Arnarstapi sea arches

Pentax K-3 • 2,0 sec • ƒ / 8,0 • 24 mm • ISO 100 •  smc PENTAX-DA 12-24mm F4 ED AL [IF] Gatklettur, Arnarstapi, Western Region / Snæfellsnes Peninsula • Iceland The sea arche are formed of volcanic rock, shaped by sea and wind over time. Have I been tired? Well maybe the day before yesterday. Seeing this drives out all ideas of getting tired or cold immediately. uuid="D9DBB845-386A-4613-ADC5-D1B945C8A42B" id="Iceland lilleulven.com _K3_09739-2-2.dng Iceland lilleulven.com"

Coastline of Valahnúkamöl at sunset

Pentax K-3 • ¼ sec • ƒ / 8,0 • 52 mm • ISO 100 •  smc PENTAX-DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL WR Valahnúkamöl, Reykjanesvirkjun, Southern Peninsula Region / Reykjanes Peninsula • Iceland The Valahnúkamöl boulder ridge is located on the south-east coast of Reykjanes. The storm from earlier in the day was finally losing power, so that, protected by the guide's car, it was possible to stand here and take some photographs. uuid="F7BD3A4F-759B-4DFA-9F20-C2CEFB6A92C7" id="Iceland lilleulven.com _K3_09633_HDR.tif Iceland lilleulven.com"

Jökulsárlón

Pentax K-3 • ¹⁄₁₃ sec • ƒ / 16 • 315 mm • ISO 100 •  smc PENTAX-DA 55-300mm F4-5.8 ED Jökulsárlón, Hornafjörður, Eastern Region / Austurland • Iceland Jökulsárlón is the name of the glacial lagoon of Breiðamerkurjökul, the largest lake in Iceland. Within a few days I have been here multiple times for sunrises, sunsets, and aurora shots I never left dissappointed once. The ice and light are constantly changing... uuid="4F85BC23-C907-4B8F-96F6-ED538DBE9FEC" id="Iceland lilleulven.com _K3_10082-2.dng Iceland lilleulven.com"

Aurora borealis in Garður

Pentax K-3 • 5,0 sec • ƒ / 5,0 • 18 mm • ISO 3200 •  smc PENTAX-DA 12-24mm F4 ED AL [IF] Garðskagi, Garður, Southern Peninsula Region / Reykjanes Peninsula • Iceland The older lighthouse of Garðskagi in Garður, built in 1897 on a landmark that has been in existance since 1847. A second Garðskagaviti, constructed in 1944, replaces the old one which had proved to be too low and to vulnerable to land infingement. uuid="175B23DC-8867-4C2B-BEF2-A8769382BD65" id="Iceland lilleulven.com _K3_09676-2.dng Iceland lilleulven.com"

Þjóðgarðurinn Snæfellsjökull from the harbor of Arnarstapi

Pentax K-3 • ¹⁄₁₀ sec • ƒ / 8,0 • 27 mm • ISO 100 •  smc PENTAX-DA 12-24mm F4 ED AL [IF] Port Arnarstapi, Arnarstapi, Western Region / Snæfellsnes Peninsula • Iceland Once upon a time Arnarstapi was a town of fishermen, today it is more a tourist spot, but it is well worth a visit. Slowly the light over Snæfellsjökull changes with the rising winter sun. uuid="22128F60-F433-4421-B804-B5E714892631" id="Iceland lilleulven.com _K3_09775_HDR.tif Iceland lilleulven.com"

An emergency hut somewhere in the mountains of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula

Pentax K-3 • ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec • ƒ / 8,0 • 18 mm • ISO 100 •  smc PENTAX-DA 12-24mm F4 ED AL [IF] Western Region / Snæfellsnes Peninsula • Iceland I had to promise not to give away the exact location, so that future visitors will find the place as I found it when I first visited Iceland. uuid="521FCA6C-4739-4939-B3FC-522A709F7F48" id="Iceland lilleulven.com _K3_09820_HDR.tif Iceland lilleulven.com"

Sunrise over Vestrahorn, seen from Stokksnes

Pentax K-3 • ⅙ sec • ƒ / 5,6 • 22 mm • ISO 800 •  smc PENTAX-DA 12-24mm F4 ED AL [IF] Vestrahorn, Stokksnes, Eastern Region / Austurland • Iceland The area around Vestrahorn is one of the first settlement farms in Iceland. Founded by Hrollaugur, Earl of Møre in Norway. The mountain of Vestrahorn reaches 464m in elevation, while Brunnhorn, a strange shaped out-crop, stretches into the sea. Brunnhorn is also known as Angles Wings or Batman... uuid="0BB0768F-CDD3-4E85-B345-816A8EC7FC15" id="Iceland lilleulven.com _K3_10362-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2.dng Iceland lilleulven.com"

