On the Road in Winter Twilight, Southern Iceland - Landscape & Rural Photos

Mirko Herzner from Germany

These colors, DJ! Great composition and use of the lines leading the eye... Those patches of water add even more elements of interest.

12 Jun 2009 5:14am

@Mirko Herzner: thanks Mirko!! yes they are frozen ponds -- a marsh / estuary of sorts!!

callemie from Belgium

oh please take me with you hihihihihih
it must be great to be there!!!!
again an amazing picture

12 Jun 2009 5:31am

Alun from cheshire, United Kingdom

The light is fantastic on this shot, nice one

12 Jun 2009 5:43am

Sof from Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Joliiiiiiiii une route qui donne envie de partir

12 Jun 2009 6:11am

Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica

Awesome scenery and splendid perspective!

12 Jun 2009 6:24am

jamesy from christchurch, New Zealand

fabulous so sparse and beautiful

12 Jun 2009 7:03am

Veronelle from Lens, France

the way is long long long to the paradise

12 Jun 2009 8:12am

MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany

Move over, I'm joining you! That mellow light is divine.

12 Jun 2009 8:28am

@MadScientist: it really is MS!! you should go!! you live quite close!! :)

Le Photoneur from Belgium

On a envie de partir le long de cette route.
Nice shot

12 Jun 2009 8:32am

Monique from Koh Samui, Thailand

Beautiful composition and the colors are so nice and warm ... you've got a long way ahead!

12 Jun 2009 9:16am

grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom

That perspective just zonks you down the road and in to the future

12 Jun 2009 10:01am

@grouser: yes indeed!! :D cheers mate!

zOOm from Paris, France

Great setting indeed ! Let's go !

12 Jun 2009 10:24am

Laurent from Lyon, France

on the road again! just give me bike, and I will be the happier person in the world.

12 Jun 2009 11:13am

@Laurent: yes in summer -- what a life!! here it is winter and below FREEZING!! :)

Francesc B. from région parisienne, France

Hi, Jay... here I am with my new computer... at last !

Fantastic perspective on this one... almost a no man's land... I like the beautiful colors and your framing.

12 Jun 2009 11:25am

@Francesc B.: CONGRATS on the new computer!! what did you get? big screen? :D

bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada

It looks like you have reached the end of the world, and it seems to have been worth the journey. Amazing color and composition in this wide open space.

12 Jun 2009 12:07pm

@bluechameleon: thanks BC!! yes, the end of the world is a true summation!! and what a beautiful place!!! :) have a great weekend!!!

dobbino from Cape Town, South Africa

And it's not difficult to see why you feel that way. But what happened to the power lines?

12 Jun 2009 12:40pm

@dobbino: cheers Rob!! this shot is taken a bit more inland -- the power lines in this part of the country only hug the coast! :)

vu@granby - Wolfgang from Granby, Québec, Canada

great light!

12 Jun 2009 1:27pm

Aurore from Paris, France

Very cool perspective and light. U really manage to deal with huge and beautiful places !

12 Jun 2009 1:50pm

@Aurore: thanks Aurore!!! if the places are beautiful -- then i feel as if i MUST go!! :)

MARIANA from waterloo, Canada

Brilliant setting ! Gorgeous shot !

12 Jun 2009 2:01pm

@MARIANA: thanks Mariana!!! :)

Onlymehdi from Wayne, United States

SUPERB SHOT AND DETAIL

12 Jun 2009 2:04pm

@Onlymehdi: thanks Mehdi!

Yvonne Simons from Tilburg, Netherlands

It's so empty, wonderful!! Iceland seems to me wonderful for holiday and to photograph,
well done DJ!!

12 Jun 2009 2:48pm

@Yvonne Simons: thanks Yvonne!! and yes -- you are right -- it is beautiful and a wonderful place for vacation!!

beanow from Warsaw, Poland

Fantastic scenery, light, contrast and colours.

12 Jun 2009 3:03pm

john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States

Incredible light. Marvelous leading lines.

12 Jun 2009 3:10pm

Marie LC from Voiron, France

Magnifique composition aux couleurs dorées que j'aime beaucoup

12 Jun 2009 4:02pm

Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States

Nice to (finally) catch-up with you today my friend. This whole series is awesome and really shows off how your skills have become nicely fine-tuned. Darn fine, city-slicker - hope this finds you doing robustly well.

12 Jun 2009 4:10pm

@Stephen Phillips: thanks very much Stephen, and hello friend!! :) i know it has been awhile. i am taking an unexpected break -- but it feels good so i will focus on other things for the time being and try and save up some money. be back soon -- and all the best to you in san francisco!! i hope you are well and good!! cheers!!

peter from new york, United States

wonderfully crisp shot mate! good hanging out last night : )

12 Jun 2009 4:24pm

@peter: thanks mate and YES indeed!! :) great to have a fellow am3'er in my accessible friend circles!! hope your friday is short!!

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

Fabulous light. The composition is great.

12 Jun 2009 4:44pm

grant from kansas city, United States

stunning shot. the grass almost seems on fire.

12 Jun 2009 4:44pm

António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal

Wonderful light.

