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Richard Vandegriend canadaPhoto © Richard Vandegriend
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At the Precipice
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At Iceland's Dettifoss you can walk right to the precipice where the water plunges over an immense cliff and lose yourself in the raw power of nature. I used an ND filter to create texture within the water to try to convey the experience of the wind, the mist and the roar of the waterfall.about the photographer
Richard Vandegriend is a self-taught landscape and fine-art photographer living in Vancouver, Canada. Photographing a scene connects the photographer to the location and immerses him in the experience of the place. Believing that composition and timing are critical to a great image, compositional elements are not altered in post-processing. Instead care and patience are exercised to ensure the image was captured perfectly in camera. The excitement of landscape photography comes from the surprise at nature's unexpected conditions and adapting the frame to those conditions. As landscape photography is so dependent on lighting and weather conditions, more often than not, great images are discovered rather than planned. One must give themselves the time and opportunity to discover these images.back to gallery