David's Images of the Day Photoblog
Views of the sky. Sunrise, sunset, clouds, and weather
Almannagjá Fault Where the North American and Eurasian Tectonic Plates are Separating. Þingvellir (Thingvellir) National Park in Iceland. Image taken with a Nikon D800 camera and 24 mm f/3.5 PC-E lens (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/11, 1/100 sec).
The rock ripples are on the Eurasian side, and the rock wall is on the North American side of the fault.
Stairway to Seljalandsfoss, a Waterfall in Southern Iceland. HDR composite of 7 images taken with a Nikon D800 and 16 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens (ISO 100, 16 mm, f/16) using Google HDR Efex Pro 2.
Sunset Along the Reykjavik Harbor Walkway. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera and 10 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 160, 10 mm, f/8, 1/400 sec). The foreground is a water fountain, and the bicycle rider just happened to go by as I took the image.
Ship and Two Lighthouses at dusk near Kronstadt Island viewed from the deck of the MV Explorer as we departed Russia. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 300 mm f/2.8 VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/2.8, 1/250 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, Nik Define, and Photoshop CC.
Fort Alexander is a naval fortress on an artificial island in the Gulf of Finland near Kronstadt. It was built between 1838 and 1845 and named after Emperor Alexander I. In 1899–1917, the fort housed a research laboratory on plague and other bacterial diseases. Composite of 3 images taken with a Fuji XT1 camera and 23 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 200, 23 mm, f/11). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, NIK HDR Efex Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC.
I was not able to visit the Fortress that day because of another “government function” taking place at the fort — but all I saw were a couple of fisherman.
