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Sophie Carr
@sophiecarr.bsky.social
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Iceland-obsessed Landscape Photographer. Recently SW Herts-based. Love Scotland, Richmond Park & the Chilterns too. Cocker spaniel owner.

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Right, back home to my laptop with recent trip photos on it again.

Here's another view from that frosty morning at Stokksnes :)

#Iceland
Lovely rippled black sand dunes with a touch of frost on them. The edge of the dune leads the eye towards some orange grasses and then behind are lovely pointy mountains sticking up into the vaguely sunrisey sky.
November 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Sometimes you come across things online that seem a little off...

#Fail #bookingdotcom
Details from booking.com of some accommodation - a luxury tent apparently, although the picture is of a ramshackle building thing with a hole on it at the side of a cliff. Hmmm, this luxury tent appears to be just under £10,000 per night...
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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And this week's winner of #ShareMondays2025 is @dylannardini.com.

I'm about to book a trip to NW Scotland, so I think I'm in the mood for some Scottish loveliness. Love the glimmer of light on the rocks. Congrats Dylan, another lovely image :)
Sunlight illuminates some rocks on a hill with autumnal vegetation and trees. A valley in the distance is filled with low cloud. Above a shallow-sloped mountain covered in snow sits, with some moody pinkish grey light above.
November 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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I work in two different offices on my days in London - one has no natural light but okay coffee, the other has terrible coffee but such a cool view (although the self-cleaning windows are filthy!). Got the best seat today too as someone was off sick.

#CanaryWharf #iPhone15Pro
A view from a 12th floor office block over a residential apartment building which is made up of squares. There is intense sunset light reflected in some of the windows going diagonally down the left side of the scene. Most flats have blinds drawn.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Finally… my shortlist for this week’s #ShareMondays2025 (apologies again for the delay). Will post winner when I get home from work!

@scottjessimanphoto.bsky.social
@dylannardini.com
@graemetaplin.bsky.social
@danielsands.bsky.social
Lovely drone view above bridges above the cloud by Scott. Beautiful Scottish winter scene from Dylan. Another drone shot - this time a lovely array of autumnal trees from Graeme. And look at those stars from Daniel!
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Funny how it’s Rachel Reeves’ budget (as chancellor) and it was Liz Truss’
Budget (as PM). Hmmm wonder why…? 🤔
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Another #abstract photo from my series of ICM grasses at the dunes at Stokksnes #Iceland, taken a couple of weeks ago.
Some grasses on a black sand beach blowing in the wind, with added intentional camera movement (ICM) to give it a shimmery look.
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Someone posted this earlier and I clicked on the link but it didn’t load and now I’ve seen it but I can’t remember who posted it. But anyway, thank you @xkcd.com 🥰
xkcd.com/3172/
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Apologies for delay on #ShareMondays2025 choices - at work and out tonight so will try to do tomorrow! Sorry!
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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After hiking to this glacier in grey weather, of course the sun showed up just as I left. The long zoom helped!

Kvíarjökull #Iceland, Nov 2025
Detail of the surface of a glacier in the sunshine. There is a lot of dirt on top so it looks a little brown on the surface, but mostly turquoise.
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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An iceberg sits in the surf at the Vestri-Fellsfjara beach at Jökulsárlón. Eventually the waves will destroy it and it will become just little pieces of ice. I love the transience of this place, but also love knowing that more icebergs will wash up with the next tides in its place...

#Iceland
A turquoise iceberg with lots of holes in it and jagged areas on its surface sits on a black sand beach with a white wave around it. In the distance is a small wave breaking - the water looks dark green.
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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It's often quite difficult to get a sense of scale with the icebergs at Jökulsárlón, so a man standing in a zodiac cruising nearby helps!

