Calling all visitors to Iceland

[Genoma]

I'm a holiday / good weather diver Phate I believe they supply all the gear!

 

[The_blue]

Trip place reserved! July 24th I'll be in 1 degree water between two continental plates

I want to dive the mid Atlantic ridge!

I hear the vis is rubbish, sell the ticket to me

I'll be diving the ridge the week before you just not there I'll be in the Azores

 

[Genoma]

Yesterday, biggest storm since 1991. Today, this:


Camera, lights. Action! by Andrew Young, on Flickr

Fantastic day, bloody happy! More pics to follow

 

[a1ex2001]

awesome photo and looks like a great show, shame about the cloud bank but you can't control the weather!

 

[Phate]

Great effort

 

[The_Abyss]

Well, finally able to sort through some of the photos (been redecorating the study and the Mac has been out of action). What a stunning country to visit. We had mixed weather, but not much clear sun at all. The scariest part was driving the last leg to Hali at night in an absolute gale - the jeep was all over the place and we had to slow to 30 mph for a couple of hours. But there really is nothing bad to say about Iceland at all, other than the ridiculous price of alcohol of course. We'll head back one day soon at a better time of year, as all this trip did was whet the appetite. Perhaps to catch those northern lights on a clearer night!

Last embers of the northern lights by Greg Kingston, on Flickr

Big country by Greg Kingston, on Flickr

Ice lagoon by Greg Kingston, on Flickr

Ice and black sand beach by Greg Kingston, on Flickr

 

[The_blue]

Looks great. Definitely on my list

 

[Phate]

Told you

 

[mrgubby]

I've got my 2nd trip booked for early March next year, hoping to see more sky & less snow this time

 

[Genoma]

have you seen the forecast there for Monday?

http://en.vedur.is/weather/forecasts/elements/#type=temp (scroll to Monday on the bottom bar).

I'm pretty sure this is how it was when I went in 2008, there was 2 foot of snow on the road just outside of Reykjavik. Was quite and adventure to get to the glaciers in the super jeeps

 

[jono_astra]

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[Genoma]

I've created a post on the Flickr Iceland page with my tips to travel there + photograph the lights here if anyone is interested:

https://www.flickr.com/groups/icelandiclandscape/discuss/72157649714487286/

 

[smr]

The missus and I are going in Feb

Looking forward to Jokulsarlon and Ice Caving the most and the Golden Circle, staying in three different places!

Regarding self drive I am going to hire a 2WD and then see if I need to upgrade to a 4x4 when we're there (dependant on the weather).

 

[smr]

Incidentally this is why I am looking at the Samsung NX30 as I need a decent camera, looks like a fab piece of kit.

 

[Genoma]

Don't know much about the Samsungs, have you decided against a Canikon DSLR?

 

[a1ex2001]

The missus and I are going in Feb

Looking forward to Jokulsarlon and Ice Caving the most and the Golden Circle, staying in three different places!

Regarding self drive I am going to hire a 2WD and then see if I need to upgrade to a 4x4 when we're there (dependant on the weather).

Careful with that car hire plan cheap 4x4's can disappear if the weather is bad leaving you with a very expensive upgrade! I can recommend blue car rental good cars, decent service and very well Priced we had a Kia sportage which was surprisingly nice.

 

[smr]

Careful with that car hire plan cheap 4x4's can disappear if the weather is bad leaving you with a very expensive upgrade! I can recommend blue car rental good cars, decent service and very well Priced we had a Kia sportage which was surprisingly nice.

Thanks for the advice, an Icelander (is that the terminology for native Icelandic people? ) told me on tripadvisor that 75% of road traffic accidents involve 4x4s or SUVs so I am a bit weary of having to go that route, ideally I'm hoping for decent weather - especially when heading to Jokulsarlon and that a 2wd with snow tyres will suffice.

On Friday night we'll be staying at a place in Hveragerði which is 4 hours from Jokulsarlon, so we're planning to leave at 8 in the morning in order to arrive there before the Ice Caving tour starts in the afternoon. Just hope the weather is okay.

 

[smr]

Don't know much about the Samsungs, have you decided against a Canikon DSLR?

Haven't decided against anything unless it's overly expensive for my budget, which isn't going to be astronomical as I'm an amateur photographer, infact I wouldn't say I'm an amateur even - never owned anything other than a camera phone really.

But I am looking for something which I could bring along to Formula 1 tracks as well as portrait / family and landscape shots- the NX30 sounds as though it will be brilliant for the latter two but not so good for Formula 1.

I read an indepth review saying that the autofocus let it down for fast moving objects even though it can shoot at 9fps.

Anyway, I started an NX30 thread so I shall not deviate OT, especially as I'll be photographing in Iceland and trying to learn as much as possible about whichever Camera I get at Christmas between then and Feb. If anyone has any photography tips for shooting in Iceland that'd be great!

 

[Genoma]

Have a look at the tips link on flickr I posted above, it contains my tips to photograh the aurora & the Icelandic weather forecast site which is very good. I personally would not chance it and drive in the winter, just saw a snow storm video posted on the Iceland Photographers group on facebook (which is very good by the way - www.facebook.com/groups/394242893922872 ) which looked terryfying

 

[Phate]

Going back in July for some Scuba Diving...now sorely tempted again to extend the trip to a week early and do some serious photography once more.