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Colour Ripples – Glacier Ice on Diamond Beach

ice beach photography

We caught the tail end of the overnight storm at Jokulsarlon Diamond Ice Beach. The wind & sand created incredible scalloped textures in the fresh glacier ice.

Categorized as Long Exposure TechniquesTagged composition, contrast, dark filter, digital photography, DOF, DSLR, exposure, focus, glacial lake, glacier, highlights, ice, ice lagoon, long exposure, ND filter, sharpness, slow shutter, travel tripod

Glacial Mirrors – Skaftafell East Iceland

Glacier Landscape

We were making our way down to the glacier tongue at Svinfallsjökull when I spot the colour in the clouds above Kristinatindur.

Categorized as Landscape photographyTagged composition, dark filter, ice, long exposure, mountain, ND filter, slow shutter, travel tripod

Timing is communication in Landscape Photography

long exposure photography

This is one of many shots I took on the ice beach. The formula is basic, but effective. I discuss the importance of ‘Timing’ in landscape photography and how it communicates the 4th dimension.

Categorized as ArticlesTagged dark filter, glacier, ice, ice lagoon, long exposure, ND filter, slow shutter, travel tripod

Night of Ghosts – Northern Lights Reflections

Northern lights in Iceland

This article is about Jökulsarlon and the aurora experience, but mostly it is an examination of how we can become complacent in the presence of great beauty.

Categorized as Night & Northern LightsTagged Auroras, High iso, ice, ice lagoon, Low light photography, low-light, northern lights, reflection, stars, tripod

Unclear signs at Jökulsarlon

Jökulsarlon safety
Lost Glove Meeting Point

Jðkulsarlon Warnings We were taking a walk around Jökulsarlon with our…

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Categorized as ArticlesTagged ice

Excuse me

Skogafoss people

I have witnessed some angry exchanges between photographers in busy places. But I am hoping here to help you see that all this anger is unnecessary.

Categorized as Landscape photographyTagged glacier, ice, iceberg, light, reflection

Ice cave photography

Ice cave Entrance

Ice caves are like magical underground secrets, but of course they are not underground, they are under the glaciers. Ice-caves can take many different forms…

Categorized as Landscape photographyTagged dynamic range, glacier, ice, ice-caves, textures

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