Dawns breaks over Þingvellir national park (pronounced Thingvellir), we had driven here in the dark and as we arrived further along the road at the main point up to the summit the weather was poor, drab light and light rain, about as bad as it could be without it actually pouring down, after a bit of an explore of the area we decided to try and get to these falls that we had seen on the way in but at the time it was too dark and we couldn't see how to get to them.
After backtracking we spotted the small track that led down to the right place and after a short hike reached the Waterfall (Oxarafoss). the weather was still pretty poor but the rain had lightened off to next to nothing so set about getting some shots, as with most waterfalls I shot in Iceland this week the first thing you notice is how much spray comes off them! even if you are nowhere near the base you are constantly wiping the lens / filters after each shot it really is difficult to get clean shots with no water spots, I've binned countless images from the trip due to it even with being very careful.
Luckily this shot was one I had hoped hadn't been ruined, and it turned out so, for about 45 seconds (maybe less) the sun appeared through the cloud and just totally transformed the scene from cold and foreboding into a magical golden scene, illuminating all the rocks with a warm glow and even a rainbow briefly appearing in the left hand side of the falls, the curious bright icy blue colour (forthcoming image) that was in the top of the falls had now dissipated - replaced with warmth, I was so lucky with this as I was already set up to take a shot when it happened, if I had been moving around I would more than likely have missed it, just after this the sun went in again and never reappeared.