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    Where do I start, Iceland is a jewel..

    When my 2 daughters went there in 2008, they came back with stories of the beautiful landscapes, people and most of all commented on the number of birds. With the high value of the Canadian dollar and low Kronar we just had to go. We decided to go in May, to be there during late migration, weather was in the mid to high teens.

    I came back with over 1500 images without really even trying, this is a bird photographers paradise. Birds are out in the open and quite approachable. BEST OF ALL NO BITING BUGS.

    Equipment: 12-24mm, 100mm macro (puffin image in link, taken with it), 70-200mm, 300mm

    Then the volcano happened and I just had to go see it. We arrived at 6:30am, were told we were the last plane in for that day. We got the car rental and off we went to Eyjafjallajekull glacier. This image was taken with a small point an shoot, with a little CS4 work added in. We're not that far, from the volcano, we tried walking up but ash made it to tough, to see or breath, out of the path of the ash cloud (about 3500 ft high) though, it was the smell, wow.

    Here is link to some of the photos: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...0&l=3b792a7dd2

    All images are handheld.

    Paul

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    Sounds like a great destination. Thanks for sharing the link! Do you know how to pronounce the name of that infamous volcano? :)

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    Lol..not a chance Axel, my wife was navigator, and all I kept saying was give me the first 3 letters in the name of the next road....from a source on the Internet its "AY-yah-fyah-lah-YOH-kuul", a mouthful.

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    Wow , looks like you blast of time there , looking forward to see more images , Facebook images are just too good :)
    TFS

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    Paul, what a great trip - hope to get there some day! Nice shots on FB, looking forward to seeing them here a bit bigger. Welcome back!!
    "It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera... they are made with the eye, heart, and head." - Henri Cartier Bresson

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    You did get some great bird images, Paul! What a wonderful trip!

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    What a wonderful opportunity and you certainly got some wonderful images. thanks for sharing Paul !!!

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    Great looking trip Paul! You really did well with your photos! Love the Jaegers!

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    One of my must go destinations !!! Lovely place !!!

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    Thanks everyone..for comments

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    unbelievable plume!! really cool and thanks for sharing that link. some nice stuff there.

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    I just found this report while searching the site for Iceland. I am about to take a trip departing on Wed. One question if I may about equipment. I always assume that for birds I need a 500mm lens. I see that you had a 300mm. Would you say it would be worth it to carry a 500mm, or would you say the 300 is all I need?

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