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Reynisdrangar from Víkurfjara
by Jean François Bonachera

Reynisdrangar depuis la plage de Vik

Something from nothing....
Reynisdrangar from Víkurfjara
by Pete Rowbottom

Vik Sea Stacks at Sunset.

This day was had been an absolute washout, sheet rain all day, and thick cloud, not a hope of shooting anything, at sunset it was still horrible but we walked out to the beach at Vik to try and get some dramatic weather shots of the waves around the sea stacks, after 30 mins I'd given up as the winds were whipping up all the sand and I ended curled up in a ball on the beach it was that bad, pebbles bouncing off my knuckles while holding my hood down!! errr balls to this!!

With the weather from hell seemingly never ending we retreated back inland to shoot the church up high, no sooner had we left the beach this scene just broke out of absolutely nothing! had to leg it up the hill and set up really quickly with the long lens to grab this unfolding dramatic sunset, weirdly it was the best one we had all week, you can't turn your back on anything in this Country for 5 minutes, if you do you will miss something. After this had died off the grey drabness came back again before breaking once more into a huge afterburn of purple and red (pics to follow)

Check out the 5 people stood watching it on the beach adding scale

Nikon D850 Nikon 70-200 f/4 @ 145mm f/11 IS0 64 1/2 second

No filters Fotopro T74-C tripod Fotopro LG-9R ballhead

Lots more images from this trip can be found on my website here - updating regularly

Impressive view while walking around Seljalandsfoss waterfall
Seljalandsfoss
by Fer_SG

It was an amazing experience to walk around the waterfall. An impressive set up for your senses and soul.

White net on the coast (Picture 2, BW, Scratchy)
Reynisdrangar from Dyrholaey
by Fer_SG

Finally, Reynisfjara stones were visible, accompanied by a great white webbing on the sea.

Iceland 2016 Reynisfjara Beach
Reynisdrangar from Reynisfjara
by Christian Barret

Escapade de 10 jours en Islande mars 2016

White net on the coast (Picture 1, BW)
Reynisdrangar from Dyrholaey
by Fer_SG

Finally, Reynisfjara stones were visible, accompanied by a great white webbing on the sea.

Iceland - Skogafoss [Explored]
Skógafoss
by Henk Verheyen

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Fairy tail (BW)
into darkness
by Fer_SG

While walking in Fjaðrárgljúfur one feels like living in a fairy tale. An amazing place, really.

White net on the coast (Picture 2, Color, Soft)
Reynisdrangar from Dyrholaey
by Fer_SG

Finally, Reynisfjara stones were visible, accompanied by a great white webbing on the sea.

Greens and Yellows in Lómagnúpurd
Lomagnupur - Iceland
by Fer_SG

Shot processed with Darktable from RAW. Improvements like Tone Curve, Highpass filters, Lowpass filters, Channel Mixer and others were managed also with Darktable.

Reynisfjara beach
Reynisdrangar from Reynisfjara
by David ruiz luna

Reynisfjall is a 340 m high tuff mountain arising out of a volcanic eruption from under a glacier in the penultimate Ice Age, near the village of Vik. Alternating in an irregular manner are layers of tuff, pillow lava and columnar basalt veins and loops. Reynisdrangar stacks are a collection of 66 m high rock pillars that rise out of the sea and are of the same geological formation as Reynisfjall. On Reynisfjöru beach, very beautiful basalt formations in the south part of the mountain can be seen, and there you will find an exceedingly beautiful cave called Hálsanefshellir.

Iceland. September 2015.

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Front Page, August 2019 Perfections in Pictures

Pure Energy
Reynisdrangar from Reynisfjara
by Fer_SG

Flickr:  https://flic.kr/p/2iZDveZ

Dramatic view of Reynisdrangar rocks from Reynisfjara Beach taken between a net of water streams. It is amazing how Black and White allows to be really creative and get intense and powerful atmospheres.

The flowing  after Seljalandsfoss waterfall
Seljalandsfoss from the bridge
by Fer_SG

After the storm, the calmness.

Behind Seljalandsfoss waterfall
Seljalandsfoss from behind
by Fer_SG

It was an amazing experience to walk around the waterfall. Being behind the fall was really funny.

