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Photographing icebergs at Black Diamond Beach, Iceland

Black Diamond Beach

While we were waiting for the Zodiac boat tour, we spent the morning exploring Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon and Black Diamond Beach. The beach is known for the washed up icebergs. Some of which are larger and taller than human beings. The photo above is one of my favourite shots at the beach. I had a lot of fun experimenting and shooting long exposure photography. The weather was pretty poor and rainy. I thought processing the image in black and white gives it an fine art quality to it. Colour didn’t add much to the photograph. As the icebergs were floating and moving in the water, it was challenging to get a completely still photo of the iceberg(s). We ended our day in Hofn, a quiet fishing town further north of the glacier lagoon. The town is known for it’s Icelandic lobster. It was one of the few hot meals we had at a local restaurant. The lobster roll was delicious. A great way to end the day after a harrowing boat ride exploring Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon

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Photographing Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon, Iceland

Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon was one of my favourite places to photograph in Iceland. In fact we can back twice, somewhat unintentionally. The first afternoon we arrived at the lagoon it was too late to do the Zodiac boat tour of the lagoon. However the afternoon was far from wasted. We had the most brilliant afternoon light. I absolutely loved the photos taken that afternoon. One of the shots was my favourite of 2017 and is currently my desktop wall paper. A frequent reminder of the beautiful light we experienced that afternoon in Iceland. This was also one of the few spots where we took a group photo to mark out journey through Iceland.

We came back the next morning and spent the morning exploring the Lagoon and Black Diamond Beach. The light the next morning while we waiting around for our Zodiac tour was not as good as the day before. It didn’t help that the it rained for most of the morning while we were there. Still, I think I managed to get some shots that I liked. Be prepared for an onslaught of floating iceberg photos

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Panorama of Svínafellsjökull Glacier Lake, Iceland

Svínafellsjökull Glacier lagoon

In my previous post I shared photos from my walk to Svínafellsjökull glacier tongue. It’s hard to capture the vastness of the lake and the glacier at Svínafellsjökull. I decided at the time it might be a good idea to take several overlapping photos and stitching it into a panorama to show the vastness of the area. This was all done in-house in Lightroom. It was a simple process and I think it turned out pretty well. The clouds were clearing a little bit and the sun was peaking out behind the clouds. I really like the orange tinge that reflected into the lake.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Janice

Svínafellsjökull Glacier Tongue, Iceland

Svínafellsjökull Glacier lagoon

There are many glacier tongues originating from Vatnajökull glacier. Svínafellsjökull glacier tongue is one of the most accessible one. After walking back from Svartifoss, we took the path towards Svínafellsjökull glacier. The walk was pretty flat and easy. We passed little waterfalls along the way and beautiful green Iceland moss. At the end of our walk, we got pretty close to the glaciers and could see the ice breaking apart from the glacier in the lagoon. The sight was pretty eerie though with the black sand and what feels like an infinite amount of ice. Since it was a rainy day, the crowds were pretty thin. We felt like we had the place all to ourselves.

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Glaciers, ice-capped mountains and Svartifoss, Iceland

Vatnajökull Glacier

Iceland’s Ring Road (Route 1) encircles the entire island. I found the south east drive to be one of the most scenic drives in Iceland. the landscape is ever changing and grand. From green mountains to giant glacier capped mountains. Vatnajokull is the largest glacier in Iceland. No matter where we were in the area, we would always be driving past the glacier and it made for some pretty awesome photo pitstops. We made our way to Skaftafell National Park on a pretty rainy day. But that didn’t stop us from making the long walk to Svartifoss waterfall. The hike/walk was fairly easy to the waterfall. It reminded me a little bit of my trip to Canada during autumn all those years ago, the beautiful yellow and orange coloured foliage.

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