The Pictures & Sites:
First my overview - I tried very hard to provide an experience of what I perceived as "in the fashion of how Iceland is meant to be experienced". I did this by many means. How I took my photos, to the music choreography, to motions via panning and selected transitions. This collection of pictures tells the story, not particularly my best photos taken.
I found Icelanders and the land itself has a quietly told and proudly revered history. The land is young, raw and diverse. I brought my love of photography to its rugged and beautiful shores; I left with respect for the people and their country. I tried my best to capture some of ... "what is Iceland".
Please remember that I took these photos under whatever conditions "mother nature" provided. Most were cloudy and many were in the rain. Not to mention we moved 11 out of 14 nights to a different hotel, and all the shots were taken "on the move", in fact... I did not include any photos of Iceland's largest waterfall due to heavy rains that prevented any photos at all.
This video is my "Directors Cut Edition" where I spent much attention to timing and fine tuning how this video plays. It is contains a six (6) album menu. This is PART 5 - The Drive & Scenery of the Lake Myvatn Area a brief descriptions follows;
Album five (5) - The Drive & Scenery of the Lake Myvatn Area (approx. run time: 27:44 min., Southeast to North Central Iceland)
This album is large and contains very strange backdrops, diverse scenes, coastlines, deserts, mud pots, volcano cones, steam & sulfur vents. We then drive the desert and drive around Lake Myvatn.
o NAMAFJALL - a high-temperature geothermal area with fumaroles and mud pots.
o HVERIR - slopes with strange steaming pools and yellow sulfur markings and vents.
o KROFLUSTOD - drive by Krafla Power Station (geothermal plant) o Hverarond - famous boiling mud pots & steam vents (one of
Iceland most fascinating and infernal sights (it really does... "send
shivers down one's spine")
o Viti Crater - a colorful explosion crater, about 320 meters wide,
from where I took a few elevated surrounding photos and the
heated pools, sulfur markings and vents.
o Hverfjall - we climb up a 2500 year old crater (tephra ring).
o Dimmuborgir ("black castles") - hauntingly shaped 2000 year old
contorted volcanic pillars.
