Photography in Iceland :: Arctic Butterfly
Often photography in Iceland has to be opportunistic. The greatest obstacle for photographers is also the biggest danger to tourists: the weather! Often we have to just accept what is given to us and count our blessing that… “I could have been a lot worse”. But Icland photography would be the same without some mention of the weather. Even if the plan is to shoot Aurora Borealis over the Glacial lagoon at Jökulsarlon, the photographer in Iceland sometimes has to improvise. Arctic Butterfly, a photo by Iceland Aurora (Photo Tours) on Flickr. A disappointing cloudy night,...
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Jökulsarlon Aurora, a photo by Iceland Aurora (Photo Tours) on Flickr. This was early October on the bank of Jökulsarlon, South East Iceland. Actually on a Hassleblad tour. Lovely camera but pretty useless for the aurora. Thus this was taken with my Canon...
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Thunderbolt Crop, a photo by Iceland Aurora (Photo Tours) on Flickr. This is a crop from a 50mm focal length. I only had a 50mm and could only get 10km close because of the exclusion zone. The technique used here was to keep the shutter open for about 30 seconds at a time until I had some frames with some lightning action. This was my...
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Red Panorama, a photo by Iceland Aurora (Photo Tours) on Flickr. A moonless night on Jökulsarlon South East Iceland. This Aurora was barely visible, but 1600iso and f/1.4 was enough to capture it in 30 seconds. Magic cloth technique!! 2 frames stitched...
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Rauðisandur, a photo by Iceland Aurora (Photo Tours) on Flickr. This beach is south facing in the Westfjords of Iceland. People come for the colour of the sand. Here I was trying to stick to 2 second exposures with magic cloth. I noticed that there was this amazing colour as the larger waves...
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