Iceland sightseeing trip

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Me & the wife have just spent a wonderful few days sightseeing in Iceland, awesome scenery...couldn't believe our luck to catch the Northern Lights in Reykjavic too despite travelling in late April, we were on organised tours but i managed to grab a few shots along the way

Northern Lights above Reykjavic


Skogafoss Waterfall


South shore road to Reykjavic


Black sands near Vik on the south shore


Mountain view from Vik, South Shore
 
A nice set, I like 3 and 5, and I didn't have an issue with the watermark.
 
My god, I went there from the 8th to 11th with my Girlfriend, we went on the northern lights tour several times but nothing, I can't believe you captured the lights near the statue of the Viking Boat! We walked past it several times too, but not at night though. Out hotel was a few minutes down the road from there, I did wonder if i stayed up if i could see the lights from the hotel.

There is always next year i guess. Brilliant pictures by the way.

Ian
 
Solo man said:
A nice set, I like 3 and 5, and I didn't have an issue with the watermark.
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Thanks...awesome place and a "must see" for anyone into scenery, I didn't really have time to scout or setup shots as we were on an organised tour, an incredible landscape to photograph expecially if you have more time!!

Simon
 
IanTurner said:
My god, I went there from the 8th to 11th with my Girlfriend, we went on the northern lights tour several times but nothing, I can't believe you captured the lights near the statue of the Viking Boat! We walked past it several times too, but not at night though. Out hotel was a few minutes down the road from there, I did wonder if i stayed up if i could see the lights from the hotel.

There is always next year i guess. Brilliant pictures by the way.

Ian
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Thanks Ian....we were very lucky to say the least, the rep on our South Shore tour during the day mentioned that night had a good forecast so we sat at the ship from 11.30pm, nothing happened for 45minutes and we were just about to leave went it all burst into life..

Here's a straight-forward shot of the sky



Simon
 
Amazing I really wished I had done that, we went out from 9pm until 1am, we had clear skies were told that it is perfect conditions etc etc, but nothing! I will be going back to capture them plus the place is amazing!

Oddly enough though My girlfriend managed to capture more last year when I drove us to Northumberland National park!

Well done on the shot!

Ian
 
simonkit said:
Unfortunately thanks to the UK Govt it's essential now to identify images you post on the web so needs must...have a read of this, we all just lost copyright ownership of our images...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/29/err_act_landgrab/
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I think #1 is a great photo.

Thanks for that link. So basically if you upload a photo anywhere online now you have just given it a way free to anyone who wants to profit from it. That really stinks.
 
IanTurner said:
Amazing I really wished I had done that, we went out from 9pm until 1am, we had clear skies were told that it is perfect conditions etc etc, but nothing! I will be going back to capture them plus the place is amazing!

Oddly enough though My girlfriend managed to capture more last year when I drove us to Northumberland National park!

Well done on the shot!

Ian
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We also did the same the following night Ian which was supposed to be even better...nothing but frost-bite that time, even so we were delighted to just have seen them once(y)
 
Idlefrog said:
I think #1 is a great photo.

Thanks for that link. So basically if you upload a photo anywhere online now you have just given it a way free to anyone who wants to profit from it. That really stinks.
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Thanks...apparently to maintain ownership you must register your photos & guess what you have to pay:shake: I'm trying to find out who/how you register and just how much it costs...heard photographers already considering stopping positing on forums/Facebook/Flickr etc, ridiculous situation created by the Govt

Simon
 
kevin obrian said:
Lovely set Simon enjoyed then all and certainly along way from North Wales lol, and thank you for the link interesting read.
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Thanks Kevin.....I think you might need to change the copyright statement on your website, it looks as though it might need to read

"Unauthorized copying is strictly encouraged by law" :shake:

Simon
 
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