A Slowly Expanding, Frozen Crust (Jokulsarlon) - Landscape & Rural Photos

One from Açores, Portugal

Magnificent shot ! Colors fantastic !
It is worthwhile to take a 'while' cold, to take pictures like these !

30 Dec 2008 5:13am

@One: yes Leone!! i certainly agree! and even better is the fact that the more time you spend in cold cold places... the more comfortable you become! :)

Margie from Auckland, New Zealand

Wow...stunning frozen landscape, DJ. It's kind of weird to be viewing it from the other end of the earth in sunshine and warmth.
: )
Oh and thank you for the comment deluge yesterday - wow, you are too kind. I really appreciate it.

30 Dec 2008 5:22am

lisa v from Gawler, Australia

wow, magnificent photo d.j.

30 Dec 2008 5:23am

Monique from Koh Samui, Thailand

Spectaculair colors DJ! I'm glad you made this trip so we can enjoy the fabulous scenery without freezing to death :)

30 Dec 2008 6:29am

@Monique: hehe -- no worries Monique! i am happy to make these cold, isolated voyages and bring back photos of all i see!! :)

dobbino from Cape Town, South Africa

The colours here are exquisite! Brrrrr!

30 Dec 2008 6:34am

Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain

It looks the landscape of another world. Incredible colors and silent world.

30 Dec 2008 7:06am

Elaine- from Canada

beautiful serene landscape that one could easily die in lol... lovely juxtaposition of those concepts!

30 Dec 2008 7:17am

@Elaine-: adds just the right amount of thrill!! ;)

Calusarus from St Sorlin en Valloire, France

Expanding ? Are you sure ? Another beautiful icescape

30 Dec 2008 7:26am

@Calusarus: hehe -- well yes, in this lagoon, at least! pretty soon it will freeze over! as for the rest of the north pole... we can only hope to be so lucky!

Stefan from Thiersee, Austria

Another fine image!

30 Dec 2008 7:37am

RHYS from United Kingdom

I like it, I am also very envious of your travels!

30 Dec 2008 7:44am

Marie from FRESNES, France

magnifique !

30 Dec 2008 8:11am

callemie from Belgium

beautiful icescape jaycee!!!
and the snorkling hahahaha let's try another "water " hahahaha
greetz

30 Dec 2008 8:43am

Khorshid.~ from Tehran, Iran

magnificent ....

30 Dec 2008 8:44am

kerfendal from Paris, France

Wonderful, the "short" frame, make us feel better than you are in a cold area, I like very much your choise about composition with 1/3 sky and 2/3 ground (ice better said)

30 Dec 2008 9:09am

MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany

The colour of this ice is truly mesmerizing.

30 Dec 2008 10:07am

Olivier Jules from Lanciano, Italy

wonderful picture

30 Dec 2008 10:54am

Veronelle from Lens, France

incredible !

30 Dec 2008 11:17am

Florence from Paris, France

DJ, this is one of the most beautiful shot I've seen here ! What a beautiful icy landscape with gorgeous lights and colors. Well done !

30 Dec 2008 11:37am

@Florence: cheers Flo!! :)

Alun Lambert from cheshire, United Kingdom

It's making me shivvverrr, lovely

30 Dec 2008 12:10pm

marianne from Toulouse, from France, France

I just would like to be there .... serenity for a somptuous iceland ...
many thanks for your card also, Jaycee, you are so kind !
I wish you a very nice new year !

30 Dec 2008 12:20pm

@marianne: Merci Marianne!! happy new year to you too!! :)

EYES WIDE SHUT from United Kingdom

An image of immense natural beauty that humbles and puts things into perspective in my eyes. The beauty of this magnificent Earth is beyond words at times, and we are so privileged to enjoy it. Your photographs bring parts of the globe to my screen that delight, amaze and beguile.

An astonishingly gorgeous photograph, thanks so much for showing such mesmeric beauty

30 Dec 2008 12:45pm

@EYES WIDE SHUT: cheers Paul -- yes, once i figured out what life was about and how little time i had left, i realized i had better get moving and see as much of this planet as possible!! endless glory and beauty and adventure awaits!!

Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia

Another stunning shot, DJ. The play of light and shadow, and the forms and textures make this so wonderful.

30 Dec 2008 1:04pm

Denis from A giant black hole filled with lights, Tuvalu

You make exceptionnaly nice pictures, but I am sorry, I think that we could never be friends. You would bring me in too cold places...
Happy New year !

