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Seljalandsfoss è tra le più note cascate dell'Islanda. È rappresentata in molti calendari dedicati al paese scandinavo e copertine di libri sull'Islanda a causa del suo aspetto inconfondibile e della sua bellezza selvaggia. Tra le particolarità che rendono Seljalandsfoss una delle cascate più famose d'Islanda, quella di poter passare agevolmente alle sue spalle, potendo quindi osservare la cascata da una prospettiva opposta.
Il fiume Seljalandsá, il Fiume Liquido, cade per circa 60 m da ciò che in altri tempi era una scogliera sull'oceano (ora distante parecchi chilometri) e che oggi è il confine tra le Highlands e le Lowlands. Ai lati si inerpica un sentiero impervio che permette di arrivare dietro la cascata stessa ed ammirare il potente getto.
Seljalandsfoss è situata nella parte meridionale dell'isola, non molto distante da Skógar (e la cascata Skógafoss), e a poche centinaia di metri dalla Hringvegur, la grande strada ad anello che contorna tutta l'Islanda, visibile da lontano per chi viene da ovest.
The nice Seljalandsfoss, which we unfortunately reached SECONDS after it stopped bathing in a beautiful sunset light.
That was really unlucky, but it doesn't take away from a really nice experience of watching and visiting the waterfall from both front and behind the water stream.
One of the many magnificent waterfalls in Iceland. Seljalandsfoss is197 feet tall and you can walk behind it. The difficult thing is getting a picture without mist on your lens.
South Iceland.
This waterfall is an icon of Iceland. Chances are pretty good that if you make it to Iceland you'll wind up seeing and walking behind this waterfall. Probably the reason that it's so popular is both it's accessibility and the fact that you can walk behind it, besides the obvious fact that it's quite beautiful and if you catch it at the right time in the right light, you'll see a rainbow almost without fail. The best time for this is of course sunset or late afternoon when the sun hangs low in the sky creating the proper angle for refraction to disperse in the water droplets and reflect to your eye in that multi colored hue we call a rainbow.
The challenge is finding a time when there isn't literally hundreds of people. We passed by this spot many times and it was so crowded with tour buses and what not we couldn't park, let alone take a photo. We kept skipping it until one day we were driving by and there was almost no one there! We quickly went over, and not more than a few minutes behind us of course a couple tour buses pull in. I was able to get a few shots off before the herds moved back in.
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Seljalandsfoss waterfall in the falling snow, South Iceland. Usually you see photos of this famous waterfall taken in the summer time from a path that leads behind the waterfall; the snow and ice made this too dangerous in this weather. The waterfall is on the Seljalandsfoss River that originates in the Eyjafjallajökull glacier and falls over a volcanic cliff.
14/10/2020 www.allenfotowild.com
I'm back .. again
It's been a strange few months away from doing what I love , that is getting outside with my camera etc but there has also being lots of changes in my life .
I now have my own house , with WiFi which is always a bonus my 2 children are happy and I've got to say I'm very happy too.
I will catch up with everyone who has taken the time over the last year or so to pass comment on my photography so bare with me .. but I did visit Iceland last month on a solo trip which will live long in the memory .. I hope you enjoy some of my images from my south coast road trip .
I travelled 1400km on a 4 night trip to this great country , my first time visiting . The weather wasn't kind on a couple of the days but still had a great time .
cheers.
You can go behind the waterfall to take photos like this one. But everything will become very wet - the camera, the clothes - everything!
This photo was taken a few weeks later than the other one.
Inside Seljalandsfoss on the path looking out. It's a rather interesting process from shooting inside with the all the mist. First you have to figure out your exposure and composition. Then you leave and clean your lens off from the mist buildup. Then you make your photograph. Very over cast conditions that day, but that's good for waterfalls. Seljalandsfoss, Iceland, April 2021
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Seljalandsfoss is one of the best known waterfalls in Iceland. Seljalandsfoss is located in the South Region in Iceland right by Route 1 and the road that leads to Þórsmörk Road 249. The waterfall is one of the most popular waterfalls and natural wonders in Iceland. The waterfall drops 60 m (197 ft) and is part of the Seljalands River that has its origin in the volcano glacier Eyjafjallajökull. One of the interesting things about this waterfall is that visitors can walk behind it into a small cave.
Over the years I've admired so many really excellent images of this spot! But they make it look so darn easy!! Who knew that to get this photo you need to be out there at midnight (after an already long day on the road). Dragging your tripod over slippery treacherous rocks, through a gale of wind and spray from the falls, self and camera draped in rain gear. Jockeying for tripod space on the muddy little path behind the falls as a steady stream of people squeeze past. Shivering and waiting for the perfect light. And then -- just when I have finally dragged myself back to the parking lot -- the sun drops below the cloud and forms the most spectacular fireball on the horizon!
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Wow! Thanks everyone for your faves and kind comments. My remarks were — only slightly — tongue-in-cheek, but also true. I don’t consider myself a landscape photographer but I fully appreciate that landscape photography is often difficult, uncomfortable and sometimes dangerous. There are hundreds of locations in Iceland alone that are far more challenging and inaccessible than my Seljalandsfoss adventure. If (unlike me) you are young and agile and fearless about heights, this shot would actually be pretty easy. But my bit of discomfort made me think about just how much effort and determination and even courage goes into making these beautiful landscape photos that we see here every day. Many thanks to the intrepid landscape photographers who share with us places and moments that we would never otherwise see… and make it look easy!
Seljalandsfoss is one of the most famous waterfalls of Iceland. It is very picturesque and therefore its photo can be found in many books and calendars.(W)
This waterfall is on the way back from Þórsmörk, close to the #1 ring road and it´s called Seljalandsfoss, you can walk behind it as you can see. It´s one of my favorites and I have taken a couple of shots of it before, it´s only just over 1 hour from Reykjavík. Used a 106 ND filter to be able to get the long exposure in daylight.
I took this shot on a day trip me and my buddies Raggi and Indriði took to Þórsmörk. I don´t really do this a lot anymore, get out in daylight in good weather for some landscape shooting and I kind of miss it. That day was great, it wasn´t really about photography although me and Indriði took plenty, Raggi isn´t really interested in photography and we didn´t want him to wait too much for us, it was more about the three of us just getting away for a day and we got some great weather.
I love the sensor cleaning of the camera, this is at f11 and I have used the camera a LOT since I got it and I change lenses all the time and I have never cleaned it, didn´t have one spot I needed to remove :)
Taken around Seljalandsfoss Waterfall in Iceland. This was my favorite area in Iceland. It was breathtaking.