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The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: Rajan Parrikar on December 03, 2017, 07:05:58 am

Title: Svartafell
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on December 03, 2017, 07:05:58 am
Svartafell. (http://blog.parrikar.com/2017/12/03/svartafell/)

Title: Re: Svartafell
Post by: Bob_B on December 03, 2017, 08:27:22 am
I very much like the second, monochrome one, but (as usual) both are superb.
Title: Re: Svartafell
Post by: Dave (Isle of Skye) on December 03, 2017, 02:14:56 pm
I very much like the second, monochrome one, but (as usual) both are superb.

Yes it's the second for me also.

Lots of photographers (including me most of the time) are too afraid to let the sky contain little to no detail, but your image shown here Rajan, proves beyond doubt that on occasion, doing so can work really well.

Bravo!

Dave
Title: Re: Svartafell
Post by: Alskoj on December 03, 2017, 05:25:45 pm
I really like #1.
Title: Re: Svartafell
Post by: mseawell on December 03, 2017, 06:00:37 pm
Brilliant photography!

Mark
Title: Re: Svartafell
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 03, 2017, 06:27:10 pm
Brilliant photography!

Mark
+1.

It just needs two more shots to complete the seasons.   ;)
Title: Re: Svartafell
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on December 04, 2017, 01:38:06 am
Thank you, gentlemen.

Dave - Indeed. There are those who feel a compulsive need for 'drama' in the sky. I am not one of them  :).

Eric - What 4 shots? Iceland has only two seasons: cold and colder.

Title: Re: Svartafell
Post by: francois on December 04, 2017, 05:35:06 am
I also like the second shot a lot.
Title: Re: Svartafell
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on December 04, 2017, 06:17:39 am
Good duo.
Title: Re: Svartafell
Post by: kers on December 04, 2017, 06:38:39 am
Very nice photo of this old vulcano... like the first - it is like a cake...

i looked were it was situated... far North east if i am correct
You really see every part of Island...
Title: Re: Svartafell
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on December 04, 2017, 09:24:02 am
Very nice photo of this old vulcano... like the first - it is like a cake...

i looked were it was situated... far North east if i am correct
You really see every part of Island...

Francois, Paulo, Kers - thank you.

Kers - yes, Svartafell is seen from Bakkagerði, as the village in Borgarfjörður Eystri is called.


Title: Re: Svartafell
Post by: John Cothron on December 04, 2017, 10:01:58 am
Beautiful images.  I like them both... I would have a hard time choosing. 
Title: Re: Svartafell
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 04, 2017, 10:09:29 am
Eric - What 4 shots? Iceland has only two seasons: cold and colder.
That's what we experienced in '74 in the south.
But for a brief period in Akureyri it was actually warm! People were walking around in shirtsleeves, for about one day late June.
Then normality returned, and we had to don our Icelandic sweaters and down parkas again.

-Eric
Title: Re: Svartafell
Post by: kers on December 04, 2017, 09:08:14 pm
Francois, Paulo, Kers - thank you.

Kers - yes, Svartafell is seen from Bakkagerði, as the village in Borgarfjörður Eystri is called.

I was there in the year 2000... and did the round trip with my old car...
But as you show me there is a lot to see outside this basic route, so there is still a chance to escape from the (other) tourists...
In the year 2000 only the geyser was crowded ... with see 'europe in one week' travelers.
Would like to go there with snow... and then see some of the large waterfalls...
Title: Re: Svartafell
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on December 04, 2017, 09:39:48 pm
I was there in the year 2000... and did the round trip with my old car...
But as you show me there is a lot to see outside this basic route, so there is still a chance to escape from the (other) tourists...
In the year 2000 only the geyser was crowded ... with see 'europe in one week' travelers.
Would like to go there with snow... and then see some of the large waterfalls...

Indeed, there is much to explore away from the main routes, on tracks accessible to bigger vehicles. And as you may know, the area in and around Borgarfjörður Eystri offers tremendous hiking opportunities.