One of the highlights of a winter photo tour in Iceland is photographing an ice cave. These cavernous chambers inside a glacier are stunning in their sculpted forms, intense colors, and glistening walls. The cave I photographed on the last trip had disappeared -- melted or caved in -- so this one was new to me. Each one is different. This cave has a particularly remarkable ceiling that shows evidence of centuries of volcanic eruptions in which the ash is embedded in the layers of thick ice. For this picture, I used a 7-frame HDR sequence with a one f/stop increment between frames. I stacked the images using Photoshop because that gives the most realistic interpretation of the scene. The camera settings were f/16, 400 ISO, and I used a 14mm wide angle for the dramatic perspective it offers.
4 Comments
Mar 22, 2019, 5:04:27 PM
Jim - Have a great time, Barbara.
Mar 22, 2019, 5:03:44 PM
Jim - Thanks, Bob. Every cave is different. When we were here 2 years ago, this cave didn't exist. And the one we saw is now gone. It melted.
Mar 22, 2019, 1:35:17 AM
Bob Vestal - This is an amazing image, Jim. It would be worth returning just to see and photograph this cave!
Mar 21, 2019, 8:41:13 PM
Barbara Vickers - Hey Jim, My nephew told me the other day that he was taking his family to Iceland next week and I said OMG I've always wanted to go to Iceland and he invited me to join them!
So I'm going next week - 3/30 for one week - I am over the moon! I hope I will remember all that I've learned from your blog!