Inside one of the enormous concrete tanks which used to hold thousands of gallons of processed fish oil when Djúpavík was a working herring processing plant in the 1930 and 1940s. The large rusting metal spiral under the water was a giant heating ...
Flotsam, jetsam and driftwood on the coast between Drangsnesvegur and Bjarnarfjörður, on the section of Route 645 between Bjarnarnes and Kaldrananes. I came across this as I drove along the eastern side of Strandir in the West Fjords.The coastline...
The C-117D was a US Navy / US Marine Corps variant of the venerable C-47 (itself the military version of the classic DC-3 Dakota). This example was previously based at Keflavik, before being decommissioned and ending up at the museum at Hnjótur in...
The C-117D was a US Navy / US Marine Corps variant of the venerable C-47 (itself the military version of the classic DC-3 Dakota). This example was previously based at Keflavik, before being decommissioned and ending up at the museum at Hnjótur in...
Inside one of the enormous concrete tanks which used to hold thousands of gallons of processed fish oil when Djúpavík was a working herring processing plant in the 1930 and 1940s. The large rusting metal spiral under the water was a giant heating ...
Stopping briefly on Strandavegur, the road to Djúpavík and beyond. For most of the time the road, which was only completed in the 1960s, hugs the coastline tenaciously. However here it climbs rapidly at the head of the fjord, providing an elevated...
This uncredited art installation sits next to Veiðilyesa fjord, alongside Strandavegur, the unmetalled road which heads north as it skirts the eastern flank of Strandir. Made from found objects (driftwood, fishing debris and other beachcombed item...
This waterfall is Öxarárfoss… literally the river Öxarár waterfall foss (as in force – a term still used in parts of northern England – a dialectic throwback from the days of Norse occupation). It's near the centre of Þingvellir National Park in I...
I visited Iceland in June, as part of the Iceland 2013 IVRPA conference, and had a couple of days to myself afterwards to explore. Based on personal recommendations I decided to visit the West Fjords, in north-west Iceland… sparsely populated, wil...
Kerið crater lake, IcelandI originally blogged about this after visiting in 2008; before going to Iceland again in 2013 I reprocessed the original photos and developed this panorama. I didn't have them to had but tried to remember the spot I'd sto...
This has become an iconic desitination for photographers visiting Iceland, so when I was planning my trip it was high on my list of places to check out. It's a couple of kilometres from the road, and is fairly easy to find although it is not visib...
This has become an iconic desitination for photographers visiting Iceland, so when I was planning my trip it was high on my list of places to check out. It's a couple of kilometres from the road, and is fairly easy to find although it is not visib...
The end of a half day's road trip from Selfoss: the view from the less-celebrated, less-exciting side of Dyrhólaey. We drove along the causeway, looking forward to photographing the sea arch and beach on the coast. However when we arrived at the f...
The harbour at Djúpavík, situated at the head of Reykjarfjörður, is dominated by the old herring factory and the rusting hulk of SS Suðurland. Formerly a cargo and passenger ship, she's now spending her twilight years mouldering slowly and dramati...
A glorious Icelandic evening in the iconic Þingvellir National Park, looking towards Þingvallavatn (Lake Þingvellir)… the largest freshwater lake in Iceland. Elsewhere in the scene is a typical vegetation typical of volcanic scrubland: dwarf birch...
