“The Backside of Water”- Near Hvolsvöllur, South Iceland – Marius Monton – Guest Photographer
When you are on the Jungle Cruise at Disney World, they take you behind a man made waterfall and joke “Ladies and Gentlemen, The backside of water!”. That was the first thing I thought of when I saw this photo. Actually, I thought this should be on a calendar as well. Marius is a R & D Engineer in Barcelona, Spain and a great photographer in his spare time. After gawking at the photo for a little longer and reading his story below, head on over to http://mariusmonton.com/photos/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariusmm/ for some more good fun.
Here is Marius…
This picture was taken in Iceland, it is a beautiful waterfall named Seljalandsfoss, south of the island.
We did a 10 days trip around Iceland, and it was one of the most exciting and amazing experience in our lives. All the country is a continuous beautiful landscape, and at every point you shoot you take a great picture!
The picture is a HDR from 3 photos (-1 EV, 0, +1 EV), 12mm f/8.0 @1/125 and ISO 100, with an Olympus E-510, with Zuiko12-60mm.
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The Backside of water – Iceland – VERY BEAUTIFUL!!!
Thanks for liking my recent post on Success! I love everything I’ve ever seen about Iceland and I can’t wait to visit one day.
just amazing
I’VE BEEN HERE
Recognised it instantly and slightly proud of that but then again, who could forget such a thing? You captured it wonderfully; it’s so bit in real life! An outstanding piece of scenery!
I have no words, either. breathtaking.
wow .. this is outstanding!!
Wow! I love this. It just conveys such a sense of tranquility and grace!!
Beautiful!!!
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Now that’s beautiful!
So calming…
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What an amazing photo. I would love to see this waterfall for real
I’ve been behind that waterfall too and it is awesome as is the whole of Iceland. Truly a photographers dream!
I’ve always had a thing for Iceland… this makes me want to go even more!
Sorry sorry I’m commenting again, but was staring at the picture absorbing the details. The background with the shot is again, excellent.
I soooo wannaaaa go to this place!
Wow, ONE AMAZING SHOT.
I havn’t seen such a shot ever…. beautiful!
Incredible and beautiful! Wow!!!!
Lovely
Wow, this is an awesome shot. Indeed, it belongs on a calendar for sure. Would love to see Iceland up close and personal.
Surreal. Humbling in it’s beauty and power.
Looks like my shower. Joookes, this waterfall is absolutely amazing!!!
fantastic!
Amazing – it manages to look like some kind of fantasy art painting, whilst looking completely real.
Beautiful photo. I don’t think of Iceland as having such green parts. Thanks for opening my eyes to this.
thanks for sharing this lovely photo and for your description of the backside of water … very evocative!
I’d love to return to Iceland, I visited in 1984, a long while ago now.
I’ve been trying to buy a book by Icelandic Photographer Ragnor Axelsson for sometime. His work if fixating
http://www.rax.is/
Woooooohoooooooooooooooo the book arrived today. It was a birthday present, my birthday was last June. Happy.
Thanks for liking my little blog. What an amazing vision of a waterfalls – your photos are the best!
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Just imaging having that as a view from your balcony… omg…!
Hi,
A truly beautiful waterfall, it almost looks magical.
My favorite part: The name.
I don’t even know how to pronounce it, but just looking at the word “Seljalandsfoss” gives me as much pleasure as looking at the waterfall itself.
Wow! That is so beautiful!!
That is an amazing picture! The water from such height, the sky, the distance…
Another amazing shot. Thank you for finding such beauty.
Boy! With a host of guest photographers, you can really put up some great shots from all around the globe….how nice to visit your site daily….tom
Everyone has said it… Beautiful…. and the colours are stunning..
Iceland is a fantastic country for a person looking for adventure…fab pic! Ann
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Beautiful! Simply beautiful!
Beautiful waterfall, thanks for sharing.
This is simply breathtaking!
Beautiful photograph. The waterfalls so dramatic, right next to what seems like a large open plain
Intimate moment, this tells a great story…
Great pic. Would be great to play there. I bet the water is cold.
There is a place near Pasadena CA. in the foot hills of MT. Wilson where you can visit 7 falls if you have the courage.There was a tunnel that would take you up to the falls but it collapsed years ago. Climbing a 60 foot rope our hiking a perils track up the foot hills are your only choices now.
A friend came to visit me from Michigan and I took her there to explore. The rope was not her choice.
We climbed our way up the first hill, what she called a mountain. At the top a narrow path with about 120 ft drop on each side is encountered. She goes “where’s the hand rails!” and sat down. Would not move an other inch. I thought if I kept going, rather than being there alone, she would follow. Didn’t work so I went back. Then she states “call a helicopter!”
Needless to say we climb back down and enjoyed the first water fall. To bad the best ones are further up.
Thanks for sharing the pic and bring those memories back to me.
Robert
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DITTO!
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
I have no words!!!
Is that real?
I think that is one of the most beautiful waterfalls I have seen.