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A drake Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) was found in Akureyri. This is a rare vagrant in Iceland and the first time I see one. I am not a avid birder who drives hundreds of kilometers to find vagrants, I am more into the photography...

Landscape photography is a photography of contrasts. One moment you are relaxed waiting patiently for the light and the next you are running to get the right shot because the light only lasts few moments. To me landscape photography is most of the time...

I use the icelandic weather forecast from the Icelandic Met Office at www.vedur.is for more or less all photography and travel plans. This is the site to check at least twice a day if you are a photographer traveling in Iceland. In the winter...

I am very pleased to see a 12 page feature in the latest issue of N-photo magazine where I am showing the apprentice Lucy Langdon how to shoot landscape scenes in Iceland. I am one of the contributors in this months issue. It´s a...

The common merganser (North American) or goosander (Eurasian) (Mergus merganser) is not so common in Iceland as the name suggests. The population is less than 1000 and it is protected. Being a very shy duck it stays the whole year in few locations. Since...

I don´t know why, but most of the time I make plans to go somewhere photographing. That means driving for hours to remote locations. Today my brain was fried from too much computer work and I went for a short drive near my home...

Kirkjufell mountain is one of the most popular locations for photographers in Iceland. There is something magical about this magnificent mountain. The sunset and sunrise give magical colors to the surroundings, sometimes crazy colors and this mountain is becoming a icon for photography in...

Nikon just messed up my mind in terms of gear options for bird photography. I am probably not the only one who sees the benefits of a crop sensor for bird photography but since I have been using Nikon D4s for almost two years...

https://vimeo.com/icelandinphotos/tributetoiceland2015 It´s the end of the year and time to look back on 2015. I edited a video with some behind the scenes and few of our favorite shots in 2015. Of course it is difficult to add all the magnificent moments in there since...

https://vimeo.com/icelandinphotos/landscape The transition from photography to video has been a slow one since I started using a video capable DSLR. It´s probably rather a question of mindset than available equipment, because our mind is probably the dominating factor when we take photos and videos. I...

The aurora forecast mentioned strength level 10 out of 10 maximum. This made it tempting to go out and find some motives. When driving from Akureyri to Godafoss waterfall which is a 30 min drive the sky was green and glowing in the Eyjafjordur...

Birds are in general difficult models. Some more difficult than others. Few years ago when me and Gyda, my wife planned to photograph Sea-eagles we did not really have any idea of what we where getting into. We had good experience with most bird...