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Icelandic Black Church

MPBACK — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 15:58:30 GMT

While in Iceland in May 2025, I visited this well photographed church. While I shot many photos here, I kept looking for something different. I spotted the vehicle tracks and was drawn to them because they seemed to just stop as shown here. I call the photo: The Arrival

Taken with a R5 and RF 24-105 fl lens.

Re: Icelandic Black Church

stevet1 — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 00:58:42 GMT

MPBACK,

I like your use of negative space in this one.

It's very evocative.

Steve Thomas

Re: Icelandic Black Church

SignifDigits — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 01:12:10 GMT

Love what you did with this one. Thank you for sharing. People were swarming the place when we visited it so I'm thinking might have had to be patient to not get someone in the shot. I think you've captured the essence of its solitude, especially in B&W. With the brooding sky it just feel very "right". Thanks for working on capturing and sharing that. It evokes a fond memory of what I believe they said is the oldest Lutheran church in Iceland.

Re: Icelandic Black Church

MPBACK — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 21:03:38 GMT

Thanks!