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Oskar Ice man – Vatnjokull Ice Caves – Long Exposure Photography
This is a very popular ice cave and is normally full of tourists. On this morning, we were in there hours before…
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Velvet Beach Jökulsárlón – Magic Cloth Technique
The Diamond Ice beach is the final land based resting place for ice chunks that calve from the retreating Vatnjökull ice cap.
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Photoshop Luminosity Masks – video tutorial -Ice Beach Method
Ice beach method This is a photoshop technique to enhance colours and contrasts in a landscape photograph. The technique uses luminosity masks…
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Same place different day – Fjallsarlon East Iceland
The Fjallsarlon lagoon is just 10 minute drive from the more popular Jökulsarlon. In this article I aim to show how Fjallsarlon…
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Colour Jelly – Glacier Ice Beach
This nature photo was taken during January on a 3 day photo tour. We hit the diamond beach about an hour before…
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Arguing for Aperture – Understanding Lenses
I am a fan of the semi-automatic modes and when I am on a tripod facing a natural landscape scene, I usually…
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Mother of a Morning – Glacier Beach Iceland
Nacreous clouds are ice particles high up in the atmosphere that catch sunlight long before sunrise. They are also known as Polar…
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Nacreous Dawn – Glacier Beach Iceland
Nacreous clouds are difficult to expose. The trick here was under-exposure to make sure I didn’t loose any of the details and…
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January Star – Icelandic Ice Beach
It was horrible conditions that brought about this beauty. We were sand blasted and windswept on the black sand beach, day 2…
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Colour Ripples – Glacier Ice on Diamond Beach
We caught the tail end of the overnight storm at Jokulsarlon Diamond Ice Beach. The wind & sand created incredible scalloped textures…
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Magical Mel Sinclair – Aussie photographer visits Iceland
Few Aussie photographers are as busy with their travels, study, blogging and, of course Photography. I first came across Mel on facebook,…
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Dream of the Gods – Godafoss Waterfall
Godafoss the Waterfall of the Gods is a fine location for photographers, both Summer and Winter.
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People at Skogafoss
Crowds – What can we do with them? I have mixed emotions when I turn up at Skogafoss with photographers. The first…
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Do I love cats as much as landscapes?
The answer is yes in truth I love them both the same. Although photographing them is very different, there is a connection. Like humans…
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Vestrahorn Blue Pool – Iceland Landscape
The grass anchors itself in the black sand forming tussocks from the drifting sand. Small pools form after heavy rain or melting…
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Kirkjufell Light – West Iceland Mountain
We checked out the Kirkjufellsfoss waterfall earlier in the day and there were 6 – 10 tourists walking through the scene at…
Category: Photography Tutorials
A collection of Iceland photography articles by Tony Prower. These articles are in-depth guides to taking landscape photographs with topics covering, long exposures, low-light, northern lights and night photography.