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05/25/2005 03:13:53 PM · #1 |
I have been quite impressed with the photography coming from DPC members in Iceland. It looks like a beautiful country, a place I would love to visit. I did a quick search and found that there are 263 members from Iceland. That seems like a lot from such a small country, and their "ribbons to members" ratio must be higher than any other country. Any ideas why DPC is so popular in Iceland?
Dan
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05/25/2005 03:15:45 PM · #2 |
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05/25/2005 03:19:59 PM · #3 |
Didn't you know? It's where all great photographers live!
Besides it's cold there, they read, study and practice a whole lot!
Also they have some really great scenery and are very attractive people. |
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05/25/2005 03:23:34 PM · #4 |
There's not a whole lot to do in Iceland, really. It's a small country surroudned by rough ocean, cold and windy and rainy most of the time, small population... But it is spectacularly moody/beautiful there, so it's a natural environment for photography. I also suspect that living that far north tends to create "introverts". and photography is a very inward-looking obsession, especially as practiced by our Icelandic members collectively...
These are my thoughts as a non-Icelander.
Robt.
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05/25/2005 03:53:56 PM · #5 |
as one of the Icelanders.. it's really not that cold here, somtime in the past.. about 1000 years ago someone switched the names between Greenland (wich is covered in ice) and Iceland (wich is mostly green)
the average temperature in wintertime is around +2C (lowest -15C highest +20C) and in the summertime +15 (lowest +2C highest +30C)
Iceland isn't that small, but the population is about 300.000, like a small village in USA ;) but we do not all know each other ;)
we have a spectacular scenery, and you only have to turn 90 degrees to have a totally different scenery.
in one of Icelands famous scenery places, a 360 degree turn will give you a view of a forrest on one side, glacier on one side, a desert on one side, and a river and pastures on the last side.
and there are many places like that here, and Iceland is very popular amongst foreign photographers, just look at luminous-landscape.com :)
there is an Icelandic photograpy web much like DPC, with almost 500 members, and many of those members are on DPC and other photography websites arount the world.
we are just so active, sunrise in july is at 05:10 AM, and sunset is at 03:30AM so we have a 22 hour day in the summertime, so we have plenty of time to take pictures :)
the local paper has a great portfolio with pictures of the Icelandic landscape here is the link MBL
just take a look and you will understand why we are so active in photography :) |
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05/25/2005 03:57:50 PM · #6 |
A while back there was a shipwreck. Dozens of crates of brand new Rebels washed up on the shores of Iceland. ;)
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05/25/2005 04:00:24 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by coolhar:
A while back there was a shipwreck. Dozens of crates of brand new Rebels washed up on the shores of Iceland. ;) |
He, he, funny! And some traded them in for 10Ds and 20Ds and so on. It was quite a sight, all those Rebels on the beach.
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05/25/2005 04:02:02 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by DanSig:
we are just so active, sunrise in july is at 05:10 AM, and sunset is at 03:30AM so we have a 22 hour day in the summertime, so we have plenty of time to take pictures :)
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Can anyone translate that to Fahrenheight for us ignorant Americans?
Originally posted by DanSig:
in one of Icelands famous scenery places, a 360 degree turn will give you a view of a forrest on one side, glacier on one side, a desert on one side, and a river and pastures on the last side.
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Now, I'd love to see that done as a 360 degree panarama.... |
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05/25/2005 04:09:39 PM · #9 |
the average temperature in wintertime is around 35,6F (lowest 5F, highest 68F) and in the summertime 59F (lowest 35,6F highest 86F)
just for you americans that don't use the Celcius scale :)
and the air is very dry here so it feels a lot warmer here then in humid air at the same temperature.
59F here feels the same as 85F in California :)
Message edited by author 2005-05-25 16:11:35. |
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05/25/2005 04:10:32 PM · #10 |
or dont know where to look it up on the internet...
Originally posted by DanSig:
the average temperature in wintertime is around 35,6F (lowest 5F, highest 68F) and in the summertime 59F (lowest 35,6F highest 86F)
just for you americans that don't use the Celcius scale :) |
Message edited by author 2005-05-25 16:11:02. |
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05/25/2005 04:16:28 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by di53:
or dont know where to look it up on the internet...
Originally posted by DanSig:
the average temperature in wintertime is around 35,6F (lowest 5F, highest 68F) and in the summertime 59F (lowest 35,6F highest 86F)
just for you americans that don't use the Celcius scale :) |
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You mean, like here? NOAA's Converter
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05/25/2005 05:09:08 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by DanSig:
the average temperature in wintertime is around 35,6F (lowest 5F, highest 68F) and in the summertime 59F (lowest 35,6F highest 86F)
just for you americans that don't use the Celcius scale :)
and the air is very dry here so it feels a lot warmer here then in humid air at the same temperature.
