Great set and so moody! Visited all the placed photographed here in June/July and had an amazing time. I lucked out with outstanding weather. Thanks for refreshing my memory. I need to start working on Iceland images
keepclicking wrote:
Great set and so moody! Visited all the placed photographed here in June/July and had an amazing time. I lucked out with outstanding weather. Thanks for refreshing my memory. I need to start working on Iceland images
Thanks - some iconic spots were literally washed out by the rain and fog - looking forward to see your sunny images
SergeyT wrote:
I wish you have used a shift lens (or a view camera) on that church picture to avoid distortion of the building.
only so much one can carry - was at the limit on allowances
likely was the RF 14-35, but indeed I made the tilt exaggeration on purpose, as wanted to get as much sky as possible...
LR classic was been improving, so I might give it a try and see if I can correct it same ( likely at composition's cost)
Thanks
out of 17 days driving around the island, only got 4 days of sunshine - nevertheless, enjoyed every day
I would be overjoyed with that number, for Iceland's landscape is best expressed in overcast, moody conditions. Many of your photos above attest to that.
Enjoyed the photos from the Highlands. #5, #10, and #11 are lovely and may shine even more with a little more contrast (at least on the monitor I am seeing them on right now).
I love moody skies and you captured a number of very nice images with awesome skies in this series! The reworked black and white church image looks incredible. Great job! I like the panorama of the mountain range and the ocean, too!
Rajan Parrikar wrote:
I would be overjoyed with that number, for Iceland's landscape is best expressed in overcast, moody conditions. Many of your photos above attest to that.
Enjoyed the photos from the Highlands. #5, #10, and #11 are lovely and may shine even more with a little more contrast (at least on the monitor I am seeing them on right now).
Thanks Rajan - I know well what you are saying, as often too much light overcomes the sensor
with that said, Jokulsarlon was completely hidden, and so was Vestrahorn and Kirkjufell...not to mention some canyons and gorges and even waterfalls (Hengifoss was completely hidden by fog/clouds)
All those Fjords in the SE were a miss, but we had a good time Mjóifjörður (route 953 - which we labeled the '1000 waterfalls road')
At Kerlingarfjoll (#5) it tooks us almost 8 hours to finally get some shots, and even then, was in 3-5 shot burst to get at least one shot without droplets - between the mist and rain, the wind was often pushing all of it upwards.
On the first two outings, the wind was so strong that we were literally being pushed off the hills - after waiting for several hours inside the campervan, which was shaking and bouncing constantly, finally things calmed down a bit past 10pm, and we were able to venture out for about two hours....then another downpour arrived.
On the other other you mentioned, actually I bumped up contrast a bit, because despite the brighter light, it was very hazy
(#9, 10 &11 in Landmannalaugar)
In the end, was also a good testing for the gear: the R3, Rf14-35 and Sigma Art24-105 held on to the conditions, often dripping constantly (don't ask me how many wipe cloths I went thru)
Bacalhau wrote:
Thanks Rajan - I know well what you are saying, as often too much light overcomes the sensor
with that said, Jokulsarlon was completely hidden, and so was Vestrahorn and Kirkjufell...not to mention some canyons and gorges and even waterfalls (Hengifoss was completely hidden by fog/clouds)
Rain in Iceland can be a spoilsport for the photographer. Yes, you don't want fog/mist in the Highlands. Strong winds, on the other hand, can often lead to drama in the skies with spectacular cloud patterns and fast changing scenes on the ground.
