Vesturhorn Sunset from Stokksnes

[Rajan Parrikar]

"Batman Mountain" in southeast Iceland.  More in my blog post.  (Some weeks ago Kevin Raber had posted a b&w panorama image, "Stokksnes," that showed the entire range in very different conditions.)

Vesturhorn Sunset

[Chairman Bill]

That's a beaut. Very nice.

[sdwilsonsct]

That's a beaut. Very nice.

Indeed.
Nit: I could wish for a little more black sand below that fabulous foreground.

[wolfnowl]

True. The puddle on the bottom seems a little crowded... but a beautiful scene regardless.

Mike.

[Paulo Bizarro]

Very nice light and reflection. I too wish for a little bit more room for the puddle, and also for the mountain on the left.

[IcelandAurora]

It's a fantastic location and your composition is interesting.  I feel it would be better if the pool disapeared out of the right side of the image, but you can't choose these things.  Personally, I think the white contrast is a little too strong on the mountain.  But the light is fabulous.

[Francesco Carucci]

Sweet light. It feels a bit cramped on the top.

[Rajan Parrikar]

Thank you, all, for the comments & criticism.  I worked the scene in a number of little ways but chose to show only one composition for now.  So, I do have compositions with more breathing room in the foreground etc.  The pool/puddle was actually a sheet of ice.

It's a fantastic location and your composition is interesting.  I feel it would be better if the pool disapeared out of the right side of the image, but you can't choose these things.  Personally, I think the white contrast is a little too strong on the mountain.  But the light is fabulous.

Tony, the next morning was squally and Stokksnes looked like an entirely different world from the evening before.  The tide was moving in quickly when we shot the sunset and we had to keep an eye out.