Geyser eruption in 0.03s (7 of 9) - (Gesir geothermal field, by Laugafell in Iceland) - (Selected by GETTY IMAGES)

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I was originally enrolled into the GETTY IMAGES collection as a contributor on April 9th 2012, and when links with FLICKR were terminated in March 2014, I was retained and fortunate enough to be signed up via a second contract, both of which have proved to be successful with sales of my photographs all over the world now handled exclusively by them. 

On November 12th 2015 GETTY IMAGES unveiled plans for a new stills upload platform called ESP (Enterprise Submission Platform), to replace the existing 'Moment portal', and on November 13th I was invited to Beta test the new system prior to it being officially rolled out in December. ESP went live on Tuesday December 15th 2015 and has smoothed out the upload process considerably.

These days I take a far more leisurely approach to my photographic exploits, a Nikon D850 FX Pro body as my trusted companion, I travel light with less constraints and more emphasis on the pure capture of the beauty that I see, more akin to my original persuits and goals some five decades previously when starting out. I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 31.614+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site. 

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on November 18th 2018

CREATIVE RF gty.im/1067759150  MOMENT OPEN COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 3,552nd frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

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Photograph taken at an altitude of One hundred twenty five metres at 11:52:33am on Thursday 8th November 2018, off Biskupstungnabraut 35 and Haukadalsvegur F333 at Gesir, a geothermal location where a geyser erupts every eight to ten minutes. The location is at Hafnartún, Selfoss, Iceland.

This is the main Geyser in the field which erupts approximately every six to ten minutes or so. This  series of 9 photographs captures the split second (actually 0.03 of a second)that it takes for the Geyser to erupt and subside. The water is sucked slighlty back down into the ground before suddenly climbing back out under pressure and then exploding into the sky.

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Nikon D850 Focal length 24mm.  Hand held with Nikkor VR vibration reduction enabled on Normal setting.  Shutter speed 1/1000s  Aperture  f/4.5  iso1000  RAW (14 bit uncompressed) Image size L 8256 x 5504 (FX).  Colour space. Adobe RGB.  AF-C focus 51 point with 3-D tracking. Manual  exposure. Matrix metering. Auto 0 white balance (8030K). Nikon Distortion control on. Vignette control Normal.

Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR. Phot-R ultra slim 77mm UV filter. Nikon EN-EL15a battery. Matin quick release neckstrap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag.  Nikon GP-1 GPS module. 

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LATITUDE: N 64d 18m 46.20s
LONGITUDE: W 20d 18m 3.10s
ALTITUDE: 125.0m

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RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB  NEF: 90.6MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 42.70MB

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PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.01 (16/01/2018)  LD Distortion Data 2.017 (20/3/18) 

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit  processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB DATA storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX-1 64bit (Version 1.2.11 15/03/2018). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit (Version 1.4.7 15/03/2018). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 1.3.2 15/03/2018). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

Taken in: Iceland / South / Geysir (show map)

Taken on: November 8, 2018

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Camera: Nikon D850, f/4.5, 1/1000 sec, 24mm, ISO 1000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D850
Aperture:	f/4.5
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1000)
Focal Length:	24mm
ISO:	1000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 Windows
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