skogarfoss waterfall iceland black and white

Skogarfoss, Iceland

Posted by John Leech (Grange-over-Sands, United Kingdom) on 20 October 2012 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

Iceland excels at waterfalls. The good ones are so good that you end up driving past ones which you'd stop and study for days if they were back here in England. Skogarfoss is my favourite of the ones we saw, and its clear to see why it features on so many advertisements for the country, its proportions are perfect. Two photographers were already in position when the three of us arrived and several other appeared before we moved on.

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Comments (43)

Hans ter Horst from Ruislip, United Kingdom

Fabulous! We see a lot of long exposure black and whites these days, but this really is outstanding!

20 Oct 2012 6:22am

@Hans ter Horst: Thanks Hans. Yes, in some ways LE is a bit of a cheap ticket, but some subjects just work so well with it. I was quite a distance from the fall, but even so, after 6 minutes my filter was starting to cover over with fine spray!

Lydia.Dd from Paris, France

Perfect !!

20 Oct 2012 7:40am

@Lydia.Dd: Thanks Lydia

Aubélia from Kortrijk, Belgium

Amazing !!!
Have a nice day.

20 Oct 2012 8:33am

@Aubélia: Thanks Aubélia

Denise from granby, québec, Canada

Wonderful! Absolutely perfect! 5*

20 Oct 2012 2:06pm

@Denise: Thanks Denise

Adrian from Wakefield, United Kingdom

outstanding photography 5*****+

20 Oct 2012 4:14pm

@Adrian: Thanks Adrian. I'll try harder with the next one to get an extra *

Mike from California, United States

Great shot and choice of PP.

20 Oct 2012 7:41pm

@Mike: Thanks Mike

Mike from Lichfield, United Kingdom

Very good John. Most of mine from here a been a disappointment. I'm not sure what I was thinking at the same but cropped in far too tight.

21 Oct 2012 7:22am

@Mike: Thanks Mike - I think the location had a lot more to offer, but a different time of day and more scope for exploration would be needed. If I go there again I'll pop up to that higher viewpoint even if I leave my camera kit at base camp 1.

shooter from United Kingdom

A cracking shot

21 Oct 2012 12:41pm

Adrian from Wakefield, United Kingdom

**********

21 Oct 2012 4:12pm

Enzo from Lausanne, Switzerland

Sublime! *****

21 Oct 2012 6:02pm

Evelyne Dubos from Le Mans, France

Really superb and original, well done and bravo for the spotlight !

21 Oct 2012 6:32pm

☺ ► ƸɼiϾ ◄ ☼ from Narbonne, France

very very good, excelent shot :-))

21 Oct 2012 6:44pm

Baldwin from Venezuela

A really outstanding monochrome shot and excellent long exposure ...
Congratulations on the Spotlight !!!

21 Oct 2012 6:49pm

Tede from Aubenas 07, France

Fantastic image. Congrats for the Spotlight. Good evening.

21 Oct 2012 7:03pm

Denise from granby, québec, Canada

Congratulations on the Spotlight!

21 Oct 2012 8:00pm

Gérard Beullac from Paris, France

You turned the water in some milky plastic curtain. Excellent !

21 Oct 2012 8:26pm

CarineB from Paris, France

Limpid and magical. Great shot!!!

21 Oct 2012 8:48pm

Ruthiebear from Titusville, NJ, United States

Congratulations on your well deserved SPOTLIGHT

21 Oct 2012 8:58pm

john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States

lovely. congratulations

21 Oct 2012 9:02pm

Didi from Orléans, France

Hi John
That's great
Very good control of the slow speed and interesting B&W contrast
Best regards
Didi

22 Oct 2012 12:39am

Aubélia from Kortrijk, Belgium

Congratulations on the spotlight

22 Oct 2012 6:32am

John Leech from Grange-over-Sands, United Kingdom

Thanks for all the comments. I've not had one in spotlight before.

22 Oct 2012 7:04am

Curly from South Shields, United Kingdom

Awesome long exposure that still has deep blacks for contrast. Many congratulations John.

22 Oct 2012 7:09am

Stu from From Scotland | Living in 京都 Kyoto, Japan

Magnificent one John! Spectacular indeed.

22 Oct 2012 8:11am

Dimitrios from ATHENS, Greece

WELL DONE, SUPERB choice to go for BW, bravo*

22 Oct 2012 8:21am

Stefan from Thiersee, Austria

congrats..excellent image!!!!

22 Oct 2012 9:20am

Mhelene from Villiers-sur-Marne, France

A wonderful photo !! Congratulations on the spotlight !

22 Oct 2012 2:01pm

Georges Lambrou from Athens, Greece

Dreamy...

22 Oct 2012 6:52pm

rick from brisbane, Australia

This one reminds me of a 'large format' photograph. A bit like the 5" x 4" they used to lug around.

23 Oct 2012 6:47am

@rick: I've always fancied a go with one of those, and the Iceland trip got me wondering again. I took about 1600 photos in 5 days and have processed about 30. I'd like to know how my thought processes would transfer to shooting far fewer shots (a 36exp film used to last me a whole holiday and still have room for Christmas). Would each exposure to too precious so I'd not take 'risks'?