The Lost Plane
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Join me for a landscape and post-processing workshop in Iceland, Sept 2014.
This is a United States Navy Dakota which crashed on the black sands of Iceland in 1973. It's a very surreal sight, but worth seeing.
Sadly it's a bit of a trek to get to.
We knew vaguely where this was, but still decided to get some GPS co-ordinates from our friend Mike Murphy to help us on our way. It was only about 2-3 kilometres from the road, but it ended up being a long walk due to the soft, spongy gravel/sand of the 'beach'.
After a short shoot, with a very obliging sunset and sky, we had to do the whole walk again, but in reverse. (I mean back to the van from the plane, not walking backwards).
It's certainly possible to drive here if you have a 4x4, but I wouldn't recommend doing it in a normal vehicle in case you get stuck.
Thanks to my friend Carol for the title suggestion.
Read this on my blog: thefella.com/blog/the-lost-plane.
No images in comments please.
Details
Nikon D800 / ISO 100 / f/8.0 / 14-24mm @ 22mm / HDR
The Lost Plane
TheFella | Facebook | Twitter | Vimeo | 500px | RedBubble | Getty | Tumblr | Google+
View on black please!
Join me for a landscape and post-processing workshop in Iceland, Sept 2014.
This is a United States Navy Dakota which crashed on the black sands of Iceland in 1973. It's a very surreal sight, but worth seeing.
Sadly it's a bit of a trek to get to.
We knew vaguely where this was, but still decided to get some GPS co-ordinates from our friend Mike Murphy to help us on our way. It was only about 2-3 kilometres from the road, but it ended up being a long walk due to the soft, spongy gravel/sand of the 'beach'.
After a short shoot, with a very obliging sunset and sky, we had to do the whole walk again, but in reverse. (I mean back to the van from the plane, not walking backwards).
It's certainly possible to drive here if you have a 4x4, but I wouldn't recommend doing it in a normal vehicle in case you get stuck.
Thanks to my friend Carol for the title suggestion.
Read this on my blog: thefella.com/blog/the-lost-plane.
No images in comments please.
Details
Nikon D800 / ISO 100 / f/8.0 / 14-24mm @ 22mm / HDR