Iceland & Faroe Islands

[paapoopa]

so inspiring

so inspiring

beautiful pictures, so inspiring both the adventure and the photos.. cant help looking through the images over and over again.
how many rolls do you end up with at the end of the trip?

by the way I am curious about your scanning work flow. how do you scan the film border? if you dont mind sharing.

 

[tsiklonaut]

Your trip must have been transcendent to say the least, even among all your other exploits.

Thank you, I'll be coming back to this for sure!

Cheers!

beautiful pictures, so inspiring both the adventure and the photos.. cant help looking through the images over and over again.
how many rolls do you end up with at the end of the trip?

by the way I am curious about your scanning work flow. how do you scan the film border? if you dont mind sharing.

I think I had around 50 rolls with me, came back with some 5-7 rolls to spare. I get around 80-90% hit rate with Pentax 67 (a bit less with other rangefinder cameras I had), hence most of the stuff I shoot gets used and not thrown away.

I use a drum scanner, wet mounting gives me perfect flatness, dust-free and literally limitless scanning area ability for all format films up to 8x10" sheet film. Film borders have just become part of my presentation style since I mostly don't like cropped photos, those shots that I've cropped I haven't done the framing right in the first place.

For my used workflow I've posted some tutorials how to scan and edit the highly underrated flat "linear" method on scanning. B&W tutorial, C41 tutorial.

Hope this helps,
Margus

 

[tsiklonaut]

Who said there are no mosquitos on Iceland? There's loads of 'em around lake Myvatn. We had to GTFO as fast as we could there and head to Námaskarð for the rotten egg smelling sulphur smoke shelter and succumb into those outwordly volcanic landscapes:


Shades of Námaskarð by tsiklonaut

 

[tsiklonaut]

Transition Ground by tsiklonaut

 

[tsiklonaut]

Boiling grounds.

 

[tsiklonaut]

Sulphuric Atmosphere by tsiklonaut

 

[Brad Bireley]

Wonderful series Margus! Have you ever published anything in Overland Journal? How do you travel with your Pentax 67 on your bikes?
Keep them coming!

 

[tsiklonaut]

Wonderful series Margus! Have you ever published anything in Overland Journal? How do you travel with your Pentax 67 on your bikes?
Keep them coming!

Thanks Brad!

Don't know about OJ, throughout many active years I've been travelling the World and reporting via various internet channels they've never approached me once hence they're probably not interested in such adventures and photography that I do or about my background. I reckon most "western" journals aren't since I'm not an American on Englishman that they prefer their authors to be. Some more progressive journals do seek variety though and have that rare ability to look outside of their own box, seek out the interesting stories themselves and not listen the hype coming from the travellers themselves who push only to get published and seek attention. We've written some stuff to Overland Magazine since they are interested in such adventures and approached us. They're really a top-notch quality, both the material and the print. Had even a front page story in one of the issues:

For quick access P67 is in my tank bag with two lenses, as was Fuji GA645i. Horizon 202 and spare P67 body with IR-film loaded I kept in pannier since I needed those for special occasions only. Tripod is strapped onto a pannier for quick access. A very simple yet effective setup.

Cheers,
Margus

 

[tsiklonaut]

It was then too close to the most powerful waterfall in Europe, the Dettifoss. The falls are 100 metres (330 ft) wide and have a drop of 45 metres (150 ft) down to the Jökulsárgljúfur canyon.



Fall to Rise by tsiklonaut

 

[tsiklonaut]

Gravity-assisted art.

 

[tsiklonaut]

It is the largest waterfall in Iceland in terms of volume discharge, having an average water flow of 193 m3/s. It was an unreal experience, just staggering power you feel through your body standing aside it.




Turn by tsiklonaut

 

[Santtu Määttänen]

Stunning pictures yet again. Your pictures and writing provide the perfect armchair adventure for us mere mortals 🙂 My own pictures are still cooking (currently I'm moving my darkroom to new location), but there's few ready.


Iceland Landscape by Santtu Määttänen, on Flickr

 

[tsiklonaut]

Stunning pictures yet again. Your pictures and writing provide the perfect armchair adventure for us mere mortals 🙂 My own pictures are still cooking (currently I'm moving my darkroom to new location), but there's few ready.

Cheers Santtu! Glad you're enjoying the flow.

PS: Love that b&w image!

Margus

 

[tsiklonaut]

Power.

 

[Santtu Määttänen]

Cheers Santtu! Glad you're enjoying the flow.

PS: Love that b&w image!

Margus

Thanks 🙂 It seems like it's impossible to take bad pictures in Iceland. Somehow everywhere you look it's either monumentally magnificent or quietly and subtly seducting.


It's so quiet you can almost hear it screaming by Santtu Määttänen, on Flickr

 

[tsiklonaut]

 

[tsiklonaut]

A little flashback to Westfjords, we tried to reach the highest fjord on the way to Skalavik, our luck ran out with the weather.

Below a massive glacier, somehow we had to ride up there.

 

[tsiklonaut]

Trail up to Bolafjall was nothing but inside a cloud, visibility less than 10 meters, giving a bizarre feeling like you're floating on the 600 meter drop of the edge:

Up there, behind us just inside the fog is a 600 meter drop.

 

[tsiklonaut]

Then it was time for some last chance offroad dash via F910 to Askja. We rode all the way to Modhrudalur only to find out the sign: "Road CLOSED". Ups.

 

[seakayaker1]

Just read through the thread and wanted to thank you for the images and narrative detailing your journey. Throughly enjoyed it and thank you for sharing it with the rest of us.