The skies got really nice at the end. All of the Flatey Island sky images were shot within 24 hours. The colorful seeming dusk skies began at about 0100 and went on for about 3+ hours. I must admit it was a bit weird not having to hurry to get the great light before it begins to fade, but I transitioned to the more leisurely approach quite effortlessly.
The sparseness of the island-scape on Flatey was wonderful and relentless in offering up innumerable compositional possibilities. I photographed the church interior last before leaving the island.
On the way back to Reykjavik, for the “big finish,” we stopped at Mt. Kirkjufell, aka known as The Witches Hat. It’s one of those scenes that I always try to get to whenever in Iceland. It’s not far from Reykjavik and the natural arrangement of elements is really thrilling to photograph. Luckily, the wind was light, so no blowing water on the front element. Also, it’s become so popular that motor coaches show up. There are steps built in to get people to the top of the falls, and gravel on the walkways. Does an area’s sudden popularity and amount of images produced by thousands of people annually diminish the excitement of photographing it? I don’t think so. In this case, the Witch’s Hat image is a 2 minute exposure with a really nice water flow and gently rolling clouds. This is a new image for me, even after being there a number of times. We had a great final supper and everyone seems to have had a great time, and seeing the work on their laptops, came away with excellent bodies of work!
After the workshop, Sue and I rent a car for 24 hours to do our own thing. After a long day on the Snaefellsnes Peninsula, we headed back to Reykjavik during a period of very high winds and short periods of intense cold. The B&W clouds image was shot in the aforementioned conditions. Later, the winds and light softened up, then began a very long sunset of constantly changing light, culminating in our final shot of the trip of the snow capped mountains and pastel pink illuminated clouds.
Aside from these three blog posts and collections of images, there is much more, including a lot of iPhone and a few stitch pans, but that’s for another post or two.
Thanks for taking the time and please email Susan for more information and to be placed on our September 2016 Iceland Odyssey “Aurora Madness” instructional photo tour.
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