Monat: Juni 2012

Buchenegg waterfalls

This first little hiking warmup tour this year was in the German alps close to Oberstaufen. There is a waterfall called Buchenegg falls. Absolutely no comparision to the great waterfalls in Iceland some weeks ago. The hike was more like a little afternoon walk. The day ended with an icecream […]

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Iceland 2012 – Golden Circle and South Coast

From the photographic point view Iceland is a fantastic little Island with lots of sights, from the weather point of view it is usually 5 degrees and rain. So I was very surprised when we arrived that we had sunshine and blue sky. I went with Torben and Thomas who also like photography […]

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Days 5-7 – Highlands – Blue Lagoon – Return Home

With a 4×4 rental car it was possible to go into the highlands and drive on dirt roads with river crossings (that were not recommended for rental cars). From the South Coast there is a road to Landmannalaugar which we chose to go up into the highlands. The drive was […]

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Day 4 – Skaftafell – Jökulsarlon

Todays topic was ice and glaciers. The weather was good, no rain, decent view. The road was awesome. Great views on the big glaciers. We stopped a couple of times for a glacier and a glacier lake until arriving for todays destination, the glacier lagune Jökulsarlon. This lagoon is famous […]

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Day 3 – Skogafoss – US Navy Airplane wreck – Vik

Today the weather turned cloudy. The hostel was directly at the waterfall called Skogafoss and we could even see it from the room. So directly after getting up I took my camera and ran out to do some pictures. After spending some time at the waterfall the plan was to search […]

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Day 1 and 2 – Reykjavik – Golden Circle – Seljalandsfoss

I took this 6 day trip to Iceland with two friends that like to photograph as much as I do, so finally we could spend endless time for taking pictures at the sights. The first two days in Iceland where not typical at all. The sun was shining, when approaching […]

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