Someone commented on my Flickr account that this horse reminds him a bit of Donald Trump.

Here is a shot of my friend Asmundur who took me around Iceland on the weekend to take a few shots. He showed me some cool places and was a great host. Here is a shot of him in full concentration mode on the southern rocky coast at Sunset. Underneath that is a repost of the first place Asmundur took me… to that unusual light house about an hour away from this location.

The ice near the town square gave off an interesting purple glow during dusk. I think it was the warm colors from inside the buildings mixing with that strange blue light from the long winter dusk.

I do appreciate all the testimonials I get, and it often gives me a chance to go look at other photographers and whatnot… So I am always surprised when one of my favorites photographers comes by and gives me one of her own. I uploaded this picture of this icy lake in Iceland, since that is where Helga is from, and I am jealous she gets to live there all year round. Here is a link to her one of her Flickr portfolios.

Here are a few whale hunters.

There was still a little snow and frost on the ground on this early morning when I walked around Reykjavik to get some shots. It was one of of those days I was happy to wake up before sunrise. The cloud cover was perfect for surreal HDR time!

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During the middle of winter, there was not a lot of light during the day, but the dusk seemed to last for about two hours. So it was very nice to get the strange deep blue light in so many of my shots. I think it really came out as a nice backdrop color for all the warm colors and architecture in and around Reykjavik.

Everything in Iceland reminded me of the Genesis project from Star Trek. I half expected to find Spock huddling in a bush going through Pon’Far.

Here is a huge geothermal plant from Iceland that was built on top of some the most active hot spots in the country. It was a very surreal place and we were able to walk right up to do it, around it, and all through it. We never saw another human the whole time. It reminded of that book Sun of Suns when they visited the artificial sun that was a self-sustaining device that no one really understood. The sounds of the turbines churning and the excess steam exhaust was rather unreal as well…

Below that, I posted another shot about 2 KM from the plant where everything was untouched and still natural.

I thought everyone would enjoy a rather miraculous capture that has risen from my trip to Iceland.

All I can say is this picture was incredibly lucky, because there has been no reason heretofore for God to make sure the clouds were perfectly aligned on this cool spring day to allow this kind of capture. I’m not complaining, of course.

I used a new technique on this shot that is beyond what I detail in my HDR 2.0 Tutorial. I discussed the technique with the author of that HDR book that is coming out soon that will feature a bit of my work. Perhaps I should not steal my own thunder and leave it a mystery until then. A mystery, like the resurrection, no?