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Tony’s Magic Cloth Technique – Long Exposure Photography
The Magic Cloth Technique involves controlling the amount of exposure to different parts of a scene during a slow shutter. The technique involves dodging and burning over a long exposure. Using a dark cloth (or card) you can reduce the exposure to the sky (or highlights) by covering the front of the lens for part of the exposure time
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Pink Pearls at Jökulsarlon Ice beach – Long Exposure Photography
I was trying to triangulate the 3 main subjects. The middle iceberg was a bit too close to the center but getting closer to the nearest piece of ice allowed me to form a triangle. It was important to be a few meters from the ice, so that I could include more sky with them.
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Beauty on the Diamond Ice Beach – Iceland Photography
In December, the sun rises around 11 a.m. which meant that we could make it if we left Reykjavik at 04:00. This particular morning, we left Reykjavik but quickly came across black ice…
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Magical Dawn – Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon – Icelandic Summer
Taking nature photographs on a beautiful Summer morning at Jokulsarlon with some icebergs reflecting in the glacier lagoon.
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Treasure Iceland – Diamond Beach Iceland
If you catch the glacier ice beach at the right time, you can photograph the incredible colours of a sunset or sunrise.
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Goðafoss Waterfall Rainbow – Icelandic Summer Sunrise
In the Summer, I like to photograph Goðafoss waterfall in North Iceland at an un-godly hour!! The waterfall of the Gods is at the perfect angle for a Summer sunrise.
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Magic Cloth Ice Beach – Long Exposure Photography Video
Nature Photography Video This tutorial video comes from the ice beach at Jokulsarlon. The glacier ice on the black sand creates fantastic photo opportunities, especially when the sky lights up at sunrise during the winter months. The colours of the sunset add depth to images. The Magic Cloth Technique allows control over the sky exposure […]
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Amorphic Ice – Jökulsárlón Glacier Beach
This was an incredible Valentine’s morning on the ice beach. We were in the middle of a photo tour and the light was exactly like this as we arrived on the beach because this was the very first image I took that morning.
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Berserk Lava field Snæfellsnes – Icelandic Scenery
Magic Cloth Long Exposure Berserk Lava field Snæfellsnes Snæfellsnes Peninsula This fabulous light was the nature of things on this 2 day photo tour of Snæfellsnes. Although we were devastated to have missed the February snow, the February light should not be overlooked in any conditions. Here, we took some time away from the other […]
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Vestrahorn Lights – Northern Lights at Vestrahorn
We found ourselves in East Iceland looking at a northern Lights forecast. Not to be defeated, we decided to head back to Vestrahorn mountain with a view to doing star trails or some form of night photography.
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Blue Wing – Jökulsárlón Diamond Ice Beach
I drove from Reykjavik to Jökulsarlon to photograph the sunrise on the Diamond Beach. I could see that an Icelandic winter sunrise was colourful, but there was very little ice on the beach.
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Rose Tinted – Glacier Ice Beach – South Iceland
The diamond beach with black sand & magical chunks of blue glacial ice is where the Atlantic Ocean interacts with Iceland’s largest glacier.
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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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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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Magic Cloth & Northern Lights
The main requirement for using the Magic Cloth Technique is having a long exposure, so Northern Lights photography is an obvious choice.
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Magical Landscape Photography
In this Landscape photography article, I attempt to inform the reader of the several steps required to become a Magical Landscape photographer.