More beautiful pictures.I feel as thought I'm on the trip with you.
Thank you! That was the intention!
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Also just realised one of the links was broken, that's fixed now
Iceland 2013 Write-up: Long post, lots of words, lots of photos! Unlucky 56k'ers!
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Thank you! That was the intention!
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Also just realised one of the links was broken, that's fixed now
Awesome write up
Have you picked one to go on your wall yet?
Probably the Glacier Lake Pano
£300 though
But you know the photographer, ask for a discount
Thats the cost price for a 6ft wide Alumni print from Loxley!
You know what, I was thinking about this the other day. I've been so busy I just haven't had the chance.
I will find some time on Sunday evening to do Day 5
I took:
5d2, 5d3
17-40L (this got used the most)
24-70L
135L (this got used on the whale spotting but otherwise not really)
85mm 1.8
I shot over 110gb in the week including video.
Manfrotto 190BPro tripod (or whatever it is)
But between us we had such a massive collection of lenses. But the wide angles got abused constantly. Got some new found love for the 17-40L to be honest
I will find some time on Sunday evening to do Day 5
I took:
5d2, 5d3
17-40L (this got used the most)
24-70L
135L (this got used on the whale spotting but otherwise not really)
85mm 1.8
I shot over 110gb in the week including video.
Manfrotto 190BPro tripod (or whatever it is)
But between us we had such a massive collection of lenses. But the wide angles got abused constantly. Got some new found love for the 17-40L to be honest
Threeaadd buuummmmppp
Yes, I'm FINALLY getting round to going through more photos and finishing this off.
First of all, I've been ridiculously busy...like, RIDICULOUSLY. I've started a new job, I've been traveling a fair bit, plus I've got a lot of personal bits going on so it hasn't left much time for going through these unfortunately, however here we are.
Anyway, without further ado, I think in this post pictures will be doing more talking than me due to the fact my memory is fading a little but it'll hopefully come back to me when I'm going through them
Anyway!
Day 5!
Civilisation! dun dun DUUUNNN
After our lap around Iceland we had booked a whale watching, something only a 15 minute drive away in Reykjavik which was a nice relief
So have some Reykjavik street photography!
That one ^ actually got me in trouble, it was the wall to a drinks store and I got yelled out for taking it.
Ok, so my street work isn't great, I must admit I mainly enjoyed aimlessly wondering around the small city and not being on the road, went in the cheesy gift shops, you know how it is.
We didn't have much time before heading out for the whale watching anyway so we headed to the docks.
Cheeky one of Mark and I
Imagine coming home to this everyday...
Now, unfortunately my longest lens is the 135L, but I did what I could with it, we saw Minky Whales...
I won't post many of them as all the photos look mostly the same.
However, what we did see which was really special and also (according to what we were told) very rare, humpback whales but they were breaching!
I managed a series of useable shots from one particular breach, have a look!
So that concludes day 5, we decided to have a 'night off' after 4 full on days and nights out.
Day 6 will come tomorrow
Yes, I'm FINALLY getting round to going through more photos and finishing this off.
First of all, I've been ridiculously busy...like, RIDICULOUSLY. I've started a new job, I've been traveling a fair bit, plus I've got a lot of personal bits going on so it hasn't left much time for going through these unfortunately, however here we are.
Anyway, without further ado, I think in this post pictures will be doing more talking than me due to the fact my memory is fading a little but it'll hopefully come back to me when I'm going through them
Anyway!
Day 5!
Civilisation! dun dun DUUUNNN
After our lap around Iceland we had booked a whale watching, something only a 15 minute drive away in Reykjavik which was a nice relief
So have some Reykjavik street photography!
That one ^ actually got me in trouble, it was the wall to a drinks store and I got yelled out for taking it.
Ok, so my street work isn't great, I must admit I mainly enjoyed aimlessly wondering around the small city and not being on the road, went in the cheesy gift shops, you know how it is.
We didn't have much time before heading out for the whale watching anyway so we headed to the docks.
Cheeky one of Mark and I
Imagine coming home to this everyday...
Now, unfortunately my longest lens is the 135L, but I did what I could with it, we saw Minky Whales...
I won't post many of them as all the photos look mostly the same.
However, what we did see which was really special and also (according to what we were told) very rare, humpback whales but they were breaching!
I managed a series of useable shots from one particular breach, have a look!
So that concludes day 5, we decided to have a 'night off' after 4 full on days and nights out.
Day 6 will come tomorrow
Thanks mate, go for it you won't regret it
Another smashing set of pictures that make me want to go and book a flight right now.
Thank you! and dooo itttt
- I'm looking at another trip there for around the same time, March. Expedia have got sales on at the minute which are utterly mouth watering If you want any indepth information (or anyone else for that matter) feel free to email me: [email protected]
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We were there for 8 days in total, and yes the whole island in a week, the actual lap was done over 2 days more or less.
