S a n k e t S h a r m a
Traveler & Photographer
Discovering Iceland: an Arctic Adeventure
Perhaps, winters of Iceland couldn't be any more beautiful than this.
Shipra and I earlier this year went on a photo expedition to the land of fire and ice. A land of 130 volcanoes out of which 30 are considered active. When most people think of Iceland, the first thing that comes to mind is ice, only ice. However, strangely enough, Iceland isn't just about ice.
In almost two weeks, we didn't/couldn't stay even a single night in a hotel room. In order to capture northern lights in the night and early morning sunrise at some remote waterfall, we decided to rent and sleep in campervan (though not advisable in winters). Temperature inside the van at night was as low as -25 °C.
Well, all in all, it was worth the efforts and kudos to Shipra for taking all the bone chilling wind right on her face and still remained unmoved.
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Godafoss means waterfall of the gods. I cannot agree more to it. I have another version of the fall, which I took at the sunset, but had to give up sharing it in order to restrict the count under 100. The chilly wind on the top was biting against our faces.
It was an overcast sky and fast moving wind created such cloud formations.
It is definitely one of the unforgettable things to experience before you die. When Auroras are active pink, yellow, green, violet and blue colors are visible. Interaction of charged particles with oxygen produces yellow and green, and with nitrogen produces violet and blue.
Godafoss means waterfall of the gods. I cannot agree more to it. I have another version of the fall, which I took at the sunset, but had to give up sharing it in order to restrict the count under 100. The chilly wind on the top was biting against our faces.
Evil tree in the foreground and Uchisar Castle in the background. This shot was taken from pigeon valley in Goreme.
This shot was taken on the last day of our trip. Shipra and I spent the whole evening recollecting trip incidents and sipping tea at the sea side.
When all fall in line to form a perfect panorama view of the pyramids of Giza..
Evil tree in the foreground and Uchisar Castle in the background. This shot was taken from pigeon valley in Goreme.
Honeymoon in war-torn Middle East..
Shipra and I visited Egypt, Jordan and Turkey (3 most beautiful countries of Middle East) in November and December, last year. I must applaud Shipra’s courage to accept my proposal of visiting war-torn Middle East for honeymoon. As we all witnessed over the past few years, Middle East has changed quite rapidly. So, before all is lost and rebels take over the control, I wanted to capture its unbound beauty of ancient civilization.
Each time I share an album, I urge my friends and others to take up traveling as a hobby. I hope I have been successful to some extent over the last few years. This album is one such effort in that direction.
If interested, I have shared one of our few interesting incidents from the trip:
https://sanketiiit.wordpress.com/2015/01/03/romancing-in-the-midst-of-political-turmoil-and-crumbling-civil-military-regimes-of-middle-east/
This one is the first HDR image of the album, merging 3 different images of different exposures. Could have been better.
Conditions in Utah were extremely bad. It seemed like storm had just passed through..
This one is the first HDR image of the album, merging 3 different images of different exposures. Could have been better.