59F here feels the same as 85F in California :) |
Now could you replace those silly, misplaced, foreign commas with the appropriate, patriotic, American decimals?
Message edited by author 2005-05-25 17:09:27. |
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05/25/2005 05:15:42 PM · #13 |
One of the first GREAT Icelandic DPCers is a magazine photographer. He also has a fairly regularly visited blog where he posts challenges and his entries. A LOT of people join each time he posts a new DPC message in his LJ.
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05/25/2005 05:21:44 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by DanSig:
59F here feels the same as 85F in California :) |
No it doesn't
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05/25/2005 05:32:17 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by neophyte:
Originally posted by DanSig:
59F here feels the same as 85F in California :) |
No it doesn't |
so.. have you been to both places ?
if not then how can you say it doesn't feel the same ?
at 50F Im down to tshirt and shorts when I go outside, how high does the temperature have to be in California so most people go outside wearing only tshirt and shorts ?
Message edited by author 2005-05-25 17:34:10. |
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05/25/2005 05:36:55 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by theSaj:
Originally posted by DanSig:
we are just so active, sunrise in july is at 05:10 AM, and sunset is at 03:30AM so we have a 22 hour day in the summertime, so we have plenty of time to take pictures :)
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Can anyone translate that to Fahrenheight for us ignorant Americans? |
Google Calculator does a nice job of this.
-Terry
Message edited by author 2005-05-25 17:37:46.
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05/25/2005 05:42:22 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by DanSig:
at 50F Im down to tshirt and shorts when I go outside, how high does the temperature have to be in California so most people go outside wearing only tshirt and shorts ? |
That has less to do with the nature of the weather and more to do with the nature of Californians. |
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05/25/2005 05:47:47 PM · #18 |
| How come the Icelandic photographers perform so well, but Viking CF cards don't? Balance, I suppose. |
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05/25/2005 05:51:16 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
How come the Icelandic photographers perform so well, but Viking CF cards don't? Balance, I suppose. |
probably because viking CF cards aren't made in Iceland :)
the only thing called "viking" in Iceland is a beer made here, and it has recieved many gold awards as the best pilsner in the world :) |
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05/25/2005 05:52:56 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by DanSig:
the average temperature in wintertime is around 35,6F (lowest 5F, highest 68F) and in the summertime 59F (lowest 35,6F highest 86F)
just for you americans that don't use the Celcius scale :)
and the air is very dry here so it feels a lot warmer here then in humid air at the same temperature.
59F here feels the same as 85F in California :) |
California is a fairly diverse state in terms of climate. My 59 F may feel very similar to yours. Now if you're looking for a good American humid region, try Houston, Texas.......now that's wet (and hot). |
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05/25/2005 05:56:19 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by mavrik:
One of the first GREAT Icelandic DPCers is a magazine photographer. He also has a fairly regularly visited blog where he posts challenges and his entries. A LOT of people join each time he posts a new DPC message in his LJ. |
What is his username?
Originally posted by coolhar:
A while back there was a shipwreck. Dozens of crates of brand new Rebels washed up on the shores of Iceland. ;) |
Funny that nobody took a picture of that. ;-) Maybe the CF cards didn't arrive until a later shipwreck?
Nordlys, whose current top two places to visit are Iceland and New Zealand
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05/25/2005 05:57:59 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by Nordlys:
Originally posted by mavrik:
One of the first GREAT Icelandic DPCers is a magazine photographer. He also has a fairly regularly visited blog where he posts challenges and his entries. A LOT of people join each time he posts a new DPC message in his LJ. |
What is his username? |
his username is arnit, photographer for the newspaper //www.mbl.is |
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05/25/2005 06:18:50 PM · #23 |
Iceland is to Photography what Seattle was to Rock music in the late 80's
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05/25/2005 07:05:21 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by DanSig:
Originally posted by neophyte:
Originally posted by DanSig:
59F here feels the same as 85F in California :) |
No it doesn't |
so.. have you been to both places ?
if not then how can you say it doesn't feel the same ?
at 50F Im down to tshirt and shorts when I go outside, how high does the temperature have to be in California so most people go outside wearing only tshirt and shorts ? |
California at 85 degrees, yes. Several deserts throughout North and Central America at 59 degrees, yes. Iceland no. I don't need to to go to Iceland to know it still doesn't feel the same. I live in New England and it all relative. The first nice days here and everyone is wearing shorts and then those days seem cold one month later and people bundle up. The only similarity between 85 in CA and 59 in Iceland is that they're both about the summer average. Its all about what you're used to.
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05/25/2005 07:23:48 PM · #25 |
| Yep - right on the money - when I was in montreal in spring I was out in just jeans and a t-shirt in temperatures in the 5 degree celcius range. In brisbane in the equivalent temperature I am rugged up with blankets and sitting in front of a heater....still freezing my ass off. |
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