On a cold winter day

[Julius Bjornsson]

Winter is here but no show yet, just on the mountains and the horses are still outside. The volcano looms in the distance, no snow on it, might be hot!

The light on this one was very difficult, tried BW and that did not work well, the light was really this warm and strange. 90mm Elmarit. M8

[billh]

This a stunning photo Julius! I would love to see it 24 or 30 inches long.

Bill

[Julius Bjornsson]

You know that was exactly my reaction also, so I am now in the midst of printing it out in A2 size on my new Epson 3800. Cant wait to see it.

Thanks for the positive comment.

[elansprint72]

Actually (and I can't believe that I'm saying this) the "colour" makes it. Lovely shot.

[Julius Bjornsson]

Thanks Pete, sometimes difficult conditions can lead to something special.

[azzo]

Agree with the above comments.

Yet another fantastic capture Julius.

Azzo

[Julius Bjornsson]

Thanks all of you for the positive comments. I just printed it out and it is great. However I got one small surprise when looking at the A2 enlargement, something I simply did not see and that was a small airplane in the distance. A 100% crop shows this. you can see it as a little speck halftway in the picture above the horses on the far left. This is noticeable in the print, once again showing the fantastic resolution of Leica equipment. I was looking at the photo printed out, oohing and aahing and generally admiring my own work, when I noticed this and shouted something so all my family came running to see what all the commotion was about. We got little laugh out of that.

Once again, thanks for the very positive comments.

[elansprint72]

Originally Posted by Julius Bjornsson

......once again showing the fantastic resolution of Leica equipment......

Damn right; it's a Cessna 172.

[Chuckcars]

Color is what really makes this photograph stand out. Wow, a 3800, no doubt it looks great. The addition of the Skyhawk makes this a very special capture.

[stuny]

Julius -

Fabulous in every way, and another reason for us to visit.

[Julius Bjornsson]

Thanks Stuart for your generous comments. By all means visit Iceland, some great photo opportunities. Especially during summer, then we have light for some twenty something hours but most of it is twilight, and I always find that the most interesting time. Glaring sunshine (which we do not get very often) I dont like and of course not to dark. Twilight is my time of day and makes for the most interesting photo opportunities. So 7 or 8 hours of twilight in summer is great. And then there of course is winter, for example we are now getting into the time of year when it does not get really light. So we just get twilight, even on bright, "sunny" days, it often is as in this photo. So a tripod is obligatory, or at least something to lean against, at least until Leica come up with better high ISO.

[luigi bertolotti]

It's such a lovely pic that inspires other kinds of printing... what about a pano-size, cropping a lot the frame ? You lose that terrific dark sky, but horses and mountain make me think something fine, and different, can result..

[Julius Bjornsson]

Luigi, were you thinking about something like this?

[Julius Bjornsson]

Or even this. Now this is a very small crop, but I think it looses something.

[luigi bertolotti]

Exactly, Julius, your crops render well my idea : the 1st has the advantage to preserve tonalities in the sky, but by the point of view of visual impact, the second is very strong: I'll bet that with the right process & print, it could became a fantastic horizontal poster with a length in the range of 60/80 cm... it deserves it, it's a very very wonderful pic.

What about this version ? I like so much this image that enjoy a lot to work on it in PS... and it's a simple little JPG for posting ! I can imagine what kind of splendour you can achieve working finely on the DNG... the superb behavior of M8 in the shadows has to be valued... look at the horses... (of course, it's so delicate that screen is a very critical factor... hope you'll see like me...)

[Julius Bjornsson]

Originally Posted by luigi bertolotti

Exactly, Julius, your crops render well my idea : the 1st has the advantage to preserve tonalities in the sky, but by the point of view of visual impact, the second is very strong: I'll bet that with the right process & print, it could became a fantastic horizontal poster with a length in the range of 60/80 cm... it deserves it, it's a very very wonderful pic.

What about this version ? I like so much this image that enjoy a lot to work on it in PS... and it's a simple little JPG for posting ! I can imagine what kind of splendour you can achieve working finely on the DNG... the superb behavior of M8 in the shadows has to be valued... look at the horses... (of course, it's so delicate that screen is a very critical factor... hope you'll see like me...)

I think that one is too yellow, at least to my icelandic eyes it looks artificial. We never get that kind of light. But then again, this might be something. It is always interesting how people from other countries see things and places here that for us natives have become commonplace and usual. You often need an outside perspective to see things from another point of view. Keep on experimenting Luigi. I like it.