Rapids
Rapids and tumultuous patch of a river in the south of Iceland
Rapids and tumultuous patch of a river in the south of Iceland
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This picture was took in Iceland during a trip in May 2018. I was driving in the south of the island and saw this small river with little waterfalls. This picture was took at the beginning of my trip, at the end of a long day of shooting icelandic landscape.Time
It was the end of the day, nearly 21 pm. Rather sunny at that place, with a cloudy sky at the horizon. A perfect place to shoot a long exposure photo from a very low position.Lighting
Well, only natural light of course. Aperture closed at f/8 for a maximum range of sharpness, the harder was to find the good time of exposure to get the picture I had in mind. I finally decided to keep this shot at 1.6s, the get the movements I wanted in the water.Equipment
I used a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV with the EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM. The camera was mount on my tripog at the lowest position close to the groung and I put on the lens some filters to get the right time of exposure: a circular polarizer to get rid of reflections, and a neutral density filter (probably a 3 stops ND filter, I'm not sure wich one I exactly used on that shoot).Inspiration
Well, I was at the beginning of my icelandic trip, and already shot some famous waterfalls of Iceland. When I saw that little river under a sunray and a beautiful couly sky, I told myself that should be a nice shot to take. I imagined a shot from the ground to give the perspective of the river coming to me. These yellow-greenish borders looked really fine to catch.Editing
As I always shoot in Raw, I have to develop my files to get the photo I was thinking about when I did the shot. Developpemt in Lightroom, mostly correcting the exposure and enhancing the vibrance as I reduce the global saturation a bit. Then in Photoshop, another treatment to enhance the colors while using a vibrancy mask, then sharpen a bit and that's all. Due to ND filters, colors were a little to flat on the original file, and didn't correspond the what I saw on place.In my camera bag
Well, it all depends on the aim of the photography trip. For that trip, I was travelling with one camera, the Canon EOS 5D Mark III with 4 lenses: the Sigma DG 14mm f/1.8 Art and the Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM, 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM and the 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM. I also took my tripod, my box of filters from Kase Wolverine serie and the remote controler TC-80N3. A drone DJI Mavic Pro for aerial views were it was allowed and of course my laptop to save the pictures, cull and treat some directly on place.Feedback
The first tip is to keep eyes open ;) You never know when and where beauty of nature will appears. The second is to be ready to spend time on place until you get the ideal conditions to get the "perfect" shoot. Never be in a hurry, take the time to find the right place, the right point of view and the right light. For long exposure shots like that one, you also have to find the right exposure time to get the result you want. Depending of the quality of your lens, you can play a little with the aperture to modify the exposure time, but the best is to get the good selection of neutral density filters, as of graduated ones. You also need a good tripod, light enough to be taken with you all the time, and strong enough to wear your camera, lens and filter and be as stable as possible. Use of a remote controller is a plus, as it is to stand up the mirror in DSLR. Last but not least, always take a lot of pictures at different speed. That way, if you can't get the picture you want in one shoot, you will be able to combine differents shots in a single picture.
