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The God's Enlightenment

Godafoss (Icelandic: Goðafoss) The Waterfall of the Gods

Crop of a Panoramic Photo composed of 5 vertical exposures.

Incessantly ...
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Godafoss (Icelandic: Goðafoss) The Waterfall of the Gods

Crop of a Panoramic Photo composed of 5 vertical exposures.

Incessantly seeking an answer to our existential doubts, why we are here, what is our mission, where are we going?

Show me the light that I need to emerge from this darkness ... History behind this photo:

The original plan was well defined, I wanted to take a picture on the opposite side, standing on one of the stones that were leaning over top of the waterfall while dressed in red and appearing on my knees with my arms raised to the sky.
This being the "Waterfall of the Gods" the idea was to make an image that conveyed the dialogue between Man and Gods and the receival of a Divine light in response to the aforementioned prayer .

Not being able to execute plan A due to several setbacks, I headed back to my van and rested for 6h.

After waking up and as I was going back to the same spot I realized that there was practically nobody except for 2 or 3 people wandering around. And so I came up with the idea of taking the photo on the other side while trying to frame one of these people in the image.

I think that the elements luckily worked out together and ligned up with my intentions, with a very dramatic sky and a breach of light emerging from the midst of the clouds, while the silhouette of a person appears at distance, reduced to its insignificance before the immensity of the scenery and the "Gods". If you look carefully you can see an image of a God sitting down with his hand on his knee on the rocks in the right side of the foreground. Can you find it? :)
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