Látrabjarg, Iceland is not easy to get to. The drive is beautiful, but the road is pretty bad, at times, and by the time I arrived I wasn’t feeling so hot. Winds were crazy strong, maybe varying between 20 and 50 MPH. Everyone wanted to see the puffins, and other birds, but it was very dangerous as the wind was blowing in the direction of blasting people off the cliff. To get anywhere near the edge you had to crawl on your hands and knees. Even then you couldn’t see any puffins, but you could see thousands of other birds.

Most people gave up on the puffins and headed back to their cars. I sat down on a spot no one was around and just soaked it all in for a while. Then this little guy or gal showed up. Not far from me, this puffin put on a show like a paid model. I have probably a hundred photos, each with a different pose.

Látrabjarg bird life description

Posted on June 28th, 2019 under Iceland. Tags: nature, Nikon 300mm f/4 VR ED-IF AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D500, Westfjords, wildlife. Comments Off on Látrabjarg puffin

A little something from last week when I was in Iceland…

I had this church (Búðakirkja) to myself as well as the waterfall (Bjarnarfoss) in the distance after. Amazing place.

The day was unusually warm (for Iceland–probably over 70 degrees F) with no wind. Beginning just after midnight (still light out), the wind began to howl, and never let up much during the next two days as I drove around and slept on the edge of the Westfjords.

Búðakirkja description in English

Posted on June 25th, 2019 under Iceland. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, landscape, Nikon D500, Snæfellsnes, waterfalls. Comments Off on Daydream headquarters

Posted on June 15th, 2019 under Iceland. Tags: landscape, Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED Telephoto Lens, Nikon D750, ring road. Comments Off on Today’s destination

Three weeks from today I will arrive in Iceland. I won’t be visiting Gullfoss this time. Instead, I’ll be heading to and around Northwest Iceland, soaking in hot springs and sleeping in the back of my rental van.

Posted on May 26th, 2019 under Iceland. Tags: golden circle, gullfoss waterfall, landscape, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750. Comments Off on Gullfoss revisited

Today’s photo comes from my hike to the Reykjadalur Hot Spring Geothermal River, certainly the most amazing bath I’ve ever taken.

Anyone familiar with the northwestern fjords of Iceland? Any similar bathing places in that region?

I covered Reykjavik on my first trip, most things between Reykjavik and Blue Diamond Beach and the Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon on my second, and will be exploring the area north of Reykjavik on my third (in just over two months).

Posted on April 4th, 2019 under Iceland. Tags: hiking, Hveragerdi Reykjadalur hot spring river, landscape, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750, waterfalls. Comments Off on Thermal Falls