Summer shots

Summer is in full swing. This is a shot of my back concrete fence, and I really liked the texture, the light blue paint on the left side, and the bent nails in the upper center.



This ship was really massive and the paint job was super fresh. I like how you get a sense of it's size compared to the ships, ocean, and mountain in the background.



One reason I'm glad the X100 does macro. This is one of my husband's flowers in full bloom, and it was so beautiful.



The interior of the very first museum built in Iceland to house a single artist's works, Kjarvalsstaðir.



The ceiling had a ton of great patterns.



A separate exhibit, but I enjoyed the giant blue balled up paper and the painting behind. Seemed really serene somehow.

Sunny England

Ah sunny England. I took off for a three day trip primarily in Nottingham, but also in London. The first shot is from the plane and I really liked the brighter green fields against the darker grass and trees.



There was so much interesting architecture radically different from what we have here in Iceland.



Lots of it had interesting contrast on otherwise boring brick facades.



This one I largely liked the ramp sloping down in front.



A beautiful cemetery near my hotel, bright and sunny. I had to hold my camera over my head and place it on a wall to capture this.



On this one I really like the deep blue shadow area with soft yellow sunlit top.



Once perspective is corrected, I just love the symmetry and rhythm of some of these buildings. The bright green city bus adds to the interest as well.



This one I liked the dirtiness and the concrete sphere.



These were just half painted boarded over windows, but I liked how they looked like hung canvas paintings. The woman in front serves for scale.



I really liked the pattern of these leaves against the wall, and only after taking it did I notice the lens flare which I feel adds to the interest of the photo.

Night shots

I really love night shots, the lighting is so different from what we see in the day, and comes from more angles and sources than just the sky/sun.  On this shot I liked the blue glow of the lower floor, and orange glow of the upper. The way it struck the grass in front is what really pulled me in.



Landspitali the official Icelandic hospital. I like the helicopter pad on the roof and all the glow coming out.



Was out biking to deliver my treats for Hveiti og Smjör and saw this crow perched atop a light pole. I like the gentle swoop of the lines, and harsh outline of the pole and bird against the soft clouds.



Tjordninn, one of my favorite photographic scenes, the pond behind the city hall. In this photo the lake had frozen, then only the top thawed, for a glassy perfect mirror surface. This was made from 4 photos stitched, each was a ten second exposure.



Another night shot. I loved the reflection in the puddle and leaning lightpole.



One of my favorite things about Reykjavik is the constant mountains in the background, reminding me of the nature all around.



The way the light hit Halgrimskirkja was only like this for maybe 5 minutes, and I so rarely see it from behind, I took this shot.



I always like scenes with two different lighting sources. The warm sunlight in the foreground, and dark foreboding rain clouds in the background made me like this shot.



The reflection from all the windows of the building behind me striking this one were enticing. I also like the door that opens to nothing.



Another long exposure stitch of tjordninn.



And one from during the day.

More Snow

I love the way the snow is covering these pine trees.



The way the sunlight is hitting the comforter drying on the clothes rack prompted this shot. I love the mountains in the background as well.



Halgrimskirkja looking serene.



The light and scenery perfectly matched the frigid air of the day.



These two cranes against the evening sky made me really calm, so I wanted to try to capture it in an image.

Snow!

Winter is here! This is the main pond of downtown Reykjavik, frozen over, with two children playing a top it.



I love Christmas lights. I love even more how the X100 allows me to capture them as they seem, with keeping a high dynamic range and relatively low noise.



The red sky is bounce from the city's lights, and was a bit more orangish in real life, but I prefer this white balance for how surreal it makes the image seem.



Sometimes just layers of detail pulls me in and I can't explain why.



I really liked the fog billowing up and the purple cast to everything in this image.



Just like a painting, so many blocks of colors.



A sculpture from a famous Icelandic artist.



Another angle.



This is some kind of art installation dealing with germs and the early discovery of pasteurization, but really I just love the green glow and simple contrast between the four squares on the left on the wall, and the table with stanchion poles around it.



A lit up skyscraper at night. I like the many windows and different white balances of the lights.