Sometimes it is just a sunset.
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the dailypic 3830 yr11 178 Simple Sunset
the dailypic 3825 yr11 173 Svörtuloft Lighthouse
I still have not really processed my trip to Iceland in a couple of different ways. One, the photos. I am about halfway through. And two, mentally, when I left this virus was something very far away, while I was on the trip everything changed, and the day I can home, the world seemed to stop. I was not far off from being delayed there for a bit like actual minutes could have prevented me from making a flight, which would have meant I would be there when borders closed, and logistics became difficult. So since I have been back, it has been one thing after another, I missed out on that “after vacation glow.”
This is a shot taken with my drone, maybe 10 feet above the water looking back at the lighthouse I am standing next to. A beautiful spot on the western shore of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula. I miss it there, that spot, it was pure peace. We were on a road that no one in a regular car could get to. We had to hike a bit ourselves to get there, but once there, we were it. No one around, just these vast waves pushing into the rugged walls if Iceland, while a Snæfellsjökull, a 700,000-year-old glacier-capped stratovolcano stood in the clouds behind us.
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the dailypic 3814 yr11 162 Reynisfjara
Iceland is special. Travel is special. The world is small. I’ve been a few places, I am lucky. This was my return to Iceland – my personal favorite place to visit . 9 days on the island, toured the South and West. I joined a tour with Artic Exposure, they arrange an incredible experience. I stayed in areas this time, exploring sites a few times, getting to see them in different light and weather. I chose this tour because it was winter. Glaciers, Northern Lights, Snow, the sun went down, the colors were gorgeous.
Being out of the country with all that is going on was strange. The virus was a conversation daily. There were strange moments like empty airports or seeing so many people in masks. I love to travel, I plan on returning to Iceland again, I hope. to take a photography tour with me in the future. As for a show of the photos, I have not decided yet. I have been asked a few times, I will consider it. I have not gone through them all yet. They may pop up now and then in the dailypic as I process.
The one above is from the drone, it was shot over water on the South Shore in Reynisfjara. We were chasing light for the sunset. We got stuck in the snow. I sent the drone out to catch this reflection as a. storm was coming in. The clouds are creeping from the left, in a matter of minutes the color would be gone and snow would be falling at a good rate. The drone did not beat the snow back, but the shot was. worth it.
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the dailypic 3775 yr11 123 Washington Snow
Away. Here is a photo I took today.
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the dailypic 3763 yr11 111 Morning Snow
Some photos from the air and ground around Medway this morning in the snow.
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the dailypic 3718 yr11 067 Above Brook
Over Chicken Brook, Medway, MA.
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the dailypic 3695 yr11 043 Redeemed
Moving things around in the barn to prep for Holiday Photos, walk by the back window that faces west. The curtain is drawn, but I can see red hues sneaking in the sides. A pullback to the curtain and the sky is on fire. Not 5 minutes before I was outside shooting snow on a bench, for today’s dailypic. It was drizzling and raw, nothing special, but made sense for the day. Then the sky put on a show. I grab the drone, no memory card, internal memory is full, maybe room for one shot. Three batteries, all under 10%, been slacking. Knowing this sky will not last long, I send it up anyway, the controller is screaming at me… battery low forced landing will begin, over and over, before I am 3 feet off the ground. I get 100 feet, I snap this one shot, and I land. In minutes, the show is gone, back to gray and blah. For a moment, the gray, snow, rain, cold, raw day was pretty. Orginal pick for the day below. Would have been called “Ready or Not.”
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the dailypic 3694 yr11 042 Chicken at Choate
I have more photos of this bridge than any other. It looks different in each shot.
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the dailypic 3649 yr10 362 Setting
Tomorrow the sun sets on ten years of the dailypic. Ten years, one photo shared everyday. seems like it should be a specal photo. Proablly shoud put some thought into it.
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the dailypic 3646 yr10 359 Greetings From VT
The whole state of Vermont is a postcard waiting to be mailed. Tune in tomorrow for the last of my trip to VT this week.
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the dailypic 3645 yr10 358 They Named it Eden
Above Eden Notch in Vermont on Route 100 (one of my favorite roads). The color that north is incredible right now. 23 photos
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the dailypic 3627 yr10 340 Sky Show
Me to the family: “OK, I will be in the barn, I need to get all these Senior Photos edited I can not be disturbed.” Ten minutes later, I am yelling for them to come to the driveway where I am, flying my drone getting sunset shots.
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