Peter Clark, APSA, GMPSA, EFIAP/p, FRPS
About the Image(s)
One of the most photogenic waterfalls in Iceland and my favourite - the horseshoe shape is conducive to many different compositions from both sides of the river and from the river level. I have been fortunate to visit this location in the depths of winter and in the summer months.
This image, captured in July 2018, is a blend of two images both captured on the same day an hour or so apart. The clouds on the main image of the falls were down over the hills obscuring their outline and IMO detracting from the impact of the image. As the clouds lifted the outline of the hills became visible and the drama in the sky increased and the upper part of the image is imported from a subsequent exposure - a different composition from a few yards away.
Both images captured on a Panasonic Lumix GX8 fitted with the 12-35mm f2.8 zoom set at 35mm (35mm equivalent 70mm) for the base image - 0.3 sec at f5, ISO 200 through an ND filter.
The background (unprocessed) colour image was converted to monochrome in Nik SEP 2 and Nik CEP 4 Detail Extractor and Tonal Contrast layers added. The upper third of the image was blended in from an already processed image and the composite image further adjusted on a series of masked Curves and a Topaz Denoise A1 layer added. As usual this jpeg was sharpened using the High Pass filter in Soft Light mode and sharpening halos removed where necessary.
This round’s discussion is now closed!
7 comments posted
yet another spectacular capture from Iceland the movement of the water and the mistiness created by the spray are perfection for me,I would never have known it was a composite unless you had told me, like Ella I also noted the person lower left and thought it added a nice touch and adds a sense scale to this wonderful image   Posted: 06/13/2021 16:19:39
The merging of the two images was inspired.
The result is wonderful.   Posted: 06/16/2021 07:46:59
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