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Photographer’s Note

Skaftafell National Park is one of the must-see places on your journey to Iceland. Seldom found landscape is here at your fingertips. If you are lucky you may even get good and sunny weather, then the visibility lets you admire the landscape fully. That happens only when you have good relations with the trolls.
If not, then you need some protection from the rain.
My relations were good...
So here you can see the Skaftafell glacier in all its glory and beauty.

The picture consisnts of 7 separate vertical shots combined into a panoramic view. 2 gradual grey P121S Cokin's filteres were used from the top.

mkamionka, kingurek, leo61, CLODO, belido, mdetay has marked this note useful

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liviu (600) 2008-11-25 7:42

hey, this is a good picture! you are not afraid to use the wide angle! well croped!
well done michal!
liviu

brevbrev14 (372) 2008-11-25 7:58

Hi Michal, really beautiful landscape
i like a lot the stitch work
very very good
ciao!
Valeria

kingurek (653) 2008-11-25 8:20

Witaj,
Bardzo ładny krajobraz z piękną kontrastującą kolorystyką. Podoba mi się kompozycja z chmurami i efekt jaki uzyskałeś łącząc zdjęcia w panoramę. Przy pierwszej odsłonie czegoś mi brakowało i chciałam zobaczyć więcej ale po dłuższym przyglądnięciu się stwierdzam, że dzięki panoramie moją uwagę przykuwa od razu lodowiec i nie rozpraszam się niepotrzebnie.

Pozdrawiam

Kinga

Lucalain (1750) 2008-11-25 10:23 [Comment]

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leo61 (43712) 2008-11-25 10:32

Hi Michal!
Great landscapeshot from acountry I want to visit some day.It Would be nice to see a large version.
Colors and light are excellent and these clouds add a mystic atmosphere.
Regards,leo

CLODO (4621) 2008-11-25 11:00

Nice view (thanks the trolls!) seeming having been taken with an ultra wide angle. Bright colours, and sharpness. I regret the top of the picture which is too dark
Congratulations
CLODO

darek1978 (11491) 2008-11-25 11:51

Witaj Michal,
Fakt, zdjecie panoramiczne ale z nieprawdopodobna iloscia detali. Przesliczne walace sie na glowe niebo i sam krajobraz godny pozazdroszczenia. Wspaniale foto.
Pozdrawiam,
Darek

pazufferey (2584) 2008-11-25 12:38

Bonsoir Michal,

Prise de vue impressionnate, une belle perspective.
Les couleurs sont vives et le format bien choisi.
Félicitation
Patrick

belido (16813) 2008-11-25 15:30

Hi Michal,

very nice stitching work and interesting scenary. I can't see the junctions and that's the first thing I try to find in those types of images. The use of the nd grad filter created an attractive darkened sky, almost black. I'm happy to know the glacier is still there...who knows for how long. You could post the large verson if the relation between the height and width was equal or more than 2.5. Great job anyhow!
Regards,
Carlos

mdetay (4348) 2008-11-25 17:21

Hi Michal,
Great composition.
The colors are a bit to light on the ground.
The distortion great a great effect of a place that has been sen so many time.
Great job. Congratulation.
Cheers from Hong Kong.
Michel

dabeed (359) 2008-11-26 15:26

Great shot Michal. Did you ever get the large image posted?
Cheers
Dave

mikeo (12117) 2008-12-07 23:50

Czolem Michal,

Jak juz w intro poczytalam, ze ty 'od Angiela' jestes to wiedzialam ze beda miejsca super - hiper - kosmiczne...i sie nie pomylilam;)

Zaczynam od tej fotki bo robi wrazenie, niesamowite kolory, super miejsce no i ten klimacik...Rewela!

Pozdro,
Mikeo

Photo Information

Copyright: Michal Gierlinski (Gierlinski) (940)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-08-04
Categories: Daily Life, Nature
Camera: Canon EOS 350D, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM, 1 GB SanDisk Ext.III, Cokin Gradual Grey P121S
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/400 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-11-25 7:36