Xindaan
Hvítserkur, Iceland
We got glaciers, birds, waterfalls - it's time for something volcanic. Iceland is full of it, yet, I chose this rather unconventional picture volcano picture for the introduction round. :)
Hvítserkur is the last remains of a central volcano, about 15 m high. Legend has it that this is a troll turned into stone when he was surprised by the sun while attacking a nearby abbey with rocks.
No special setting regarding focus, aperture or exposure time. Just a black&white treatment, obviously, since the contrasts were what impressed me the most. That single, weirdly shaped rock right in the sea. I just liked that. At the same time, due to the stories, I wanted that "troll" to look dark, menacing, dominating. Hence the choice of contrast.
I definitely recommend to use some B l a c k M a g i c on this one. :)
#89 on Explore on 2009-07-08. Thank you very much!
If you are interested, feel free to check out my whole Iceland set at my homepage, or rather the current state it is in. My favorites from there will get here onto flickr. Yes, I take proposals. :)
Hvítserkur, Iceland
We got glaciers, birds, waterfalls - it's time for something volcanic. Iceland is full of it, yet, I chose this rather unconventional picture volcano picture for the introduction round. :)
Hvítserkur is the last remains of a central volcano, about 15 m high. Legend has it that this is a troll turned into stone when he was surprised by the sun while attacking a nearby abbey with rocks.
No special setting regarding focus, aperture or exposure time. Just a black&white treatment, obviously, since the contrasts were what impressed me the most. That single, weirdly shaped rock right in the sea. I just liked that. At the same time, due to the stories, I wanted that "troll" to look dark, menacing, dominating. Hence the choice of contrast.
I definitely recommend to use some B l a c k M a g i c on this one. :)
#89 on Explore on 2009-07-08. Thank you very much!
If you are interested, feel free to check out my whole Iceland set at my homepage, or rather the current state it is in. My favorites from there will get here onto flickr. Yes, I take proposals. :)