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The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: Vieri Bottazzini on June 26, 2018, 03:17:11 am

Title: A bleak and beautiful Reynisdrangar sunset. Iceland
Post by: Vieri Bottazzini on June 26, 2018, 03:17:11 am
A bleak and beautiful winter sunset at Reynisdrangar, taken during a Workshop I led in Iceland last February. Leica SL, Leica Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-90mm and filters Formatt-Hitech Firecrest Ultra.

(https://vieribottazzini.com/wp-content/uploads/SL2_1845.jpg)

Thank you for viewing, best regards

Vieri
Title: Re: A bleak and beautiful Reynisdrangar sunset. Iceland
Post by: farbschlurf on June 26, 2018, 03:29:47 am
Very cool. You surly have waited for the waves, but you're also pretty lucky the the foam's shape is somewhat similar to the rock-"fingers" in the background. Good work.
Title: Re: A bleak and beautiful Reynisdrangar sunset. Iceland
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on June 26, 2018, 05:28:12 am
Fantastic foreground and background.
Title: Re: A bleak and beautiful Reynisdrangar sunset. Iceland
Post by: francois on June 26, 2018, 06:06:43 am
Superb. I like the cold toning, it plays very well with the black sands and the leaden sky.

Edit: typo correction.
Title: Re: A bleak and beautiful Reynisdrangar sunset. Iceland
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 26, 2018, 09:37:04 am
Ditto to all the other comments.
Another winner!
Title: Re: A bleak and beautiful Reynisdrangar sunset. Iceland
Post by: guido on June 26, 2018, 09:59:32 am
Lovely tonal range on this one. Captures the feeling of that location very well. Thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: A bleak and beautiful Reynisdrangar sunset. Iceland
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on June 26, 2018, 11:46:45 am
+1
Title: Re: A bleak and beautiful Reynisdrangar sunset. Iceland
Post by: petermfiore on June 26, 2018, 03:48:42 pm
Wonderful photo...all around.

Peter
Title: Re: A bleak and beautiful Reynisdrangar sunset. Iceland
Post by: Vieri Bottazzini on June 28, 2018, 06:30:49 am
Very cool. You surly have waited for the waves, but you're also pretty lucky the the foam's shape is somewhat similar to the rock-"fingers" in the background. Good work.

Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it :) About the foreground patch, that is not foam, it's wet sand - I noticed that after waves retreating the sand was staying wet long enough to take a photo of it, and I waited patiently for quite some time until I found a spot where the wet sand got a shape I liked, a shape that mirrored somehow the shape of the sea stacks in the background... no luck involved, not this time at least: just observation, pre-visualisation, (very) patient wait, and speed in setting up my shot before the wet patch dried up :)

Fantastic foreground and background.

Thank you very much indeed Paulo, glad you enjoyed it! :)

Superb. I like the cold toning, it plays very well with the black sands and the leaden sky.

Edit: typo correction.

Thank you very much indeed Francois, glad you enjoyed the color palette! :)

Ditto to all the other comments.
Another winner!

Thank you very much Eric, much appreciated indeed! :)

Lovely tonal range on this one. Captures the feeling of that location very well. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you very much indeed Guido, glad you liked it! :)

+1

:)

Wonderful photo...all around.

Peter

Thank you very much indeed Peter, glad you enjoyed it! :)

Best regards,

Vieri
Title: Re: A bleak and beautiful Reynisdrangar sunset. Iceland
Post by: stamper on June 28, 2018, 06:33:54 am
A very fine image indeed.
Title: Re: A bleak and beautiful Reynisdrangar sunset. Iceland
Post by: Martin Kristiansen on June 30, 2018, 06:07:25 am
I really like that. Shutter speed bang on, I’m not so fond of the very misty water thing, I think this is perfect. Colour palette is lovely. Composition really works. Lovely all round.
Title: Re: A bleak and beautiful Reynisdrangar sunset. Iceland
Post by: Vieri Bottazzini on July 03, 2018, 07:52:24 am
A very fine image indeed.

Thank you very much stamper, I am glad you enjoyed it :)

I really like that. Shutter speed bang on, I’m not so fond of the very misty water thing, I think this is perfect. Colour palette is lovely. Composition really works. Lovely all round.

Thank you very much indeed Martin, glad you enjoyed the water treatment and everything else here :) Personally, I don't have a pre-determined approach to shutter speed for water and clouds, and decide on a case-by-case basis according to the scene and the mood I am after: on a scene such as this, I definitely think that keeping shutter speed in the 10-15 seconds range gave the best results in keeping the waves textures while not being too "documentary" ;)

Best regards,

Vieri