Iceland 2013 Write-up: Long post, lots of words, lots of photos! Unlucky 56k'ers!

Thanks all for the kind words. Will answer all questions and emails when I get back. Too busy enjoying amazing scuba diving and 40 degree heat right now :p

Yes that's right, I sold you all out for a country! :D
 
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 :)
 
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 :)

Well, yeah, I knew you had both the 17-40 and 24-70, was wondering how much you'd have used the 17-40, rather than the 24-70 @24. Guess if you have it there you may as well xD

p.s. many of these shots are gorgeous!

kd
 
I love Iceland having spent 4 years working out there in the summer. One of the most beautiful places on earth in my humble opinion.

I realise that it was not your primary objective but you went all the way to Iceland, to Myvatn even, and you didn't visit the Krafla volcanic region in the north where the Atlantic ridge comes ashore! You would have driven within 20 minutes of it and it is amazing :(

You took some wonderful shots and I am a little jealous of your experience with the Aurora as I was generally in Iceland for the summer months so missed it. Definitely on my bucket list. *jealous*

/Salsa
 
Loving this thread and you lucky guys got my holy grail which is the northern lights I watch every tv show remotely connected to them and have always been fascinated by them
bets thread for a long time More please
 
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

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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 :p

So have some Reykjavik street photography!

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That one ^ actually got me in trouble, it was the wall to a drinks store and I got yelled out for taking it. :p

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.

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Cheeky one of Mark and I

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Imagine coming home to this everyday...

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Now, unfortunately my longest lens is the 135L, but I did what I could with it, we saw Minky Whales...

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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!

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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 :)
 
Wow! Excellent photos Phate and I think you may have inspired me to get my ass into gear and get over there. Northern lights and Iceland are on my bucket list, this just makes me want to go even more now!
 
Wow! Excellent photos Phate and I think you may have inspired me to get my ass into gear and get over there. Northern lights and Iceland are on my bucket list, this just makes me want to go even more now!

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 :D - 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 went at the beginning of this month, due to having an 18month old we couldn't realistically do the loop, so we rented a cabin on the banks of HvalFjour (Whalesfjord) and did day trips out to snaefellsjokull, Golden Circle, South Coast as far as Vik and Reykjavik.

It was awesome, despite the fact we were plaqued a bit with low cloud, so we missed the best of a G2 Class magnetic storm going on above our heads, but we did glimpse it through cloud.

I cannot stress enough how amazing the place is. You can fly £69 each way with wowair and food is no where near as expensive as people make out, and it's good quality. What are you waiting for.... it's a photographers paradise. Go Go Go!
 
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