• Landscape,  Long time exposure,  reflection,  Travel

    Diamond Beach (Jökulsárlon)

    With a slight disappointment we arrived at the Jökullsárlon for the third time. The weather forecast had promised sunshine and we were already there at 9 o’clock. We were alone at the location, a rare privilege. However, we encountered an almost closed cloud cover, which could not be pushed away by the strong downwind of the glacier. Only on the glacier itself was a remnant of blue sky to be found.

    Common Eider in Jökulsarlon © Julian Köpke

    The name Diamond Beach comes from the small pieces of ice that come from broken icebergs that the glacier has calved into the glacier lake Jökulsàrlon. They glitter in the sun like fairy-tale diamonds when the sun is shining.

    Diamond Beach at Jökulsarlon © Julian Köpke

    Using frame averaging, I was able to get long-term recordings without using a neutral density filter. I left this one in the car. In 8 seconds, with around 45 pictures that are averaged, I achieved vivid results in landscape photography.

    Diamond Beach at Jökulsarlon (8s, Automated Frame Average) © Julian Köpke