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Soul Searching by AlisterBenn

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Hi everyone. I get to spend 2-3 months a year on Iceland and always make some time to explore new areas once the tours are over. This is yet another little valley that we drive past on a regular basis and never stop on our way to and from the iconic locations.

We were lucky to be there just as the sun came over the horizon (about 11:10am!)

Single exposure with the D810 and a 14-24/2.8

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Lost in Paradise by AlisterBenn

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This is another large pano generated using my 14-24mm lens handheld. Single exposures only for the highlights and the shadows brought up in processing.

After this shot was taken about three weeks ago, it dumped over a metre of snow here and that was it for the soft autumn feel – full on Arctic!

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Introverted by AlisterBenn

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We are over three weeks in to our 5 week stay on Iceland and on to our final workshop of the season.

We’ve had awesome conditions, and now the whole island is locked in heavy, deep snow.

Tomorrow we’ll be back at Jokulsarlon for another three nights.

This image was taken last week and I was happy to find this hole in the ice through which to frame the sunrise.

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Storm’s End by AlisterBenn

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Hi all from Iceland, we arrived last night at the start of 35 days of tours and workshops.

Before we came up, we were on the Isle of Skye for three days, just getting warmed up and looking for a new home.

It was a successful trip and typically for the west of Scotland at this time of year, we had variable weather from horizontal rain, to glorious sunsets.

I love this area for its contrasts, jagged mountains, rivers that in 24 hours went from calm, still meanders, to raging torrents – wonderful conditions to immerse in the landscape.

This is about 11 vertical images merged to pano in Lightroom CC and further processed on the laptop in Photoshop.

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No Longer Alone by AlisterBenn

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The secret of becoming a better photographer relies on a plan – a strategy to improve and develop.

“If you don’t know where you’re going, don’t complain about the destination!”

I write educational material for creative and expressive photographers. We run small group Photo Tours & Workshops locally here in NW Scotland and in Iceland.

eBooks, Scotland & Iceland Workshops // Fine Art Prints // Follow on Facebook

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True Blue by AlisterBenn

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The secret of becoming a better photographer relies on a plan – a strategy to improve and develop.

“If you don’t know where you’re going, don’t complain about the destination!”

I write educational material for creative and expressive photographers. We run small group Photo Tours & Workshops locally here in NW Scotland and in Iceland.

eBooks, Scotland & Iceland Workshops // Fine Art Prints // Follow on Facebook

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Symphony of Light by AlisterBenn

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I made this image on my first visit to Iceland. Like many other, I had seen hundreds, if not thousands of images of this mountain and waterfall taken from this very spot.

I spent a week there, on many visits, over a period of nearly 6 weeks that I was on the island.

Of course, seeing aurora over Kirkjufel is magnificent, but when I returned home and began to look at processing images, I asked myself “Does the world need another green dragon over this peak?”

The idea to work in black and white was born and I worked on creating an image that has mood, mystery and incongruity about it, which has hopefully elevated it above “normal”

This print is available for sale through the Saatchi Art Website

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