Moonlit winter landscape with ancient houses, Iceland (explored)
I have been taking pictures on this spot for a number of years and love to be here in winter time to take pictures of the descending moon. In fact there will never be one picture looking the same as the others due to the ever changing circumstances when the moon is descending, for example the varied graduation of light in the early morning hours or a distinctive difference in color tone. Also the ever different location of the moon in the sky is important: the moon can descend nearer to the old houses or nearer to the old turf church, the moon can descend higher or closer to the horizon, and also the presence of some clouds will give the moon a specific look. Without a doubt the presence of snow creates an even more distinctive ambiance.
The houses are built on a small hill and the location from where the shot is taken is down on the hill so that the distance between the houses and the moon appears to be rather small.
The centre of Reykjavik around the turn of the 19th century was mainly made up of wooden houses being in a rather different state of maintainance. Also turf houses were still a quite normal sight in Reykjavik. Along with the increasing construction of buildings of more durable material the wooden buildings got into danger to disappear slowly out of the centre of the city.
Moonlit winter landscape with ancient houses, Iceland (explored)
I have been taking pictures on this spot for a number of years and love to be here in winter time to take pictures of the descending moon. In fact there will never be one picture looking the same as the others due to the ever changing circumstances when the moon is descending, for example the varied graduation of light in the early morning hours or a distinctive difference in color tone. Also the ever different location of the moon in the sky is important: the moon can descend nearer to the old houses or nearer to the old turf church, the moon can descend higher or closer to the horizon, and also the presence of some clouds will give the moon a specific look. Without a doubt the presence of snow creates an even more distinctive ambiance.
The houses are built on a small hill and the location from where the shot is taken is down on the hill so that the distance between the houses and the moon appears to be rather small.
The centre of Reykjavik around the turn of the 19th century was mainly made up of wooden houses being in a rather different state of maintainance. Also turf houses were still a quite normal sight in Reykjavik. Along with the increasing construction of buildings of more durable material the wooden buildings got into danger to disappear slowly out of the centre of the city.