Brúará by RyanBuchanan

+Should really view this on black+ Let me be the first to say it—I may have gone a little overboard on this one—but who knows. I’ve been lost in my dark processing world for weeks with this one…I surrender. Every time I look at it, I end up tweaking the color balance, tones, contrast, on and on… I can’t escape it… I fear I’ve stared this one down to the point of no return. Too dark—probably. Over-baked—most-likely. color balance off—sure. But what I was trying to capture here—and what initially started me off down this endless path—was my personal experience here at this incredibly unique and beautiful waterfall. Perched alone on this edge, in the dark afterglow, standing in the water, with it flowing all around me was a surreal experience I will never forget and a personal highlight for me on my trip. I guess that’s why I went with the more surreal look. I felt like this composition in combination with the sky light captured some of the magic of amazing place. And I feel the longer you stare at it the more details come out and the tones balance out more. Aside from trying not to fall in, the main difficulties here were getting the right shutter speed, focal length and dealing with no light really hitting the falls at all. In post, balancing out the warm tones with the cool tones and the ferociously blue water and intensely warm sky was rough. This was taken on Saturday, June 21—summer solstice—when the sun bounces off the horizon, never setting. Was taken after midnight and the glow in the sky was just gorgeous—like I had never seen before. Had been raining all day and I came back at night for some long exposure action. All the moisture and mist in the air allowed for the most interesting, even, saturated glow across the sky right when the sun ducked below the cloud layer for a short time. Check out my drone video from Iceland here: http://bit.ly/1yTLq1b Website: ExposureScape.com Follow Me: Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1xFjc4v Twitter: @BuchananPhoto via 500px http://bit.ly/1yTLq1e