#Iceland
A large iceberg with some triangular shapes, and a variety of colours from white to turquoise to black, is reflected in a lagoon with a tiny bit of surface movement. To the left is a tiny zodiac boat with a man standing up. Behind are mountains and the glacier that feeds the lagoon. Grey layers of sky above.
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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It's so lovely when your photography inspires other artists :)
Look at this gorgeous "quick little sketch" from @drrjwarren.bsky.social 🥰
November 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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The last of the autumn leaves are clinging on...

#Leaves #AutumnColours, #Hockeridge #CanonR6II #WoodlandPhotography
A path leading to the edge of the woods with some late afternoon light behind. Trees hang over the top of the path and there's lots of yellow and orange (and green) leaves left. Last leaves clinging on. Always look up - that's where the magic often happens. Lots of dark silhouetted trees with orange tops where the last remaining leaves are illuminated in the sunsetty sun. Last brown leaves clinging on, with brown ferns around.
November 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Back in the woods again! Still some mushrooms around (not many!) and lots of red ferns.

#Autumn #AutumnColours #Hockeridge
A woodland scene with some bare trees, green grass, orange ferns, and some reflections of the tree trunks in a puddle. Candlesnuff fungi A little cluster of tiny mushrooms, one with a bug on it. The sun seen through some dried red ferns
November 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Time for some big crashing waves at Reynisfjara beach, taken from a safe distance with a big long lens. I mean who would risk going anywhere near these things?!

#Iceland #CanonR6ii #WavePhotography
Huge crashing waves with spray shot up into the air. Slightly sunsetty light. Zoomed in shot of a massive wave breaking. The wave is dark grey and the surf and spray around it is white. A huge crashing wave giving up white spray. Another huge wave breaking with white spray taken back to see by the wind.
November 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Waves coming off the basalt columns at Reynisfjara black sand beach. It's amazing that the camera technology is so good now that this was handheld at 1/8th second - the columns are sharp but I was able to capture the movement of the water too.

#CanonR6II #Iceland #Geology
A large cliff of different-sized black basalt columns with some water trailing off the lower ones at the bottom and a bit off the top right ones. The water is quite smooth as the exposure length was slowed down.
November 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Just love those smooshy waves. [Looks better bigger!]

Reynisfjara #Iceland, Nov 2025
Slightly longer exposure of breaking waves on a beach at sunset, There is a slight bit of colour at the bottom and in the sky behind the waves.
November 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Massive crashing waves at Vík beach.

#Iceland
Huge layers of waves crashing at a black sand beach with dark grey skies above and white spray floating into the air in the strong winds.
November 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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The weekend starts here!

Sometimes you just have to pull over...

Ingólfshöfði #Iceland
Clouds and light over a little promontory sticking out into the sea in the distance. Lots of layers of cloud and light coming through.
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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More crazy formations inside an iceberg.

Fellsfjara, Jökulsárlón #Iceland
A weird pattern of ice, inside an iceberg. It is almost gold and again looks metallic.
November 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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I am astounded by how incredible the patterns inside icebergs can be. This does not look like frozen water!

Fellsfjara, #Iceland, Nov 2025
Ice formations inside an iceberg, taken close up. The ice looks like a winding tube made of a gold/silver metal - does not look like ice at all!
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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A tiny touch of sunrise light on the western peaks of Vestrahorn before it was lost behind the cloud and the glow disappeared. The touch of frost was still nice though.

#Iceland
Black frosty sand dunes with some yellow and orange grasses on them in the foreground with a wide mountain in the background with lots of peaks, the left hand ones with a little sunrise glow on them. The is some bright sky behind and light grey clouds on the right.
November 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Moonset and dawn in the otherworldly landscape of south-east #Iceland.
A black sand beach has some dunes with ripples on them as well as yellow grasses, with some light frost on the sand. In the distance is a big mountain on the right and behind some other mountains and glaciers are just visible. There is a blue and pink glow above the mountains from the earth's shadow as it is opposite the rising sun. The nearly-full moon can just be seen setting behind a cloud above the horizon.
November 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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The master of foggy tree photos @martinrak.bsky.social strikes again 🥰
November 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM