Trevor Crone
14th June 2009, 11:53 AM
Having just returned from a 19 day trip to Iceland I’m finding it a little difficult to settle back into my ‘normal’ routine. The island is simply ‘magical’, so quiet, few people and few cars. You can drive for miles without seeing another person or car.
Icelanders are very friendly and helpful, always willing to give advice when asked. They are calm and measured; their advice always seems well considered.
I went with fellow photographers and Arena members, Paul Foley and Tim Rudman. We’ve known each other for sometime so it was terrific fun sharing time together doing photography and taking time out to relax. Meal times were always a hoot!
We stayed in some of the smaller hotels and guest houses to help keep the costs down. They were all excellent, food and accommodation was very good indeed.
Our photography was confined to the S.E. part of the island between the old fishing village of Eyrabakki to just N of the delightful coastal town of Hofn. We encountered icebergs, hot springs, waterfalls, sea stacks, canyons, lava fields, deserts of black sand, glaciers, and snow capped mountains and volcanoes, beautiful towns and churches and we were attacked by Arctic turns on several occasions. I managed to squeeze in some urban photography around the small towns of Eyrabakki, Vik and Hofn.
For portability and weight I took with me my Ebony SW23 (6x9cm) camera, 4 lenses, 2 roll film backs, Pentax digital light meter, Gitzo Systematic carbon tripod with a Manfrotto 410 geared head and over 70 rolls of 120 film. I shot just over 60 rolls, mainly Delta 100 but some Delta 400 and Neopan 400 for the extra speed on windy days and hand held use.
The camera gear and film was taken as hand luggage, the gear in a small Tamrac back pack and the film in a Billingham Hadley bag. The tripod and head was packed in a suitcase as hold luggage. As it turned out I took too much clothing and one of the lenses was only used for one shot. The wide angle lens, a 47mmXL Super Angulon was used the most. I just had to photograph those wonderful big skies.
As one would expect we had all types of weather from sun to snow on the high ground. Temperatures were up to a balmy 13’C on some sunny days.
We were there from the 23 May to 11 June and it was never dark. On one occasion Tim Rudman was photographing around midnight!
I’ve started to process the film and once this is done I’ll try and put a few in the album section.
Will I return? You bet given half a chance for it’s such an enchanting place and I for one have fallen under its spell:)
Icelanders are very friendly and helpful, always willing to give advice when asked. They are calm and measured; their advice always seems well considered.
I went with fellow photographers and Arena members, Paul Foley and Tim Rudman. We’ve known each other for sometime so it was terrific fun sharing time together doing photography and taking time out to relax. Meal times were always a hoot!
We stayed in some of the smaller hotels and guest houses to help keep the costs down. They were all excellent, food and accommodation was very good indeed.
Our photography was confined to the S.E. part of the island between the old fishing village of Eyrabakki to just N of the delightful coastal town of Hofn. We encountered icebergs, hot springs, waterfalls, sea stacks, canyons, lava fields, deserts of black sand, glaciers, and snow capped mountains and volcanoes, beautiful towns and churches and we were attacked by Arctic turns on several occasions. I managed to squeeze in some urban photography around the small towns of Eyrabakki, Vik and Hofn.
For portability and weight I took with me my Ebony SW23 (6x9cm) camera, 4 lenses, 2 roll film backs, Pentax digital light meter, Gitzo Systematic carbon tripod with a Manfrotto 410 geared head and over 70 rolls of 120 film. I shot just over 60 rolls, mainly Delta 100 but some Delta 400 and Neopan 400 for the extra speed on windy days and hand held use.
The camera gear and film was taken as hand luggage, the gear in a small Tamrac back pack and the film in a Billingham Hadley bag. The tripod and head was packed in a suitcase as hold luggage. As it turned out I took too much clothing and one of the lenses was only used for one shot. The wide angle lens, a 47mmXL Super Angulon was used the most. I just had to photograph those wonderful big skies.
As one would expect we had all types of weather from sun to snow on the high ground. Temperatures were up to a balmy 13’C on some sunny days.
We were there from the 23 May to 11 June and it was never dark. On one occasion Tim Rudman was photographing around midnight!
I’ve started to process the film and once this is done I’ll try and put a few in the album section.
Will I return? You bet given half a chance for it’s such an enchanting place and I for one have fallen under its spell:)