Sherry Icardi  

Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Iceland by Sherry Icardi

July 2024 - Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Iceland

About the Image(s)

We took a boat up to the Snaefellsnes Peninsula and then proceeded to go through some of the most desolate areas of Iceland. Fishing Villages were the mainstay of the region. We were on our way to Arnarstapi, a "busy" fishing village. The entire peninsula is of volcanic origin located on the northwestern area of the country. This picture clearly shows the rugged nature. We stopped up here to let the brakes cool off since we had been going up and down for a long tome. Down below is located the village we were stopping at the road is curving back and forth down the mountain. I don't think I have ever photographed expanse areas like I did in Iceland. Trying to put them into perspective was very hard. It got even harder when we went to the glaciers.

Taken with my D750 Nikon on tripod with 24-120 Nikkor lens
1/250
f/14
ISO 160

Post process was cropping and trying to get the view I wanted....still not sure I have succeeded. Color management...lightening the shadows and adjusting the white balance.

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10 comments posted

Gary Jones   Gary Jones
Hi Sherry, it's an image that reminds me of parts of the US west where it's pretty barren and bleak. I'm always expecting any photo of Iceland to have lots of snow and ice, so this is surprising. If I were to make a suggestion, it would be to crop the sky down to the cumulus clouds on the right side to give the landscape more prominence.   Posted: 07/12/2024 19:20:24
Sherry Icardi   Sherry Icardi
Thanks Gary, I'll give it a try. And the reason no snow .....we went in August! Im not anywhere near a cold weather person !

Now on the southern part of Iceland where all the barely inhabited areas are plentiful, have glaciers and is a different story. We did not go North at all, or at least not further than the Western area of Snaefellsnes.

I would really love to go again, but until the Volcano calms down......I'll hold off.   Posted: 07/13/2024 01:44:01
Sherry Icardi   Sherry Icardi
Gave it a try...but it is a really strange "custom size" ;-) And it really loses detail going from 48mb down to <1mb But were I to print I don't think it would make a huge difference   Posted: 07/15/2024 20:43:14
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Butch Mazzuca   Butch Mazzuca
Sherry - what's so frustrating is that I cannot review more than one image without leaving the site because sometimes the the PSA site won't allow me to load and other times the site loads a previous image, as happened with your image. In my visual feedback I cropped down on the sky so it occupies the upper third of the frame instead of the upper half and added a bit of texture, contrast and clarity, then did some dodging and burning to focus the viewer's eye and the interesting road that leads the viewer thru the buttes - I just hope it loads this time.   Posted: 07/21/2024 22:29:41
Butch Mazzuca   Butch Mazzuca
Sherry - no go, so I'll email you my VF image, I've now tried three times and the image will not load.   Posted: 07/21/2024 22:30:46
Sherry Icardi   Sherry Icardi
I'll check my email.....   Posted: 07/25/2024 19:26:48
Ian Cambourne   Ian Cambourne
A great image Sherry. You know I love panos, but your edited version doesn't sit as well with me, as your main image does. My personal preference lies with your main image as you submitted. In my mind, the amount of foreground and background that you've chosen, is appropriate to show the barrenness of the Icelandic landscape.   Posted: 07/22/2024 08:22:04
Butch Mazzuca   Butch Mazzuca
Sherry - one more try on the VF   Posted: 07/25/2024 19:54:52
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Dave Ficke   Dave Ficke
Sherry - I love the expanse of the image and the clouds just add to the entire image. Defiantly an environmental story - I like it.   Posted: 07/30/2024 19:20:18
Peter Cheung   Peter Cheung
Beautiful capture. The cloud formation is quite dramatic. Beautiful colors and the mountains. A good use of pano shot. I would brighten up the image a bit, increase the color temperature and the contrast of the photo a little bit. Well done.   Posted: 07/31/2024 22:12:47