Hveragerði - Iceland

I took a picture of this geothermal station: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mortenhelland/652717650/

New hot springs here after the last earthquake 2008

Hveragerði - Iceland by sigfus.sigmundsson.

This picture was taken in Hveragerði in south Iceland in the year 2005. There are lot of hot springs in Iceland and Hveragerði has a lot of them...

The house in this picture is the hotel "Frost og funi" in Hveragerði. A very nice hotel...

"Hveragerði lies east of the main volcanic and eruptive zone of Iceland. The Mid-Atlantic ridge, which divides the American tectonic plate from the European plate, stretches up through the island in a northeasterly direction. Hveragerði is situated on an old main volcanic magma chamber of the so-called Hengill area, named after the mountain Hengill. The town, Hveragerði, gets its name from old descriptions, where its hot springs, hverir, were said to form a pattern like a fence, gerði."
See more here: notendur.centrum.is/~nedrias/hga.htm

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El Inglés says:

Score 9/10 (from the Score Me! group)

Almost as good as a landscape photograph gets for me. Superb composition, with interesting foreground, placing of the building on the intersection of thirds and with the mountain side on a diagonal. Wise choice too to keep the pastel colours in this scene and not to oversaturate them. Perhaps the light is a little too flat with not enough modelling leaving the image with a rather two-dimensional effect. But's it's a fine shot.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Tony Seaward says:

Score 9/10 (from the Score Me! group)
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

J. F. Kr says:

Score 8/10 (from the Score Me! group)
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Uli1001 says:

Score 8,5/10 (from the Score Me! group)
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

photogenesis ... says:

Score _9_/10 (from the Score Me! group)

Great landscape - great shot !
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

olgeir says:

Góð mynd, góðir litir,Kveðja Olgeir
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Prabhu B says:

great place !! nice shot !!

(scored 4.5/5 Points)
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

TT IN THE DESERT says:

(scored 5 /5 Points)
Wonderful capture
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

green.ribbon says:

(scored 4.5/5 Points)

lovely picture, what I think what stops it being a 5/5 for me is:

1) I don't like the builidng, it may be great hotel but architecturally is down right ugly and the hectares of tarmac are horrible!

2) The light is a little flat.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

kajo55 says:

This is beautiful and very pleasing to my eyes. I think I want to visit Iceland!
(scored 5 /5 Points)
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

sspyndel says:

and the elusive 5th score:

**This picture scored 5/5 points from the flickrScorer group**

and the description is much appreciated..looks like a heavenly place to stay. of course, that could just be all in the picture
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

number IX says:

Very nice image.

Scored 7.5/10 From the 1 to 10 Group
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

sara e fuller says:

Scored 7.5/10 From the 1 to 10 Group
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Kevin45 says:

Scored 7/10 From the 1 to 10 Group
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Eugenio Pullara says:

Scored 6.5/10 From the 1 to 10 Group
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rodocrozit says:

Scored 9/10 From the 1 to 10 Group
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

mojamalenkost says:

Scored 8.5/10 From the 1 to 10 Group
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Giulio Bassi [ ...dust on my camera... ] says:

nice landscape ..... bellisima!

Scored 9/10 From the 1 to 10 Group
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Giuseppe Parisi - Happy New Year! says:

Scored 10/10 From the 1 to 10 Group
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

mike matthews says:

Scored 8/10 From the 1 to 10 Group
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

nodriman says:

Scored 10/10 From the 1 to 10 Group
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Ana V. Francés says:

(scored 3.5 /5 Points)
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

André Gustavo says:

Great view! The flowers, the hotel, the landscape, and the hot springs on the background. I was in Iceland just once, on a computer science conference, no time to know all the beauties of this amazing country.

Thank you for posting on WorldWalkers
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

benediktsigmundsson says:

Mjög góð!!
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

zimba_leo says:

Vá hvað þú færð mörg komment! Já þetta er mjög flott mynd!
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Ói says:

Já sammála, mjög falleg mynd. Skemmtileg litadýrð í henni.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

albert.D says:

Very good color composition. A great iceland picture.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Gummi Gísla says:

Frábær mynd, litasamsetningin er virkilega flott
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

prajuvikas says:

A+++ Grade Photo
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Aussie.(thiva) [deleted] says:

Creativitity = 4 Not that sort of a new idea but the shot is very creative. Composition = 3 There are more than one thing you are focussing which is pretty sad.
Colours.... = 4 Although there is sort of a dull feeling the colors are great.
Capture....... = 4 Nice place and wonderful atmosphere but the shot is not well excuted.
Rated Total = 15/20
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Davidkb says:

Creativitity = 3. As Aussie mentions, is not the typical way to focus this kind of subject.
Composition = 3 I like the fact you have used a foreground to give context to the place.
Colours.... = 2 I would have prefered a little more of saturation.
Capture....... = 5 Exactly the same as Aussie, changing small things would make it a powerful image

Rated Total = 13

Greetings
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

fortun8 says:

Creativitity = 4 Composition = 5
Colours = 5 Capture 5
Rated Total = 19

This is beautiful!
It makes me want to visit.
This is a great picture all around.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

kvalka says:

Mjög falleg

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Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

chrismaverick says:

I like the base scene here. But what I think it may be cropped wrong. It's a difficulr thing to capture. I would hate for you to lose the flowers in front, as their color is quite rich, and I think the offsetting of the sky blue is wonderful. It's the brown of the mountain that is hurting the composition. I like that the foreground and background are separated by muddy earth, and I like the size of the mountain dwarfing the house, but there is so much mountain in the picture that the color balance seems off. Perhaps if you'd gotten closer and lower in the flowers, you could capture the shot without it being so side heavy. Since that may no longer be possible, I might suggest a tighther and wider crop.

