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It was a cold morning today when I and my spouse drove with our 9 month old son to Godafoss. We live only 10 minutes away from it, but it takes time to gear up ...
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It was a cold morning today when I and my spouse drove with our 9 month old son to Godafoss. We live only 10 minutes away from it, but it takes time to gear up the baby for being outside in the Icelandic winter :)
I was experimenting with my new AF-P Nikkor 10-22mm 1:4.5-5.6G that I got for Christmas and this is the result using my worn out Nikon D5300. It was too windy for tripod but nevertheless I used it.
The waterfall "Godafoss" is closely connected with one of the most important event in our history in Iceland, the conversion to Christianity from heathendom or "the old custom" in the year 1000.
According to the sagas (Íslendingabók) Godafoss got its name following an event in the year 999 or 1000. The Lawspeaker of the Althing at Thingvellir (Icelandic Parliament) was somebody named Thorgeir Ljósvetningagodi , a gentleman farmer of the Ljósavatn farm, 2 kilometers from the waterfall. The Vikings believed traditionally in many pagan gods. Led by Thorgeir the Althing decided to make the conversion to the Christian faith. When Thorgeir came back (in the year of conversion) from Thingvellir, he decided to throw all the wooden statues of pagan gods into the waterfall, and thus take away from the symbolic belief in pagan gods.
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I was experimenting with my new AF-P Nikkor 10-22mm 1:4.5-5.6G that I got for Christmas and this is the result using my worn out Nikon D5300. It was too windy for tripod but nevertheless I used it.
The waterfall "Godafoss" is closely connected with one of the most important event in our history in Iceland, the conversion to Christianity from heathendom or "the old custom" in the year 1000.
According to the sagas (Íslendingabók) Godafoss got its name following an event in the year 999 or 1000. The Lawspeaker of the Althing at Thingvellir (Icelandic Parliament) was somebody named Thorgeir Ljósvetningagodi , a gentleman farmer of the Ljósavatn farm, 2 kilometers from the waterfall. The Vikings believed traditionally in many pagan gods. Led by Thorgeir the Althing decided to make the conversion to the Christian faith. When Thorgeir came back (in the year of conversion) from Thingvellir, he decided to throw all the wooden statues of pagan gods into the waterfall, and thus take away from the symbolic belief in pagan gods.
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