Pictures from Iceland

[Kaa]

Was digging through old photos and decided to post a few...

Lake Myvatn:
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm161/kaa_photobucket/20050831_0300_S1.jpg


Jokulsarlon, the iceberg lagoon. Yes, the glacier ice is really blue:
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm161/kaa_photobucket/20050829_0314_S1.jpg


Krafla area
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm161/kaa_photobucket/20050831_0122_S1.jpg

Enjoy :-)

Kaa

[David G]

Kaa,

Gorgeous.

[boylesboats]

brrrrrr.. but really cool pictures

[paladin]

How about some from the top of Vatnjokull.....

[Kevin G]

My crew and I were there this spring. Just a beautiful place....We went in May and the only thing I regret is the fact that the grass had not yet turned green. Lots of returning seabirds and shorebirds, also quite a few wooden boats. I just haven't gotten the skill of posting pix.

KG

[Concordia...41]

Excellent pictures. Thanks for letting us see some of your work. :)
- M

[Spin_Drift]

Beautiful Kaa...

Thank you for sharing them with us...

[MiddleAgesMan]

I have hundreds of color slides and B/W negatives I shot in Iceland back in '69-'70. The landscape is truly exquisite and otherworldly. I bought a scanner to digitize them but it didn't work. If anyone can suggest a reasonably priced and reliable negative-slide scanner I would love to get my old pictures uploaded to my PC and/or Mac.

[Kaa]

If anyone can suggest a reasonably priced and reliable negative-slide scanner I would love to get my old pictures uploaded to my PC and/or Mac.

Define "reasonably priced" :-)

Also, do you want a new one or a used one would be fine? Tons of people bought them a few years ago as they were switching from film to digital -- but once you scan your slides and negatives you don't need one any more... Scanning is a hassle, though.

Kaa

[MiddleAgesMan]

I don't mind used and I would probably be willing to spend between 1 and 2 hundred bucks. What would it cost to pay a photo shop to scan a couple hundred slides or negatives?

Speaking of used, I have a friend who scanned his several years ago I think I'll see if he wants to get rid of his scanner.

BTW--great photos, Kaa, here and on the other thread. You saw parts of the coastline I never saw. Most of my photo excursions were to the interior.

[Kaa]

I don't mind used and I would probably be willing to spend between 1 and 2 hundred bucks. What would it cost to pay a photo shop to scan a couple hundred slides or negatives?

Well, there are several things to keep in mind.

The first thing is the scan resolution and quality. Lots of places will do a quick-and-dirty scan of your negs/slides for cheap. Unfortunately, the quality sucks. There are also places that will carefully drum-scan your negs and provide excellent resolution, dynamic range, and color fidelity. Unfortunately, they are expensive :-)

The second thing is dirt and scratches. There's LOTS of both on years-old slides and negatives, and getting rid of them is a big pain in the ass. Better scanners have the auto-get-rid-of-dust capability (it has to do with additional scanning in the infrared channel) which makes life easier. It's still a major hassle.

Figure out your needs -- mostly whether you anticipate making large prints and whether you care about niceties of color and shadow detail -- and that should point you in the right direction.

Off the top of my hand, a used scanner should be cheaper than paying someone to scan a couple of hundred pieces of film -- but scanning also requires time. It's not a very fast process.

Kaa