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Ancient tree on Wearyall Hill towards Glastonbury Tor at the back. Was there from the time of the Crusades.
Hasselblad 503Cx, Agfa APx25, ID11 1+1
On our way north, we pulled into the Devil's Marbles Roadhouse on the Stuart Highway in the Northern Territory. I found this sign post out the back. Looks like John is heading the right way.... lol...
ANSH 123 - 9. something showing direction
The remains of a glorious sunset on Olympic National Park's Ruby Beach as seen through a clearing in the woods. Hoh, Washington USA
I bought a couple of the requisite tour books before the visit to Iceland in August; and while we had the decent outline of a plan, we left the specifics until we were on the ground. Knowing the unpredictability of the island weather, we wanted to have the latitude for spontaneity and not be too rigidly tied to a plan. This also wasn't intended to be a photo trip. There will likely be one of those in the future - but if anything this was a recce for the future - and a chance to just look around without the stress of having to be in a certain spot for just the right light/time of day.
While this worked out for us in the end, it did leave us overwhelmed at the volume of tourist material available. Especially maps. Since we weren't going into the interior/highlands I didn't think it would be so bad, but there was an amazing variety of maps. The free tourist maps are great for driving and we used one quite regularly for our visit to the south and east, but none of the maps, nor books for that matter, matched the value of the International Photographers "Where To Go. What To Photograph" map for Iceland.
We were so impressed, and I'm going to pile on the praise, so I think I should put in the standard disclaimer that I have nothing to do, nor have I ever even communicated with anyone with anything to do with the company that makes or sells those maps.
It was a great mix of a standard road map with icons for points of interest (POIs) that a photographer would be looking for. Not just the POI but helpful notes. Such as, pointing out a beautiful field where a certain flower blooms, but they remind you that its only in the months of late May and early June. The number of times it sent us to see something we otherwise wouldn't have known about, are too numerous to mention. I should also point out that not all turned out to be great photo opportunities, due to weather or time of day, but they still great POIs to see - even without taking a single picture.
It came with a note about a companion book, which I didn't see for purchase at the store in Reykavik, so I can't speak to the book or the other maps they sell - bur for Iceland - I'd highly recommend it. Remember though - you'll still need a standard road map.
It cost around $35 (CAD) but was well worth the cost and it lives up to its tearproof boast.
Note 1: the open map shown in my image is one of the free road maps. I didn't want to infringe on the copyright of their map.
Note 2: We didn't rent the GPS with the car, we used one of our phones, since the cell service on the highways was pretty solid. I did however buy a local SIM card to save on the roaming coasts. I HIGHLY recommend this if you visit Iceland and want to use your smart phone. I bought the Sminn 4G LTE card (with 1 Gb data) at the airport on arrival. I realized that I should have bought the card on the flight in (its in the Iceland Air catalogue) - and it would have saved me a couple of bucks. Still a much better deal than roaming though.
I shot this as the sun appeared below the cloud before sunset.
It was whilst waiting for this that I shot the colour version (www.flickr.com/photos/rolophoto/8009447149/in/photostream) as a direct comparison between the Leica and Hasselblad. This film version will make a 3 ft wide print without any uprezzing. Next challenge is to convert the Leica file to be as satisfying as this one.
Hasselblad 203FE, 60-120 zoom; Across 100, HC110-B
See below, the driver, William Nuttall, found his portrait here.
Hasselblad 203FE, 110mm F2.0; Fuji Acros, 100, HC-110 H; Goodwood Revival
For a time, well before dawn, I had the whole place to myself. :-)
Leica Monochrom, CV15mm; 320iso, 1s