Posted by Bill Dark on August 10, 2010 at 10:22 AM
I think I'd have to go with the whale - those puffins are such beautiful birds. But so are pheasants, I guess, so if puffin has white breast meat, it might be worth a try. The lobster soup and cognac starter combo also sounds better than raspberry, uh, vinegar. $35 seems a little pricey - do they have a senior menu?
Your slide program will no doubt be a feast for the eyes this year - I'm sure you're going to be seeing some incredible landscapes. Have fun!!!!
No camera tonight, but I'm headed underwater in a dry suit to swim down into the crack where the American and European tectonic plates meet - the water temp is just above freezing - I'll be just below that mark!
Posted by Tom Kennon on August 10, 2010 at 10:41 AM
Looking forward to your slide program. Have fun in that dry suit, you may feel like the Michelin Man if you don't get all the air our of that dry suit!
Posted by Brad Mangas on August 10, 2010 at 12:11 PM
I've been hearing Iceland mentioned a lot this time of year in the photography communities, so go ahead Tim, rub it in!
Have you ever seen Puffin hunting? I saw Gordon Ramsey doing it on the BBC. They use a long net and snatch them out of the air at full speed . Looks pretty difficult.
Hey Larry, got time but no wifi here in the backcountry. Staying indoors for a few hours tonight then on the road again at 3am for the last four days of shooting. Quite an amazing place for sure, and people too...
Just got back from spending a couple of hours down inside a crater - or actually many dozens of craters. Black ground and rounded hills for many miles in all directions, laced with lakes as far as you could see. Iceland can be quite difficult to shoot in, as was the case this morning. Walking out a knife-edge ridge just before dawn things just kept getting better and better and better with each step, looking either direction, or ahead, or behind. A rising sun one direction, banks of lifting fog in another. Blue lakes below, some rimmed with bright yellow moss. You knew that if you stopped to shoot then you would miss something up ahead, yet if you pressed on you would miss the spectacular sights all around. Yesterday we stopped to photograph a powerful waterfall out in the middle of nowhere, and just as we approached, the sky behind us opened up and the sun shone through, producing the most intense rainbow I've ever seen. No problem taking a picture of that, but it was tough to know whether to stay put and shoot or advance to try and find a better vantage point. Turns out that most things happen over here in slow motion - sunrise, sunset, and rainbows. Going forward the rainbow only got more intense, and larger, until it fully circled the waterfall overhead. For every great image we are able to stop and shoot, a thousand pass by along the way, only to be recorded in your head...
A little warmer, yes. A far cry from the mild weather we were experiencing this time last year. NOAA says that globally, this has been the warmest year on record so far.
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11 repliesYour slide program will no doubt be a feast for the eyes this year - I'm sure you're going to be seeing some incredible landscapes. Have fun!!!!
No camera tonight, but I'm headed underwater in a dry suit to swim down into the crack where the American and European tectonic plates meet - the water temp is just above freezing - I'll be just below that mark!
I found a video. Fast forward to about a minute in. There is some rough language in it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIjsJrbl4jI&NR=1
signed Jealous.