Early morning in the local forest with a nice amount of fog and beautiful light. I had a rough night sleep, woke up way to early. And heading out in the forest was medicine for body and soul. When wandering out in the nature with these conditions you just calm down. Slow down and just start to feel better straight away. All shots were taken with my FujiFilm XT4 and a 16-80mm F4 lens, handheld.
Photographing in a foggy forest
A couple of days ago I went out on a early morning hike. Took my camera with me, and these are some the results from that day. The area I visited is local to me. I talk more about this trip in the video down below. Just scroll down to find the video. A like, comment and share would be really nice. Thank you for checking out my work. - Arjan
A short video following me as I go on a early morning hike and enjoy some landscape photography.
Astrophotography
Recently I have been gaining quite some interest for Astrophotography. I have always loved these great images of night skies and star trails and such, but never saw myself take any photographs like that. Because I always thought that the techniques and materials you would need for this were out of reach for me.
I have been talking to my friend Asgeir from Iceland about shooting the stars for quite a bit for the past few weeks, and have to admit that his work and our conversations inspired me to give it a decent go. He basically nails this type of photography. His work are master pieces. He has provided me with plenty of very useful tips and the motivation to step out of my comfort zone and try something new, thanks buddy! (Check out Asgeir's great photographs right here)
So below you can see what I managed to push out of my camera. I don't have a full frame camera, and my widest lenses are both at F3.5 only. For this type of photography you would really want a "fast" lens (with apertures ranging from F1.4 to F2.8) so F3.5 isn't that bad at all, but it comes with a little challenge. There is slightly less "light" hitting the sensor compared to a F1.8 for example. I had the ISO up to 3200 for both shots, which is still pretty good on my "old" D7000 but also showing that from there grain and noise become much more visible and a disturbing factor. I did edit both pictures in Lightroom and Photoshop to try and get the best quality out of these images. And I am pretty happy with how they came out, what do you think?
Anyways, I am back off to saving some more money to reach the point of possibly upgrading my body and lenses to something more powerful and capable, for experimenting a bit more with this type of photography.
Bite of Iceland
Amazing photo by "Bite of Iceland"
Adam and Marta from Poland run this great site and travel blog about Iceland, called "Bite Of Iceland"
Bite of Iceland serves stories spiced with tundra herbs, tales covered in thick fog, anecdotes overheard from the elves, all in all, Icelandic delights – all of them bite-sized. Apart from that, we will teach you, among other things, how to hunt for northern lights, how to go scot-free after a meeting with a shark, how to avoid going bankrupt when travelling in Iceland. Very interesting site if you're looking to find more information about traveling in Iceland.
They have recently posted this great article about traveling to Iceland for 4 days.
Is spending a few days in Iceland worth it at all? Is it possible to leave it without irritation,
because you haven't seen the whole island? Sure! click the link below to find out more!
Snæfellsnes Peninsula – Iceland in a nutshell