Ljótipollur Crater Lake

[Rajan Parrikar]

Ljótipollur - study in light.

[armand]

Stunning as usual!

[Rajan Parrikar]

Stunning as usual!

Thanks, Armand.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Glorious!

[francois]

Those colors are really incredible. Some people would easily believe that it's just Photoshop 

[Rajan Parrikar]

Eric & Francois - thank you.

Francois - in the right conditions many of the sights in the Icelandic Highlands may lead one to believe it is AI generated landscape. I had to be careful to tone down saturation in the red and the cyan-blue of the lake after any contrast adjustment.

[francois]

Eric & Francois - thank you.

Francois - in the right conditions many of the sights in the Icelandic Highlands may lead one to believe it is AI generated landscape. I had to be careful to tone down saturation in the red and the cyan-blue of the lake after any contrast adjustment.

Thanks for the info. My last visit in Iceland wasn't that colorful and weather was really bad and overcast with rain. That being said, I enjoyed Iceland.

[Paulo Bizarro]

Fantastic.

[MattBurt]

Very nice image. The dappled light adds a lot and and of course the subject is awe inspiring.
I've just gotten a drone myself so I hope to get a little of this kind of perspective into my work as well. So far I'm just trying to get proficient at flying it.

[Rajan Parrikar]

Fantastic.

Very nice image. The dappled light adds a lot and and of course the subject is awe inspiring.
I've just gotten a drone myself so I hope to get a little of this kind of perspective into my work as well. So far I'm just trying to get proficient at flying it.

Thank you, Paulo and Matt.

Matt - great to hear and looking forward to seeing your drone work. This particular image was taken in 2020 from a Cessna. Impossible to plan for any scene in Iceland. One simply takes what one gets depending on the conditions at that moment. Multiple visits may help but luck goes a long way.

[MattBurt]

Thank you, Paulo and Matt.

Matt - great to hear and looking forward to seeing your drone work. This particular image was taken in 2020 from a Cessna. Impossible to plan for any scene in Iceland. One simply takes what one gets depending on the conditions at that moment. Multiple visits may help but luck goes a long way.

Yes, it's similar in Colorado. Maybe not impossible but at least a couple levels of contingency is usually a good idea. Or at least when it's good it is. Sometimes it's cloudless for weeks but that usually kills my desire to shoot landscapes.

[David Eckels]

I had to be careful to tone down saturation in the red and the cyan-blue of the lake after any contrast adjustment.

Masterfully done. Thank you for showing this.

[armand]

Very nice image. The dappled light adds a lot and and of course the subject is awe inspiring.
I've just gotten a drone myself so I hope to get a little of this kind of perspective into my work as well. So far I'm just trying to get proficient at flying it.

Which drone? I've been contemplating getting one for a long time but I can't use it in national parks and I do find them bothersome when people use them around me and still thinking how to mitigate that.

[Rajan Parrikar]

Which drone? I've been contemplating getting one for a long time but I can't use it in national parks and I do find them bothersome when people use them around me and still thinking how to mitigate that.

The new line of DJI drone is much quieter. Flying near people is a no-no, but I hear you.

In Iceland one is required to apply for permission to fly in the national park areas. Outside of them flying is allowed unless expressly prohibited by a "No Drone" sign. Also, Icelandic etiquette dictates that if you are on a farm, you must first go meet the farmer and ask for his approval. Increasingly this is becoming an issue with intrusive tourists. What was not long ago an open, friendly, and welcoming environment, now changed on account of mass tourism.

*****
Thank you, David.

[Arlen]

Beautiful, defined by both the colors and the play of the lines.