Autumn colours in Iceland are mostly pretty subtle, they don’t have much in the way of forests to turn bright orange and red. What they do have is a wonderful variety of small perennial plants that turn beautiful shades of red, orange and yellow… There is also an abundance of amazing waterfalls in Iceland… Though not strictly a waterfall, Hraunfossar is beautiful none the less, especially in Autumn.
Just a short drive out of Reykjavik, But it seemed to take ages as I wanted to stop every 20 metres! Shot on the Hasselblad H4D-60 with the 100mm lens.
Back in Amsterdam after an intense 10 day whirlwind tour of Iceland and driving nearly 2000km. All I want to do just now is sleep, something I didn’t do very much of over there. But before bed here is a picture from the first day or so of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula Lava field with this amazing moss that really is this green. Really!
Image shot with a Hasselblad H4D-60 and a 50mm Lens. So did Iceland live up to my expectations? Oh yes!
I’m sitting at Schiphol airport in the Netherlands after 17 hours of flying via Abu Dhabi (that airport is a surreal experience). I have 6 hours to wait until my flight to Reykjavik Iceland, and a well earned (and needed) hot shower.
Then its straight into it, I can’t wait! There are volcanoes erupting, crazy unseasonal storms blowing and the Northern Lights have moved into full swing, sounds like the ideal recipe for some awesome landscapes.
Stay tuned for more…
This is the second image from my recent brief trip to Karijini National Park in the Pilbara Region of WA. I have lots of new images from that region, but finding time to work on them it difficult at the moment it seems. With running a gallery and organising Photographic tours to exotic locations my days seem to be full!
This image was shot pre-sunrise above Spa Pool in Hamersley Gorge with the borrowed Hasselblad H5D-50 and the Hasselblad HCD 28mm lens.
Click on the image to get a better view…
My Photo tour to Bhutan just seems to get more popular each year, I had six places taken before I even started promoting it, and the last 4 before I could print the flyer! If you are interested in going to Bhutan with me at some stage and you would like to get the early notification please just send me an email and I will put you on the early warning list. am@adammonk.com
I will be running another Photo Tour to Bhutan in 2016, and if I have time I may even run a second tour in October/November 2015.
My Photo Tour of Bhutan for 2015 has filled up really fast, as of today I only have one place remaining… So if you have been sitting on the fence, sit no longer. The Tour is strictly limited to 10 people, so once I reach that number that’s it for this year
You can read all the details of the tour and download the booking form right here>
Hamersley Gorge is one of the most beautiful gorges in an already phenomenal place, Karijini National Park. When tourists come into the gallery and say to me, “I have 2 weeks here in Australia, where should I go?” 9 times out of 10 I say, go to Karijini, and don’t skip Hamersley Gorge!
Hamersley Gorge is outside the main part of the park, and requires a drive of a couple of hours to get to, but it is so very much worth it. I was back there again a few weeks ago and after many visits it still takes my breath away. This is the first of the new images of Hamersley Gorge from the last trip, shot with the borrowed Hasselblad H5D-50 (While my Hasselblad was visiting relatives in Europe). It’s actually the first time I have been to the park with a digital camera… Such a relief to not be shooting with a 6 x17 camera any more, it’s such a painful format!
Dates are up and I am open for bookings for my Photo Tour of Bhutan for 2015. Each year I like to modify the nature of the tour from things I learn the previous years, so it just keeps getting better and better. Everything from which hotels are nicer or have better food, to complete changes to times of year or itineraries. This year I have made changes to everything!
Bhutan Photographic Tour 2015
The tour for 2015 is from April 27th to May 12th which is later in Spring than last years tour. I have also shifted from 2 buses with 2 Bhutanese guides to 5 4WD cars and 4 guides (and me as number 5), which means we will all be a lot more comfortable with plenty of space for camera gear, lots of leg room and you can ask as many questions from the guides as you like!
Perhaps the biggest change for this next tour will be the internal flight from Paro to Bumthang in Central Bhutan, where we meet our cars, drivers and guides. This way rather than drive out from Paro to Bumthang, then drive all the way back (there is only one road), we fly out and drive back much more slowly, with less hours spent driving per day. This means more time meeting the locals, seeing the sights and making photographs.
Still only 10 people.
Something that hasn’t changed from last years tour to Bhutan is that it’s still strictly limited to a maximum of 10 people. Small groups are nicer to travel with and much more personal.
If you would like to read more about next years Photographic tour to Bhutan, all the details can be found on my Bhutan Photo Tour web page, including the early bird special price that will save you $500 if you book and pay your deposit by November 30 of this year. You can download the booking form directly off the page, or if you have more questions, you can use the contact form at the bottom of the page or give me a call.
Some more stormy moody skies from last years Bhutan Photography Tour, this time over the Chumey valley in Bumthang, Central Bhutan. This is one of my favourite valleys in Bhutan, it is wild and open and the main road, which is the only road is a small winding one that is only 1 lane wide that meanders across the valley and then up through the passes.
I think this image is really defined by the sky and all the moody texture with sunbeams breaking through the clouds. Imagine it with Blue cloudless skies… It really wouldn’t be a “keeper” at all like that would it?
This was shot using the Hasselblad H4D-60 and the Hasselblad HC 100mm f2.2 lens. I shot it with the panoramic crop in mind and simply cut off the top and bottom… Having 60 megapixels to play with is very handy!
The “small” building on the ridge with the sunlight falling on it is actually one of the King’s Palaces. This image looks fabulous blown up big and actually featured in an international exhibition on Bhutan in Copenhagen earlier this month, as did the one from the previous post.
My next Photo Tour to Bhutan will be leaving in April 2015, dates and costings are being finalised right now and details will be up soon
This is an image I shot last year while on my Photography tour of Bhutan, I’ve been meaning to put it up for ages as I rather like it. Really, the light makes the shot, though I guess that’s a common thing with photography.
For this image it had been raining and windy on and off all day, and this was a small break in the weather. The clouds were moving rather fast, so the sunbeams were shifting and changing all over the place. I took about 10 exposures on the Hasselblad H4D-60 and a 50mm lens (about the equivalent to a 32mm in full frame 35mm speak), but I liked this one the best, with the sunbeams illuminating the green field in front of the house, a little on the hill behind it and the forest on the hillside opposite.