Sunrise over Vestrahorn, seen from Stokksnes

Pentax K-3 • ⅛ sec • ƒ / 11 • 18 mm • ISO 400 •  smc PENTAX-DA 12-24mm F4 ED AL [IF] Vestrahorn, Stokksnes, Eastern Region / Austurland • Iceland The area around Vestrahorn is one of the first settlement farms in Iceland. Founded by Hrollaugur, Earl of Møre in Norway. The mountain of Vestrahorn reaches 464m in elevation, while Brunnhorn, a strange shaped out-crop, stretches into the sea. Brunnhorn is also known as Angles Wings or Batman... uuid="015129F0-65D3-436D-9839-6C218B1F3658" id="Iceland lilleulven.com _K3_10414_HDR.tif Iceland lilleulven.com"

Diamond Beach

Pentax K-3 • ⅛ sec • ƒ / 16 • 82 mm • ISO 100 •  smc PENTAX-DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL WR Diamond Beach, Hornafjörður, Eastern Region / Austurland • Iceland Ice from the Breiðamerkurjökul collapses into Jökulsárlón and is broken into pieces by the tides. The smaller pieces are transfered through Iceland's shortest river into the sea, where some of it can be found on the beach before it melts. uuid="4ACC3475-866A-40F5-B4D1-5564CF29A6C5" id="Iceland lilleulven.com _K3_10162-2.dng Iceland lilleulven.com"

Diamond Beach

Pentax K-3 • ⅕ sec • ƒ / 5,6 • 82 mm • ISO 100 •  smc PENTAX-DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL WR Diamond Beach, Hornafjörður, Eastern Region / Austurland • Iceland Ice from the Breiðamerkurjökul collapses into Jökulsárlón and is broken into pieces by the tides. The smaller pieces are transfered through Iceland's shortest river into the sea, where some of it can be found on the beach before it melts. uuid="818CE9E5-1E09-419A-B3F2-EE34B11F61D0" id="Iceland lilleulven.com _K3_10241.dng Iceland lilleulven.com"

Sunset over Lómagnúpur

Pentax K-3 • ¼ sec • ƒ / 16 • 18 mm • ISO 100 •  smc PENTAX-DA 12-24mm F4 ED AL [IF] Pentax K-3 • ¼ sec • ƒ / 16 • 18 mm • ISO 100 •  smc PENTAX-DA 12-24mm F4 ED AL [IF] Lómagnúpur, Fljótshverfi, Southern Region / Suðurland • Iceland Wait, I am in Iceland...this is not a mountain of Monument Valley in the USA, this is Lómagnúpur! The icelandic sagas tell a story that there is a giant living in Lómagnúpur, one of the four protective spirits of Iceland which are also shown in some of the Icelandic coins. uuid="4303EA8E-EA95-4010-B341-1555D6DF507F" id="Iceland lilleulven.com _K3_11310-Pano-2-2.dng Iceland lilleulven.com"

The power of water

Pentax K-3 • ¹⁄₂₀ sec • ƒ / 8,0 • 30 mm • ISO 100 •  smc PENTAX-DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL WR Skeiðarársandur, Bölti, Eastern Region / Austurland • Iceland This structure is a former bridge, deformed and destroyed by a flodding it is now a reminder of the power of the water. uuid="FEC8D2BC-33CF-4292-A295-87B113486603" id="Iceland lilleulven.com _K3_11173_HDR.tif Iceland lilleulven.com"

Aurora borealis in Garður

Pentax K-3 • 15,0 sec • ƒ / 5,0 • 18 mm • ISO 1600 •  smc PENTAX-DA 12-24mm F4 ED AL [IF] Garður, Southern Peninsula Region / Reykjanes Peninsula • Iceland This is just the first evening of my photo adventure tour in Iceland, and I already feel spoiled by this beautiful display of the Northern Lights. - Though with the bare eye it looks like well nothing at all. uuid="D74F1C05-626B-4EFF-92C2-07F7EB44B058" id="Iceland lilleulven.com _K3_09709.dng Iceland lilleulven.com"

Aurora borealis over Jökulsárlón

Pentax K-3 • 6,0 sec • ƒ / 5,6 • 21 mm • ISO 1600 •  smc PENTAX-DA 12-24mm F4 ED AL [IF] Jökulsárlón, Hornafjörður, Eastern Region / Austurland • Iceland Returning from our walk to the icecave we have little time left for a break before getting ready for some photography again. Just going to the apartment to drop off our clothes before we get out again to shoot the Aurora borealis, which today shows in its full green glory. uuid="08A5CCE4-3D9E-4E20-B7FD-2B8334F29544" id="Iceland lilleulven.com _K3_10911-2-2.dng Iceland lilleulven.com"

