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So far, I have had no luck with the weather during my visits to the glacier lagoon Jökulsárlón. I would have loved to take a sunrise or sunset with reflectio...
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So far, I have had no luck with the weather during my visits to the glacier lagoon Jökulsárlón. I would have loved to take a sunrise or sunset with reflection in the smooth water, but strong clouds and wind made this impossible. At least on my third visit there I was lucky with the wind. About the missing sunset, I was annoyed only up to this picture
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This is the famous glacier lagoon "Jökulsárlón" in the south of Iceland. Icebergs from the huge glacier in the north of the lagoon drift towards the arctic ocean in the southTime
In is late evening in the bright icelandic summer nights - the time of sunset. I was hoping for a colorful sunset, but there were too much cloudsLighting
At first I was a little disappointed that the clouds did not allow the view of the sunset, but after seeing this picture of the blue iceberg with its reflection in front of the gray clouds on the camera display, the disappointment was overEquipment
This is a shot with an Canon EOS 5D Mk IV camera with a Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens (24mm, ISO 100, f/5.6, 1/100 sec), exceptionally no other equipment was usedInspiration
I have visited the glacier lagoon many times, mostly in winter and every time it was very windy, so it was hardly possible to take good pictures - reflections in the restless water were not possible and long-term exposures were difficult because the icebergs are moving. It was the first time that I saw the Jökulsárlón with no windEditing
I take pictures in raw format, so a little post-processing is necessary for every picture. These are usually minor adjustments to color balance, saturation, and contrast. In this picture I also cut the format a bit to get a light panorama, which more suits the elongated shape of the icebergIn my camera bag
For all my pictures I use my Canon EOS 5D Mk IV camera. For landscape photography I usually use two different lenses: the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM and the Canon EF 16-35mm 1:4L IS USM - these lenses and a set of Haida filters (ND 3.0, 1.8 und 0.9, GND 1.5, Pro II Digital Slim Polfilter zirkular MC) are always in my bag. Sometimes I take pictures of the milky way with the Tamron SP 15-30mm f/2.8 So VC USD and for Wildlife photography I use the Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. These lenses are very heavy, so I don't always carry them around with me. If I encounter an animal and this was not planned (or for landscape details) I still have a Tamron 70-300mm 1: 4-5.6 SP Di VC USM and for occasional macro shots a Tamron SP 90mm 1: 2.8 Di Macro 1: 1 VC USD. A tripod for landscape photography is mandatoryFeedback
It is difficult to take a similar picture at Jökulsárlón, the conditions are constantly changing. The icebergs come and go, the weather changes ... I plan some time for this area every time I visit Iceland. In winter you can go on an ice cave tour, on the other side of the street is the famous Diamond Beach, on whose black sand fragments of icebergs sparkle in the sun. So there are always enough photo opportunities there, even if the Jökulsárlón doesn't work
