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In Shadow

Following the road around the fjord's edge, we chased patches of sunlight across the mountains.

The impressive peaks were hidden beneath hats of thick cloud, but the slopes were clear.

Berufjörður, eastern #Iceland.

Rendered 3D panorama here: peakvisor.com/panorama.html?la…

#FarAwayFriday #Iceland2025 #LandscapePhotography #Photography

A colour photo of the edge of a body of shallow water. The black sands and surrounding rock is all in shadow from the mountain behind us. Ahead is a mountain range, its flanks a patchwork of shade and sunlight from the right. The sky is mostly clear cyan but the pinnacles of the mountain range are capped by dense cloud.

Mountains Explorer

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#photography #landscapephotography #iceland #iceland2025 #farawayfriday

P11 🇮🇸 #Iceland2025

1) View from Höfn
2) & 3) Snædalsfoss
4) An icelandic beauty (they were so cute!)

On a different stage in the journey, we even booked a horseback ride - it was my first time on a horse, while my SO is a fairly decent rider. Maybe I'll post something when we get to that point in the journey :D 🐎

#landscapePhotography #Route1 #Iceland #MeerMittwoch #Horse #WaterfallWednesday

Empty park bench on dry grass overlooking the sea and snow-covered mountains under a cloudy sky
Waterfall in rocky gorge with flowing stream and rusty metal railing in foreground
Waterfall cascading over multiple rocky ledges in a rocky terrain partially covered with moss
Brown Icelandic horse with white facial marking standing in a barren landscape with mountains in the background
#landscapephotography #horse #iceland #waterfallwednesday #meermittwoch #iceland2025 #route1

P8 🇮🇸 #Iceland2025

After a picknick, we're heading over to one of the most famous spots of Iceland: Jökulsárlón

Located in the Vatnajökull National Park, it is Iceland's deepest glacier lake and an incredible sight, where the big glaciers turn into a lake, forming small icebergs that then float out towards the ocean (foreshadowing the content of upcoming next posts).

#LandscapePhotography #Route1 #SilentSunday #Ice #Iceland

Rocky barren landscape with a simple wooden table and two benches in the foreground and a flat mountain range in the background under a blue sky
Landscape with dark mountains, snow-covered peaks, water with floating ice chunks, and cloudy sky
Icebergs floating on calm water with snow-covered mountains in the background under a cloudy sky
Panoramic view of an arctic landscape with floating icebergs in the water and snow-covered mountains in the background
#ice #landscapephotography #silentsunday #iceland #iceland2025 #route1

P9 🇮🇸 #Iceland2025

Icecold - inside a glacier.

Went on a guided icecaving tour inside an icecave that was exposed after the glacier has pulled back into the land in its yearly cycle.

#Route1 #Iceland #Winter #Ice #LandscapePhotography

Interior view of an ice or glacier cave with smooth, curved ice surfaces and rocks on the floor
View from inside a blue-lit ice cave with smooth, curved ice surfaces and a rocky floor
Close-up of frozen air bubbles trapped under an ice surface with a dark background
#ice #landscapephotography #winter #iceland #iceland2025 #route1

P10 🇮🇸 #Iceland2025

Black Diamond Beach

Long exposure experimenting

#LandscapePhotography #Route1 #Iceland

Black sand beach scattered with ice chunks and larger ice formations in the water under a cloudy sky
Black sand beach with scattered ice chunks and a larger ice block in the water under a cloudy sky
A large piece of ice lies on the shore surrounded by waves and small stones
River with floating ice chunks in front of a barren landscape with power poles and snow-covered mountains in the background
#landscapephotography #iceland #iceland2025 #route1

P7 🇮🇸 #Iceland2025

Canyon Fjaðrárgljúfur on #Route1 towards Vatnajökull

It was a great #hike up there, would have loved to have hiked even longer, but on the southern coast there were so many POI's during the 380 km trip between stays.

