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Extremity

by Pete Rowbottom
Valahnúkamöl
1/24/20201/24/2020, 4:58 PM (5 minutes after sunset)
NIKON D850 + 24.0-120.0 mm f/4.0
52.0 mmf/10.0 1 s64

The jagged sea stacks at Valahnúkamöl near Raykjaness on the Coast of Iceland are the setting for what seems to be a rather extreme selfie being taken on the cliff edge! it was windy far below so lord only knows what it was like up there!

I wanted these 2 in my scene but they were moving around so it was never going to happen with a shutter speed of 1 second, seeing what they were about to do I just had to wait for the exact moment they were staying still for their selfie to get them nice and sharp in the scene, which thankfully worked a treat, and to my mind they are a great scale addition to this wild scene.

The couple didn't last long up there after they had got their selfie! The swell in the sea here was nuts, some of the waves would actually come half way up that huge cliff face, there must be literally tonnes of water pounding onto the shorline here at times.

If you look at the sea stacks you can see where the sea has eroded them around the edges, but all the rugged intricate details have been left alone in the center where the sea doesn't get to them.

It was really windy here as you can sea with the waves crashing in onto the rocks,

Have a good zoom in on large on this one.

Plenty more images on my personal website here