Snæfellsbær

Setting Sun illuminating Lóndrangar cliffs.

It was very windy, fortunately the cliffs on the right blocked most of the wind from West and so having a sharp long exposure wasn't impossible. While I don't like over-smoothed water, 40 seconds seemed to create the best patterns here.

Photo tips: Very wide angle lens are useful here in order to capture the nice cove below, which makes a nice leading curve to the cliffs in the distance.

Getting there: About 200m easy walk from parking right to the coast.

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We waited a long time for sunrise, but it did not come. On the way back to the campsite, we saw red and purple from distance. It was Reyniskirkja Church and lupins flower field that caught our eyes.

The image was created by focus stacking.

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3 shots combined

2 shots stitched together

Todays challenge - try and say that after a few beers...or even minus the beer... it was really easy to type, not like I went to goople maps and copied and pasted the place name off there, oh no, not me.

This beautiful scene with the church taking center stage is just outside Olafsvik on the Snafellsness peninsula we stopped here for a while as the light was so good, numerous possibilities for shooting and I came away with quite a few different shots, I couldn't resist a pano of the scene though to give you some idea of the surroundings of the Church, I'm not sure who comes here (apart from the other house) but it must be a long trek !

The exif says I shot this at 2:30 in the afternoon, at this time of year in Iceland you only get around 4-5 hours of sunlight, which doesn't sound much at all, but what the sunlight guides don't say is that it is bascailly golden hour for all of that time as the sun is that low you can get gorgeous pastel soft light right throughout the 'day' (as long as the clouds play ball and don't kill the sun off).

6 shot pano 1/30th.

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Black church

Following on from the last image and with a similar vibe of surreailty and 'other worldliness'...

This is Arnarstapi on the Snaefellsness peninsula in Iceland, I hadn't been here before and was simply blown away with it, talking of being blown away some of the winds on the trip made it actually impossible to stand up at times and on another day this shot would have been totally impossible as I was peched on quite a narrow area of cliff, thankfully there was hardly any wind this morning, I wouldn't have even gone looking had there been a gust about such is the unpredictability of the weather here you really can end up in big trouble so the utmost respect for the weather is paramount here everywhere you go.

With some nice movement in the clouds this was an unplanned break out of the 10 stop filter during sunrise to give a 472 second exposure, just adding to the whole surreal feel of the place, we stood up here for quite some time shooting and just washing the sea pound in onto the black rocks below, magic.

NiSi 100mm 10 stop filter NiSi 100mm 4 stop hard GND filter NiSi CPL filter

Fotopro T74-C tripod Fotopro LG-9R ballhead

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Escapade de 10 jours en Islande mars 2016

Escapade de 10 jours en Islande mars 2016

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A quite big title to live up to, but to me, this moment here truly was one of those, perched in one spot for about an hour just watching this whole scenario unfold before my eyes really felt very surreal, almost like I wasn't even there.

I've uploaded one before from this morning that was an extremely long exposure, somewhere in the region of about 7 or 8 minutes, I shot that after taking this one, and that time it took for the image to be created just allowed me to stand here take all this in without having to worry about the camera all the time, I could just stand there occasionally checking my watch (and that my ears were still there as they were that cold) and just watch what mother nature had decided to dish up this day, truly a hairs on the back of the neck standing up revelation moment....

Anyway this is a lot shorter exposure to capture the detail in the beautiful tidal rush as it passes through the intricate and snow laden basalt archway.

Brrrrrrrrrr!!!!

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On the south coast of Iceland's Snæfellsnes peninsula, there's a village with only a hotel and a tiny black church called the Búðakirkja. ... The church is a listed building owned by the National Museum of Iceland, but it is in the care of the Búðir parish.

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That black church you definitely haven’t seen before!

Roadtrip in Iceland summer 2015 - Roadtrip en Islande été 2015

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Roadtrip in Iceland summer 2015 - Roadtrip en Islande été 2015

Roadtrip in Iceland summer 2015 - Roadtrip en Islande été 2015

This turned-to-stone troll Kerling is the most photogenic rock on this beach. Other rocks and waves provide interesting foreground for photography. Be careful though, waves can be very dangerous here, which is actually the case for many places on Iceland.

Photo tips: You'll need rather wider lens here. I think that a moody weather with some waves really suits this place, but nice sunrise, or probably even better sunset, would also be great times for photography here.

Getting there: It's just a short and easy walk from Djúpalónssandur Parking, which is easily accessible from the main road (574) circling the westernmost part of the Snæfellsnes peninsula.

Búðir is a small hamlet in Búðahraun lava fields in Staðarsveit, on the westernmost tip of the Snaefellsnes peninsula. This stark looking church faces the Snæfellsjökull glacier.

Almost all lighthouses we saw in Iceland were painted in Yellow-Orange color and the Skalasnagi Lighthouse Near Hellissandur in the western tip of Snæfellsnes peninsula is no exception. It is surrounded by a huge lava field and fabulous rock formations.

Waves crashing over rocks at Djúpalónssandur

Escapade de 10 jours en Islande mars 2016

Escapade de 10 jours en Islande mars 2016

There are fascinating rock formations along the coast of Snæfellsnes Peninsula. Very few tourists seem to visit this area even though the coastline is awesome. This was shot in the small village of Hellnar.

Roadtrip in Iceland summer 2015 - Roadtrip en Islande été 2015