Dr Isaac Vaisman, PPSA
About the Image(s)
Icelandic Black Church was created about two years ago on a photo tour there. This black Church is an icon in Iceland and it has been photographed a zillion times. It is located on the south coast of the Iceland’s Snaefellsnes peninsula. It was built in 1703 and since then has had a couple of reconstructions and one relocation, It has a historic graveyard and relics inside. It is beautiful and minimalistic object placed in the rough nature of Iceland. The images were created using a Nikon D850 with the Nikkor lens 24-120 mm f/4 at 44 mm and with these settings and handheld. ISO 800, f/10 and 1/1000 sec with a – 1/3 EC. It was a very cloudy and rainy day, so I used several exposures a la HDR technique. I tried to get a very low vantage point, so I laid on the ground, with the camera pretty much on the ground as well and with the screen pulled out and angled accordingly. After PP in Aurora, the image was corrected for brightness, clarity, vibrance, sharpened and cropped as is. I did walk the area and took several other images. I am attaching a couple more for illustration of the look of the area from different angles.
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14 comments posted
As you said this must be the most photographed church in the world but everyones take on it is different as are the weather conditions,the grave stones are a great lead in the low angle really suits this the wide angle shows the enviroment around the church its a very dark atmospheric day with that in mind if it were mine I would just tone the grass down either in brightness or saturation also this image could be perfect for black and white conversion as well as well.
  Posted: 06/08/2020 14:35:24