Coastline of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula, Iceland
- Adam Monk
- Oct 16, 2014
- 1 min read
The first few of days I was in Iceland on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula the weather was nuts! It rained every day, the wind blew like crazy, and it snowed… sometimes all at once. Apparently that’s normal, and the Icelanders say if you don’t like the weather, wait another 5 minutes. It really is true. I would pull up to a location and the car would be rocking on its suspension from the wind blowing so strong and visibility would be 10 metres due to the rain… then a few minutes later, it would be calm and dry… or at least calmer and dryer.
Of course the best thing about weather like this is the wonderful skies with wild clouds zooming overhead at high speed. It makes for a great place to play with ND filters and long exposures. For this shot below, I was literally hanging off of the tripod to stop it blowing off the cliff, with camera attached… a camera that costs more than my car… actually a lot more than my car.
Shot with the Hasselblad H4D-60 with the 28mm lens and an ND 1.8 (6 stops)… and 78kg (Me) clinging to the tripod…