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Big Ass Waterfall

One thing that I never get tired of in Iceland is waterfalls.  I know some people do as there is a waterfall around every turn.  You could go nuts shooting waterfalls in Iceland.   This waterfall, Gullfoss has so much water running over it is staggering.  Where does it all come from?  Rather than shoot the falls like everyone else and tried to fit this mammoth waterfall into the frame I put on my 400mm lens and shot the falls in close.  I also tried various shutter speeds until I found one that gave the falls just the right look.  Not too velvety and not to definitive.  I liked the way this turned out.

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Gullfoos

Gullfoss falls a bit differently
Gullfoss falls a bit differently

One of the major attraction in Iceland is Gullfoss which is a large really cool waterfall.  Typically when I travel and photograph in Iceland I like to go where others don’t go or at least try to see the place and image differently.  well Gullfoos is no different.  Buses of tourist show up here and most of the time we avoid this place like the plague.  But, we had sometime and decided to at least stop and admire this cool place.  I decided to try and shoot it differently .  I used my Olympus OMD5 and did a series of bracketed exposures and then worked them in post processing.  I ended up with a different kind of prehistoric gritty look.  Works for me.