Dettifoss in Iceland. The amount of water flowing over this falls is incredible. Where does it all come from? Shot on our summer workshop in Iceland. This waterfall offers numerous different angles to shoot from. You can get right up to the edge too. Pretty cool experience to visit this location.
I love Puffins. Puffins are incredible little birds with a big attitude. These birds are usually found in the arctic regions and I have photographed them in Iceknd and Svalbard. They are known for diving off of cliffs, catching krill and returning to their burrows where they feed their young. These birds can fly like no other bird. they have a unique sound and they are just plain cool. If you get to Iceland you should definately make viewing puffins high on your list.
Iceland is one of my favorite places to visit on the planet. I have been visiting Iceland since 2005. A lot has changed in Iceland mainly tied to the increase in tourism. One thing that hasn’t changed is the incredible beauty. Iceland has so many amazing places to photograph. There are dozens of waterfalls. This image is one of them. This location is far from the normal tourist traffic so usually it is not so crowded. If you arrive early no one else should be there and you ahve this location to yourself. The name of this waterfall is Goðafoss falls.
I have said it before and I’ll say it again. Greenland is the land of imensity. This image is a good example. This gigantic glacier winding its way down to the sea and a giant iceberg most likely from another glacier in front of it. It seems everywhere you point your camera in Greenland you see images like this.
Once again I am looking for the picture in the picture. I will say this is an abstract image of a close up of a really pretty iceberg in Greenland. I shot it from a zodiac handheld with a Sony a9 and 100-400mm lens. I found a ton of cool looking ice in Greenland I did this with. I’m going to make large prints and see how it looks on the wall.
Lately I have been using a long lens a lot and exploring the bigger landscape looking for what I call the picture in a picture. These two images are good examples. While in Icleand we visited this amazing wall of rock formations. Using my 100-400mm lens on the Fuji XT-2 I explored the wall and came up with numerous images like the one above. I did the same on a large waterfall coming out with the image below. Sometimes you have to look at the big picture and see what you are missing in the small picture.
This was shot as we cruised up one of the many Fjiords in Greenland. I saw this sailboat with an iceberg and the incredibly high stone cliffs. This is so Greenland. Shot with the Sony a9 and 100-400mm G master.
I have been photographing lots of icebergs for the last 12 years and never have I seen an iceberg that looks like this. We were miles away and saw this green and blue iceberg and asked the captain to drive us towards it. He obliged and I was able to shoot a ton of images of this beast. I used the Sony a9 and 100-400mm G Master lens to catch both the whole iceberg and close=ups. I worked to find the picture in the picture. The abstract of this ice was just beautiful.
Wow, what a trip. I’m now home from Greenland. I leave again on Monday for another trip but today I wanted to post some photos from our first day of the trip. Before we left Svalbard we had a day to explore. I photographed Walrus and Arctic Fox. These images are just two from an amazing session shooting these fox. There were five of them and one caught a bird and took off from the others. These little guys are amazingly fast. I shot these with the new Sony a9 and 100-400mm GM lens. Auto-focus was amazing and I set the camera on manual at 1000th sec. the ISO was set on auto. This method allowed me to freeze action and allowed the ISO to vary for the light.
There are so many cool things to photograph in Iceland. One place I love is an earth covered church. I have shot this place many times and over coffee this morning decided I’d make it look a bit different and dark. Shot with my iPhone and then I used a few apps to get this look. Sometimes it is just fun to play.