30 Dec 2008 2:23pm

@Denis: haha -- Denis, i think you would survive just fine!! and just think of the stories and pictures you would have!! ;)

Tracey from White Hall, United States

Magnificent landscape. The blues are captivating...I can feel the cold!

30 Dec 2008 3:17pm

Laurie from New Jersey, United States

Stunning! The landscape looks so cold and forbidding yet magical.

30 Dec 2008 3:34pm

hugo poon from hong kong, Hong Kong

Yes, it's cold but the mood is so serene! Thanks for sharing such precious moment Jaycee!

30 Dec 2008 4:20pm

willow from Chelsea, United States

The texture in the foreground changes everything in relation to yesterday's image. It has much more of a sense of motion or activity - almost like you can feel the glacier expanding. Beautiful.

30 Dec 2008 4:24pm

rem_la from Villiers, France

quelle impression de froideur !

30 Dec 2008 4:25pm

baobab from Cambridge, United States

great angle - I really like the way the looming sense of scale in this shot contrasts with yesterday's wide panorama.

btw, I'm starting out with a city scene or two - our time in Reykjavik didn't have great light, but the city was interesting (from a photographic perspective) nonetheless.

30 Dec 2008 4:31pm

@baobab: winter in those northern latitudes can be dreary to some indeed, gray as they sometimes are... but the farther up you go the more beautiful it gets!! the skies are so cold that they remain mostly clear letting in the bright mid latitude glows from the horizon... everything on the ground is blue-violet and then then sky changes all sorts of magnificent colors!!! :)

baobab from Cambridge, United States

another question / comment... from your treatment I am guessing that for you it appeared the snow in Iceland had the same weird violet tint I saw? It's a really different shade from the more typically grey/bright white snow in Boston - perhaps it's due to Iceland's high latitude and the sun's shallow angle?

30 Dec 2008 4:34pm

@baobab: yes -- exactly right! there was no yellow light -- so you get only blue and violet tones! some people want to change the colors because they feel they need to make up for the lack of contrast -- but i am a big proponent of capturing what you see... if the light is blue -- let it be blue!!! the northern regions are special in this regard... check out the Norwegian panorama i sent out the other week... all blues and violets!!! you only get that up near the arctic!!! :)

grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom

It's interesting how inviting these pictures look.
You could just dive in to that limpid water
but....
the cold would kill you

30 Dec 2008 4:42pm

@grouser: yes -- but it would be a beautiful death!! ;)

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

Another fabulous shot of this mainly frozen land. It has a haunting beauty to it that you've captured so well.

30 Dec 2008 4:46pm

Yvonne S. from Tilburg, Netherlands

I can't choose!! All your photo's are awesome!!

30 Dec 2008 4:51pm

Michael Rawluk from Williams Lake, BC, Canada

Stunning shot. That is an amazing landscape and you got it just right.

30 Dec 2008 5:14pm

Pradeep from Chennai, India

The colors are simply awesome. Love this one :)

30 Dec 2008 5:34pm

james from portland, United States

So near yet so far, to get across the water to the otherside as your photo here seems to suggest (to me), it's moving and it's cold. Another nice winter shot.

30 Dec 2008 5:49pm

JJ from Jersey City, United States

Another spectacular capture of this amazing landscape, So beautiful

30 Dec 2008 6:18pm

Suzanne from Huntington Bch, United States

A splendid scene. I like all the tones in the snow/ice.

30 Dec 2008 6:59pm

Marion from Nanaimo, BC, Canada

Of course you know that it took me 10 minutes to get where I could comment!! Kidding ;>) This is such a beautiful amazing landscape. Just a gorgeous capture Jaycee.

30 Dec 2008 7:04pm

10Fraction from France

it's breathtaking! Not only because it's cold, but the beauty of the photograph is marvelous!

30 Dec 2008 7:28pm

beanow from Poland

I was strike dumb from the impression, therefore: without the comment...

30 Dec 2008 8:38pm

Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa

Awesome, awesome shot, the serene, cold, calm of the shot is brilliant.

30 Dec 2008 8:52pm

António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal

A strange world. Why those different tonalities, bright white, bluish? Snow, ice?

