Nightcrawling at Snæfellsnes peningsula
Sleeping at day, photographing at night. This is life. Last night I was at Svörtuloft in Snæfellsnes peninsula and photographing the sunset. Later I drove to the other side of the peninsula and photographed the sunrise at Malarrif with the Lóndrangar rocky peaks in...
The life and death of arctic foxes in Iceland
A penetrating howling of a arctic fox woke me up from my slumbering consciousness where I was sitting staring into the snow. I looked up from the snow-shelter where I had been sitting all day staring into the nippy and drifting snow. I saw...
Ground photos of the eruption
Now I have gone twice by plane and last Thursday few friends of mine and I went by an old Land Rover from Akureyri to the eruption site in Holuhraun (tourists call the site Bardarbunga which is wrong - Bardarbunga will possibly erupt, but...
Volcanic eruption in Holuhraun in Iceland
I had only seen cellphone photos of the eruption on second of September when me and my wife Gyda Henningsdottir flew over the eruption site in Holuhraun. I had contacted a pilot who was ready when the call came. The weather had been bad...
Dettifoss in danger due to possible eruption
For the past few days there have been speculations in the icelandic media about possible volcanic eruption in Bardarbunga volcano which is in the Vatnajokull glacier. There are indications that Bardarbunga is possibly going to erupt in the northern part of Vatnajokull glacier. If...
Icecave in Landmannalaugar
Yesterday we came home from a four day photography session. We hiked in some of the less known areas of Landmannalaugar and found this cave. Since the light difference is great I took two photos, one for the light outside and another one for...
Pink sky at Bjarnarflag in Myvatn
Last night it was mostly cloudy. In Myvatn we stopped at few locations without much drama in the sky, but when we arrived at the lagoon in Bjarnarflag the sky opened with red and pink colors. I used Nikon D4s and the 14-24 lens...
How cute can you be?
Cute Arctic fox cubs in a dim cave
Most Icelanders have never seen a Arctic fox in nature. Many tourists and photographers go to Iceland without ever seeing one. This is probably mostly because in most parts of the country it is only searching for...
Raudanes in east-Iceland
The path along the shore at Rauðanes which is in east-Iceland is about 8 km back and forth. The parking lot is few hundred meters from the sea, but as soon as you arrive at the shore you see the photogenic rocks. The day...
Askja – the naked tourist hotspot
We arrived in Drekagil late evening after a long drive on a road which is actually not much of a road. After a good nights sleep we woke up early to start walking. Even in July it took us a 4,5 km walk in...
The hard to find mink is found
Despite beeing a disaster for birdlife the mink is hard to find in Iceland. This serie of photos is taken in south-Iceland of a family of female and two cubs. The evening sun made the light great and with some planning it was possible...
Fading winter
Getting out of bird-mode
Yesterday we took a short trip to Mývatnssveit where we intended to switch to landscape mode. Most of the time I am in bird-mode and drag along 500 mm plus lens and other heavy equipment. For simple minded persons like me...