Iceland - Sunrise

Iceland Sunrise

Two images today - one from the big boy camera and another from the iPhone4.

The sunrise image was made is on the way to the Glacier Lagoon (at 4:00AM I might add). We realized we were missing the sunrise at the lagoon so started shooting on the side of the road whenever a possible image caught the eye.....twilight starts at 2:30AM with sunrise at 4:00AM....can one get up early enough in Iceland....At any rate as we made these images we knew the next next day it would be a 3:00AM departure from the hotel....

The second image is an iPhone Hipstmatic shot from the car window on the way to the airport..caught the s-curve out of the corner of my eye barely got the image...my favorite combo of Kodot and JohnS was used...Hipsta is the perfect camera for a visual diary...

Iceland Departure Image

Stay tuned for more Iceland over the next few days....

Iceland - Glacier Lagoon

Glacier Lagoon, Iceland

Spent two mornings at the Glacier Lagoon on the south side of Iceland. Twilight starts at 2:30AM and runs until 4:00AM when you start to see the sunrise - they say in the winter there is two hours of twilight on each end of the day.

At any rate the first day we left the hotel at 4:00AM and missed the fabulous pink tone in the sky - the second day we departed the hotel at 3:00AM and that was perfect timing....caught the twilight and then the sunrise. This year the icebergs seemed to be in more of a cluster where last year they seemed a bit more staggered....the tide was moving so they would crash into each other sometimes rolling over and floating away - the sound they made was awesome.....a cross between an earthquake and a car wreck....something other worldly......

The new image in the header was behind our hotel - another part fo the glacier....the detail in those rocks is simply stunning....

Iceland - Grass Church

Church with grass roof, Iceland 

The one image I wanted to make on this trip was to re-shoot the church with the grass roof. One would pass this church on the way to the glacier lagoon - it sits on a private farm just off the highway. When I was  in Iceland last year I had maybe 15 minutes one morning to photograph this church and never got something I liked....This time around there were only three of us so time was not an issue. I decided to make a three image panoramic to give an idea of how remote a location this is. These churches are in all sorts of locations from behind the barn to high on the hill overlooking a town - other are hidden like this one on a private farm hidden behind the barn....

Highlight of the trip was going back to the glacier lagoon twice....this morning we caught a marvelous pink sky over the lagoon that lasted for about 60 minutes.....and it got even better after the sun peeked out...IMage from this week will be on the blog next week...both iPhone (iphone-antics.blogspot.com) and these pages.

Driving back to  Reykjavik  today - back to New York tomorrow.......these trips always end way to fast......

The Sleeping Bear

Sleeping Bear - Icleand

Up at 3:45AM this morning for the 40 minute drive to the glacier on the east side of Iceland. We were not dis-appointed at all. The light was spectacular and the icebergs were all in flux - actually watched a few turn over and drift away....After the glacier lagoon it was off to the black beach - now I know where these ice structures go when they float out of the lagoon...

Must be a day at the beach because this one looked like a sleeping bear.....After I made this photograph the bear drifted away.....

Have to run now - another glacier calls...stay tuned for more...

Image Management:

Canon 5DMKII
70-200MM Lens
Lightroom 3
Photoshop CS5

Church Gate

Gate, Iceland Church

This church was located on a fairly desolate farm in the northwest corner of Iceland. You see these small churches in many different locations from main roads to behind an individual home....More on this when I get home and have some time to process a few more images....

Weather has been fairly off for the past two days - rain and fog. Do not really mind the fog but could do with a little less rain.....

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.........

Image Management:

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