Located steps from its mostly dormant geological namesake (Geysir), the Strokkur geyser is the most well-known and reliable one on Iceland, if not the world. Its blasts are predictable enough that I could get the focus, exposure and filtering (3-stop graduated neutral density against bright sky) just right to freeze-frame it at the very moment the bubble starts to burst through a dome of strikingly beautiful blue water about five feet in height. Oh, and notice the background: yes, there are trees in Iceland. [To Part 2]
Haukadalsvegur, Iceland (11 Aug 14) Looking W
64.3127, -20.3005Strokkur Part 1: The Blue Dome
Located steps from its mostly dormant geological namesake (Geysir), the Strokkur geyser is the most well-known and reliable one on Iceland, if not the world. Its blasts are predictable enough that I could get the focus, exposure and filtering (3-stop graduated neutral density against bright sky) just right to freeze-frame it at the very moment the bubble starts to burst through a dome of strikingly beautiful blue water about five feet in height. Oh, and notice the background: yes, there are trees in Iceland. [To Part 2]
Haukadalsvegur, Iceland (11 Aug 14) Looking W
64.3127, -20.3005