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Thanks to all that rain and snow there's a lot of water in Iceland.
Couple that abundant water with a craggy volcanic terrain and you've got a recipe for some dramatic waterfalls.
This is one such, the picturesque and powerful Godafoss falls near Akureyri in the north of the island.
Liz and I visited these falls as part of a coach excursion from Akureyri, arriving just as the heavy rain clouds started to break up and allow shafts to light to strike the torrent, creating a startling lighting effect between the bright water and heavy dark clouds overhead.
We only had a twenty minute stopover at Godafoss, which I spent frantically photographing and videoing the falls. (You can watch the video at this link.)
I started by taking a few 'normal' photos, at a fast shutter speed as dictated by the bright water, but these didn't impress me much, so in the few minutes remaining to me I fitted my Lee 'Big Stopper' ten stop neutral density filter to the front of my lens and took some exposures at a much longer eight second shutter speed.
The image was transfomed by the long shutter opening into something much ethereal and in keeping with the mystical mood of this extraordinary landscape.
I only managed a couple more shots, trying different compositions (of which this one was the best) before having to race back to the coach and onto the next beauty spot.
I could have stayed here all day!
Filename - iceland waterfall godafoss 01
Camera - Canon 6D
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 50mm
Exposure - 8 secs @ f16, ISO100
Location - Godafoss Waterfall, Iceland
This image - 800x533px JPEG
Conversion - Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop CC
Comments - 10 stop neutral density filter used to prolong the exposure and blur the water movement
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