Steve Pellatt
Breaking the Ice
For all those of you who have been to the south of Iceland this will hardly be a unique image. For those that haven’t, well if you ever do go to Iceland do take the opportunity to visit Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon which is the counterpoint to Diamond Beach. Icebergs calve off the glacier and float serenely across the lagoon in search of freedom not realising that as they float out to sea a lot of them will only experience freedom temporarily before being swept back into Diamond Beach in a somewhat reduced state.
The lagoon has icebergs of all sorts of colours and shapes so you will never have exactly the same shots on any 2 visits. For me that iceberg with the vertical dark bands (presumably fine volcanic rock ground as the glacier flowed) was what caught my eye. The aqua blues are lovely to my eye.
I’d have loved to get some long exposures but the icebergs move a surprising amount - well they did when I was there - so I wasn't able to get any. After having gone to Diamond Beach for sunrise I think I could have spent the rest of the day around the lagoon exploring but heh-ho, workshops never stay put for long and it was onward to the next location after about 45mins.
© All rights reserved to Steve Pellatt. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.
Breaking the Ice
For all those of you who have been to the south of Iceland this will hardly be a unique image. For those that haven’t, well if you ever do go to Iceland do take the opportunity to visit Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon which is the counterpoint to Diamond Beach. Icebergs calve off the glacier and float serenely across the lagoon in search of freedom not realising that as they float out to sea a lot of them will only experience freedom temporarily before being swept back into Diamond Beach in a somewhat reduced state.
The lagoon has icebergs of all sorts of colours and shapes so you will never have exactly the same shots on any 2 visits. For me that iceberg with the vertical dark bands (presumably fine volcanic rock ground as the glacier flowed) was what caught my eye. The aqua blues are lovely to my eye.
I’d have loved to get some long exposures but the icebergs move a surprising amount - well they did when I was there - so I wasn't able to get any. After having gone to Diamond Beach for sunrise I think I could have spent the rest of the day around the lagoon exploring but heh-ho, workshops never stay put for long and it was onward to the next location after about 45mins.
© All rights reserved to Steve Pellatt. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.