Iceland & Faroe Islands

[tsiklonaut]

On the way East, with so many decent fjords (fjörður standing for fjord) there we simply couldn't resist the temptation to experience them close up. Fáskrúðsfjörður was very nice, like on another planet.

And so was the Stöðvarfjörður, I took a small steep cattle track down, Kariina decided to stay up somewhere on the road. I took a b&w film shot with my beloved fully mechanical Horizon 202 camera at the end of the track:

 

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Down the track the views the fjords offered, the clash between the mountain and the ocean were very decent indeed.

 

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Doc stop before the storm kicked in, Icelands biggest glacier Vatnajökull visible on the left.

Djúpivogur is considered the nicest mountain in Iceland, looking like a pyramid.

 

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Afterwards we made a detour to take a look at Hoffellsjökull (jökull standing for glacier) lake full of ice chunks the size of a house.

 

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Hoffellsjökull.




The surrounding mossy volcanic landscapes were otherworldly as well.

 

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[Tijmendal]

Incredible! Though a lot of pics are quite similar, it didn't get repetitive at all!

I gotta say, I love the look of the pics on the 'messed up' roll incredibly much!

 

[tsiklonaut]

Incredible! Though a lot of pics are quite similar, it didn't get repetitive at all!

I gotta say, I love the look of the pics on the 'messed up' roll incredibly much!

Cheers man! Actually I thought naming this report "In search of the Landscape" since it's mostly landscapes I was after. Yet I did fair amount of documenting photography as well, hence it's more location specific.

Regards,
Margus

 

[tsiklonaut]

From there it's a short distance to even more impressive Jökulsárlón lagoon or a glacial lake, with the main visual attraction being the floating icebergs.

Situated at the head of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, it developed into a lake after the glacier started receding from the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. The lake has grown since at varying rates because of melting of the glaciers. It is now 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) away from the ocean's edge and covers an area of about 18 km2 (6.9 sq mi). It recently became the deepest lake in Iceland, at over 248 metres (814 ft), as glacial retreat extended its boundaries. The size of the lake has increased fourfold since the 1970s. It is considered as one of the natural wonders of Iceland.

Obviously loads of tourists fiddling around there, it was hard to find a parking spot for the motorcycles.








North.

 

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Glacial Patterns (over-lapping "accident" on a poorly loaded film roll).

 

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And on the nearby beach you can see the volcano that has melted loose those huge chunks of ice floating into the sea.



Cold Touch






Long Tongued Beast

 

[robert blu]

I am very impressed by your colors and B&W tones, the play between strong light and shadow...it must have been not easy ti find the correct exposure in many of your photos, bravo, congrats!
robert

 

[rhl-oregon]

Wonderful to take this armchair journey so far and, as ever, a concentrated pleasure in taking in your splendid work.

Once this (second) journey of documentation is in the home stretch, I'd like to hear how you decided to meter and expose some of your favorite images on the different emulsions and cameras. I imagine I'm not the only one who'd enjoy that too ;-)

 

[skopar steve]

I've enjoyed your story and images very much. The color infrared shots remind me of scenes from the film Valhalla Rising.

Steve

 

[jkjod]

I've always really enjoyed your images from the "drum roll scans" thread. But these are taking it to a whole other level, its as if we are taking the trip with you. These are by far some of my favorite images I have seen in some time.

I have always been interested in getting some kind of panoramic camera, but this has pretty much convinced me I need a Horizon 202 for when I travel.

 

[Lauffray]

Some really great photographs, I love the texts as well. Brings me back to Iceland, I was there in 2014, what a country, no other has had quite the same impression on me as Iceland.

 

[pakeha]

occasionally there is a subject thread here that is truly inspiring. This is one such thread.
Thank you