Pyramid Mountain - Kirkjufell at Snæfellsnes, Iceland
From our 2nd last day of the 12 day winter tour around Iceland.
We waited one full day in bad weather to be able to photograph this mountain. The aim was to shoot the close by waterfall with the mountain in the background but it turned out that the fjord with the still weather gave much more interesting view of it. The waiting in snowfall for 24 hours also added a thick fresh layer of snow over everything making the scene much more interesting than without it. It is not often that snow falls evenly over everything here in Iceland. Usually it is blown into large piles complimented with large snow free areas.
I have never had a photographic equipment failure in my 4,5 years of photography. I have lost some lenscaps and a filter but never had any electronic or glass fail me. Until this trip. It seemed to have accumulated to hit me hard this trip. My body count is as follows:
Canon 30D Destroyed - Camera and tripod fell to the ground
Canon 70-200mm f4 broken - Unknown reasons
Canon 17-85mm broken badly - Fell to the ground on a camera and tripod
Canon 60D stopped working (brand new) - Stopped working for unknown
reasons.
Remote trigger broken - Caple torn.
First massive kudos to Nýherji/Sense for flying out to us a new Canon
60D the same day as we called them and reported it broken. Thats what
I call good service.
I hope now I will experience another 4,5 years free of equipment
failure.
20.1.2011: Thanks alot everybody for the wonderful comments. I was pleasantly surprised how well it got received. I was not expecting this.
Comments and faves
Jeff J......., dweller88, Bruce McKay Yellow Snow Photography, dgblitwin, and 1024 other people added this photo to their favorites.
dweller88 (28 months ago | reply)
oh wow this is spectacular. can't wait to see this again on a bigger screen
Andy Frazer (28 months ago | reply)
Beautiful!
kevin mcneal (28 months ago | reply)
One of your best for sure. I can explain in words how awesome this is. the reflection is spot on and the reflection of snow and ice blend well
amazon2008 (28 months ago | reply)
what a fantastic shot
well done
andreaskoeberl (28 months ago | reply)
beautiful shot! the reflection is fantastic! well done!
Sven - servant to the canine & feline elite (28 months ago | reply)
Can't wait to see it in the flesh.
Bill Gracey (28 months ago | reply)
Amazing and beautiful. Very otherworldly.
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Matt Champlin (28 months ago | reply)
awesome shot - sorry to hear about your equipment!!
Pepeketua (28 months ago | reply)
Wow! Awesome one!
Joshua Cripps (28 months ago | reply)
this is simply otherwordly. phenomenal shot.
~josh
{ KC Photography } (28 months ago | reply)
This is beautiful times a thousand.
skarpi - www.skarpi.is (28 months ago | reply)
Þetta er meistaraverk Örvar, vel þess virði að bíða eftir þessum skilyrðum. Ég dauð-öfunda þig að hafa verið að mynda í 12 daga túr. Leitt að heyra með allan tjónaða búnaðinn, en það er vonandi tryggt :-)
Jennifer Greenland (28 months ago | reply)
One of THE best shots of this place I have seen. This is a unique perspective and blows away the typical shot of the waterfall......well done!!!
Bryan Bzdula Photography (28 months ago | reply)
Fantastic shot, sad story about your gear.
Andrew Kumler (28 months ago | reply)
Fantastic.
Andrew C Wallace (28 months ago | reply)
Love this simple composition.
Wonderfully stark but powerful lines and shapes.
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Yogi.Arora (28 months ago | reply)
awesome
Lorna689 (28 months ago | reply)
wow this is awesome sorry to hear about your lens
danishpm (28 months ago | reply)
Just jaw dropping!!
Sorry about your equipment - that's a major pain in the butt.
Wilson's Vision (28 months ago | reply)
Very tough photographic trip but the picture is absolutely stunning.
Kelly Cheng (28 months ago | reply)
Took my breath away!
Perry Dovell [deleted] (28 months ago | reply)
Awesome capture nicely done.
sorry to here about equipment failures, but you still was able to pull some great pictures
Michael Bollino (28 months ago | reply)
Insanely beautiful! Love the simple presentation and way the colors work against the white of the mountain and foreground ice.
Dene' Miles (28 months ago | reply)
I love the way the ice frames this scene perfectly. This is incredible!
Yannick Lefevre || Photography (28 months ago | reply)
the sky give a great contrast with this natural white pyramid
agavephoto (28 months ago | reply)
Beautiful sky and reflections. The ice floating in the water gives a nice balance to the snow covered peak.
Garrett Costanzo Photo (28 months ago | reply)
Killer reflection and sky here. The tones are great. Beautiful shot.
clik.kati (28 months ago | reply)
Wonderful! Look at the tonal changes in each elements. . .
Eric Leslie (28 months ago | reply)
Your choice for the comp is fantastic!
knowyunduk1011031 (28 months ago | reply)
ah~~~~~VERY beautiful
Francis Gagnon (28 months ago | reply)
Superb!
fstop186 (28 months ago | reply)
Absolutely stunning work. Many thanks for the background info on the image and the equipment failures.
A truly memorable image.
WildernessMed87 (28 months ago | reply)
Gorgeous shot. What caused the equipment to fail?
brandonhuang (28 months ago | reply)
the clouds are amazing! the the reflections and the colors too :)
monilague (28 months ago | reply)
Super light, colors and composition.
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Catalin Palosanu (28 months ago | reply)
Really nice looking foreground. The reflections are great and the scene is so dramatic.
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sandy_gennrich (28 months ago | reply)
Gorgeous shot. It's nice to see movement in the ice as well as in the clouds. Well composed.
kdee64 (28 months ago | reply)
Good.
Erik Page Photography (28 months ago | reply)
Wow, spectacular foreground and scenery. Nicely captured!
Very Nice! How Much? (28 months ago | reply)
wow, beautiful reflection!!
Non Paratus (28 months ago | reply)
Fantastic view! The reflection really makes this shot.
Diana Michaels (28 months ago | reply)
Majestic, það er rétta orðið. "Konunglegt"
:)
Gott ljósmyndaauga hjá þér ... engar fréttir, að vísu...
PS: Hvernig í ósköpunum fórstu að því að eyðileggja allar þessar vélar og linsur??? Misstirðu þetta undir bílhjólin... eða hvað!!! :)))
Vonandi er það hægt að laga e-ð af þessu.
En, í alvörunni, hvað kom fyrir?
Panorama Paul (28 months ago | reply)
Holy Moly... this isn't just the best photo that I've seen today... or all week... this is the best photo that I've seen all YEAR!!! Brilliant... that foreground looks amazing!!
Mr. Mark (28 months ago | reply)
wow
Phaedrus007 (28 months ago | reply)
I notice the 5DMKII isn't on the list of failed equipment, beast of a camera right?
Ivan Sohrakoff (28 months ago | reply)
That is just stunning, Orvar. I can't believe you had so much gear fail on ya! At least you got some killer images.
max vuong (28 months ago | reply)
This is exquisite. The subtle motion of the ice compliments the sky nicely.
Flashbaxxx (28 months ago | reply)
Superb !
Michael Brewis (Northumbrian Blue) (28 months ago | reply)
Very nice indeed, colours are superb.
Shajal1 (28 months ago | reply)
superb shot
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