For a nature photographer, it is hard to beat the incredible scenery of Iceland with its majestic mountains, wonderful waterfalls, geo-thermal features and glacial ice dotted coastlines. My first visit there in late May gave me a taste of the landscape and left me wanting to return in the near future. The long days of late spring, where it never really got dark, provided many hours of photography (as long as you remembered to sleep at some point during the day!).

The picture above was taken along the southeastern coast of Iceland near the Jokulsarion Lagoon, just after sunset, with the waters of the Atlantic rushing up among the pieces of ice on the black sand beach.

The landscape of southern Iceland has many mountain vistas, and an almost endless number of waterfalls everywhere you look.

At daybreak, a beautiful pastel colored scene occurred within the lagoon, filled with amazing shapes of ice that had calved off the nearby glacier. It certainly makes a strong argument for returning to this incredible place and experiencing more that Iceland has to offer. My thanks to Jennifer King Photography Workshops for guiding this trip. An album of additional images can be found at this link.