"Heart of the Mountain"

I have been sitting on this image for a very long time because it is one of my all time favorites. I found this comp on a very rainy, foggy morning last year while in Iceland. We were hoping to get a certain shot of a certain mountain closeby, but the weather was not cooperating and the mountain was not visible due to the low clouds. So I decided to visit this gorge that I had found on my previous trip. We hiked up to the entrance and this low fog was looking awesome. All of the plants were dewy and wet and I went down to this small stream and found this beautiful composition. It is a fairly simple shot, but I love the natural symmetry in it. The mountains up top are split right down the middle where the water is coming out of the gorge, then you have the stream that comes down on both sides and merges together leading out of the bottom of the frame, making for an awesome leading line as well. When I create images like this, I tend to hold on to them for a while because I'm scared that viewers wont appreciate them as much as I do and my excitement and love for them might be lessened.
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