The Weird Tourist Gallery

If you’ve viewed a few of the galleries on this blog, you may have noticed the lack of people in most of the photos. Saul and I seldom photograph one another, except for candid shots, usually when the other person is wearing a brightly coloured jacket and makes a good “landscape accessory”. That said, if Saul is the landscape photographer, I am far more likely to be politely asked to remove myself from his shot. The one thing we rarely do is take those posed tourist shots next to the iceberg/waterfall/statue. But judging by what everyone else around us is up to, we must be missing a trick. Sometimes other tourists’ photographic behaviour mystify me to such an extent that I succumb and take THEIR posed tourist shot instead of my own. This gallery contains some of these photographs.

These two had a full-sized tripod set up to record their vigorous drumming. I haven’t found their blog but I suspect it contains many, many photos of them drumming in exotic places…

This pose is VERY popular. Did I miss the memo?

This girl looks a bit happier about her pose than the previous woman.

These two photographers had different ideas about the ideal angle at which to photograph the waterfall.

But then they both changed their minds.

Actually, those two weren’t the only photographers struggling to decide whether high or low was the way to go.

Spotted high on one of the mountain passes in the Westfjords. He had hiked a considerable distance off the road to get his selfie so I hope it was a good one.

Saul tried out a stern pose next to a Viking statue. It didn’t really work.

Then we found the guy who should have been in the photo with that statue and it all made sense.

The pose was less remarkable than the length of time she held it without the slightest hint of a wobble.

Shortly after taking the previous photo, I spotted this sign and the inspiration for her pose became obvious.

This slim Asian gentleman did not have anyone photographing him (except me). I am convinced that he was an Olympic gymnast simply visualising a perfect landing in his next competition.

Not a perfect landing this time.

The temptation of moving from the path behind the waterfall into the actual waterfall proved too much. I just hope she had dry shoes.