Creativitity = 3 Composition = 3
Colours.... = 5 Capture....... = 3
Rated Total = 14
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

darkenergy777 says:

Lovely composition and lighting.Excellent work.
Seen in "Shield of excellence" pool.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

bilbobwn says:

There is lots to like in this image. It has very good lines, colour, and the beautiful flowers in the immediate forefront draw interest quickly.
The soft rolling landscape and the lare pillowy clouds are beautiful subjects.
The yellow flowers in the forefront are such wonderful colour that I think they make the landscape itself seem washed out. My eyes were drawn to the bright patch of yellow and then to the white roof without stopping to take in the scenery.
I'm not sure what I would do faced with this situation. Perhaps a different time of day would allow for more dramatic lighting and shadow that would balance the flowers.
It's a wonderful landscape and especially beautiful lines I can't thank you enough for sharing this image.

Creativitity = 4 Composition =4
Colours.... = 4 Capture....... = 4
Rated Total = 16
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Astrid Photography.(holiday time) says:

Fantastic landscape, well done !

saw this in The Best of Your Best
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

j.anne4 ( Janne ) says:

I saw this in The Best of Your Best
wonderful landscape.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Dave in Tejas says:

Aren't there enough hotels???
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

jordicerda52 says:

Nice place and well shoted. I didn't visited Hveragerði, I should keep in mind for next time.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

R'eyes says:

landscape

great Score 9/10. From the Score Me! Nature-group.

Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Ojisanjake says:

The flowers in the foreground add an extra dimension to an already excellent landscape.
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Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

maría?* says:

vaaaaá ótrúlega mörg komment. reyndar æðisleg mynd. fav.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

razik says:

Awesome shot my friend have happy holidays
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Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

K. W. Sanders says:

Wow! Now that is a beautiful location to be. Great shot!

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Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

breizh_uk says:

Score 5/10. From the Score Me! Nature-group.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Raveydv says:

Really nicely framed imaged. Good work!

Score 9/10. From the Score Me! Nature-group.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Barkeater [deleted] says:

what cool land that is! (LOD)
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

blinked says:

Wow. That hotel would be quite the place to stay. Great documentary photo!
(LOD)
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

AnnK1 says:

Everything is picture perfect! I can see why this is in your Best Pictures set. Just gorgeous!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Morten Helland says:

Very nice picture.

And I can tell that the hotel is a fantastic place to stay! I stayed there for one night this april, and I'll go back there the next time I'm in Iceland. I loved the hotpots and thermal heated swimming pool. Look here.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

puffin11uk says:

wonderful photo
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

driko says:

Beautiful picture! Love the composition... I now need to add this hotel to
"places to stay" next time I visit Iceland!

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Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

Audur1 says:

Rosalega falleg mynd.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

Photography by Suzan says:

What a Beautiful scene!

Cheers,
Suzan :)
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

jaari says:

Virkilega vel tekin mynd
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Peter Ellis says:

So beautiful !!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

...leó... says:

já, þetta er bara flott. vel gert. hefurðu velt fyrir þér að skjóta large format svarthvítt? ég held að það myndi færa myndunum þínum einhvreskonar fine-art blæ, sem ég vildi endilega sjá í þínum höndum.
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

LeszekZadlo says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called 100 + Viewed Best of Geology (Add 1, Award 1), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

jeanmical says:

I think this photo is a

Please add your photo to www.flickr.com/groups/supershot/
After you add it to the group pool, please tag this photo as a SuperShot
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

r.helgason says:

Flott mynd é á einmitt vetrar mynd af þessum stað
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Sísí says:

Tær snilld !
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Visual Iceland says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Visual Iceland, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Boriann says:

This is very good indeed

Wonderful landscape
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

copsunited1 says:

This has my vote. What a spectacular view. Wonderful.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

anslatadams says:

I like this one! Very beautiful, and dangerous at the same time.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

copsunited1 says:

x 3
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

telpukona says:

Mikið er þessi mynd falleg.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

chrissie73 says:

Magnifiques couleurs ! Splendid... I love it... in my fav
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

Flickr Hive Mind says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Flickr Hive Mind, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Iceland

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Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

~ Floydian ~ says:

How funny, i was staying at that place for two nights, how nice to see it again from your hand in an extreme colourful surrounding.
Those flowers add a lot to the landscape...very nice.
Thanks for adding my pictures to your pool...

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Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

sigfus.sigmundsson says:

Yes, it is really nice ;) You seem to have seen a lot of Iceland on your trip, great pictures!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Tim Vollmer says:

this is a very nice view,
i took alot of different pictures from exactly this point :-).
its my hometown now .

i saw you are now member in my group. thank you
i looked at your as well, very nice,

maybe we have to come together to make commerce each other
what do you think

greeting
tim
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

sigfus.sigmundsson says:

Hi Tim

I currently live in Belgium ;) But when I move back I would be interested, I don´t know exactly when that is ;)
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Rolfmundi says:

Beautiful landscape!
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