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3 Hour Sunset, Iceland

3 Hour Sunset, Iceland

I'll never forget this moment. It was around 9pm as the sun started setting and I had just pulled up to the glacier lagoon in Iceland. I was gifted with a ...
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I'll never forget this moment. It was around 9pm as the sun started setting and I had just pulled up to the glacier lagoon in Iceland. I was gifted with a scene like this that lasted what felt like forever. For a photographer, it was basically cheating. The sun never fully sets around this time of year, but after spending 7 days in Iceland this was the only day I really got any sun and I couldn't be more thankful.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

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Aperture f/6.3 ISO 100 Shutter 1/2 Focal Length 28/1

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Jun, 2018

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