Robin in the Park

During a walk in the park this past weekend, I came upon this robin. He hopped out from behind the hedge to check me out, then stood there looking curiously at me. I snapped a few shots of him, and off he went.

Crater Cone

The View from the top of Stóra-Grábrók, overlooking Litla-Grábrók. The ring road in Iceland drives right past this, and it's a sight you shouldn't miss! There are three craters here, all differing in size. The smallest is almost gone due to earlier mining operations, but thankfully the area is now under preservation. the view is very other-worldly. Standing there looking over the landscape, the thought crosses your mind; "am I on earth, or is this mars?"

HDR from 3 photos, assembled in Photoshop HDR Pro, tonemapped in Lightroom

Curious Bird

This hedge sparrow frequents our feeder and cleans up the dropped grains underneath. It always makes me happy when I see him come by, and curiously tilt his head at me. 

Feed Me!

This is a juvenile arctic tern. It can fly around, but is still being fed by its parents. We encountered dozens of these birds while walking out to the seal observation site in Vatnsnes, Iceland. We had to keep an eye out for the parent birds, as they can be very agressive, particularly when you get to close to their young.

Winged Portrait

This blackbird comes around to get fat on our bird food. We have several feeding stations set up, and lately we've had quite the commotion on our terrace in the morning. This blackbird has been a regular visitor, and has recently taken to sitting on top of one of the feeding houses, in an act of dominance. It doesn't seem to work though, as the chickadees always come and scare him off!

Glacial Panorama

Here's a panorama of Langjökull in Iceland, a very beautiful glacier in the west. We had very nice views of it while driving through the region, and were able to get pretty close to it by car (4X4). Check it out in full view to see it in detail.

Windswept Mane

This horse was standing sround in a field near Fljótstunga in Iceland. We were waiting for our tour of a lava cave to begin, and took some time to capture these wonderful creatures on camera. I'll be posting pictures from the lava cave soon.

Somewhere on Snaefellsnes

I'm not sure exactly where I took this shot. We pulled off on the side of the road to capture the clouds rolling over this mountain. Its taken somewhere on Snafellsnes, Iceland. We were not all that far from Eldhraun, a beautiful delicate volcanic cone which we later hiked up. I'll be posting pictures of that here soon.

Dramatic Light

This photo is looking across the landscape while climbing Eldhraun, a very beautiful and delicate volcanic cone crater in Snaefellsnes, Iceland. The lighting in the picture is unusual, but I think it creates a nice effect the way it dramatically lights up the mountain and the sky. What do you think? Comments are always appreciated.

Mushrooms are Beautiful

A birch mushroom in its natural habitat. Eldhraun, Iceland. We were there in august, and these were popping out of the ground everywhere! It's one of the few times I've been able to mushroom hunt from the car, and I don't mean while crawling along. We were spotting them at 90 kmh from the main road!