Yes the car fuel was the expensive bit, taking it in turns we were filling everyday about £50 a time.
Should have another day processed and done tonight, got a few important bits to sort out then I'll get on it
Thanks for all the kind words as always.
Yes the car fuel was the expensive bit, taking it in turns we were filling everyday about £50 a time.
Should have another day processed and done tonight, got a few important bits to sort out then I'll get on it
Thanks for all the kind words as always.
Day 6
Alrighty, time for Day 6. Hope you enjoy, bit more interesting than the previous day, although that wouldn't be difficult!
So this day we were heading down to Blue Lagoon, it was something everyone said is a 'must do' while there, so we did it.
The lagoon itself, was stunning, these were some of the smaller naturally heated big puddles outside of the resort itself.
I could kick myself for not doing a panoramic photo here, ah well never mind.
So, moving on from here we drove a little further down the road to the actual Blue Lagoon itself, there are a couple of photos of us in the lagoon, but hey I'm sure you don't want to see me all wet and hot
Ok, well it wouldn't be a Phate thread if I didn't gay it up somehow...
One thing I have to say though is...it's the oddest, most surreal thing I have ever experienced...for those who aren't aware, the Blue Lagoon is a natural spring heated by the islands strong geothermal properties, someone had the genius idea of building a spa next to it and charging for the privilege of using it...fair play, but the surreal bit comes from being in water the same temperature as hot bath water yet it being -20C outside...very peculiar. The water is a milky colour due to the sulphur in the water that naturally occurs.
After we dried off we grabbed the cameras and wondered around the resort and to the viewing deck, here is what its like from above.
So we left, then proceeded to walk back to the sulphur pools that were closeby to get more artsy shots of them.
Moving on, when driving we spotted this nice little stream next to the road, and we went for a trek.
From here we headed west, looking for a good spot where we hoped we would see more Northern Light activity (it had been almost 2 days after all)
We made our way to the coast.
We drove around an awful lot that night, unable to really find lights, so we started to head back, and about half we home we got a small glimpse of them!
It was a bit cloudy to do anything else with that.
And that concludes our 6th out of 7 day!
The final day includes quite a bit of aurora activity, hope you enjoyed the read and the photos
Alrighty, time for Day 6. Hope you enjoy, bit more interesting than the previous day, although that wouldn't be difficult!
So this day we were heading down to Blue Lagoon, it was something everyone said is a 'must do' while there, so we did it.
The lagoon itself, was stunning, these were some of the smaller naturally heated big puddles outside of the resort itself.
I could kick myself for not doing a panoramic photo here, ah well never mind.
So, moving on from here we drove a little further down the road to the actual Blue Lagoon itself, there are a couple of photos of us in the lagoon, but hey I'm sure you don't want to see me all wet and hot
Ok, well it wouldn't be a Phate thread if I didn't gay it up somehow...
One thing I have to say though is...it's the oddest, most surreal thing I have ever experienced...for those who aren't aware, the Blue Lagoon is a natural spring heated by the islands strong geothermal properties, someone had the genius idea of building a spa next to it and charging for the privilege of using it...fair play, but the surreal bit comes from being in water the same temperature as hot bath water yet it being -20C outside...very peculiar. The water is a milky colour due to the sulphur in the water that naturally occurs.
After we dried off we grabbed the cameras and wondered around the resort and to the viewing deck, here is what its like from above.
So we left, then proceeded to walk back to the sulphur pools that were closeby to get more artsy shots of them.
Moving on, when driving we spotted this nice little stream next to the road, and we went for a trek.
From here we headed west, looking for a good spot where we hoped we would see more Northern Light activity (it had been almost 2 days after all
)
We made our way to the coast.
We drove around an awful lot that night, unable to really find lights, so we started to head back, and about half we home we got a small glimpse of them!
It was a bit cloudy to do anything else with that.
And that concludes our 6th out of 7 day!
The final day includes quite a bit of aurora activity, hope you enjoyed the read and the photos
We did a long weekend some time ago and I'd like to go back especially to see the Northern Lights. I'll have to bribe my wife to come with me as she's been to both Iceland and Greenland on a number of occasions.
The greedy cow! Put your foot down man
I love the last one from Day 6. The slight green tinge from the lights adds so much depth to the image I feel
As a side point, I'm so glad it's not just me that takes literally months to edit a large holiday shoot
kd
Haha! Well when I got back I took a quick look at a few particular shots but at the end of the month I'm going to be ordering some prints, including a large canvas and an alumini print from Loxley as I have a 25% discount code, expires the 30th of this month so it's been a drive to sift through and get them finished.
Over 5000 images does take a while to sort out though
Thanks for the comments
One day left to process, might even get them done tonight
As you have all probably guessed now, I didn't manage to get them finished before I went away
Will get them finished next week for sure as I am ordering some Iceland prints on payday so want them all done to pick from
Will get them finished next week for sure as I am ordering some Iceland prints on payday so want them all done to pick from