Traveling through Dalvík and Svarfaðardal, two spots have proven excellent for bird photography within the Svarfaðardalur Nature Reserve. These locations are Hrísatjörn and Húsabakki. While more places in the area could be discussed, we’ll focus on these two. Visitors to the reserve quickly realize the abundance of potential sites…
You can read more about this location in our book Bird Photography In Iceland: Our 40 Favorite Locations. You can find it using this map.
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Bird Photography In Iceland—Our 40 Favorite Locations
NEW IN 2024. THE BIRD PHOTOGRAPHERS MUST HAVE BOOK WHEN GOING TO ICELAND
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Bird Photography In Iceland—Our 40 Favorite Locations, is written for those planning to photograph birds in Iceland. We share our secrets and aim to maintain a straightforward, honest, no-nonsense approach, free from tourism companies’ hidden marketing. We recommend these locations to our friends who are into bird photography.
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PHOTOGRAPHING ICELAND – A Photo Guide to 100 locations
It is a must-have if you plan to visit Iceland. It is an excellent guide to Iceland and the book we wish we had read years ago when we started traveling in our country for landscape photography. The book is the result of a vast undertaking that took more than a year. It is available in all major bookstores in Iceland and our online store. It is now also available as an e-book.
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The e-book version can be found here…
The printed version is 21×14,5 cm and 352 pages.
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ICELAND: Wild At Heart
Our beautiful bestseller. Available in all bookstores in Iceland and our online store.
Hardcover large format: 26,5 x 22,5 x 2cm and 160 pages.
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GRIMSEY – The Arctic Wildlife Wonder
This is a must-have if you plan to visit Grimsey. It is only available in our online store and the Gallery in Grimsey.
Hardcover: 24,5 x 17,5 cm and 120 pages / 7000 words
It is possible to order our books from our online store, which ships worldwide: www.ggart.is.
Notice that the shipping cost is the same if you order two books.