Antarctica or Iceland for photo workshop

9 years 6 months ago #399650 by Ryan Obryan
Hey guys, if you were going to take a photo workshop in one of these locations and only had the budget for one or the other, which location would you choose?  

I want to go to somewhere where I can see ice!  Both of these locations have some interesting features.  I'm on the fence, which would you go with and why?  


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9 years 6 months ago #399670 by Tim Dordeck
Tough one, I'd like to see the glaciers in Antarctica and the wild life there, but would be tough to not to want to photograph the volcanoes in Iceland too!


I would say, Antarctica because that is melting away and might not be here in 20 years! 


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9 years 6 months ago - 9 years 6 months ago #399672 by effron
It would be Iceland for me. The ice is going nowhere down south, and depending on who you believe it could be thickening....:silly:

Edit: Traveling in Iceland is MUCH easier......

Why so serious?
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9 years 6 months ago #399715 by Tony Imaging
+1 Iceland, but if you buying, I'll go either or!  


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9 years 6 months ago #399729 by garyrhook
There's not much ice in Iceland. You might consider New Zealand?

Me, I'd only go south if I could hit Patagonia in the same trip.

But yeah, Iceland looks quite interesting.


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9 years 6 months ago #399748 by Stanly
Count me in on Iceland, those volcanos could erupt into some stunning shots! 

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9 years 6 months ago #399805 by One Wish
 Iceland with a close second to Antarctica


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9 years 6 months ago #399821 by Shadowfixer1
Iceland is green and Greenland is ice. Iceland will give you all subjects. Antarctica is more limited in subjects but what's there is spectacular unless there is a storm. A friend of mine was on the ship that got stranded down there a few years ago and they had to be rescued by the military. The two choices you named are really not close to being the same. Decide which place contains the subjects you are more interested in.
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9 years 6 months ago #399834 by Ian Stone
Did you guys know that the movie "Secret Life of Walter Mitty" was filmed in Iceland? 


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9 years 6 months ago #399958 by Moe

effron wrote: It would be Iceland for me. The ice is going nowhere down south, and depending on who you believe it could be thickening....:silly:

Edit: Traveling in Iceland is MUCH easier......



http://finance.yahoo.com/news/arctic-sea-ice-problem-actually-182344108.html


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9 years 6 months ago #399959 by Moe

Stanly wrote: Count me in on Iceland, those volcanos could erupt into some stunning shots! 



That's what is going on right now - http://news.yahoo.com/photos/icelandic-volcano-erupts-1409685159-slideshow/  


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9 years 6 months ago #399965 by Overread

Shadowfixer1 wrote: Iceland is green and Greenland is ice. Iceland will give you all subjects. Antarctica is more limited in subjects but what's there is spectacular unless there is a storm. A friend of mine was on the ship that got stranded down there a few years ago and they had to be rescued by the military. The two choices you named are really not close to being the same. Decide which place contains the subjects you are more interested in.




I'll disagree with you on that one.  Plenty of photo ops down there.  First off: migration of penguins in Antarctica.  Second: huge ice burgs.  Third: Seals and birds


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9 years 6 months ago - 9 years 6 months ago #399970 by Shadowfixer1

Overread wrote:

Shadowfixer1 wrote: Iceland is green and Greenland is ice. Iceland will give you all subjects. Antarctica is more limited in subjects but what's there is spectacular unless there is a storm. A friend of mine was on the ship that got stranded down there a few years ago and they had to be rescued by the military. The two choices you named are really not close to being the same. Decide which place contains the subjects you are more interested in.




I'll disagree with you on that one.  Plenty of photo ops down there.  First off: migration of penguins in Antarctica.  Second: huge ice burgs.  Third: Seals and birds

You can disagree if you want, but there is way more subject matter to choose from in Iceland. You named basically two things. Wildlife and icebergs/snowy landscapes. That's why I said the OP needs to decide where their interest lies. Iceland will give you scenic, wildlife, people and color. I did say Antarctica was spectacular and it is, but it is also limited. My friend has been to both and his images are outstanding from both places, but the Iceland images are way more varied in subject matter.
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9 years 6 months ago #400007 by garyrhook

Overread wrote: Second: huge ice burgs.


And icebergs, too, oddly enough.


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9 years 6 months ago #400019 by Sawyer
I'd be down with either!

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