacia el sur y a un kilómetro de la cascada gira bruscamente hacia el este cayendo en tres escalones curvados. En ese momento se cae en dos saltos (de 11 y de 21 metros) en una grieta de 32 metros de profundidad, que mide unos 20 metros de ancho y 2,5 kilómetros de largo. El caudal medio en esta catarata es de 140 metros cúbicos por segundo en verano y 80 en invierno. El máximo flujo de agua medido es de 2.000 metros cúbicos.
Durante la primera mitad del siglo XX y algunos años más adelante, se creó una importante especulación acerca del posible uso de Gullfoss para generar electricidad. Durante este periodo la catarata fue alquilada indirectamente a inversores extranjeros por sus dueños, Tómas Tómasson y Halldór Halldórsson. Sin embargo, los intentos de los inversores de llevar a cabo el proyecto fracasaron, parcialmente por falta de fondos. La catarata fue vendida posteriormente al estado islandés. Incluso entonces se idearon planes para explotar el Hvítá, lo que habría cambiado Gullfoss para siempre. Estos planes no se llevaron a cabo y ahora Gullfoss está protegido.[cita requerida]
Junto con Þingvellir y los géisers de Haukadalur, Gullfoss forma parte del Círculo Dorado, una ruta turística de un día muy popular en Islandia.
Gullfoss (dall'islandese: gull "dorato" e foss "cascata") è una delle più note cascate dell'Islanda sud-occidentale, lungo il percorso del fiume Hvítá nel Haukadalur.
La portata media è di circa 140 m³/s in estate e 80 m³/s in inverno. Le acque tumultuose del fiume Hvítá compiono due salti di 11m e 21m di altezza, con orientazione relativa di circa 45°, e proseguono poi in una stretta e profonda gola che si apre nell'altipiano.
Gullfoss, soprannominata spesso "la regina di tutte le cascate islandesi" per la teatralità, la bellezza e i giochi di luce del suo doppio salto, è situata relativamente vicino alla capitale Reykjavík (120 km circa) e fa parte assieme al Þingvellir e i vicini geyser (Geysir e Strokkur) al cosiddetto Golden Circle (Circolo d'Oro), ovvero l'insieme di attrazioni naturalistiche più note e visitate d'Islanda.
Gullfoss waterfall in Iceland. Part of the Golden Circle. Which includes Geysir and Þingvellir (Thingvellir) in South-West Iceland...
Gullfoss (translated like ‘Golden Falls’) is one of Iceland’s most iconic and beloved waterfalls, found in the Hvítá river canyon in south-west Iceland.
Gullfoss (The Golden waterfall) is Iceland's most famous waterfall, and one of the natural
wonders of the world.Gullfoss is also by far Europe’s most powerful waterfall.
Gullfoss is actually two separate waterfalls, the upper one has a drop of 11 metres and the lower one 21 metres. The rock of the river bed was formed during an interglacial period.
There was absolutely no chance of using my grad filters as the spray from the falls was unreal !!! So this shot is two bracketed shots blended together.
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Gullfoss, Suðurland, Ísland
Gullfoss is a waterfall on the glacially fed Hvíta River (and there is more than one river of that name in Iceland). Not far from the capital of Reykjavik, it is a major tourist attraction, but I don't hold that against it. It is a magnificent, roaring, crashing, spraying waterfall. You can barely hear yourself think, much less keep dry, when you are at the edge of its tiers of cascades.
Gullfoss is a massive waterfalls in the “Golden Circle” east of Reykjavik. The day we were there, it seemed that every thing was frozen. The flow was very small. The lower level where you can get closer to the waterfalls was close due to icy stairs. Later on, we saw something quite rare, at least for us, the moon at the East and the Sun at the West above the horizon…it was pretty cool to see. I got to tried my in camera double exposure where I shot the moon with my longest zoom and then the waterfall at the widest end. Near by is Strokkur is where you can see Geysir, a medium size geyser that would explode every 8 to 12 minutes and sometimes a double explosion a big one followed by a smaller one. .
Gullfoss is a massive waterfalls in the “Golden Circle” east of Reykjavik. The day we were there, it seemed that every thing was frozen. The flow was very small. The lower level where you can get closer to the waterfalls was close due to icy stairs. Later on, we saw something quite rare, at least for us, the moon at the East and the Sun at the West above the horizon…it was pretty cool to see. I got to tried my in camera double exposure where I shot the moon with my longest zoom and then the waterfall at the widest end. Near by is Strokkur is where you can see Geysir, a medium size geyser that would explode every 8 to 12 minutes and sometimes a double explosion a big one followed by a smaller one. .
For Johan. After 2 previous attempts at getting the best from this exposure I think this one gets it right. Low-key, but not too far. Appropriate toning and a decision to rotate the image so it appears level.
It’s amazing what a difference four years make when it comes to photography. The images from my Iceland trip in 2010 were filled with what I consider now overly done HDR post-processing and although I never really went over-board with HDR (no cartoon-like images from me), now when I look back at those times I wish I would have paid more attention when actually taking the photographs. But like with anything else, you live and you learn. The one thing I’ve learnt from those times is that you don’t always have to be able to see every single patch of grass for a photograph to be an interesting one. You don’t have to have scenes full of contrast just to suggest a dramatic landscape.
When I posted these two images (here and here) of Gullfoss, I was fairly happy with them. Now looking back at those (particularly the second one) and at the image above I am so much more satisfied with a simpler image (from a post-processing point of view). I took a greater care when I was making this photograph, using a heavy ND filter to attain a longer exposure and a graduated ND filter to reduce the amount of light in the sky and balance the overall scene. The moral of this is that quality glass always beats Photoshop. What do you think? Do you still like HDR images (or did you ever like them)?
To view the original shot (straight from the camera) visit the blog entry here: www.momentaryawe.com/blog/gullfoss-3/