Ballycastle Beach, Northern Ireland

Ballycastle Beach, Ireland

Left Belfast today and headed north and west  to Londonderry. Drove back over some of the same roads from Wednesday - this time the weather cooperated a bit - some rain but mostly dry weather....I saw this image the first time through and was happy to get back for a second shot at it......

 Spending New Year's Eve and Jan 1 in Londonderry exploring the northwest peninsula of Inishowen.

According to Wikipedia Inishowen is the largest peninsula in Ireland and the most northerly point, Main Head. Additionally, they say it has some of the highest sand dunes in all of Europe - as well as a fort constructed in the sixth century, Grianan an Alieach.....

Gunaella Pass

Guanella Pass, Georgetown, Colorado

Been quite busy lately but I found the time to get out with my camera one morning last week in Colorado. I was staying with a friend in Gerogetown, Colorado and drove up to the top of Guanella Pass, 11,669 feet. And PS, it is hard to breath at that altitude if you are a sea level New Yorker....

It was bitter cold that morning. Despite the cold, on the way down the pass, I managed few images, one which is posted today. It was the wispy cloud that caught my eye and I wanted to made theimage before it dis-appeared behind the mountains...

Whidbey Island - Deception pass

Deception Pass - Whidbey Island

Whidbey Island - Deception Pass....This image was made on the last day of the Last-Pixel Show workshop at the Pacific Northwest Art School. The weather held up and everyone seemed to be having a fun time......Hopefully wil be back next year....

Really liked the school and the area - lots of places to shoot and everyone is quite friendly. Perfect place for a photographic trip.

Image made with a medium format digital back...

Las Vegas - Red Rock National Park

Red Rock National Park, Las Vegas

“Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world"............John Muir

Iceland - Jokulsarion Galcier 2

Jokulsarion Glacier 2

'The glacier was God's great plough set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, the surface of the earth'...Louis Agassiz

Iceland - Jokulsarion Glacier

Sunrise, Jokulsarion Glacier, Iceland

'Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative'.....H.G. Wells

Iceland - The Road and the Sky

The Road and The Sky

'When we come to the place where the road and the sky collide
Throw me over the edge and let my spirit glide
They told me I was going to have to work for a living
But all I want to do is ride
I don't care where we're going from here
Honey, you decide'.......Jackson Browne

Have no idea why but when I saw this scene it reminded me of the Jackson Browne song quoted above....I always have bit and pieces of songs in my head that were important to me over the years. They are always popping up at the strangest times - this one of course being a bit more literal....

This is Route 1 in Iceland leaving the glacier lagoon as we headed back to the hotel.....

Iceland Reflections

Glacier Reflection 1

Sometimes finding a good image is difficult -  like seeing the trees in the forest....And being on this glorious location in Iceland has similar problems.  I remember my first trip to this spot and being awestruck by the sheer beauty of what was in front of me....Wonderful ice sculptures floating about on the smoothest of water and equally special reflections.....What I learned this time around was to think about the shapes in the image and how they related to each other.....instead of just being in awe of the total structure of the scene....great learning experience this time around....

What I liked about this image was the fish-head shape in the back left and I worked the rest of the composition around this space.....

The header image is detail form today's post.....

Iceland - Glacier Lagoon

Glacier Lagoon, Iceland

'Future generations are not going to ask us what political party were you in. They are going to ask what did you do about it, when you knew the glaciers were melting'...Martin Sheen






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Iceland - Glacier Detail

Last Wednesday and Thursday were spent at the Fosshotel Skaftafell in the southeast of Iceland. Right behind the hotel was Iceland's highest mountain, Hvannadalshnjukur,  and the largest glacier, Vatnajokull. The glacier was in walking distance from the hotel - a bit of a mountain walk but generally accessible.  Additionally the glacier Jokulsarion is a quick 40 minute drive from the hotel - and at 3AM can we reached in less then 30 minutes.

The glacier covers covers approximately 8% of the country - Iceland being the same size as Kentucky - 40,411 square miles...

With the hotel so close we were able to photograph this glacier three times. Of course I made traditional landscape images but today's post is  detail from this glacier....

The image in the header is the wide shot this detail was pulled from....If you are receiving this blog via email click on the title and it will take you to the main blog page to see the wide shot.

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Budir Hotel - Iceland

Budir Hotel, Iceland

 This is the view out back of the hotel we stayed at for the past two nights - The Budir Hotel.  I was hoping there would be a bit more color but.........

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Phase One P65+
Schneider 47MM Lens
Alpa STC 12
Photoshop CS5
Lightroom 3

Hraunfossar Waterfall

Hraunfossar Waterfall

This waterfall is very unique in that water just pours out of a lava field which was originally the flow from a volcano eruption. This eruption occurred under a glacier, Langjokull (not sure when). Hraun means lava...Iceland has the perfect climate for rain and therefore has quite a few waterfalls....Really liking the farm that sits up above the waterfall....

Hoping to find a few more out in the field today......

I would have wanted to climb down to this waterfall but the legs told the head not to do it......and I listened...
 
Stay tuned....

Image Management:

Phase One p65+
Alpa STC 12
Schneider 47MM Lens
Photoshop cs5
Lightroom 3