Diamond Beach Iceland III
by Joan Carroll
Title
Diamond Beach Iceland III
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Photography And Digital Art
Description
Like most photographers, I eagerly anticipated my visit to ‘Diamond Beach’ along the South Coast of Iceland. Here, icebergs which break off the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier into the Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon, float down a short river and out to sea, and are then pummeled by the waves and washed back up onto the black sand beach. It’s the perfect place for some long exposure photography. However, our guide went a bit overboard in warning us of the dangers….getting knocked over by waves and losing your camera…so that I was a bit petrified before we got there. However, it turned out to be the most fun you can have while wearing Wellingtons duct-taped to your snow pants. Watch the waves, find the perfect set of ice chunks for a good photo, watch the waves, try to level your camera and tripod as the waves wash the sand out from underneath the tripod feet, watch the waves. Did I mention watch the waves? Don’t turn your back on the waves. When you think you have the perfect set of ice chunks for a good photo, a big wave will come along and moves them all around. Be prepared to start all over again! And if you are there long enough and/or are far enough into the water, you are bound to get hit by some of the chunks as the waves shuffle them around. I remember saying “Ow! Ow! Ow!” as some big-ish chunks slammed into my ankle. But….I stood my ground and held my camera and tripod up out of the splash zone. The ice chunks take on many forms and colors, ranging from transparent, to white, to the most amazing blue, and even to black. They stand in stark contrast to the black sand of the beach.
FEATURED PHOTO, Fine Art Photography group, 6/23/21
FEATURED PHOTO, PROMOTE YOUR WORK HERE AND GET NOTICED group, 7/23/20
FEATURED PHOTO, Five Star Artist group, 5/12/20
FEATURED PHOTO, 1000 VIEWS LIMIT 1 PER DAY group, 4/16/20
FEATURED PHOTO, FAA GALLERY HOME FOR ALL ARTISTS WHO CREATE group, 4/9/20
FEATURED PHOTO, First Friday Gallery Group, 4/7/20
FEATURED PHOTO, Fine Arts Professionals group, 4/7/20
FEATURED PHOTO, 1000 Views on 1 Image Group , 8/17/19
FEATURED PHOTO, Art Forever With You group, 7/29/19
FEATURED PHOTO, Million Visitors Artists group, 5/1/19
FEATURED PHOTO, PURE NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY group, 4/27/19
FEATURED PHOTO< Long Exposure and Night Photography group, 4/24/19
FEATURED PHOTO, WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS group, 4/23/19
joan carroll, iceland, ice beach, iceberg, sea, frozen, ocean, glacial, nature, wave, floating, cold, ice rocks, diamonds, landscape, outdoor, beach scene, black beach, ice landscape, nature landscape, iceland landscape, icelandic nature, long exposure water
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Murray Rudd
Congratulations on being featured in the FAA Group ‘Promote Your Work Here and Get Noticed.' To ensure your feature remains available over time, post your featured image(s) in the Group's 'Thanks for the Feature / Image Archive.’ Your image has been pinned to the Group’s features board (www.pinterest.ca/tendrelimages/promote-your-work-here-get-noticed)
Joan Carroll
thank you Carole for the feature in the FAA GALLERY HOME FOR ALL ARTISTS WHO CREATE group, 4/9/20
Steve Henderson
Very nice perspective -- there's the most wild feeling of movement coming straight toward one.