Iceland Day 1

spacefuzz · Jun 4, 2014

I just spent two amazing weeks in Iceland, so many photos to process! On one day had amazing light from 8 pm to 4 am, I collapsed from exaustion once it was over. Some images from the first day are below, as always C&C is appreciated.

1. Langjokull Glacier

2. Gullfoss

3. Strokkur Geyser

Msteelio91 · Jun 4, 2014

Super jealous. You had amazing weather! Most of my time there was pretty grey. Really fantastic photo's Matthew.

sleist · Jun 4, 2014

#1 and especially#2 are wonderful. #3 is an interesting subject, but the image leaves me a bit flat.
That is a place I hope to go to some day.

spacefuzz · Jun 4, 2014

sleist said:
#1 and especially#2 are wonderful. #3 is an interesting subject, but the image leaves me a bit flat.
That is a place I hope to go to some day.

Thanks, my wife also didnt care much for #3. She liked the version with the full steam plume so might try that one next.

spacefuzz · Jun 4, 2014

Msteelio91 said:
Super jealous. You had amazing weather! Most of my time there was pretty grey. Really fantastic photo's Matthew.

Thanks

Of the 14 days there I think it rained for 8 days...I think there is still condensation in my lenses after a week of drying them out. At least the images are moody.

sleist · Jun 4, 2014

I think #3 could benefit from some punchier processing:

The sky is coming across as more dramatic than the geyser. My edit may be over the top, but I was trying to get the geyser to pop a bit more.
I reset blackpoint, lightened the foreground with selective ADL, and darkened the blue of the sky at the top of the frame. (Capture NX2)
I applied some structure using the Nik Viveza Plugin in CS6.

Hope you don't mind the edit. Purely subjective of course.

S

spacefuzz · Jun 5, 2014

sleist said:
I think #3 could benefit from some punchier processing:

The sky is coming across as more dramatic than the geyser. My edit may be over the top, but I was trying to get the geyser to pop a bit more.
I reset blackpoint, lightened the foreground with selective ADL, and darkened the blue of the sky at the top of the frame. (Capture NX2)
I applied some structure using the Nik Viveza Plugin in CS6.

Hope you don't mind the edit. Purely subjective of course.

S

I dont mind at all, thanks good things to think about.