Julius Bjornsson Posted September 27, 2007 Share #1 Posted September 27, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) We had this huge storm today, and suddenly in the afternoon, the sun came out and you could se these huge cloud banks all around. We were I suppose in the eye of the low-pressure area. The clouds were magnificent. Enjoy. M8+50 Summicron. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kuddel Posted September 27, 2007 Share #2 Posted September 27, 2007 Julius, excellent picture with magnificent clouds indeed, very impressing. Great compostion. I never saw so many layers of a stratus type cloud, very interesting. Are there high range mountains behind the town? Regards, Andreas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Bjornsson Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share #3 Posted September 27, 2007 Andreas you clearly know your meterology. There is a 1000 meter high large mountain exactly behind the clouds here. I even have a small picture to show you how it looks without clouds. This is taken from approximately the same place but a slightly different angle. thanks for your nice comments. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuddel Posted September 27, 2007 Share #4 Posted September 27, 2007 Julius, thanks for your answer and the explanation of the aera. I had a brief look in the surface pressure chart at 12:00 hours UTC. There was a complex low pressure system west and north of Iceland with the centre between Iceland and Greenland and the cold front running south east to south. This cold front was about 100 nautical miles off coast at that time. The storm was in the warm sector of this pressure system. I suppose you took the picture (and what you described) in the post frontal clearing, an aera with clear weather (less or just a few clouds) which you find sometimes behind a cold front. Just a guess, but anyway and more important, great picture. Cheers, Andreas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Bjornsson Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share #5 Posted September 27, 2007 Andreas you are right, it must have been just after the front passed. It had been raining all day, with very high winds, but at approx. half past four in the afternoon, the rain suddenly stopped, the sun came out and I was lucky, just taking my afternoon walk. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr Posted September 28, 2007 Share #6 Posted September 28, 2007 Julius, what beautiful light you've caught - very impressive shot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmb_ Posted September 28, 2007 Share #7 Posted September 28, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Julius, The light is really wonderful and I love the composition. The clouds are fantastic, of course, but I bet it is a real treat to examine all the buildings along the bottom of the frame. Nicely done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Bjornsson Posted September 28, 2007 Author Share #8 Posted September 28, 2007 Yep, the resolution of the M8+Summicron 50 still amazes me, I have never used a camera with this level of resolution before, even my old(!) Nikon D2x pales compared to this. Here you have a very very small 100% crop from the bottom of the first picture. And note that this is the bottom far right. Amazing. But this thread should not be about pixel peeping, even though it is interesting. Opens up all kinds of possibilities. Thanks all for the positive comments, very encouraging. JKB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samwells Posted September 28, 2007 Share #9 Posted September 28, 2007 Julius - Great shot and composition...I love the brightness of the buildings strung along the bottom of the frame like a necklace, the line interrupted by the single dark church. cheers: Sam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted September 28, 2007 Share #10 Posted September 28, 2007 Yep, the resolution of the M8+Summicron 50 still amazes me, I have never used a camera with this level of resolution before, even my old(!) Nikon D2x pales compared to this. Here you have a very very small 100% crop from the bottom of the first picture. And note that this is the bottom far right. Amazing. But this thread should not be about pixel peeping, even though it is interesting. Opens up all kinds of possibilities. Thanks all for the positive comments, very encouraging. JKB ... but...is it Reykyavik ? I seem to recognize the (mmhhh....spelling ) "Hallgrimmsmkirkja" ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Bjornsson Posted September 28, 2007 Author Share #11 Posted September 28, 2007 Yep Luigi, you got it right, it is Reykjavik, seen from the other side of the fjord to the south. And you almost got the churchname right it is Hallgrimskirkja. Your Icelandic is pretty good. JKB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted September 28, 2007 Share #12 Posted September 28, 2007 Yep Luigi, you got it right, it is Reykjavik, seen from the other side of the fjord to the south. And you almost got the churchname right it is Hallgrimskirkja. Your Icelandic is pretty good. JKB I fell in love with Iceland when was 13... 37 years passed and not yet gone there... but an impressive number of photo books, guides, maps, local literature in my home (and some little volcanic rocks provided by friends SO LUCKY TO...). But.. the DAY shall come one year or another (now I think a right occasion can be my 25th of marry... or celebrate 20 years of my first daughter...) ; I am a good mountaineer, so also in 6 or 7 years from now I hope to be able to climb the (mmmh...spelling ... ) Hvannadalsnukur... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Bjornsson Posted September 28, 2007 Author Share #13 Posted September 28, 2007 Hi again Luigi. The name is Hvannadalshnjúkur, Icelands highest peak, BTW not very high 2111.6 and we insist on the .6 because for years we thought it was 2119 but the newest GPS technology has found that that estimate was rather generous. And additionally there is a mountain in Sweden which will be a little bit higher if we drop the .6 and we cannot have that. Oh no. Some more photos from Iceland on my homepage HeimasÃ*ða JúlÃ*us K. Björnsson. Most taken with Nikons but the newest ones with the M8. September 2007. Enjoy. JKB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
albert Posted September 28, 2007 Share #14 Posted September 28, 2007 Julius, Outstanding, Makes me feel like I am there......Al Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Bjornsson Posted September 28, 2007 Author Share #15 Posted September 28, 2007 Thanks everyone for your very nice and encouraging comments. This really is a boost to my determination to try the best to use this exceptional and fine instrument the M8 to the best of my ability. Thanks again, greatly appreciated. JKB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted September 29, 2007 Share #16 Posted September 29, 2007 Hi again Luigi. The name is Hvannadalshnjúkur, Icelands highest peak, BTW not very high 2111.6 and we insist on the .6 because for years we thought it was 2119 but the newest GPS technology has found that that estimate was rather generous. And additionally there is a mountain in Sweden which will be a little bit higher if we drop the .6 and we cannot have that. Oh no. Some more photos from Iceland on my homepage HeimasÃ*ða JúlÃ*us K. Björnsson. Most taken with Nikons but the newest ones with the M8. September 2007. Enjoy. JKB Wonderful pics Julius.. a splendid portfolio Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
usccharles Posted September 29, 2007 Share #17 Posted September 29, 2007 hot dang thats sharp! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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