Comments on: Photography Locations of Iceland’s Snaefellsnes Peninsula

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 29 Dec 2019 02:27:04 +0000

Hi Lisa. It was great reading this article on the Snafellsness Penninsula. The more websites I visit the more ideas I get for photography when my friend and I go this July. Thanks for sharing.

By: Lisa Michele Burns

Lisa Michele Burns — Mon, 07 May 2018 09:17:20 +0000

In reply to Christophe. You're welcome, I just had a peek at your site and your work is beautiful! When are you heading to Iceland?

By: Christophe

Christophe — Mon, 07 May 2018 08:46:35 +0000

Very helpful information. Thanks!

By: Lisa Michele Burns

Lisa Michele Burns — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 21:27:25 +0000

In reply to Folker. Great to hear from you! I hope you have a wonderful trip in Iceland, winter is such a photogenic time to visit! Feel free to post a link to your photos here once you've published them :)

By: Folker

Folker — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 21:23:23 +0000

Hi Lisa, just found your website. Amazing images, congratulations! I’ll be back to Iceland in 2 days for my fifth or sixth visit, and I was looking around for inspiration. Thank you very much!

By: thewanderinglens

thewanderinglens — Thu, 25 May 2017 09:29:46 +0000

In reply to Gov.

Hi Gov, thanks for sharing your thoughts. It’s definitely a personal choice as to which camera you prefer and each has it’s positives and negatives depending on what and how you shoot.
Regarding the Olympus menu system, have you explored the L-Fn button settings at all? You can customise these and it will allow you to easily control the ISO or whatever you require by pressing the L-Fn button and using the dials, eliminating the need to venture into the menu to change whilst shooting. You can set it by going into the settings within the menu and then elect what function you would like it to assign to the dials. I’ve got it on my 12-40mm 2.8 + 40-150mm 2.8 PRO lenses and love using it!
Also just to clarify, the above images weren’t taken with Olympus cameras, these were from my first trip to Iceland and shot on a Nikon D800. The ability to shoot semi-long exposures without a tripod is definitely one of the reasons I’m using the OM-D E-M1 Mark II, it’s stability is so impressive!

By: Gov

Gov — Sun, 21 May 2017 09:01:02 +0000

I have the cam too, I don’t like it much actually. You oculd find everything easily. Well I find the whole interfacing a serious letdown of no small proportion. Where is a dedicted ISO button, where is an exposure compensation switch, where is a dedicated AF-speed switch (singleshot, burts, 2 or 10 second delay and may be timelapse)…it is ALL in a menu. Where is a dedicated witch to toggle between S-AF, C-AF and MF. All in a menu. I have a Panasonic GH4 too and that cam,in my view, has not only far better button layout but also a very comprehensive menu even though I am used to Olympus cams too…
Good things are the image quality. The fact that you did not use a tripod I do understand considering your backaches etc. But for landscapes and especially with the Oly this hampers shooting this kind of pics. No filters used….No HiRes mode either. and the Hires mode is frankly the one thing that keeps me using the EM-1 markII. If it hand’t that fantastic feature for absolutely stunning, medium format like IQ I would have sold my EM1.2 quickly after purchasing it. Well it is excellent at action shooting too and the EVF has virtually no blackout. Ergonomically very sane.
So all in all I am not so amazed by these pics since I miss the use of a tripod and filters and HiRes would have been nice. The cam can do a lot better! But I most certainly do not share the Olympus as an easy to use cam right out of the bag. The menusystem is a compelete labyrinth, apparantly as usual with Olympus the concept of “intuitivity” is lost on them.

By: thewanderinglens

thewanderinglens — Fri, 05 May 2017 21:49:26 +0000

In reply to Alina. Absolutely, flights are definitely getting cheaper! As you mentioned though it does depend on dates you're flying but if you manage to get it right, it makes the trip so much more affordable!

By: thewanderinglens

thewanderinglens — Fri, 05 May 2017 21:48:10 +0000

In reply to Rohan Cahill-Fleury. Thanks Rohan! Iceland is definitely one of those places that needs to be visited a few times, so much to see and experience!

By: Rohan Cahill-Fleury

Rohan Cahill-Fleury — Mon, 01 May 2017 19:28:06 +0000

Oh wow, how beautiful is Iceland?! Stunning pics! I was in Iceland a few years ago but only in Reykjavik for a few days. Would love to go back and explore more!

By: Alina

Alina — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 07:02:23 +0000

Very practical and useful, again, I like the little map with photo locations! I am yet to visit Iceland, it has become relatively easily accessible from my country, with cheap flights available almost all the time, but I have heard that costs on the spot can be pretty steep, so need to plan in advance how to do it, as I would really like to see all these stunning places!

By: thewanderinglens

thewanderinglens — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 22:10:52 +0000

In reply to Nouhaila. Haha so great to hear! I suggest you follow that feeling and go to Iceland :)