Djúpavík - Iceland - The waterfall Djúpavíkurfoss

            Djúpavík is a small village in the North-West of Iceland
it was rough wind there, the sea was blowing over there car while i was on the move, no danger anyway, but not the best weather to photograph....or what? :D

History of settlement - 
Djúpavík was first settled in 1917 when Elías Stefánsson built a hering salting factory there. However, due to economic depression, this enterprise went bankrupt in 1919 and, although the business was briefly taken over by others, the site was abandoned during the 1920s.

1934 saw the resettlement of Djúpavík with the foundation of Djúpavík Ltd. in September of that year. A new factory was built (at the time of its construction it was the biggest concrete building in Iceland and one of the biggest in Europe) and despite the harsh conditions the construction was completed within the span of just one year and the factory was operational by July 1935. Initial worries that the catches would not meet requirements proved unfounded and during its early years the enterprise boomed, bringing improved financial status and living standards to the whole region.

Herring catches started to decline after 1944, with a sharp drop in 1948 (when there were almost no catches for two years) and, despite attempts to keep the enterprise running by processing other fish besides herring, the factory closed in 1954 while Djúpavík Ltd. was officially wound down in 1968. After this the residents moved away and the settlement was abandoned again.

In 1985 Hótel Djúpavík was established in the old women's quarters and conservation of the factory and other buildings began.

Taken in: Ísland / Strandasysla (show map)

Taken on: June 4, 2011

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D, f/4.0, 1/250 sec, 200mm, ISO 640 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D
Lens:	EF70-200mm f/4L USM
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	200mm
ISO:	640
Exposure Bias:	-1/2 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Unknown (0)
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Unknown (-1)
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
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