Stormy Reynisdrangar
Reynisdrangar
by Jiri Hajek

I wanted to emphasize the wild sea around Reynisdrangar and so decided to stack several frames. Hope that you like the result! ;-)

Dyrhólaey - 2
Cape Dyrholaey
by David ruiz luna

The small peninsula, or promontory, Dyrhólaey is located on the south coast of Iceland, not far from the village Vík.

Iceland. March 2017

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Reynisdrangar from Vik Beach
Reynisdrangar from Víkurfjara
by MURALI NARAYANAN

It was super windy at the black sand beach in Vik when I shot this image. The sand hitting my face was tough to deal with. It was a very cloudy day with some drizzle. There was no color at the scene and so ended up converting this image to B&W.

Seljalandsfoss waterfall - Iceland - Travel photography
Seljalandsfoss from behind
by Giuseppe Milo

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Floating near the precipice in a dreamlike landscape
Fjaðrárgljúfur
by Fer_SG

Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2hMaoQw

Shot processed with Darktable from RAW. Improvements like Tone Curve, Highpass filters, Lowpass filters, Channel Mixer and others were managed also with Darktable. Haida Neutral filter of 6 steps was used.

Finally, an Orton effect was applied, keeping the first rocks well focused while an incremental and progressive blur is applied to the most distant.

Waterworld Sunrise
View from Sveinstindur
by Jiri Hajek

Views from Sveinstindur are out of this World. I'm so glad I made it here, quite a bit into Icelandic Highlands.

Getting there: After driving F208 and then F235 roads, it's just about negotiating the last ~400 vertical meters from parking to the Sveinstindur summit, which will take you close to an hour. Or, closer to 30 minutes in case you don't get up early enough, which was just my case. ;-)

The way... {in Fjaðrárgljúfur, Iceland}
Fjaðrárgljúfur
by Fer_SG

Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2kj3W2x

Arriving at Fjaðrárgljúfur, one feels like living in a fairy tale.

White net on the coast (Picture 1, Color)
Reynisdrangar from Dyrholaey
by Fer_SG

Finally, Reynisfjara stones were visible, accompanied by a great white webbing on the sea.

Skogafoss and surroundings
Skógafoss
by Fer_SG

Two portraits shots panorama in autobraking (0Ev; -2Ev; +2Ev) processed as HDR with Darktable. The panorama was processed with Enfuse. Additional improvements by means of plugins like Tone Curve, Highpass filters, Lowpass filters, Channel Mixer, Global Tone Map, and others were managed also with Darktable.

Finally, a personalized Orton effect and few Dodge and Burn retouches were applied.

Overwhelming view of Skogafoss
Skógafoss
by Fer_SG

It was at 6 a.m. but it was amazing. I was lucky that our motorhome was in the camping placed aside the waterfall. Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2h53G45

Fairy tale
Fjaðrárgljúfur
by Fer_SG

While walking in Fjaðrárgljúfur one feels like living in a fairy tale. An amazing place, really.

Seljalandsfoos waterfall
Seljalandsfoss frontal view
by Fer_SG

Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2gXAkjw

First of a set of shots to capture Seljalandsfoos waterfall as it deserves.

Views from de upper area of Skogafoss waterfall
Skogafoss from above
by Fer_SG

After a short but sharp rise to the top of Skogafoss waterfall, you see an amazing view.

Majestic Lómagnúpur as usual
Lomagnupur - Iceland
by Fer_SG

Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2hQqjNk

Two landscape shots panorama in autobraking (0Ev; -2Ev; +2Ev) processed as HDR with Enfuse. The panorama was processed with Hugin. Additional improvements by means of plugins like Tone Curve, Highpass filters, Lowpass filters, Channel Mixer, Global Tone Map, and others were managed with Darktable.

Finally, an Orton effect applied, focusing on the center area the blur.

Iceland 2015 Skogafoss
Skógafoss - side view
by Christian Barret

Roadtrip in Iceland summer 2015

Dryholaus nature preserve - Iceland - Travel photography
Loftsalahellir Cave
by Giuseppe Milo

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Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Katla UNESCO Global Geopark!
Most notably Fer_SG, Christian Barret, Jiri Hajek, Henk Verheyen, Lenis Las, Jean François Bonachera, David ruiz luna and Giuseppe Milo.