The Blue Pond

[Rajan Parrikar]

The Blue Pond.

[Paulo Bizarro]

Contemplative and nice.

[francois]

Another beauty, the man in red seems to be looking at the shack across the pond. The red jacket and the deep blue are complementary, well seen!

[sdwilsonsct]

Love the colours. Nice to see the 11-24 mm in action.

Wondering a bit about camping there in a few weeks... ...

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Contemplative and nice.

+1.

[francois]

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Nice to see the 11-24 mm in action.
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I was so taken by the shot that I missed the technical info!

[Rajan Parrikar]

Thank you, gentlemen.

Francois - across the pond is the power plant, obscured by the ongoing snowstorm. The 11-24 is truly something.

Scott - camping in Iceland can be unpleasant with the wind and rain. Unless you mean camping in a nice, warm hotel room.

[francois]

Thank you, gentlemen.

Francois - across the pond is the power plant, obscured by the ongoing snowstorm. The 11-24 is truly something.

Thanks! I guess that the wide-angle lens made me think that it was just a small building…

Scott - camping in Iceland can be unpleasant with the wind and rain. Unless you mean camping in a nice, warm hotel room.

I concur, camping can be an unforgettable experience once rain and wind strike!

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

My wife and I were quite comfortable camping in Iceland in 1974.
It was late June, and we had good Icelandic sweaters, mittens, and hats, plus down parkas, and long rain shells.
Actually, in Akureyri we had a heat wave. A couple of days with truly summer-like temperatures, blue skies, and sunshine.
But the weather all the rest of our three weeks was photographically exciting, even in the rain.

[francois]

My wife and I were quite comfortable camping in Iceland in 1974.
It was late June, and we had good Icelandic sweaters, mittens, and hats, plus down parkas, and long rain shells.
Actually, in Akureyri we had a heat wave. A couple of days with truly summer-like temperatures, blue skies, and sunshine.
But the weather all the rest of our three weeks was photographically exciting, even in the rain.

Without the rain and wind, camping in Iceland is wonderful. The last time I was there, mid-June if I remember correctly, we had a couple of beautiful days then 7 straight days of rain with very strong wind gusts. Although I was wearing Gore-Tex salopettes and parka, I was completed soaked. After those 7 days, we decided to find an hotel - finally a dry place. Had I been alone, I would have spent the rest of the trip camping in the rain (but risking divorce is a serious matter)…