Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: Rajan Parrikar on May 09, 2021, 03:54:34 am
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Sumarnætur: Summer Nights in Iceland – 2. (https://blog.parrikar.com/2021/05/09/sumarnaetur-summer-nights-in-iceland-2/)
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Just the photo I need to lift my spirits while sitting inside watching a cold rain start my morning. Well done, Rajan.
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Just the photo I need to lift my spirits while sitting inside watching a cold rain start my morning. Well done, Rajan.
Thanks much, Bob.
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I don't know how you do it, you got the pony and the whole landscape to pose for you in the golden light ;D Excellent! I am confused, however, I thought you lived in Goa and travelled to Iceland. But it seems you live there.
JR
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Late light is so sweet and perfect for that superb scene.
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Another beauty.
We did encounter a small herd of ponies somewhere in Northern Iceland.
June is a great time to be there, as long as you don't need to sleep at night.
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I don't know how you do it, you got the pony and the whole landscape to pose for you in the golden light ;D Excellent! I am confused, however, I thought you lived in Goa and travelled to Iceland. But it seems you live there.
JR
It is the other way around - I live in Iceland and travel to Goa. The Icelanders are rather sensitive about their horses being called ponies. The Icelandic Horse (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_horse) is a very special breed. By the way, someone asked me if the horse in the image was real or a dummy 😀.
Eric and Francois - thanks. Eric, yes, the nights in June are long (and often magnificent).
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...By the way, someone asked me if the horse in the image was real or a dummy 😀.
I could have asked that!- looks like 2d !
Beautiful start of the summer night serial; and it is still spring!
When I was in Iceland I was told that before the round way was closed they used these horses to jump in the water and swim to the other side. ( where now the big bridges are at the delta of the glacier)
Some animals! As tough as the population!
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I could have asked that!- looks like 2d !
Beautiful start of the summer night serial; and it is still spring!
When I was in Iceland I was told that before the round way was closed they used these horses to jump in the water and swim to the other side. ( where now the big bridges are at the delta of the glacier)
Some animals! As tough as the population!
Yes, many of the routes today are ancient horse trails. The famous Sprengisandsur (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprengisandur) route through the Highlands interior takes it name from horses being worked until their lungs burst.
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Magnificent. Well done!
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Well done. Love the reddish brown colour of the lava.
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Well done. Love the reddish brown colour of the lava.
Thanks, Paulo. There's no visible lava in this photo. The red colour is the light of the sun close to the horizon illuminating the hillside.
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Rajan,
The power lines move slowly upwards, and our Icelandic horse is looking downwards towards some fence gates,.. but I wonder what lies upwards and to the left. Is it as high as I now imagine?
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Rajan,
The power lines move slowly upwards, and our Icelandic horse is looking downwards towards some fence gates,.. but I wonder what lies upwards and to the left. Is it as high as I now imagine?
Hello Leszek,
Those are fence posts, typical on Icelandic farms to keep animals in (or out). The farm is set by a large mountain which is seen only partly in the photo.
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It is the other way around - I live in Iceland and travel to Goa. The Icelanders are rather sensitive about their horses being called ponies. The Icelandic Horse (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_horse) is a very special breed. By the way, someone asked me if the horse in the image was real or a dummy 😀.
Eric and Francois - thanks. Eric, yes, the nights in June are long (and often magnificent).
Did you administer an IQ test to find out? Beautiful image!