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Jamie Thingelstad

Writer of the Weekly Thing. Blogger. Explorer of tech, the open web, AI, and a good escape room. Maybe a podcast? CTO of SPS Commerce, Board Member of MnTech, Former Board Member Minnestar. Minneapolis is home.

2012

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    In Selfoss, Iceland for tonight. Going out for some night photography.

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    Goodbye Djúpavík! Way up north!

    Foggy fjord view with a ruined pier, rocky shoreline, parked cars, and a steep green hillside in Djupavík Iceland
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    Iceland Road with Sheep

    Three sheep standing on a winding gravel road cutting through a barren Icelandic hillside, black and white photo.
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    Djúpavík Herring Factory

    We decided to explore the Northern reaches of Iceland and drove to Djúpavík. Djúpavík is home to a deserted Herring factory that has been closed since 1954. The factory has been sitting abandoned with much of the original equipment left in place. The factory was dark with bright shafts of light coming through sparse windows and cracks.

    Photographically the entire scene struck me as a perfect opportunity for HDR photography.

    Interior of an abandoned factory with concrete walls, rusted machinery, weathered wooden beams, and small windows letting in bright light Black and white interior of an abandoned factory with concrete pillars, decaying walls, scattered equipment, and light shafting through windows Interior of an abandoned factory with rusted heavy machinery, concrete columns, exposed steel beams, and light streaming through broken windows Rusted industrial machinery covered with a tarp inside an abandoned concrete factory with deteriorating beams and sparse windows Black and white fisheye HDR shot looking through a multi-pane factory window at a rocky Icelandic hillside and cliffs Abandoned factory interior with scattered wooden planks, a lone chair, corrugated sheets, and crumbling concrete walls in black and white Abandoned factory room with decayed stone walls, two wooden tables, rusted machinery, shelving, and sunlight streaming through multi-pane windows Rusted engine and generator equipment on a concrete floor inside an abandoned factory with corroded electrical panels on the wall Rusted industrial machinery and conveyor equipment inside an abandoned concrete factory with light streaming through upper windows Rusted abandoned tractor sitting inside a long decaying concrete factory building with scattered machinery and debris on a dirt floor
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    Icelandic Horse.

    Brown Icelandic horse with a flowing blonde mane standing in a green field, close-up portrait view.
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    Got a kicking Ford Transit to explore Iceland Euro-style.

    White Ford Transit minivan with license plate IP-L09 parked on dark gravel lot near a red-roofed building in Iceland.
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    Packed for Iceland Photography Trip

    Open camera bag packed with Canon DSLR bodies, lenses, lens caps, memory cards, and accessories in padded divider compartments

    I finished packing my kit to head to Iceland for a week of photography tonight. Here is what I decided to put in my camera backpack:

    • Canon 5D Mark II
    • Canon 24-70 f2.8/L
    • Canon 70-200 f2.8/L
    • Canon 16-35 f2.8/L
    • Canon 15mm Fisheye
    • Canon 2X Extender
    • Canon Timer Remote Control
    • Compact Flash Cards (Two 32G, One 16G and One 8G)
    • Rode video mic
    • Zoom H2 Field Recorder
    • Green Laser for night photo effects
    • FireWire CF Reader
    • Lens Baby
    • Storm Jacket for Camera
    • Neutral Density filters
    • Gradient Neutral Density filters (2, 4 and 8 stops)
    • Canon Battery Charger and 4 batteries
    • Two 500G WD Passport drives for backing up during trip
    • Headlamp
    • Tripod
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    Next Stop: Reykjavik!

    Commercial airplane parked at gate H5 viewed through floor-to-ceiling terminal windows at golden hour
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    Portland, Maine seems like a pretty cool place.

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    What a great time we’ve had in Maine.

    White stone lighthouse with black lantern room on rocky Maine coastline under blue sky with calm ocean beyond.
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