30 Dec 2008 9:29pm

@António Pires: howdy mate, cheers! and yes: snow, hard ice, soft ice, some sort of slush... some of it dirty, much of it pristine... plus the low winter lighting. all of it combines to make these radically soft colors... vivid hues that are not seen in the middle latitudes!! that is why i bear the cold -- its the only way i can soak in this type of scenery, and it does my soul loads of good!! :)

philib from dijon, France

Belle ambiance et jolies photos, bravo et bonnes fêtes.

30 Dec 2008 9:44pm

Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom

Fantastic and quite unreal to us people a little to the south of Iceland who never see things like these, great stuff.

30 Dec 2008 10:04pm

Alivia from France

On ne peut s'arrêter de regarder cette photo tant elle est belle, les ombres de la glace dans le miroir de l'eau..il s'en dégage un calme absolu, une quiétude que seuls les grands espaces peuvent donner..on aimerait entendre les clapotis de l'eau et le bruit du silence..
Bonnes fêtes de fin d'année sur cette belle image.

30 Dec 2008 10:31pm

DarkElf from Perth, Australia

besides the colours it is the perfectly still water that really makes this shot for me - it is just like a mirror! as the summer has arrived here, looking at these photos cools me down just a little bit ;-)

30 Dec 2008 11:27pm

Fliss from Melbourne Beach, United States

As usual... an excellent shot... makes me want to go there...
Have a happy and safe 2009 if I don't get the chance to pop on by again...

31 Dec 2008 1:10am

Daryl from Amagasaki, Japan

Just an amazing place...

31 Dec 2008 2:35am

amy from Nanaimo, BC, Canada

ALL of your series are just outstanding DJ!!!

31 Dec 2008 2:46am

John Maslowski from Dallas, PA, United States

Absolutely beautiful, love the clear ice and reflections. Great view and stunning landscape image.

31 Dec 2008 3:01am

grant from kansas city, United States

breathtaking, gorgeous!!!

31 Dec 2008 3:05am

bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada

Oh my gosh this is just incredible! The colours, the detail, the water, the formation of the ice and snow...is this real?
Amazing!

31 Dec 2008 6:20am

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Happy New Year.
Amazing.

31 Dec 2008 8:25am

Hoshisato from Ealing, United Kingdom

Happy New Year JC!

31 Dec 2008 9:51am

Rui from Leiria, Portugal

What a combination of colors. Awesome!

Happy New Year mate, full of clicks for 2009!

31 Dec 2008 12:38pm

Dhini from Dordrecht, Netherlands

Wonderful shot.

Happy New Year 2009

31 Dec 2008 12:43pm

Laurent from Lyon, France

as beautiful as the panoramic view

31 Dec 2008 12:58pm

Ivar from Indianapolis, United States

Awesome capture, has a sort of a out-of-this-earth feel to it, great blue tones as well. Really like the perspective here too :)

31 Dec 2008 4:55pm

Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States

Zounds, DJ - that is beautiful! Thank you for this. And my best wishes for a very healthy and happy New Year.

31 Dec 2008 6:36pm

Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica

Awesome photo, wonderfully taken! All the best for 09!

31 Dec 2008 6:42pm

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

Stunning . . like a landscape in waiting . . Best Wishes to You and Yours for 2009 !

31 Dec 2008 7:25pm

Alain Berger - vu@granby from Granby, Québec, Canada

Beautiful photograph DJ !

From the group of 48 granbiens of vu@granby,
Happy New Year 2009 !
Thank you for your encouragement in 2008 !

31 Dec 2008 10:44pm

Zing from Hamilton, New Zealand

Wow, so beautiful. Happy New Year!

1 Jan 2009 3:48am

Sandrine from Cincinnati, United States

Beautiful! Happy New Year to you and yours!

1 Jan 2009 3:47pm

Morgane from Laroque Timbaut, 47, France

magnifique, magnifique et magnifique !
bonne année

6 Jan 2009 7:45am

Magda from Vancouver, Canada

Spectacular! Thank you for sharing....

8 Jan 2009 1:20am

Twelvebit from Victoria, United States

Wow. I'm looking at everything, btw, but only commenting selectively in my quest to return to ground zero.

9 Jan 2009 10:48pm

Marhilde from Geraardsbergen, Belgium

Wow. This is what I call ice, cold and winter... Nice colors !

11 Jan 2009 9:14pm

john4jack from Corvallis, United States

Superb photograph. Outstanding composition.

17 Jan 2009 2:51pm

VEERLE TIJTGAT from Harelbeke, Belgium

one word; excellent

12 Jun 2009 7:23pm