Gullfoss Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

In a land of Earthly beauty, one natural wonder stands above the rest, Iceland’s beloved Gullfoss, or “Golden Falls.” With a 105-foot double-cascade, Gullfoss is by far Europe’s most powerful waterfall. On a sunlit day, the mist clouds surrounding the hammering falls are filled with dozens of rainbows, providing an unparalleled spectacle of color and motion.

Surprisingly, at one time the government planned to supplant the falls with a large hydroelectric powerplant, but a nearby farmer’s daughter underwent a pilgrimage on foot to Reykjavik, where she demanded that unless the plant was stopped, she would cast herself over the falls. After the nation overwhelmingly came out in her favor, plans were halted and the government purchased the land for a national park.

http://www.geographia.com/iceland/gullfoss.htm

Paolo, skippy007, pummellja, lilimih33, jmcl, jjcordier, pablominto, johnfreeman, Elanor has marked this note useful

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Paolo (40655) 2008-02-05 14:12

Hi Lana, wonderufl one, with an excellent light, amazing colours and good quality. the POV is the classical one for Gullfoss! the different thing is the grass, completely brown and not green, as when i was went there.
thanks, ciao

ViktorVaughn (1515) 2008-02-05 14:14

Hey Lana,

Beautiful shot of these falls. I like your perspective as you can see the different levels of the falls. And of course a rainbow to add to your photo :) You were there on a lovely day, and ended up with a lovely photo.

Regards,
David

skippy007 (6829) 2008-02-05 14:23

Hello Lana,
Beautiful shop, superb colours with a nice little rainbow to add.
Regards
Santo

pummellja (29) 2008-02-05 14:41

Lana,
A wonderful shot of an amazing spectacle. The water seems to come out of nowhere. I love the balance and perspective of your photograph. What a great scene! TFS.

Regards,
John

mikolino (156) 2008-02-05 14:57

Hi! Lovely job! ;-)

angela926 (1882) 2008-02-05 14:57

Hello Lana,
Very beautiful shot, nice composition and pov,excellent sharpness and depth of field,beautiful colors and very nice details,fantastic rainbow!
Angela

emilbo (9161) 2008-02-05 15:08

Allô Lana!
Excellente prise de vue et superbe chute. Les couleurs sont fantastique ave le turquoise de l'eau, le bleu du ciel et le magnifique petit arc-en-ciel. Bonne composition et intéressante note.
Félicitations!...
Emilius

lilimih33 (9870) 2008-02-05 15:15

Hello Lana!
This land is really wonderful!
Your composition is perfect with great colours and fantastic perspective!
Lovely rainbow!
Best regards!
Lili

afderrick (330) 2008-02-05 16:37

Oh wow, I love the rainbow. I have seen many pictures of this waterfall recently and read a lot about it. I'm not sure why, this is one of the bes tpictures I have seen though.

jmcl (13721) 2008-02-05 17:19

Hi Lana,

The palette of this is tremendous .. the way the color of the water interacts with the burnt tones of the earth is tremendous .. and works well with texture and thoughts of the beautiful water against the harsh stone .. great depth .. power, tranquility and beauty in wonderful combination .. well composed from a great point of view. Very nice.

take care,

John

John

Corry (457) 2008-02-05 20:01

Superbe photo de cette rivière avec les chutes, la couleur turquoise de l'eau et cette pointe d'arc-en-ciel. Très beau point de vue.
Excellent travail.
Yvon

jjcordier (24186) 2008-02-05 22:44

lana
Impressionnant et majestueux...avec ce petit arc-en-ciel en prime...Très belle image!
Amicalement
JJ

Hellas (5099) 2008-02-05 22:57

Lana,
I enjoy the view from my office and I really appreciate that. I admire the farmer's daughter aggressiveness in handling the situation.
Thank you very much for sharing this image and the story, too.
Best wishes,
Athanasios.

pablominto (40056) 2008-02-06 0:14

Hello Lana,
This is an impressive piece of nature!
Well captured as the point of view works well, effective and well balanced composition with dynamic lines...
Attractive colours, the small rainbow adds life!
Greetings,
Pablo -

johnfreeman (2220) 2008-02-06 6:30

Hello Lana,
Gullfoss is always very impressive but this is one of the best angles on it I've seen. I must remember the viewpoint for next time :)
It's interesting to see the vegetation so brown. I suppose May must have been quite soon after snowmelt so the grass hadn't had a chance to grow yet.
I like the combination of the water, the blue sky and the rainbow.
Regards
John

Elanor (270) 2008-02-07 1:11

A beautiful picture of this gorgeous waterfall. It's really nice that there's often a rainbow to be seen, it makes the place even more special. I visited it in 2004 and was enchanted by its beauty. You photographed it really well, with fantastic colours! TFS!