> Whilst I would appreciate any general photographic tips > relating to artic circle or snow covered landscapes, I > am particularly interested in any tips for photographing > inside the Ice Hotel. Well, Gloves with removable fingertips might help! Otherwise, practise operating your camera with gloves on before leaving... (especially exposure-lock and -shift, which I found to be using a lot in the snow)
> Does anyone know how bright it is, if there are any major > colour casts, if flash is useful etc? I have never been > anywhere similar and given I am unlikely to go back I want to > avoid making a consistent error. If you look at their website, one discovers quickly that it's more snow than ice. Meaning it will not be as bright inside as one might think. The website also shows mainly pictures without flash, this in order to show the ambience of natural light filtered -mainly blue- through the windows of ice... (longer exposure time, higher aperture to get more depth of field, yes you'll definitely need the tripod) > I was planning on taking my EOS 3 and EOS 5, 17-35 f2.8 and > 70-200f2.8 as well as 540EZ flash and tripod. Given that I > want to produce photos for an album I was planning on taking > Fuji Reala for the bulk of my photos and NPZ/NPH if I need > the extra speed. I returned from Switserland last week where I tried Kodak Gold (200), Fuji Reala (100) and Agfa Optima II Prestige (100). Personally I found the Fuji Reala to give the best "whiteness" for snow and best realism for the overall colour-scheme in daylight conditions. The Kodak tended to be a bit warmer, but only slightly. The Agfa tended to overdo the colours a bit: red trains become burning red, patches of sunlit snow become yellow and patches of snow in the shade next to them become blueish. Uncovered patches of earth (grey/brown) turn out orange/brown, a much higher contrast than I observed on Fuji and Kodak (or from my memory). I also made some pictures of a railwaystation in the snow at night (stopped down 1 stop to get the background dark). With Fuji, the light of the arc-flame lights actually reflected white on the snow! The Agfa film makes the prints come out greenish. If I find the time, I'll put some scans on the net soon... But anyway, you already chose your film... Enjoy your trip! Stefan * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