Aurora borealis over Jökulsárlón

Pentax K-3 • 6,0 sec • ƒ / 5,6 • 21 mm • ISO 1600 •  smc PENTAX-DA 12-24mm F4 ED AL [IF] Jökulsárlón, Hornafjörður, Eastern Region / Austurland • Iceland Returning from our walk to the icecave we have little time left for a break before getting ready for some photography again. Just going to the apartment to drop off our clothes before we get out again to shoot the Aurora borealis, which today shows in its full green glory. uuid="A4B1CDCD-4A91-4401-BEDF-2BBD0EF6DD74" id="Iceland lilleulven.com _K3_10911.psd "

Skeiðarársandur

Pentax K-3 • ¹⁄₃₂₀ sec • ƒ / 8,0 • 64 mm • ISO 100 •  smc PENTAX-DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL WR Skeiðarársandur, Bölti, Eastern Region / Austurland • Iceland Looking back toward Skeiðarársandur and Skeiðarárjökull as well as Öræfajökull. The volcano beneath these glaciers has had only two erruptions in modern history, one in the 1300s and one in the 1700s. But it is not death yet, actually there has been some activity ongoing lately again. The more difficult part with this volcano is that there are no records about the previous erruptions, so nobody knows what to expect. Of course, Katla and Breiðabunga have also shown some signs of activity lately and just a day ago the people of Höfn were gathered to discuss what might happen in an emergency. If one of those volcanos errupts they have about 20 minutes to evacuate. uuid="ECBEDE2B-AC72-4BAA-A726-B5358E00056E" id="Iceland lilleulven.com _K3_11162.dng Iceland lilleulven.com"

Sunset over Kirkjufell

Pentax K-3 • ⅙ sec • ƒ / 16 • 24 mm • ISO 100 •  smc PENTAX-DA 12-24mm F4 ED AL [IF] Kirkjufell, Grundarfjörður, Western Region / Snæfellsnes Peninsula • Iceland Lucky for us there are not many people around when we arrive at Kirkjufell. The path to our photo spot is icy to say the least, so I am happy to have my ice-spikes on my shoes. uuid="D24D9AB5-062F-4D80-B1EB-C801CCE50900" id="Iceland lilleulven.com _K3_09873-2-2-2-2.dng Iceland lilleulven.com"

Aurora Borealis over Vestrahorn

Pentax K-3 • 120,0 sec • ƒ / 4,0 • 18 mm • ISO 1600 •  smc PENTAX-DA 12-24mm F4 ED AL [IF] Vestrahorn, Stokksnes, Eastern Region / Austurland • Iceland Thankfully the sunrise is late in the morning, so today I do not have to get up too early to get some photos of the Northern Lights over the Vestrahorn. Since I do not want to have startrails I am using the Astrotracer built into my camera when used with the GPS. It will shift the sensor a little to compensate for the earth's movement during the two minute exposure. uuid="ECE20DBC-729D-4829-AA2C-9F9B75B2B823" id="Iceland lilleulven.com _K3_10350.psd Iceland lilleulven.com"

Icecave in the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier

Pentax K-3 • 4,0 sec • ƒ / 8,0 • 18 mm • ISO 800 •  smc PENTAX-DA 12-24mm F4 ED AL [IF] Breiðamerkurjökull, Hornafjörður, Eastern Region / Austurland • Iceland An adventure within the adventure. Mark not only knows where to go to take photos, he also knows local businesses to take us to places few people get to see. This is no exception. Oscar and Stephan are taking us to some newly discovered icecaves, which shine in all their glory. Other touroperators rather take their groups to a larger but dull icecave, but we are lucky to be taken to these two caves instead. uuid="BD684962-7AC3-40C1-A4BF-FDF7260F184B" id="Iceland lilleulven.com _K3_10763_HDR.tif Iceland lilleulven.com"

Looking over Skarðsfjördur toward Breiðabunga

Pentax K-3 • ¹⁄₁₃ sec • ƒ / 16 • 105 mm • ISO 100 •  smc PENTAX-DA 55-300mm F4-5.8 ED Vestrahorn, Stokksnes, Eastern Region / Austurland • Iceland We are about to leave for a much deserved coffee stop when I am spotting the foothills of Breiðabunga, the glacialcomplex to which also Breiðamerkurjökul belongs - all part of the Vatnajökul National Park. Thankfully my travelmates are patient and waiting for me to finish even the last photograph, though we all are looking forward to some Icelandic Waffles in the nearby cafe. uuid="4892EB32-6EDA-4A9A-AE20-6292DF3BA380" id="Iceland lilleulven.com _K3_10553-2-2-2.dng Iceland lilleulven.com"