steam trails

ICELAND | steam trails | August 2010 | 46705 160S

You'll notice that I've used aerial perspective again here to extract details from the wider landscape. The dawn light is moments from touching the plain below, and the wind direction has held constant long enough to align the backlit steam trails at Námafjall near Mývatn. The composition very deliberately includes a smaller echo of the main vent, top right, to provide scale and depth.