Bruarfoss
Posted here at Makeshift Darkroom is yet another collection of "real" photographs, mostly a product of what my camera captured in simplicity. This is what I hold to be the essence of true photography. Like Ivory soap, my photography is 99 44/100% pure, and not the product of excessive manipulation with automated software or the lie of generative AI. Many of the images you see online these days have been graphically "engineered" and presented to you as if they were real photographs. If it looks too good to be true it probably isn't, yet people share them on their social media page because of the surface "wow" factor. The difference between the photographs on this page and the images you see on a social media feed is that ALL of these were made by one photographer with a camera and are based upon reality and not an implicit lie.
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Bruarfoss
I have been desiring to make this photograph and the one below for several years. Two winters ago during my first attempt the water level in the river was too high and the falls were running too strong to reveal the blue color of the glacial waters in the plunge pool. This past summer, in my 2nd attempt, all the conditions were nearly perfect for this long exposure image. After scouting the location under the late midnight sun I decided to return very early the following morning when the low veiled sun would be in the correct position. Upon arrival I was pleased to find not only beautiful soft light, but also no wind at all enabling me to achieve an image without motion blur in the flora present in the scene. Just before I planted my tripod to make the first exposure I said what I always say whenever I reach a highly prized and difficult to reach landscape destination, "This is it; this is where Forrestal cashed in" (the opening line by Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark). After working the scene and making my exposures the morning concluded with a "gospel seed" encounter with someone from Germany. Finally, with a memory card full of vivid images I put my tripod over shoulder and made my way back to base camp 1. |
Bruarfoss Cascades
Summer Blooms, Olfusa River
Mountain And Lupine
Lupine Under Midnight Sun
Lupine And Caraway
Seljalandsfoss
Mulagljufur Canyon
Hidden Spire, Mulagljufur Canyon
Gullfoss
Crest Of Gullfoss
Iceberg Cluster, Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon
Drifting Ice
Mountains and Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon
Wind And Ice, Jokulsarlon
Svinafellsjokull Glacier Lagoon
Debris Cover, Svinafellsjokull Glacier Tongue
Glacier And Lagoon, Skaftafell, Iceland
Studlagil Falls
Studlagil Falls
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Studlagil Canyon
Basalt Wall, Studlagil Gorge
High Basalt Columns, Studlagil Gorge
Dettifoss
Torrents Of Dettifoss
Crest Line Of Dettifoss
Confluence
Hafragilsfoss
Litlanesfoss
Lighthouse and Fjord, East Fjords, Iceland
Nausta
Godafoss, Midnight Dawn
Pastureland Rainbow
Black Church Of Budir
Church At Kolbeinsstadir
Thingvellir Church
Kalfshamarsvik
Kalfshamarsvik Light
Kirkjufellsfoss
Kirkjufell
"Church Mountain"
The Natural Landscape 10
Updated Landscape Gallery
