Iceland 2013 Write-up: Long post, lots of words, lots of photos! Unlucky 56k'ers!
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Day 4
Ok, sorry for the long overdue Day 4...it's been a ridiculously busy few days...but here it is.
So, Day 4 we awoke at the Glacier lake to...well...I'll let the photos do the talking, as always.
It was...somewhat incredible. Once again, absolutely blown away by the view...it blew my breathe away, also one thing that surprised me was the amount of photographers that were there...quite a lot of American photography tour guides (who were also annoying and were spouting a lot of crap) but anyway, look at the photos.
So, we walked back towards the car looking to move on. But this is when we discovered something else.
Icebergs!
It was amazing watching these, the way they moved, smashed against each other, slowly yet with incredible power - I did video this, it will be posted later.
It was time to go, we continued further east then north, the plan was to complete an entire lap of the country.
Stopping at various photographical places such as below
Also seeing brilliant wildlife (including at one point an entire group of these, various ages and sizes)
Now, as we proceeded with our lap, one thing we noticed was the CONSTANT changing of seasons...we would literally witness all 4 of them every hour. Scroll through the images below you'll see what I mean.
They were taken in that order all within a few hours of each other.
This was quite funny, when we jumped out of the car to get fuel we heard a load of cracking and found this!
Ha! Madness.
Ok, so we continued and then we came to this...I present to you, Hverfjall (pronounced Haverfall)
Some facts about this Volcano...
Damn thing is a KM wide! Madness!
After this we found a huge waterfall, our biggest to date (I also nearly died at this one, in all seriousness...turns out ice isn't as steady as it looks...who knew?)
Enjoy, Goðafoss
By this point it was getting pretty dark, too dark to shoot anything. We proceeded with our lap and got home a few hours later.
So thats Day 4, I'll try to get Day 5 done for when I go...doubt I'll have time though so the next update could be on June 28th/29th
Hope you enjoy it
Jake
Ok, sorry for the long overdue Day 4...it's been a ridiculously busy few days...but here it is.
So, Day 4 we awoke at the Glacier lake to...well...I'll let the photos do the talking, as always.
It was...somewhat incredible. Once again, absolutely blown away by the view...it blew my breathe away, also one thing that surprised me was the amount of photographers that were there...quite a lot of American photography tour guides (who were also annoying and were spouting a lot of crap) but anyway, look at the photos.
So, we walked back towards the car looking to move on. But this is when we discovered something else.
Icebergs!
It was amazing watching these, the way they moved, smashed against each other, slowly yet with incredible power - I did video this, it will be posted later.
It was time to go, we continued further east then north, the plan was to complete an entire lap of the country.
Stopping at various photographical places such as below
Also seeing brilliant wildlife (including at one point an entire group of these, various ages and sizes)
Now, as we proceeded with our lap, one thing we noticed was the CONSTANT changing of seasons...we would literally witness all 4 of them every hour. Scroll through the images below you'll see what I mean.
They were taken in that order all within a few hours of each other.
This was quite funny, when we jumped out of the car to get fuel we heard a load of cracking and found this!
Ha! Madness.
Ok, so we continued and then we came to this...I present to you, Hverfjall (pronounced Haverfall)
Some facts about this Volcano...
Damn thing is a KM wide! Madness!
After this we found a huge waterfall, our biggest to date (I also nearly died at this one, in all seriousness...turns out ice isn't as steady as it looks...who knew?)
Enjoy, Goðafoss
By this point it was getting pretty dark, too dark to shoot anything. We proceeded with our lap and got home a few hours later.
So thats Day 4, I'll try to get Day 5 done for when I go...doubt I'll have time though so the next update could be on June 28th/29th
Hope you enjoy it
Jake
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Awesome pics. Is there such a thing as 56K these days??
You would be surprised...
Thread is full of awesomeness - looks fantastic. Definitely somewhere I'd love to go.
56K may be a no, but images appear very quickly on LTE
Thanks Pete, how have you been?
More beautiful pictures.
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
Probably the Glacier Lake Pano
£300 though
But you know the photographer, ask for a discount
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Brilliant write up and awesome pictures - thank you for sharing Jake 
But you know the photographer, ask for a discount
Thats the cost price for a 6ft wide Alumni print from Loxley!
Great pics Phate. Beautiful country for photography. Been there twice now and barely scratched the surface of what I think even I could manage in quality! Definitely need to line up a trip to go around some more of the island. That waterfall looks amazing, plus still need to see the Northern Lights!
WOW fantastic photos and a great blog which I’m reading with great interest as I’m doing a 12 day trip in late September.
Every time I read or see photos of this place I just can’t wait 86 days and counting, looking forward to reading and seeing the rest of the trip.
Can I ask did you use the 17-40mm for the Aurora shots and your setting? As I’m thinking about hiring a 24mm 1.4. And may I ask what was the name of the waterfall where you took the shot down from the high ledge.
Trevor
Every time I read or see photos of this place I just can’t wait 86 days and counting, looking forward to reading and seeing the rest of the trip.
Can I ask did you use the 17-40mm for the Aurora shots and your setting? As I’m thinking about hiring a 24mm 1.4. And may I ask what was the name of the waterfall where you took the shot down from the high ledge.
Trevor