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The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: Vieri Bottazzini on June 27, 2019, 02:04:27 pm

Title: Reynisdrangar, Iceland, in B&W
Post by: Vieri Bottazzini on June 27, 2019, 02:04:27 pm
The amazing sea stacks of Reynisdrangar, in Iceland :) A 203 second long exposure created with my Hasselblad X1D, Hasselblad XCD 90mm and my trusty Formatt-Hitech Firecrest Ultra filters.

(https://www.vieribottazzini.com/wp-content/uploads/X1D2_00331.jpg)

Thank you for viewing, best regards

Vieri
Title: Re: Reynisdrangar, Iceland, in B&W
Post by: OnlyNorth on June 27, 2019, 02:22:24 pm
Excellent.
Title: Re: Reynisdrangar, Iceland, in B&W
Post by: francois on June 28, 2019, 03:40:09 am
Perfect treatment/framing and exposure for this spectacular landscape. I could spend days there!
Title: Re: Reynisdrangar, Iceland, in B&W
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on June 28, 2019, 03:59:59 am
Somehow, your approach of leaving one side of the frame (apparently) empty and unbalanced, so to speak, works wonders. I hope I expressed myself in the right way.

The left hand side occupies half of the frame, and includes only sea and sky; most people would swing the camera to the right to get a more balanced composition, with more cliffs.

Thing is, the sea and sky on the left holds on its own; the sky even looks like an Aurora Borealis in B&W.
Title: Re: Reynisdrangar, Iceland, in B&W
Post by: Vieri Bottazzini on July 01, 2019, 03:14:05 am
Excellent.

Thank you very much indeed :)

Perfect treatment/framing and exposure for this spectacular landscape. I could spend days there!

Thank you very much Francois, glad you liked it! :)

Somehow, your approach of leaving one side of the frame (apparently) empty and unbalanced, so to speak, works wonders. I hope I expressed myself in the right way.

The left hand side occupies half of the frame, and includes only sea and sky; most people would swing the camera to the right to get a more balanced composition, with more cliffs.

Thing is, the sea and sky on the left holds on its own; the sky even looks like an Aurora Borealis in B&W.

Thank you very much for your comment, Paulo, I am glad you enjoyed the framing here :) To me, the leading lines in the empty space (both in the sky and sea) are actually what makes the image, giving breathing room to the rocks on the right but making it "active" at the same time.

Best regards,

Vieri