Búðakirkja – Winter Spectrum
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Two views of Búðakirkja in Snæfellsnes, Iceland on a winter’s morning.
The blood-red slit at the horizon before sunrise in the first photo is not Photoshop saturation slider abuse, but an uncommon convergence of conditions available at these high latitudes. With the sun grazing the horizon, the light travels an unusually long path through the atmosphere. Shorter wavelengths are stripped out by scattering, leaving the deep reds. A low cloud deck blocks direct illumination and forces the light into a narrow horizontal slit, preserving that saturated band.
The second image, taken later the same morning, with the sun slightly higher, shows the spectrum rebalancing as the colour relaxes from red to orange.
From my new blog post.
Búðir - Daybreak
Búðir - Morning
The blood-red slit at the horizon before sunrise in the first photo is not Photoshop saturation slider abuse, but an uncommon convergence of conditions available at these high latitudes. With the sun grazing the horizon, the light travels an unusually long path through the atmosphere. Shorter wavelengths are stripped out by scattering, leaving the deep reds. A low cloud deck blocks direct illumination and forces the light into a narrow horizontal slit, preserving that saturated band.
The second image, taken later the same morning, with the sun slightly higher, shows the spectrum rebalancing as the colour relaxes from red to orange.
From my new blog post.
Búðir - Daybreak
Canon EOS 5DS EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens 100mm f/8.0 1/6s 200 ISO -2.7 EV
Búðir - Morning
Canon EOS 5DS EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens 241mm f/11.0 1/20s 200 ISO -0.3 EV
Apr 23, 2026 at 02:36 AM
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Both are amazing images - superb composition
I was mesmerized by the horizontal view
I was mesmerized by the horizontal view
Apr 23, 2026 at 04:35 PM
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Love the light in the second image and the feeling of being all alone in the vast environment.
Apr 23, 2026 at 05:56 PM
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Dramatic light, well captured, Rajan!
Douglas
Douglas
Apr 24, 2026 at 05:37 AM
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junglialoh wrote:
Both are amazing images - superb composition
I was mesmerized by the horizontal view
Thank you, Jung. That's an interesting crop, and one that I like!
Both are amazing images - superb composition
I was mesmerized by the horizontal view
Thank you, Jung. That's an interesting crop, and one that I like!
Apr 24, 2026 at 05:38 AM
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chez wrote:
Love the light in the second image and the feeling of being all alone in the vast environment.
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douter wrote:
Dramatic light, well captured, Rajan!
Douglas
Harry: Great to hear from you after a long time.
Douglas: Thank you.
Love the light in the second image and the feeling of being all alone in the vast environment.
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douter wrote:
Dramatic light, well captured, Rajan!
Douglas
Harry: Great to hear from you after a long time.
Douglas: Thank you.
Apr 24, 2026 at 05:39 AM