#iceland #landscapePhotography #NaturePhotography

Narrow canyon with steep rocky walls and a river winding through the valley
Rocky canyon with steep walls and a river winding through a vast, barren landscape
Hilly landscape with brown grass under cloudy sky
#naturephotography #landscapephotography #iceland #hike #iceland2025 #route1

Autumnal

Between dark clouds, the sun spotlit the serried terraces tumbling down to the fjord far below.

High turrets of mountains displayed their ribs. A patchwork of highlights slid across soft hills lower down.

Everywhere around, the soothing sound of water splashing down to meet the fjord below.

October: Sunbeams, showers, and rainbows; it was a great day for photography. Mjóifjörður in eastern #Iceland.

#SaturdayScenery #Iceland2025 #LandscapePhotography #Photography

A colour photo of a landscape, tall mountains surrounding a fjord far below. The sky is cloudy and some of them are dark and threaten rain, but there are also clear stretches, and the ground below is a patchwork of light and dark. The foreground is a natural terrace, the many rocky steps of the mountainside are clothed in gold and green. There are many small gravel channels carrying water downhill. It's very beautiful.
#photography #landscapephotography #iceland #saturdayscenery #iceland2025

OTD 2019

We decided to spend our birthdays in Iceland that year.
My partner's is the day before mine, so this is what we did on my birthday that year.

Pic 1: From Varmahlíð, after a good breakfast we started out along Skagafjörður

Pic 2: Through Tröllaskagi to Öxnadalur and lovely Hraundrangi

Pic 3: Arriving in Akureyri, the traffic lights love us

Pic 4: Akureyri from the opposite side of Eyjafjörður, with Hlíðarfjall above

Perfect! 🎉

#Iceland #February #LandscapePhotography #Photography

Four colour photos of snow scenes. This one is of a wide expanse of water which has frozen. There are pressure ridges and cracks in the ice, suggesting that there might be flow beneath the ice. A strip of golden pasture land is visible on the other side. In the distance is a range of snow-clad mountains with fluffy white cloud above them. The rest of the sky is clear cyan, and this is reflected in the ice.
A mountainside covered in snow and ice, with farm buildings near the foot. The tall mountain is ridged and eroded, these contours are highlighted by the snow. In the centre at the top is a lovely pointed spire of rock, surrounded by other peaks forming a ridge along the apex. The sunlight from the left is catching some, but not all, of the contours.
A road into a large town. Piles of snow are heaped beside the tarmac and pavements have been cleared. Streetlights are lining the route and in the distance is an impressive mountain range, white-coated with snow and ice. Near to the viewpoint is a traffic signal, showing red, and the light has been painted into a red heart. The sky is mostly clear and the sunlight is from the right.
Finally, a shot of a large town on the opposite side of a body of water. The surface of the fjord is ruffled by wind and is blue in reflection of the sky. Sunlight is from the left. Right from the waterline, the town is busy with buildings and infrastructure. Right of centre is an impressive twin-spired church. There are residences and other structures as far away as the foothills of a large mountain. A road can be seen climbing the mountain towards the ski slopes.
#photography #landscapephotography #iceland #february

P6 🇮🇸 #Iceland2025

Moving closer to Skógafoss' misty spray

#LandscapePhotography #Iceland #Route1 #Waterfall #NaturePhotography

Waterfall cascading from a cliff into a rocky landscape with people at the shore
Waterfall cascading from a high cliff into a river with rocks in the foreground
Waterfall cascading from a high cliff into a river with rocks and pebbles in the foreground
#naturephotography #landscapephotography #waterfall #iceland #iceland2025 #route1

Part 5 of 🇮🇸 #Iceland2025

Today I've got a bit of 🌈 magic for you!
And waterfalls...many waterfalls :D

#LandscapePhotography #Iceland #Route1 #Waterfall #Longexposure #Rainbow

Waterfall with strong flow and rainbow over rocky terrain
Wide waterfall with multiple cascades and a rainbow over the water
Waterfall plunging from a high cliff into a river with rocky banks under a blue sky
Mountain landscape with waterfall flowing over rocks into a small stream surrounded by grass and rocks under a blue sky
#landscapephotography #longexposure #waterfall #rainbow #iceland #iceland2025 #route1

