Oh, What I had to do for this!

Challenge #1 in the Around The World series. Hosted by roby17269, Yair K.
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Photography is a passion, and sometimes to satsfy our passion we do things that we wouldn't normally do. Post photos that were taken in unusual (for you) circumstances. Please describe those circumstances!
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Snow, sleet, rain, hail, Iceland in June
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I was photographing this guy while laying on my side on a cliff's edge about 1,000 feet from the waves of the North Atlantic below. Rain, sleet, snow, and hail were whipping UP the side of the cliff at my face while I tried to take pictures of this guy with one hand holding the camera over the cliff edge....I could only think to myself "this is June?" The next day I actually stayed at a hotel for the sole purpose of drying out my gear (I normally camp). It was fun though, and I was glad that t
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Submitted: Monday, 30th August, 2010 00:39 (GMT)
Taken: Monday, 26th June, 2006
Focal length: 135 mm
Shutter speed: 1/25 sec
Aperture: F8
ISO: 200
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