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The Gallery – Before and After – The Money Shot!

Trish Burgess Posted on16/11/201007/04/2016 The gallery 25 Comments

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.

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25 Comments

  1. Kelloggsville Reply
    16/11/2010 at 7:36 pm

    ahhh bless the crowds for applauding! I do the same every time the sun comes out here :0)

  2. Steve Reply
    16/11/2010 at 9:45 pm

    Nature at her most explosive – looks amazing!

  3. Posh Totty Reply
    16/11/2010 at 10:01 pm

    Wow, must be totally amazing to see it.

  4. diney Reply
    16/11/2010 at 10:59 pm

    Now Strukkur sounds like my sort of geyser…..

  5. Sarah Reply
    17/11/2010 at 5:11 am

    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

  6. libby Reply
    17/11/2010 at 7:14 am

    Nature is scary and fabulous at the same time….what a great thing to see.

  7. Trish @ Mum's Gone to... Reply
    17/11/2010 at 8:13 am

    Glad you like the photos – the first one took ages to get as the dome only appears for a second before the explosion.

  8. If I Could Escape . . . Reply
    17/11/2010 at 8:52 am

    Great photographs and a clever take on the theme. Would love to go and visit Iceland one day.

  9. Domestic Goddesque Reply
    17/11/2010 at 10:10 am

    That is seriously cool. Seems funny that people would give a naturally occuring phenomena a round of applause though 😉

  10. Trish @ Mum's Gone to... Reply
    17/11/2010 at 10:23 am

    Domestic Goddesque – there was definitely a cheer and lots of "whoos": maybe it was just me clapping like a fool haha!

  11. Tara Cain Reply
    17/11/2010 at 10:31 am

    Oh wow. You are so allowed to cheat if you come up with photos like that! Very very cool

  12. Trish @ Mum's Gone to... Reply
    17/11/2010 at 10:32 am

    Ah I have forgiveness from the High Priestess of Galleria herself….thank you!

  13. Emma Reply
    17/11/2010 at 10:45 am

    Great photos, and a brilliant interpretation of the theme.

  14. Mummy Mishaps aka Jenny Paulin Reply
    17/11/2010 at 12:14 pm

    Wow., what a great set of photos to use for this weeks The Gsllery. Amazing to have captured those shots!

  15. planb Reply
    17/11/2010 at 4:03 pm

    Fab idea! And great pictures too.

  16. MuddynoSugar Reply
    17/11/2010 at 6:11 pm

    Lovely twist on the theme. Fab photo's. x

  17. Troy Reply
    17/11/2010 at 6:26 pm

    I was actually more impressed with the mountain that shot up in the background between the photos. Nature can be awesome.

  18. nappy valley girl Reply
    17/11/2010 at 8:35 pm

    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.

  19. Laura Reply
    17/11/2010 at 8:57 pm

    Wow what amazing photos!

  20. qwiksave Reply
    17/11/2010 at 9:53 pm

    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)

  21. Michelle Twin Mum Reply
    18/11/2010 at 12:20 am

    Wow, would love to see that. Mich x

  22. Sarah Reply
    18/11/2010 at 10:31 am

    Okay, I moved my arse and understand what's going on now! 🙂

  23. Trish @ Mum's Gone to... Reply
    18/11/2010 at 3:23 pm

    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.

  24. The Alexander Residence Reply
    19/11/2010 at 1:24 pm

    OooH I have been there too, I love Iceland. Great cheat 🙂

  25. Kate Reply
    19/11/2010 at 2:51 pm

    Did you all jump?? Great photos!

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