Boiling Point

"Boiling Point"

This is the extraterrestrial Hverir geothermal area in Iceland, where the scars on the surface of Earth, joined by the steaming hot sulphur smokes and boiling muds, show us that our planet is very much alive and constantly renovating itself.

This photo was shot during sunrise at 2am in June 2016, right after a fantastic midnight sun display in the near area of the Krafla Volcano. This was probably the best light display of the whole trip, with non stop intense warm light during 4 hours. The original plan for that day was to shoot the west side of the Dettifoss waterfall, but I was unfortunately surprised by a blocked staircase to the shooting spots, as the place was still filled with dangerous slippery ice near the borders. There was no internet on the spot to check the cloud cover forecast and redo the shooting plan, so I rushed to return to the Ring Road. As this was my third visit to the country, I knew that the Krafla volcanno crater and the Hverir Geothermal area were near, so there were the chosen spots for that day. As you can guess, I definitely do not regret this choice!

As it would become usual on these midnight sun sessions, there was a total of 4 persons on the spot between sunset and sunrise, in a place that is usually crowded with dozens (hundreds?) of visitors.

This photo made with the Sony 10-18mm APS-C lens using a full frame sensor, at 13mm. Ultra-wide lens with great sharpness and 100mm filter compatibility, which I used about 70% of the time in Iceland.

Location: Hverir, Iceland. June 2016

Sony a7R + Sony 10-18mm f4 at 13mm

Aperture: f13
Exposure: 1 second
ISO: 100
4 stop soft ND Grad (Nisi)
Vanguard Alta Pro 283 CT tripod + BBH-300 ballhead
Wireless remote shutter
Terrascape filter bag
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