This is Vestrahorn, one of the famous mountains along the southern coast of Iceland. Because of the cold and the extreme winds, intriguing patterns of frost and snow formed in the black volcanic sand. The contrast and the graphic shapes were intriguing and very beautiful. For this shot I used a 24mm wide angle positioned very close to the foreground to dramatize and exaggerate the perspective. I hand held the camera because gusts of wind, which I estimated to be about 60 miles per hour, would have buffeted the tripod to the point of making it useless. I compromised in my settings to give me sufficient depth of field with the wide lens, a shutter that would freeze movement, and an ISO that I knew would be noise-free with the Canon R5: 1/100, f/9, and 3200 ISO. I really would have preferred a faster shutter, but I waited for a lull in the wind and shot when I didn't have to struggle to keep from being knocked down by the violence of the wind. The biggest problem was protecting the camera from blowing sand.
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