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If the phrase 'Fifty Shades of Grey' hadn't already been used for a book, the Icelandic tourist board could have used it to describe their beautiful, but mostly monochrome island.
And in keeping with the 'Icelandic Noir' theme, most of the modern architecture in and around the capital Reykjavik seems to have adopted the black and grey colour scheme as well.
So it was with immense gratification and relief, walking around Reykjavik, that I found the Icelandic people rebelling against all this grey with some delightful, warm, colourful, humerous and touching graffiti, or street art as it's come to be known.
This particular example was painted on the side of one of the bright spots in Reykjavik, the cheery and colourful Cafe Babalu.
Filename - reykjavik graffiti 04.jpg
Camera - Canon 6D
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 47mm
Exposure - 1/125 sec @ f8, ISO400
Location - Reykjavik, Iceland
This image - 800x548px JPEG
Conversion - Adobe Lightroom
Comments - Hand held exposure with lens stabilisation
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