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p.6 #1Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Thanks for sharing your mastery and artistry. We're scheduled for Iceland and Svalbard end of May. After seeing your pics I think I can leave my camera at home!
Impossible to select a favorite.
Like a few others I'm just happy you shared with no opinion on how
Feb 13, 2016 at 05:50 AM
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p.6 #2Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Thanks MedicineMan! And have fun in Iceland it's a great place.

Boris
Feb 13, 2016 at 06:51 AM
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p.6 #3Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Boris - Most excellent. My favorites show the black sand against a sunlit mountain but they are all wonderful.

-Bob
Feb 13, 2016 at 07:22 AM
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p.6 #4Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Thanks Bob!
Feb 13, 2016 at 08:00 AM
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p.6 #5Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
I need to be watching the Nikon / Sony / Alt. forums more... it's not good that I'm stuck in the Canon section most of the time.
Feb 13, 2016 at 08:32 AM
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p.6 #6Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Love 1,3,7,11,12,25, and 35. Nice haul!
Feb 13, 2016 at 12:46 PM
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p.6 #7Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Thanks Arka!
Feb 13, 2016 at 02:06 PM
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p.6 #8Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Excellent pictures.

Cutting down to the best 10 (or at least my favorites) I'd pick ;
3,6,12,20,22,24,29,31,36,38.
Feb 14, 2016 at 11:07 AM
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p.6 #9Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Thanks neoshazam!
Feb 14, 2016 at 12:55 PM
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p.6 #10Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
#6
Feb 14, 2016 at 09:40 PM
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p.6 #11Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Thanks Paul!
Feb 15, 2016 at 11:40 AM
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p.6 #12Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Gorgeous series! It's hard to narrow down the images I like. However, I am a sucker for the Northern Lights.

Any plans to print/frame your favorites?

-Nick
Feb 16, 2016 at 09:51 AM
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p.6 #13Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
I've really enjoyed looking at them all.
Perhaps my favourites might be 3, 11, 19, and 25...but that might differ on another day!
I'd like to read about how certain shots were taken, I don't mean the technical, but how you selected how and what to take, and when. i.e. a sort of journal to accompany the photos...so perhaps, not putting everything up front, but in batches, with commentary between. Also about any problems you had, with camera, lenses, places....just more "chat" ;o)
I must admit though, something seems to be missing without Philippe's input! I think seeing the same places with different artists interpretations is really fascinating, along with a different style of commentary plus banter.
Feb 16, 2016 at 11:15 AM
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p.6 #14Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
nburwell wrote:
Gorgeous series! It's hard to narrow down the images I like. However, I am a sucker for the Northern Lights.

Any plans to print/frame your favorites?

-Nick


Thanks Nick! I haven't printed for a long time (one of the reasons is that I have not many walls suitable for images in my house).

But if I would decide to print, these are my personal favorites of this trip: #6, #11, #24, #27.

Boris

Feb 16, 2016 at 12:28 PM
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p.6 #15Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
timballic wrote:
I've really enjoyed looking at them all.
Perhaps my favourites might be 3, 11, 19, and 25...but that might differ on another day!
I'd like to read about how certain shots were taken, I don't mean the technical, but how you selected how and what to take, and when. i.e. a sort of journal to accompany the photos...so perhaps, not putting everything up front, but in batches, with commentary between. Also about any problems you had, with camera, lenses, places....just more "chat" ;o)
I must admit though, something seems to be missing without Philippe's input! I think seeing the same places with
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Thanks timballic. I understand what you mean, but I sadly I haven't got the time to write more in detail about the circumstances of the shooting. But I gave a short discription of my experience in Iceland in my blog post on wild-places.com and some addtional information here while answering the questions for certain images.
And I agree that it would have been great if Philippe could have joined me again, but sadly it wasn't possible.

Boris
Feb 16, 2016 at 12:37 PM
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p.6 #16Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Hi Boris,

Excellent series of images. I will have to go back and review them again with much more care.

Hopefully in the future I will have the opportunity to visit Iceland and to take photos myself.

Rich
Feb 16, 2016 at 01:50 PM
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p.6 #17Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Thanks Rich!
Feb 16, 2016 at 01:58 PM
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p.6 #18Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
I just counted the votes. This is the ranking of my images according to the votes in this thread:

1st: #1 + #27 (11 votes each)
2nd: #3 + #25 (9 votes each)
3rd: #6 + #11 (8 votes each)
4th: #12 + #20 + #23 + #36 (7 votes each)

Most of these are also my favorite images.
The only image I'm missing in the top 10 is #24. But that's also an interesting information for me.

Thanks

Boris
Feb 20, 2016 at 01:12 PM
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p.6 #19Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Was just browsing the DPR post about the Garden Photographer of the Year competition and noticed that winning photo #3 - in the category 'Breathing Spaces' was pretty much the same location as my favourite of your set - #27. But I do believe your version is much more dramatic due to the much better use of the foreground elements.

Bobu wrote:
#27 (15mm, f/11, 1/15 sec):
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1550/24781645571_b685cf4b32_o.jpgVestrahorn by Boris Buschardt, auf Flickr


I wonder if there are days in these Iceland locations where you're dealing with working around other photographers...?

BTW, I do like #24 for its very moody, gray nature, but somehow doesn't quite pull together all the elements, IMO, as some of the others. Might just be my preferences.
Feb 22, 2016 at 12:47 AM
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p.6 #20Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
rscheffler wrote:
I wonder if there are days in these Iceland locations where you're dealing with working around other photographers...?


As a local I can tell you that it's becoming increasingly hard to not have people (or steps) in the frame at the most popular sites. There are fewer people here in the winter though. It's a drastic change from just 4 or 5 years ago when there were no tourists during winter. But Iceland is quite large and even if there are people around most of them are photographers or have understand if you ask them to step out of you frame for a minute. I think the only place that has too many people now is Jökulsárlón lagoon and the beach below it. Few years back you could walk around searching for a cool icecube and then set up. Now it's most likely if you find one on of the 500 people there is sitting on it.

I still like visiting the tourist stops but have started to seek locations away form the main road and Iceland holds endless amount of dramatic landscape spots.
Feb 22, 2016 at 04:20 AM
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