What an amazing few weeks I have had! I am only just sitting down now to process all of the images and try and catch up on my blog.
Where to start...
This overnight stay happened at the end of May, and was a result of me getting itchy feet to go out on my own to take some images.
Now, the location I had in mind was a foss (Waterfall in Icelandic) called Brúarfoss and it is about 2hrs drive from Reykjavik. It is a great little place that seems to be causing a bit of a friction with the local Icelandic population. After visiting the area and adding to the issue I can totally understand why, so I am not going to locate the foss here, but if you are keen to see it there is enough information on line to locate it. The area is a "Private" summer house retreat for the locals and with the increase of tourists and lack of infrastructure the road and trails are over used.
I left mid afternoon from Reykjavik with the sun shining, clear beautiful blue skies, and great big white fluffy clouds in the sky. Perfect! After eventually finding the area, and a place to park I walked off along the very beaten up and muddy track to be rewarded with an amazing river scene. I spent the afternoon there to find a good composition in relation to the sunset. This would mean that when I returned later that evening I would have a picture already in my minds eye and could set up my camera quickly.
Brúarfoss during the day.
I drove down the road a few kilometers to a campsite next to the geysir field. This geysir field is on the golden circle route and is very popular with the bus tours, which makes it very popular during the mid morning and late afternoon.
Camp site for the tent.
Fortunately, I was spending the night there, so after dinner I went for a walk around the geysir field and almost had the place to myself in the evening sun. The Strokkur Geysir erupts every 5-10 minutes so you are bound to see it, and then you can walk around the area looking at the other less active hot pools. What a great place.
The Strokkur Geysir can reach as high as 70-80m
After my walk around the geothermal springs I headed back to the car to set off back to Brúarfoss for the sunset. I arrived and walked down to the river and had the place to myself. Unfortunately the clouds started to roll in and I maybe should have been there about an hour earlier to get some nice close up images of the waterfall. I will also need to bring wellington boots next time, as there is far too much water for my hiking boots to stand in the river.
I did manage to get a few shots that I am very happy about and they are on my website just before the sunset was completely obscured by the clouds and mountains.
After the last light disappeared I headed home at about midnight. I returned to the campsite and went to the car to get my sleeping equipment, but I could not find my sleeping bag! Oops! I made do with putting all my clothes on and got some sleep in the tent. Needless to say it was cold that night.
The next day it was grey, rainy and cold, so I decided to head back home and get ready for my next adventure...The amazing Westfjords. New blog coming soon!
Thanks
Kev
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