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Godafoss and Aldeyjarfoss Waterfall, Iceland

Aldeyjarfoss waterfall in Iceland was one of my favourite waterfalls we visited. It was a bit out of the way, at the edge of the Icelandic highlands. It also required us to cross a F road to get there. F roads generally considered more challenging to drive on and require a 4×4 rental car which thankfully we had. This meant we almost had the whole place to ourselves. The only other people there were a small group of photographers on a photo tour. We knew we were in good company if photo tours take photographers there!

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Sights around Lake Myvatn, Iceland, Part II

Continuing on with my journey around Lake Myvatn. Part I can be found here. Dimmuborgir is a lava field in Myvatn in Iceland. There are several hiking routes through Dimmuborgir ranging from 10 minutes to 1 hour. The hikes are easy and mostly well paved. We did the 1 hour walk which took us to the rock formation called The Church. We saw lots of people posing in the hole in the rock formation.

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Shooting for Reflections – A Fuji X Aus Competition

Perth, City of Lights, after sunset

The last Fuji X Aus group competition challenge brief was reflections. We had 2 weeks to shoot and submit a photo. The grand prize was the NiSi Filters 100mm Starter Kit. An amazing prize to die for! I wasn’t a hundred percent happy with the shot I submitted, but given the time constraints I had and the stormy Perth weather, I really went out for a couple of hours one afternoon when the weather wasn’t too bad to do some creative shooting. Most of my favourite photos I shot from that session was shared on a previous blog post. However in this blog posts I wanted to share the shots that I tried to take that fit in with the “reflections” theme.

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Shooting Sunset Colours at South Perth Foreshore

Yesterday was the first day in few weeks that we’ve had good weather in Perth on the weekend. I headed out to do some solo shooting with the intention of shooting reflections for a photo competition. I was almost joined by a fellow Fuji X Aus Perth shooter. While I didn’t manage to get any decent shots of reflections, I did have a fun time experimenting with my Hoya 10 Stop ND filter. I shot with the Fujifilm X-T10 and the fujinon 18-55mm f2.8-4 lens. My trusty combination when I’m doing any landscape shooting. The 10 stop ND filter allowed me to take Long exposures up to a couple of minutes which meant I could see the cloud and light movements. I shot from when the light was still in the sky to after the sunset when the lights lit up in the city. Despite the freezing cold hands (should have brought my gloves!) I was pretty happy with some of the long exposure shots I got.

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Sights around Lake Myvatn, Iceland, Part I

Continuing on with my roadtrip around Iceland. After an awesome night of northern lights, we got up for a day of exploring the sights around Lake Myvatn. There are lots of natural wonders around Lake Myvatn and lots of walking trails. The shot above and below are panoramic shots of Viti Crater. The walk to the top where you get a view of the crater lake is fairly short and steep. You get a pretty good view of your surrounding from the top landing though. In the distance you can see the Krafla Power Plant which is a geothermal powerplant.

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