Winter driving in Iceland
Dangers of speed and inexperience On a recent tour, we were driving past Pétursey on the South Coast… On the side of the road was an overturned Mitsubishi Pajero. I was just about to point this out as an example of why you should drive slowly on the icy roads when I spotted people crawling out from under the wreck. It occurred to me that this had just happened and I had to stop to help. I pulled off the road about 50 metres from the vehicle and as I stepped out of my vehicle, I noticed that the road was quite slippery. It was possible to walk normally but also fairly easy to slide...
Read MoreDangers of Ice at Iceland’s tourist spots
Yesterday on a tour we arrived at Seljalandsfoss. I gave the members of my group a pair of microspikes each and we headed to the icy waterfall. As we approached I was instructing my group about the safety issues and I noticed some tourists were behind the falls. Suddenly I heard a man screaming loudly and I looked over to see a woman sliding defencelessly down the frozen bank towards the waterfall. As she hit a flat surface at the bottom of the bank, she was helpless against the thick ice and continued to slide towards the water. She entered the water and was extremely fortunate to have...
Read MoreComparing Canon EF 24mm f/1.4 mark one and mark two
Further from my conversation with Chip, I decided to take the plunge and purchase a mark II version of my 24 prime. These two test shots were made at the location where I bought the lens. My camera – Canon 5D2 mounted on a tripod. Setting – f/4 iso 800 for both lenses. Both images have very little processing in terms of sharpening. No noise reduction has been applied. Of course they look identical so far, but let’s go in for a closer inspection… Centre detail This is a nice comparison because there lots of elements such as contrast, Chromatic Aberration(CA)...
Read MoreThe Icelandic, Naked Yoga Project
Introducing my first book in cooperation with Hanna Birna… The Icelandic, Naked Yoga Project. This is an exploration of the Icelandic Nature, Yoga and the Human form. The book features a selection of photographs taken over the project duration of 18 months. This book was created to show the beauty of Yoga exercises along with the beauty of the human body set in the beauty of the Icelandic nature. Iceland, the land of Ice and Fire, is the setting for this book, naked people, performing regular yoga poses in the Icelandic wilderness. The idea grew from a sunny Summer morning on the...
Read MorePhishing attempt – Mrs Jasmine’s Birthday
I received another suspicious email today from this email account: Godwin Austine dropdraba4godwin@gmail.com Hello, I will like to contract your services with respect to my wife’s birthday(Mrs Jasmine ) scheduled to hold on the 20th of August 2011.I will like you to take charge of the arrangements.Mrs Jasmine (my wife) happens to be from your country and this birthday celebrations is meant to be a surprise package that is to say she is not aware of thisarrangement. Please get back to me with any of the services which you can provide as regards the birthday arrangement for my wife. -...
Read MorePhishing attempt – Rowland Greg
This was in my inbox today. A tour enquiry packed with details and requests. Something made me suspicious, not sure what it was, maybe the pushy nature of the message. Anyway, I googled his email address: rowreg@yahoo.com … and found this discussion. Hi there, I require a tour for four of us as part of our one year wedding anniversary. We are coming from London and will be staying for 8 days. I require your organization to do all the arrangement like provide 5 star hotel 2 double bed room, car rental with driver and a guide etc. We will like to see things like history site,...
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