RJT-Photography

Another World was taken at Námafjall, Mývatn, Iceland.

This image just missed out on Picture of the Day at the Photography Cafe, but managed to come top of the Monthly open photography competition at “The Digital Site”

Mick (the reviewer of the competition) had this to say:

Iceland is a place I have always wanted to visit and this image helps to illustrate why. The place truly is like another world of dramatic volcanoes, waterfalls and glaciers…amazing stuff. A quick google tells me that the Hverir solfatare field is one of the largest in Iceland…an area where sulphurous vapours rise through the earth’s crust and create the scene we see here. We can clearly see yellow sulphur deposits in the foreground. This scene is very well composed and the viewer’s eye is taken through the landscape to the distant lonely figures, the steamy vapours rising from below, the distant snow-capped mountains and the wonderfully dramatic sky. This is a truly stunning image which I like very much and it is my personal favourite in this comp.

In September we travelled to Iceland for a weeks tour. Our book of the trip is now complete and is available from Blurb. You can see the pages in the gallery, or via the Blurb Web site

I was delighted and more than a little surprised to be awarded Photograph of the Day at Photography Cafe, for this image. Part of the reason for the suprise was it had been runner up the previous day, but it attracted enough votes in the next 24 hours to make it to the top of the pile.

Big Al said: Jane’s POTD looks like selective colouring was used but this is not the case. The cold grey of the water is in big contrast to the warm red of Jane’s coat. Though the waterfall and Jane are totally different in size, they share equal prominence in the image.

It was actually taken by Stephen and not me, as it has me in it.

I was pleased that a second of my Iceland shots achieved Photograph of the day at Photography Cafe today.

Big Al said: Jane had the advantage of getting an unusual landscape to start with but getting POTD requires more than that. By getting the foreground land at the bottom of the picture she made use of the zigzag line of hills as your eye follows the route from bottom-left to top-right. The subtle use of HDR brought out the differences in the clouds and land on the horizon showing the vast distance involved.

It was also nice to see my “Another World” made a second appearance in the list, after being runner up in yesterdays competition.