Landscape Photography and a Solar Eclipse

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Sunday, 2 August 2026 - The first day of the photography workshop, with visits to the still waters of Kerið Crater and a hike into Nauthúsagil canyon before continuing along the Eyjafjallajökull glacier. The day ended at Seljalandsfoss, where we photographed the waterfall and stayed late for a beautiful Icelandic sunset.

The first day of the Photography Workshop. Covered some familiar ground.

iceland2026 — We visited the Kerið Crater, my second visit. Today was cloudy, so the pictures are different without the harsh light.

iceland2026 — A very still lake with little wind.

iceland2026 — A glass like surface of the carter lake. The volcano was active in 4,000 BC.

iceland2026 — In the afternoon we hiked the trail into the Nauthúsagil canyon to reach the Nauthúsafoss waterfall. This is the small stream in the canyon.

iceland2026 — One of the side canyons flowing into the main canyon.

iceland2026 — After a lot of tricky hopping over stones, we can see the first small waterfall. The trail is mostly the streambed from here, so we stopped to take pictures and turned around.

iceland2026 — We continued further into the park, driving along the Eyjafjöll mountains you see several waterfalls along the side of the mountains.

iceland2026 — Katla volcano is an active subglacial volcano and one of the largest in Iceland. The last major eruption was in 1918.

iceland2026 — We were able to get very close to the Eyjafjallajökull glacier. This is the volcano (Eyjafjöll) which stopped air travel to Europe when it erupted in 2010.

iceland2026 — The glacier flows over a mountain and into the valley.

iceland2026 — Looking across the river valley behind us, the sun is low and touching the tops of the mountains.

iceland2026 — The glacial river flows past the mountain foothills.

iceland2026 — Glacial ice and the top of the foothills.

iceland2026 — Our sunset location will be at Seljalandsfoss, a very popular waterfall. As we arrive, the sun is playing in the mist from the high falls.

iceland2026 — The water from part of the Seljalands River falls 200 feet. The big draw is thet you can travel behind the waterfall. The sun was very low as we prepared for sunset. The sun set very late in Iceland it is now almost 2100 hrs (9:00 pm).

iceland2026 — The huge cavern behind the waterfall.

iceland2026 — The waterfall from the side. Seljalandsfoss is so beautiful.

iceland2026 — Sunset brought some nice colors.

Here is a video of the photographers filming the sunset. I am the last photographer on the right as the video pans.

iceland2026 — Sunset was beautiful at 2232 hrs (10:32 pm).

Shortly after this we headed back to the hotel. As would be the pattern for the rest of the workshop, we would stay at a location through sunset and get to bed around midnight.

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