This is one of them – the geothermal area in the Icelandic highlands. There are some places on our planet where you can be very close face to face to its soul, beauty and power. The combination was perfect for the smaller and lighter than standard DSLR X-T2 mirrorless system. My tripod was Gitzo GT2543L paired with RRS BH-30LR II Ball Head. The kit (including all extras batteries, chargers and cards, plenty of large microfibre wipes) was all packed into the LowePro Wistler 350, which proved to be an excellent companion on this frequently dusty, cold and wet trip. Of those I used mostly the little stopper (6 stops) and 3 stop hard and soft grad filters alone or combined and the CPL. To complement the kit I used a set of Lee filters for all those long and long-ish exposures of waterfalls, geothermals and waves. This is the second highest waterfall on the island. (XF16-55mm f2.8 at 16mm 1/40s f11 ISO200) Sunset at Haifoss, the river Fossá, a tributary of Þjórsá, drops here from a height of 122m. The other lake in the background is Ljótipollur. It is located in the Fjallabak Nature Reserve area northeast of Landmannalaugar. This is Bláhylur (Blue Pool) Hnausapollur Crater Lake, formed by an eruption over a thousand years ago. The latter is a nice lens and works well in good dry weather but gets moody in rain and spray. The second X-T2 body had an L-plate and either the superb XF16-55 f2.8 or, on occasion, the XF10-24 f4 when the landscape was so epic that it would not fit into my idea of a wide view. Throughout the few weeks I kept one X-T2 with the XF50-140 f2.8 lens (my personal favourite lens) and a vertical grip, as I usually shoot this combo handheld. Two hikers meet on a backdrop of the morning light and steam from geothermal vents at Kerlingarfjöll. There is so much natural beauty on this island that once you have visited it – it will always stay in your heart and you will want to come back, and so I did. The Icelandic part of the trip was overwelming because of its combination of magnificent landscapes, waterfalls, ever changing light and weather, textures and colours. Last summer I was lucky to visit both Iceland and Greenland again, this time with a pair of wonderful Fujifilm X-T2 cameras.
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