Eystrahorn, Iceland - a photo on Flickriver

            It was such a wild morning when we went round the corner from Vestrahorn. It was one of those days where you had to park pointing into the wind otherwise you would lose your doors if the wind caught them. But having that forethought, unfortunately, that just meant you had to fight to open the door against the force of nature's fury. 

We did manage to get out and stagger about on the headland next to the orange Hvalnes lighthouse that stands like the headstrong bridge structure of an oceangoing tug. 

But seeking an image of black and white stripy beach we headed down to the strand that stretches as far as the eye can see, and is a feature of about half of Iceland's southern coast.

I did take a brief phone pano, and it looks good, but I also tried a four frame pano with the Nikon which is better in some respects, but less so in others. I should have made it five frames wide to include a bit more of the sea to the left. But, hey ho, you live and learn!

I see Gary had a wander on the black sand, but seems to have gone and hidden behind a rock again. 

It was only a few hundred yards back to the car, but it was one of the most exhausting walks I can remember fighting uphill into that wind on deep loose black gravel. Rarely have I been more grateful to get back in a car!

Taken in: Iceland / East / Starmýri (show map)

Taken on: March 18, 2020

Tags:

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iceland

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Sets appears in: • Covid 20/21

Groups appears in: • Nikon Digital • Iceland. more » • visit the world - the travel guide • Travel Photography • Paisajes del mundo/World Landscapes • Iceland - Landscape • Amateur Photographer Magazine • GREAT PANOS • The best photographs from around the world. « less

Camera: Nikon D750, f/14.0, 1/100 sec, 24mm, ISO 125 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D750
Lens:	24.0-120.0 mm f/4.0
Aperture:	f/14.0
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	24mm
ISO:	125
Exposure Bias:	-1 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 9.2 (Windows)
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