Best Aurora Lens - Iceland Trip

[Jonathan Huyer]

Thanks for the comprehensive report! That is really useful information. And it just whets my appetite all the more to get there! Now hurry up and post some more photos please

[Kayaker72]

Thanks for the comprehensive report! That is really useful information. And it just whets my appetite all the more to get there! Now hurry up and post some more photos please

Ha! Sure....

I am mostly through Day 1, more of a the preliminary cut, but I've process a few of my favorites.

Snaefellsnes Peninsula and Snaefellsjokull National Park:

Along Rt 50 headed to Borgarnes (great lunch at the Settlement Center)

Black Church at Budir

Stone Arch at Amarstapi:

Londranger:

A different shot at Svortuloft Lighthouse (btw, road getting here is single lane, potholed, and gravel/dirt for most of it):

[Kayaker72]

Looks like uploading I am limited to 5 pics....to finish off the Day 1 tour through the Snaefellsnes Peninsula:

View from Svortuloft Lighthouse:

Pretty intense wave action. I am not sure of this, but I think the storm that messed with us on Friday was west of Iceland on Tuesday, kicking up the waves.

And..of course, Kirkjufellfoss:

It is unfortunate, as Kirkjufellfoss was the primary reason for me wanting to see the Snaefellnes Peninsula, but my time here was limited. I had planned to be here at sunset, and arrived 2 hrs early. I started shooting, but different waves of snow blew through while shooting, I had to work around and coordinate with the other photographers, and ultimately had ~30 minutes of shooting before a big enough band of snow came through that it just blotted everything out. I didn't get a panorama from the top of the waterfall, just the single shot above. But, the classic Kirkjufellfoss pic (the second) is amazingly straightforward to shoot.

So, I am still tweaking some of these and you may see them on flickr and maybe the weekly contest, but hopefully this gives anyone going an idea of what is on the Snaefellsnes Peninsula. As I said, this is one of the locations I missed some great landscapes simply because there really isn't a shoulder to pull over on the road.

Thanks....Brant