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cameraCanon EOS 5D Mark III

settings Aperture f/2.8 ISO 100 Shutter 16/10 Focal Length 24/1 

upload_dateJan, 2016

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17 Comments |
busyginakate
 
busyginakate March 11, 2016
Great work!
madspeteriversen PRO
madspeteriversen May 14, 2016
Thanks alot!
ianthomas_0997 PRO
 
ianthomas_0997 March 20, 2016
Looks like Vik stacks in Iceland which has been photographed thousands of times. Shutter speed is not so slow as to completely flatten the water. This is just great and the highlights are well controlled. It gets my vote
madspeteriversen PRO
madspeteriversen May 14, 2016
Thanks! Much appriciated! :D
kirkmills PRO+
 
kirkmills April 19, 2016
Beautiful! Voted!!
madspeteriversen PRO
madspeteriversen May 14, 2016
Thanks so much :)
rchrd25
 
rchrd25 May 13, 2016
Beautiful!!
madspeteriversen PRO
madspeteriversen May 14, 2016
Thanks, appriciate it!
overthehillfan2004 Platinum
 
overthehillfan2004 May 13, 2016
Congratulations on Winning the Long Exposure contest. I can easily see why..that is a masterpiece!
DISCOVERABRUZZO_dot_IT
 
DISCOVERABRUZZO_dot_IT May 14, 2016
game of thrones: iron islands :D
madspeteriversen PRO
madspeteriversen May 15, 2016
Hehe yeah totally! :D
srinivasalukasthuriswamynaidu
 
srinivasalukasthuriswamynaidu May 15, 2016
A combination of solid with liquid.
miracledwigg
 
miracledwigg August 22, 2016
wow, i love this
madspeteriversen PRO
madspeteriversen August 22, 2016
Thank you very much :)
BrianaK
 
BrianaK October 04, 2016
Fantastic mood and movement of the water. I love this shot!
rubensantos Platinum
 
rubensantos October 14, 2016
Brilliant work!
wyatthumphreys
 
wyatthumphreys October 17, 2016
Magnificent. Soooooo good.
Pinguru
 
Pinguru February 25, 2017
Love this
karensommerslohre PRO+
 
karensommerslohre June 18, 2017
Beautiful!
Ibraheem_ALSinjlawi
 
Ibraheem_ALSinjlawi June 09, 2018
Nice one !
JackieBB
 
JackieBB July 09, 2018
This is a beautiful image
MRueffer PRO+
 
MRueffer April 15, 2022
How very beautiful!
igormironyuk
 
igormironyuk Feb 24
Viewing this photo I thought "World of unknown". Really something mystic is in that rocks.

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#art #cliffs #epic #fine #iceland #landscape #longexposure #moody #myrdal #reynisdrangar #seascape #vik
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Behind The Lens

Location

Reynisdrangar cliffs at Vik in Myrdal, Iceland. Reynisdrangar is a very popular tourist destination, but if you want to capture Reynisdrangar from this angle you have to get a bit away from the tourists. You have to get in from the west and cross some big rocks along the beach. When I was there the waters was very dramatic and big waves kept clashing against the rocks. I actually had to time crossing the rocks not to get crushed by the waves - be VERY careful if you try yourself! Be observant and don't take any risks! Two other photographers gave up crossing the rocks, but I had comfort in my parkour / climbing skills to be sure I could make it. When you've crossed the rocks you'll find a little cove and it's from that position you can photograph Reynisdrangar.

Time

It was around 16 in the afternoon.

Lighting

I came for a longer exposure, but really felt it didn't work for me. Lots of color from my ND filter, the dull weather, the fact I used my 24-70mm and had to take three vertical pictures to combine into one horizontal (instead of bringing my 16-35mm and shooting it all in one take) all added to a rather depressed feeling that I didn't really manage to get anything useable from this location - I even returned the day after to get some other shots but they weren't that great either.

Equipment

Manfrotto tripod mt190xpro4. Canon EOS 5DmIII and Tamron 24-70mm f/2.8.

Inspiration

Because of the above it was a picture I came up with at the location. I came for something else which I couldn't get, so I had to improvise. The long exposures didn't really work, so I tried to make it more dramatic with a shorter shutterspeed, where I still had some black beach visible. It seemed to work so I tried a bit more, but I wasn't very sure of what I got from this beautiful scene. All in all I came up with the idea on location.

Editing

Oh yes - lots! Going through all the pictures I felt like... "waste of time", but still did give it a go. First: Lens correction and adjusting highlights and shadows. Then take the three vertical pictures and let photoshop stitch them together - I adjusted a little on the masking, to make the seemless waves. The picture had this sepia tone because of the ND filter and I didn't really like it, so I kinda put the picture aside for some time. When I found it again I just tried to make a B&W conversion and boom! There it was! I used Niks software to extract some details and then it was basically finished.

In my camera bag

5dmIII, EF 16-35mm f/2.8L, Tamron 24-70mm f/2.8, EF 135mm f/2L and EF 70-200mm f/2.8L m1.

Feedback

Bring a good ultrawide lens! And be careful! VERY careful - the waves can suddenly get dangerous!

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