I woke up early on a Saturday morning to catch the early light as the dawn is around 07:00 in mid September here in Iceland. There was no wind which is rare and I was going to photograph the steam rising up too the sky from the new geothermal power plant on Hellisheidi. I was driving on a country road when I saw a group of geese nearby take flight and fly to the left. I stopped the car and hoped that they would fly to the right which they did creating the scene I hoped for.
EXIF . Model Canon EOS 20D
. Date/time original 16.09.2006 07:58:59
. Shutter speed value 1/800 s
. Aperture value f/4
. ISO speed ratings 100
. Exposure bias value -0.33 EV
. Metering mode Pattern
. Flash Flash did not fire
. Focal length 81 mm
. White balance Auto white balance
oh great...now you are making pollution beautiful...a really creative and smart choice using the black foreground to elevate the steam to 1/3 of the way up...it really does make the shot that much more foreboding...
GOSH! That is an amazing image. Thanks for the explanation. I almost thought they were tornadoes. Love the deep gray blue skies you guys get in Iceland.
Oh Wow...this is captivating! The rich tones of blues and grays, the beautifully captured light, the placement of the silhouetted geese...perfect on all counts! There is an element of calm here, but also a sense of impending danger which infuses tension into the image. Very gratifying visually.
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