Vikten Coastline

[Kyle Jones]

On our last "real" day in Lofoten (the next would be a drive/fly day) there was weather coming in and we weren't expecting any particularly good light. With that in mind we decided to explore the coast from Varied to Vikten. Vareid is a nice sunrise location, with a view of the mountains to the west. We hadn't driven past it to Vikten, which it turns out has a better view to the north.

I had to work my way to the shore, being careful around the snow covered rocks. I thought the view was worth it, and here are both landscape and portrait views. Any thoughts are welcome.

 

[AlanLichty]

The view to the north was definitely worth it with a beautiful pair of images. I love your shutter speed choice for this scene.

My one nit is the small red object on the foreground rocks. It might be something quite natural but it keeps grabbing my eyes as I gaze at these images.

 

[Kyle Jones]

The view to the north was definitely worth it with a beautiful pair of images. I love your shutter speed choice for this scene.

My one nit is the small red object on the foreground rocks. It might be something quite natural but it keeps grabbing my eyes as I gaze at these images.

Thanks Alan, I'll get rid of it

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Another very nice location. You really scored on this trip Kyle.

 

[Michael13]

Kyle, I like both images, but the vertical orientation captures my attention more. The additional foreground rocks create a superb leading line to the mountains!

 

[JimFox]

Hey Kyle, what a cool location, and worth going to.

I agree with Michael, the vertical is the more compelling of the two.

In #1, I found the rocks on the bottom 2/3rds of the image are interesting but also there doesn't feel like a clear path visually to the mountains in the background. I think the eyes kind of get muddled up in those rocks and get stuck there. But in the vertical though it's the same rocks, by being vertical it really channels the eye along the red rocks into the background mountains. The eye follows that flow really well I think.