Vagar

I arrived in the Faroe Islands this morning after a short flight from Iceland. I had to pass through a mandatory Covid testing area before picking up the campervan I will be living in for the next couple of days. The first order of business was to stock up on food supplies and then to take care of a low tire pressure warning. I then made a beeline for Gasadalur and the Múlafossur waterfalls. These are signature vistas for the islands and for good reason. When I arrived, the sky was completely gray. The weather here changes quickly so I decided to wait. Two hours later, my patience was rewarded as blue skies emerged. Just as they did, a dense fog started to envelop my shooting location. I was lucky to get a few shots off that were near ideal. Another photographer arrived just as I was packing up and I advised her to set up quickly so as to beat the fog. In my haste to make way for her, I managed to drop my variable neutral density filter which fell several hundred feet into the ocean below the cliff from which I was shooting. I use this filter to reduce the amount of light entering my lens so that I can use a slow shutter speed to make the falling water look silky smooth. The $200 loss was less painful than not being able to shoot at the shutter speeds I want for the rest of the trip. Next, I traveled to the other end of Vagar, the island where the airport is located, to the Sørvágsvatn Lake and Bøsdalafossur waterfall. I will be returning tomorrow in hopes of better light and in search of another angle that I think will be even better. Click on the image for a better understanding of how crazy this lake is.