The theme for this week’s Gallery is “Before and After”, the idea being to recreate an old photo from years ago. I thought about this and then, as you do, decided to cheat. Totally ignoring Tara’s instructions because I’m a lazy bugger, I instead focused on the theme’s title, sat with my feet up, ‘Flog It’ on the telly, cup of tea and a Twix in hand, then browsed through my online photo library for inspiration.
The result is this….
Before
After
This is a geyser located in Geysir in Iceland. The original great Geysir which gave its name to the phenomenon doesn’t shoot its load these days (getting on a bit I suppose) but its neighbour, Strokkur, is a frisky, accommodating young thing and performs for an audience every three to eight minutes, spouting forth a 30m jet into the sky, usually to a round of enthusiastic applause.
To see more genuine interpretations of the theme, pop over to Sticky Fingers.
ahhh bless the crowds for applauding! I do the same every time the sun comes out here :0)
Nature at her most explosive – looks amazing!
Wow, must be totally amazing to see it.
Now Strukkur sounds like my sort of geyser…..
Fabulous photos and a great idea! We have a good few of those in the Central Plateau of New Zealand's North Island. Awesome indeed (and smelly!) x
Nature is scary and fabulous at the same time….what a great thing to see.
Glad you like the photos – the first one took ages to get as the dome only appears for a second before the explosion.
Great photographs and a clever take on the theme. Would love to go and visit Iceland one day.
That is seriously cool. Seems funny that people would give a naturally occuring phenomena a round of applause though 😉
Domestic Goddesque – there was definitely a cheer and lots of "whoos": maybe it was just me clapping like a fool haha!
Oh wow. You are so allowed to cheat if you come up with photos like that! Very very cool
Ah I have forgiveness from the High Priestess of Galleria herself….thank you!
Great photos, and a brilliant interpretation of the theme.
Wow., what a great set of photos to use for this weeks The Gsllery. Amazing to have captured those shots!
Fab idea! And great pictures too.
Lovely twist on the theme. Fab photo's. x
I was actually more impressed with the mountain that shot up in the background between the photos. Nature can be awesome.
That's a great geyser. I saw some fabulous ones in northern Chile a few years ago – the only problem was you had to wake up at 3am to see them and travel in a jeep until 4,000 feet – the combination of altitude sickness and tiredness did most people in, I seem to remember.
Wow what amazing photos!
Nice photos! Think there is quite a bit of cheating going on this week ;-)(not me though, I already had pics that fitted the theme)
Wow, would love to see that. Mich x
Okay, I moved my arse and understand what's going on now! 🙂
Thanks everyone for popping over and taking the time to comment.
Troy – trust you to spot I'd managed to move a mountain!
Nappy valley girl – that certainly would have done me in! In Iceland there is a nice car park just off the main road and the geyser spouts about 100m away. There's also a gift shop 🙂
Sarah – have you joined in? Must go and look.
OooH I have been there too, I love Iceland. Great cheat 🙂
Did you all jump?? Great photos!