Strokkur Geyser, Golden Circle, Iceland

            Although one of the main attractions of Iceland's "Golden Circle" is Geysir, the original Geyser from which the phenomenon was named, I found it's neighbor, "Strokkur," to be much more exciting.

The Great Geysir erupts at unpredictable frequencies and sometimes not at all.  Strokkur, however, erupts every 4-8 minutes, making it much more predictable and easier to photograph, with a little patience.

We arrived toward the end of sunset, which made for some relatively moody images.

I used a 2-stop soft edged graduated neutral density filter to balance the sky with the foreground.

From Wikipedia:

Geysir, sometimes known as The Great Geysir, is a geyser in southwestern Iceland. It was the first geyser described in a printed source and the first known to modern Europeans.[citation needed] The English word geyser (a spouting hot spring) derives from Geysir. The name Geysir itself is derived from the Icelandic verb geysa, "to gush", the verb from Old Norse. Geysir lies in the Haukadalur valley on the slopes of Laugarfjall hill, which is also the home to Strokkur geyser about 50 metres south.

Eruptions at Geysir can hurl boiling water up to 70 metres in the air. However, eruptions may be infrequent, and have in the past stopped altogether for years at a time.

Strokkur (Icelandic for "churn") is a fountain geyser in the geothermal area beside the Hvítá River in Iceland in the southwest part of the country, east of Reykjavík. It is one of Iceland's most famous geysers, erupting about every 4–8 minutes 15 – 20m high (50-65ft), sometimes up to 40m high (130ft).

Nikon D800
16-35mm f/4 Lens
Lee Filters 0.6 Soft Edge GND Resin Filter

Taken in: Ísland / Vestur-Skaftafellssysla (show map)

Taken on: March 12, 2013

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Camera: Nikon D800, f/8.0, 1/400 sec, 16mm, ISO 2500 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D800
Lens:	16.0-35.0 mm f/4.0
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	16mm
ISO:	2500
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	High gain up
Contrast:	High
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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