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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Rajan Parrikar on May 15, 2011, 11:47:03 am

Title: A Mývatn Dream
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on May 15, 2011, 11:47:03 am
For some background and more images, see my photo essay A Mývatn Dream. (http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2011/05/15/a-myvatn-dream/)

(http://www.parrikar.org/images/LL/namafjall.jpg)

Title: Re: A Mývatn Dream
Post by: louoates on May 15, 2011, 12:38:04 pm
What wonderful framing on the hills. A road is usually a detriment to landscapes but you've turned it into a great asset in also setting scale. One of my criteria for judging a photograph (at least in my mind) is its uniqueness. Have I seen this photograph before? I haven't. I love the road also for its almost subliminal smiley face.
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Post by: aduke on May 15, 2011, 12:57:13 pm
+1
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Post by: Jeremy Roussak on May 15, 2011, 02:27:04 pm
What wonderful framing on the hills. A road is usually a detriment to landscapes but you've turned it into a great asset in also setting scale. One of my criteria for judging a photograph (at least in my mind) is its uniqueness. Have I seen this photograph before? I haven't. I love the road also for its almost subliminal smiley face.
I agree entirely: it's a lovely image. If I have one small criticism, it's that the road is a little too close to the bottom of the frame: maybe there was something unsightly on the other side.

Jeremy
Title: Re: A Mývatn Dream
Post by: Chairman Bill on May 15, 2011, 03:35:29 pm
A great photo.

If I might steal some space for this - a BBC programme in which the presenter treks across 36 miles of Iceland to the volcano at Eyjafjallajokull - some truly stunning scenery. If it doesn't cause a certain photographic jealousy for Rajan's location in Iceland, there's something wrong with you!

BBC iplayer-Julia Bradbury's Icelandic Walk (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0110grr/Julia_Bradburys_Icelandic_Walk/)
Title: Re: A Mývatn Dream
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on May 15, 2011, 03:51:43 pm
I agree entirely: it's a lovely image. If I have one small criticism, it's that the road is a little too close to the bottom of the frame: maybe there was something unsightly on the other side.

Jeremy

Jeremy,

You guessed right.  There is a section of the slope from which I shot just below the horizontal tangent to the road.  It is not unsightly, but I thought it would distract.  One possibility is for me to caf (*) it.

* content-aware-fill (Is 'caf' a verb yet?  It ought to be.)
Title: Re: A Mývatn Dream
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on May 15, 2011, 03:56:27 pm
A great photo.

If I might steal some space for this - a BBC programme in which the presenter treks across 36 miles of Iceland to the volcano at Eyjafjallajokull - some truly stunning scenery. If it doesn't cause a certain photographic jealousy for Rajan's location in Iceland, there's something wrong with you!

BBC iplayer-Julia Bradbury's Icelandic Walk (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0110grr/Julia_Bradburys_Icelandic_Walk/)

I knew of this programme, but unfortunately the video is not available in my area (California).
Title: Re: A Mývatn Dream
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on May 15, 2011, 05:54:15 pm
If I might steal some space for this - a BBC programme in which the presenter treks across 36 miles of Iceland to the volcano at Eyjafjallajokull - some truly stunning scenery. If it doesn't cause a certain photographic jealousy for Rajan's location in Iceland, there's something wrong with you!

BBC iplayer-Julia Bradbury's Icelandic Walk (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0110grr/Julia_Bradburys_Icelandic_Walk/)
I watched that, live, and recommend it heartily. The presenter is a little irritating but her Icelandic guide more than makes up for it - and the scenery was stunning.

Jeremy
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Post by: EduPerez on May 16, 2011, 04:06:05 am
Very interesting! I keep looking at this photograph, wandering around and focusing on the small details.
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Post by: Scott W on May 16, 2011, 10:26:28 pm
Great shot, love the overall composition. 
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Post by: francois on May 17, 2011, 04:06:40 am
Wonderful vista! The road "cradles" the hills perfectly.
Title: Re: A Mývatn Dream
Post by: jeremyrh on June 03, 2011, 07:58:45 am
I watched that, live, and recommend it heartily. The presenter is a little irritating but her Icelandic guide more than makes up for it - and the scenery was stunning.

Jeremy
Oooh - that's fighting talk !!!    ;D
Title: Re: A Mývatn Dream
Post by: Chairman Bill on June 03, 2011, 03:52:52 pm
Oooh - that's fighting talk !!!    ;D

Oh I don't know; Hanna was far more toothsome than Julia Bradbury.