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Secret Forest Falls

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The photo belongs to one of my fav and usual spots in Lofoten Islands, Norway. It is called Hamnøya and it’s right after you pass Reine to Svolvær direction. It always amazes me that everytime I was here, I had a different weather and photographical condition than other times. I used my 14-24 mm here as well, a GND stacked with an ND 1000.

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Tuscany, Crete Senesi Landscape

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Antelope Canyon. You can never get enough. Always a new composition to find.

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Blending of two exposures done of the “Capela do Senhor da Pedra” in Gaia, Porto, Portugal.

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Kirkjufell, Iceland
Got lucky with a 20 minute break in the clouds at the right time after 4 straight days of clouds and rain.

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Early in my photographic life I was told that, in the end, landscape photography comes down to two things and two things only – composition and light. If you can get those two right you will capture a good image.

With so many tools at our disposal today it’s easy to forget the fundamentals and I am the first one to admit my guilt. If it’s not up to standard I can usually wrestle it back.

The last image I posted (Hurry up and dream) was shot with some of the best light I had ever witnessed and together with a carefully measured composition it was as close to S.O.C as I have probably ever produced.

After we had finished with our amazing find at the lake Jake and I quickly packed our bags and set off to make our way back to the Cascades (our original plan) but we were once again bought to a stop along the way when we saw the light above these dead trees.

With the 15mm still on I hurried around some compositions I had tested a few days earlier. A few quick exposure tests to help with optimizing my DOF and I was underway. The light was still there and the results looked spectacular on the back of the camera.

A month later and in the comfort of home I opened the files. Things were looking good but my natural inclination was to wrestle with the image. Why? I don’t know.

It’s taken me the better part of 3 days to realise my problem. The image didn’t need wrestling. After all my trial and error, I have undone most of what I did. Some WB, some contrast curves, some dodging on the branches, extra saturation and a vignette. It’s not as close to S.O.C as Hurry up and dream but it’s closer than I thought it needed to be 3 days ago.

So. I’m not saying the composition and light here are perfect but they’re good enough to carry the image through on it’s own merits. Lesson to oneself – in the end, landscape photography comes down to two things, composition and light.

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The drama in the sky. I was about to add Godzilla to this scene to make it more dramatic 🙂

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