It will be 104 in Indianapolis today. Good day to stay in and watch a Clint Eastwood marathon. Too hot to venture out so I will clean the house, do some Phase One stuff, make prints, and play with my kitten. I will make a pitcher of lemonade and stay as cool as I can. Today’s shot is from an iceberg in Iceland. I think I should have stayed there. I like their climate a lot at least this time of year.
We are having another 100 plus degree day in Indianapolis today. And, one more forecasted for tomorrow. So, let’s enjoy a shot from the Gullett in Antarctica where is was cold and beautiful. This was one of the most magical places I have ever visited. Mirror flat water reflecting snow covered mountains. Truly a once in a lifetime view.
I live in Indianapolis and like a lot of the US we are just dying in a major heat wave that will not go away. Temperatures are forecasted in the 100 plus range for the next two days. So, I am sending cold thoughts and will publish nothing but ice shots until this weather breaks. This is an iceberg from Antarctica.
So strange to read weather reports back home about how hot it is. As I lead a workshop group through the many beautiful locations in Iceland I find I am always dressing in layers. Sometimes the wind bellows and it feels like winter. Other times it is in the 30’s. No matter what though we have a had a week of amazing color, weather and a chance to shoot with 14 great people with a true passion for photography. You can follow the adventure at www.podas.info.. The image above was done at The Glacial Lagoon as the moon set. It never gets dark, just kind of this blueish grey light. Hard to sleep when it is never dark and we find ourselves out at 2-5 AM in the morning. Lots of fun, great image that you will soon see more of.
I just got back at 3AM last night from Arizona doing the prep work for the November PODAS workshop – Monuments and Canyons. I’ll share more when we launch the details soon. On Monday I leave for a nary two week trip in Iceland. I am leading a PODAS workshop there and we will have a spectacular time and with 21 hours of daylight we’ll be shooting and not sleeping. Todays photo was made on a beach where icebergs wash up. It’s really quite a sight to see. Look for more and follow the workshop as we blog it at the link HERE.
My friends say I should do a book or exhibit on all my iceberg images. Sounds like a good idea and it will go on my task list, which is rather long. This page was from Antarctica (obviously) and I just love the way it works. Foreground, iceberg in the background, and then the mountains and horizon light far off. This is a very strong image and one of my favorites. It is also a very strong B&W image and I have that one over on my Facebook page.
One of the cool things about a trip to Antarctica is the sights you see when moving from one place to another. what’s even better is if you are on a Russian boat with a crazy Russian captain who will take you up close to icebergs so you can get images like this. Once again I say I like these images because they are not something you can go back and do. They are not cliched. I have some very cool and abstract images like this taken on these trips.
Going through some of my images the other day I came across this image from one of my trips to Antarctica. What I like is how the icebergs matches the same look as the mountains behind. Antarctica is so pretty and full of many surprises like this. I have so many iceberg pictures. MAybe time for an Iceberg book.
Funny, I always thought that glaciers were supposed to be all white and nice looking. Apparently not. This is a glacier in Alaska. I loved the dirt in the ice as well as the mountains in the background. Glacier and ice just fascinate me. They are ever changing and from all the glaciers I have sen in the last few years, they are disappearing fast.
This iceberg has long since melter. As we traveled through Antarctica we would come upon icebergs like this and we would ask our russian captain if he would circle the bergs so we could photograph it from all angles and he usually complied. I liked this one because of the sky and blues as well as ice flow in front. It also looks great in B&W.