Scrape the sky

Vestrahorn. Another place that makes you work for your shot. This day we risked the weather to go and shoot in the east coast. For as long as we were there, the forecast for this area was wind, snow and rain. I decided to chance it and drive out there early one morning to find there in fact was no snow or rain. But there were two significant challenges. The first was the wind. Lots of it. For those who haven't seen black volcanic sand, it is actually very fine, more so than normal sand. So when the wind is moving at 40km/hr, the sand goes with it like a moving carpet. I stalked the dunes for a good hour, trying to find a spot that was not going to shred my lens. There was one spot i particularly liked, and i stood in front of my camera, blocking it from the wind, for a good 30 mins, but the wind never let up. The further i went into the dunes, the more "bearable" the wind became. As you can see from the foreground, the grass is still moving at a decent speed. I am still finding black sand in my bags and clothes.

 

The second challenge was the clouds. I took a number of shots just hoping that i could capture the tips of the mountain. After image stacking quite a few pictures, i was mostly successful.

Done