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In June, lupine blanket the entire country of Iceland. We were lucky enough to visit the town of Húsavik on our journey around the Ring Road. This was one of t...
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In June, lupine blanket the entire country of Iceland. We were lucky enough to visit the town of Húsavik on our journey around the Ring Road. This was one of the nicer small towns we stayed at—a great place for whale watching and good home base for visiting the major attractions north Iceland has to offer.

This photo was made at around 2:00am at the Kaldbaks-kot Cottages just outside of town. There was a sea of lupine here and although I was exhausted and the sunrise glow was pretty dim I had to shoot it.

This is another composition of this location that I finally got around to processing. I think I like this angle better as the lupine get larger and larger in the frame. I also stack-focused this one and then blended the 4 shots by hand. I like how the warmer light hits the tops of the flowers and then gradually becomes moves into the cooler purple tones as you go towards the frame. Kept the light focused on the house but tried to keep all the detail in the flowers up close to me as well.

Check out my drone video I shot in Iceland here:
http://exposurescape.com/aerial-iceland-flight-of-the-drone/
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16 Comments | Report
nina050
 
nina050 October 01, 2015
Stunning stunning stunning!! You're right...only in dreams!
heavenlyraine
 
heavenlyraine October 01, 2015
Absolutely stunning!
KatieMcKinneyPhotography
 
KatieMcKinneyPhotography October 02, 2015
Incredibly stunning!
BeccaLynn PRO+
 
BeccaLynn October 13, 2015
Breathtaking! Voted. ~Becca Lynn
ryanbuchanan PRO
ryanbuchanan October 13, 2015
Thank you!
edandaniphone PRO+
 
edandaniphone October 20, 2015
Amazing!
adavies PRO+
 
adavies November 04, 2015
Beautiful!
CherShot
 
CherShot November 27, 2015
So beautiful it is unreal!
sunshine0
 
sunshine0 December 15, 2015
Join the conversation. Add a comment or even better, a critique. Let's get better together!
sunshine0
 
sunshine0 December 15, 2015
Superb image! If only I could have dreams like this!
FlyingEagle
 
FlyingEagle June 18, 2017
It looks so ethereal!
adavies PRO+
 
adavies June 29, 2017
Congrats, Randy! Well deserved! I've always loved this one! :)
rmr731 Platinum
 
rmr731 June 29, 2017
Congrats! This is stunning indeed!
JayneBug Platinum
 
JayneBug June 29, 2017
Very dreamlike, extraordinary. Congratulations.
PSD9253
 
PSD9253 June 29, 2017
Great shot....beautiful
livioferrari PRO+
 
livioferrari June 29, 2017
Congratulations!
margitulstrup PRO
 
margitulstrup Feb 23
Yes byt what a awesome dream.. a big congrats 👏
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