12 Jun 2009 4:45pm

Ivar from Indianapolis, United States

Another great landscape shot... lovely light in this.

12 Jun 2009 6:37pm

k@ from Paris, France

That fading day light !!

12 Jun 2009 7:19pm

@k@: thanks K@!!! yes -- this is the 5 hour winter twilight!! as bright as it gets!! :)

VEERLE TIJTGAT from Harelbeke, Belgium

your portfolio is fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!great job

12 Jun 2009 7:25pm

@VEERLE TIJTGAT: hello and thank you very much!!! cheers to you!! :)

Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa

Colours, tones and composition are all perfect.

12 Jun 2009 7:29pm

firdaus from Bogor, Indonesia

love the color and the scene.. (imho) better to try more different angel, may be will give more dramatic picture.. like low angle straight to road line..but over all it was great picture :D

12 Jun 2009 8:32pm

@firdaus: hello and thanks for the feedback Firdaus!!!

MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom

My kind of place, a fabulous shot Jaycee.

12 Jun 2009 8:32pm

@MaryB: thanks Mary!! have a great weekend!!

Daryl Johnson from Farnham, United Kingdom

What a great time of day... that light...

12 Jun 2009 9:16pm

kerfendal from Paris, France

incredible landscape which give me the taste to take my shoes and travel

12 Jun 2009 9:27pm

Michael Rawluk from Williams Lake, BC, Canada

Absolutely amazing. What golden light.

12 Jun 2009 10:12pm

hugo poon from hong kong, Hong Kong

What a refreshing landscape shot Jaycee! Such lovely light and colours... so beautifully captured! Have a great weekend!:-)

13 Jun 2009 1:39am

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Very cool shot, composition and depth of field, and colour contrast.

13 Jun 2009 6:16am

romine from bucharest, Romania

with this in front of my eyes i could drive forever too. just beautiful

13 Jun 2009 8:06am

Giovanni from Milan, Italy

Colours and light are fantastic! beautiful composition and stunning shot DJ!

13 Jun 2009 8:59am

PD from Overland Park, Kansas, United States

Nice light - beautiful sky

13 Jun 2009 2:50pm

Bill Jennings from (Bay Area Northern Calif), United States

the depth of field, and the straight road - pulls you into the far distance very effectively - glad you don't mind driving these roads, it seems it could be many miles of driving in iceland!

13 Jun 2009 9:46pm

rem_la from Villiers, France

superbe ce ruban de goudron !

14 Jun 2009 6:20am

Emilio Garcia from Pleasanton, United States

What a crisp and wonderfully serene landscape. You feel transported. I will have to visit Iceland one day. Great light, colors and composition!

14 Jun 2009 6:24am

Nestor from Le Tampon, Reunion

Very beautiful colors for a magic country!

14 Jun 2009 7:02am

Fliss from Melbourne Beach, United States

Oh I love roads where you don't know where they are taking you

Sorry it has been a while since getting back...work is keeping me busy...

14 Jun 2009 11:43am

JamesC from portland, United States

Love the open spaces like these and the twilight must have been lovely.

15 Jun 2009 12:01am

Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia

An immaculate image of an entrancing environment. (Not hard at all to understand your own comment on the place.)

15 Jun 2009 1:27am

MrsAmber from West Wickham, United Kingdom

Oh I've missed your photos while I've been away..I'll try and catch up with some of them. This is just stunning, gorgeous, beautiful .. I could go on..!

15 Jun 2009 11:15am

shoti from Everywhere in the, Philippines

beautiful light! the leading lines are nice too. but if I were you, I'd have put more focus on that mountain :)

15 Jun 2009 12:15pm

Calusarus from St Sorlin en Valloire, France

An incredible light !

15 Jun 2009 4:47pm

manel from Girona, Spain

Magnífica la profundidad y los colores tan cálidos. Esta me gusta más que la de ayer.

15 Jun 2009 4:56pm

Klaus from Germany

wonderfull lightning and great image building

15 Jun 2009 5:41pm

Barbara from Florida, United States

I love the golden light and perspective pulling one into the image. Great shot, and experience.

15 Jun 2009 7:31pm

akarui from Kagoshima, Japan

Beautiful light and landscape. The vanishing point is very powerful.

15 Jun 2009 11:04pm

Twelvebit from Victoria, United States

Me too.

16 Jun 2009 10:42pm

pedro alexandre from loures, Portugal

wonderfull landscape, great tones too.

17 Jun 2009 2:22pm

Stefan from Thiersee, Austria

Fantastic scenery, light and colours.

18 Jun 2009 2:23pm

Magda from Vancouver, Canada

Wow! Beautiful light and colours... Gorgeous terrain!

23 Jul 2009 4:16pm

Oskar from Gijon, Spain

puff, what a composition man, the end of the road is powerful I love the perspective that you have choose (sorry but I can't explain myself very well in english). I love this photo

4 Nov 2009 8:59pm

@Oskar: thanks very much for the visit and comments Oskar!!! :) very much appreciated! in the future, feel free to write in spanish -- i will be able to understand!! gracias amigo!!