Part 4 of 🇮🇸 #Iceland2025

After the sun has set, we're finally moving on to the next day image-wise!
Driving out of Reykjavík to Þingvellir Nationalpark:
Out there, we overheard a guide explaining that on some days you can't even see the lake due to fog! That's why I'm a bit proud of image 3, which consists of 7 single images giving view over the whole mountain range :)

In 4, you can see the summer residence of the prime minister.

#landscapePhotography #Route1 #Iceland #MeeerMittwoch

Mountain range with snow-covered peaks under a clear sky above calm water
Lighthouse and buildings on the shore at sunset with calm water and rocks in the foreground
Wide landscape with rivers, marshes, and forested hills under a cloudy sky
River landscape with meadows, trees, and a small white building in front of mountains under a cloudy sky
#landscapephotography #iceland #iceland2025 #route1 #meeermittwoch

Part 3 of 🇮🇸 #Iceland2025

The weather was perfect that day with almost no clouds!

Still the same day and spot, a few more images during sunset.
Used ND-filters for the long exposure images (1 & 4).

#LandscapePhotography #Route1 #Photography #Sea #Iceland

Lighthouse and buildings on the shore at sunset with calm water in the foreground
A single pole on a small platform stands in the water with a mountain range in the background during twilight
Silhouettes of people on the shore with a lighthouse and posts on the water at sunset
Blurry silhouettes of people on the shore with a lighthouse and posts on the water at sunset
#photography #landscapephotography #sea #iceland #iceland2025 #route1

Weird And Wonderful

This peculiarly beautiful place was formed when softer rock was eroded by glacial meltwater, leaving these strange upright pillars of harder material.

The result is a two kilometre long and 100 metre deep canyon where pareidolia runs wild. There are faces and creatures all around you, petrified.

Fjaðrárgljúfur¹ the "Feather River Canyon" in Skaftárhreppur, southern #Iceland.

¹ 𝙁𝙮𝙖𝙩𝙝-𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘳𝘳-𝘨𝘭𝘺𝘰𝘰-𝘧𝘷𝘳𝘳

#TravelTuesday #Iceland2025 #LandscapePhotography #Photography

A colour photo of a rocky canyon with a turquoise river running through it. The gully sides are very steep and the walls are jutting into the open space between them in many places. These rocky pillars are joined to the walls in most cases, and softened by heavy growth of bright green mosses on the more horizontal surfaces. Where the rock is bare, it's pinkish grey. The grassland around the canyon top is dotted with wildflowers. The sky isn't visible in this shot but there are no shadows, suggesting overcast conditions.
#photography #landscapephotography #iceland #traveltuesday #iceland2025

Stillness

"With those clear rays which she infused on me
That beauty am I bless'd with which you see."
- #ShakespeareSunday, Henry VI, Part I

If this had been a gorgeous sunny day, the reflections wouldn't have been so lovely, or so interesting.

With my back to Dynjandi, I'm looking out across Dynjandisvogur inlet and then Arnarfjörður fjord.

Ísafjarðarbær in Vestfirðir (Westfjords) north-western #Iceland.

#SilentSunday #StillerSonntag #Iceland2025 #LandscapePhotography #Photography

A colour photo of a fjord with mountains on either side. The foreground is the water's edge, a rocky outcrop with autumnal grasses over it. The water is ruffled by a breeze, but is reflecting the mountains. There are a few birds on the surface on the right. The peaks level out at the mouth of the fjord, coming down to meet the water. The sky is grey and overcast but with a few thinner patches, so that clear sky can almost be seen.
#photography #landscapephotography #silentsunday #iceland #stillersonntag #iceland2025 #shakespearesunday

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