Icelandic Travels

Map of North Iceland posts

jwelsh — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:33:09 +0000

Map of South Iceland posts

jwelsh — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:32:05 +0000

Map of West Iceland posts

jwelsh — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:30:45 +0000

Map of East Iceland posts

jwelsh — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:29:12 +0000

Tidal flats at Lón

jwelsh — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:07:38 +0000

I found the tidal lagoons along the southeast coast devoid of life. I had hoped to photograph the colonies of swans that made this their summer home, but they hadn’t yet arrived. I thought again about the abstract and concentrated on simple shapes like the ones I found when photographing glaciers.

Fireworks in Reykjavík

jwelsh — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:41:36 +0000

New Year’s fireworks in Reykjavík.

Hafnarfjall

jwelsh — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:30:35 +0000

I had hiked all day in search of something dramatic to capture. Fearing the day would end with only tired legs and an unused camera, I settled into a motel south of Borgarnes. As I opened the curtains, golden crags trickling down steep slopes filled the window, and I found my moment.

Hafragilsfoss

jwelsh — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:25:06 +0000

If I had followed the traditional rules of landscape photography I would have returned when the waterfall was bathed in perfect light. In this narrow canyon, the rays of light illuminated only the rising mist and not the falling water creating it. I like to capture Iceland despite the imperfect conditions it often presents.

Abandoned farm near Höfn

jwelsh — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:46:49 +0000

An abandoned farm found while exploring outskirts of Höfn

Winter sky

jwelsh — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:25:40 +0000

The winter sky seen from Reykjavík.