Some more shots from Iceland (dialup might be slow)

Stuart Richardson , Aug 30, 2005; 07:35 p.m.

Some of you may remember that I posted a number of shots here last week. I have another batch here, so I figured I would post a few more. Again, for those interested in technical details, these were all taken on either an MP or Hexar RF with mostly a 21 CV, 35/1.4 ASPH, 50/1.4 ASPH and 135mm f/4 Tele-Elmar-M. Films were what I could find in Iceland...Velvia 50 and 100F, BW400CN, Tmax-100 and a roll of Delta 100 (was in my camera when I got there...).

I will try to give a very brief description of each shot.

A farmhouse near Hofn that I believe was ruined during a Hekla eruption or some jokulhaup.

An inquisative horse from said farm

Some cows grazing on the riverbank next to Skogarfoss

Some views of Sejlandfoss and smaller nearby falls, about halfway between Vik and Reykjavik

The airport at Skaftafell National Park

I will post these first, then a few more...

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Stuart Richardson , Aug 30, 2005; 07:41 p.m.

Rivers running off from Vatnajokull

A Stranded chick on Vik beach

From this beach...

The main highway in Iceland

In color

I suppose I better stop there before I start ticking people off for posting so many (sorry if I have already done so...they are all at my website, so I don't think it harms photo.net in any way).

Lee Hamiel , Aug 30, 2005; 08:14 p.m.

Stuart:

Very nice shots - they loaded in seconds for me.

One suggestion would be to upload the images to your portfolio & provide the link here. That way one could go larger as well.

Thanks for the shots

skip . , Aug 30, 2005; 08:21 p.m.

Splendid, and I'm not one for color...skip

John Kelly , Aug 30, 2005; 09:05 p.m.

Velvia (presumably)seems excessive in that wildly dramatic scenery...and loses shadow information...though I especially like the shot after the horse, and the final shot with the airplane, cabin, and mountains.

Where's the blonde you showed us earlier?

Stuart Richardson , Aug 30, 2005; 11:12 p.m.

Don't remind me John....that girl was very cute and gave me a very nice smile after I took the shot, yet I still did not really talk to her afterwards. My accursed shyness......

Anyway here is a magnified view of the girl's face from the previous photo:

As for Velvia and the shadow detail, I think much of the shadow detail is lost in the scanning process. In order to reach the same color saturation and look as the slide, I find that I have to discard some of the shadow information. Perhaps it is just my lack of skill in photoshop. And I do think that the colors are actually rather accurate. The landscape there is incredibly crisp compared to anywhere else I have been (other than New Zealand). The lack of pollution and cool tempertures create a clarity and crispness in the landscapes that is rarely seen elsewhere.

W J Gibson , Aug 30, 2005; 11:16 p.m.

great shots - nice variety of composition - Iceland has always been on my list of places to go, you've made it bump back up to the top

Dan Flanders , Aug 31, 2005; 12:02 a.m.

For some unknown reason the linked pics do not load in my browser. I use Mozilla Firefox and have searched both IE and Firefox trying to find some option I may have neglected to enable, all to no avail. I seem to recall that there is somewhere the option to view attachments but can't find any such menu. This situation seems to have come about withing the last several days. Does anyone have any idea what I may be doing wrong? If so I would appreciate your advice. Thanks, HG

Stuart Richardson , Aug 31, 2005; 01:08 a.m.

I am sorry that they are not loading for you Harry. Maybe you can try my website. I have not fully loaded the page yet, but a decent number of the pics are up there. I will finish loading them in the next day or two...

Iceland 2005

Travis . , Aug 31, 2005; 03:44 a.m.

very nice. Are the b/w all from bw400cn?

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