Green Lines - Snæfell area, Iceland

            3rd picture from a 2 x 12 day tour around Iceland. 

On route from East towards North Iceland we passed through the highlands around Snæfell. The weather was not the best so we where not expecting much. This small creek with very very green moss was a pleasant surprise. It is such a contrast to the otherwise barren and dark highland deserts that it seems like it is not real. I dont know why it is so green but I do know it is a good foreground element in a photograph. The overcast and sometimes rainy weather actually helped here as the wetness enhanced the color of the moss and the overcast weather offered soft light even in the middle of the day.

The seemingly black water comes from using polarizer to remove the reflection of its surface and because the sand in the bottom of the shallow stream is black.

Taken in: Ísland / Nordur-Mulasysla (show map)

Taken on: July 25, 2011

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Green

Iceland

Highlands

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Moss

Creek

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Sets appears in: • Central Highlands

Groups appears in: • EarthShots.org Entries • [ Wonders of Nature ] more » • ArcticPhoto+WildernesscapesLLC's Iceland Photo Tours Showcase « less

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/16.0, 0.3 sec, 27mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Aperture:	f/16.0
Exposure Time:	0.3
Focal Length:	27mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-1/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:	Auto
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Digital Photo Professional
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