Black beach, a photo from Vestur-Skaftafellssysla, Sudurland

Photographer's Note

Reynisfjara is a world-famous black-sand beach found on the South Coast of Iceland, just beside the small fishing village of Vík í Mýrdal.

With its enormous basalt stacks, roaring Atlantic waves and stunning panoramas, Reynisfjara is widely considered to be the most beautiful example of Iceland’s black sand beaches. In 1991, National Geographic voted Reynisfjara as one of the Top 10 non-tropical beaches to visit on the planet.

Reynisfjara is found around 180 kilometers (112 miles) from Iceland’s capital city, Reykjavík, and is a popular stop-off for those taking a sightseeing tour along the popular South Coast.

Upon visiting the beach, travelers will immediately observe rocky sea stacks sitting off the shoreline, known as Reynisdrangar.

According to local Icelandic folklore, these large basalt columns were once trolls trying to pull ships from the ocean to shore. However, these trolls were dim and went out too late in the night; dawn broke on the horizon, turning the trolls into solid stone.

Another legend tells of a husband whose wife was kidnapped and killed by two trolls. The man followed the trolls down to Reynisfjara where he froze them, ensuring that they would never kill again.
[https://guidetoiceland.is/travel-iceland/drive/reynisfjara].
Ina cold sunny day, this black beach looked terrific. On the left side - the basalt columns.

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The view in the opposite direction

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jean113 (27893) 2019-03-14 8:13

A fabulous shot Malgo.
The people really add a lot to the scene, for an essential reference to the scale.
Captured in a lovely light.
The basalt columns look magnificent.
Very interesting notes.
Regards Jean.

dta (98848) 2019-03-14 8:32

Hello Malgo ,
A black sand beach as one can find on the Canary Islands , with the same kind of basaltic organs .
Attractive strong contrasts here .
Regards

holmertz (102774) 2019-03-14 8:33

Hello Malgo,
A superb composition with the shore of the black beach making a diagonal up to the basalt pillars on the hillside, the spectacular steep rocks further away and a lot of people walking along the shore. The colours are nicely intense and clarity and sharpness are very good. The WS is all right but less interesting and a bit blueish.
Kind regards,
Gert

jhm (211736) 2019-03-14 8:50

Hello Malgo,

Pleasant panorama view about the area.
The people are a nice addirion for thee scale.
The big rock is fantastic to look at
Sharpness and colours are very nice to look at
An excellent composition and good presentation
Very well done, TFS

Best regards,
John

rychem (72187) 2019-03-14 8:58

Te slupy bazaltowe sa niesamowite, a legendy to my lubimy, prawie kazdy kamien i drzewo ma legende :)
fajne zdjecie
pozdrawiam Ryszard

mesutilgim (0) 2019-03-14 9:01

Hello Malgo,
Nice and well captured. Very good pov and layout, perfect sharpness.
Nice bright colors. Many good and usefull notes.
TFS and best regards from Istanbul
MESUT ILGIM

jemaflor (147224) 2019-03-14 9:58

Hi Malgo,
Beautiful and impressive seaside, nice light and contrast to present this black sand beach, interesting rocks with these rocks formations in basalt for the cliffs and peaks in the blue sea, well done, tfs.

Hansaphotos (11381) 2019-03-14 10:03

Hello Malgo

The landscape in Iceland is really fascinating. I like this scene from the black beach. You have composed the picture well with fine perspective along the beach. Fascinating with the sculptures in the sea and the sculptures of the basalt columns. Lovely work:) TFS.

Greetings, Erling

pierrefonds (114536) 2019-03-14 15:02

Hi Malgo,

You have captured well the arrival of the waves at the beach. The point of view is showing thedetails of the beach and of the rocky sea stacks. The light is making the colours to stand out. Have a nice day.

Pierre

lousat (139332) 2019-03-14 15:46

Ciao Malgo,i recognize very well this beach seen in a terrible windy evening with a lot of in flight sea foam. 2 beautiful pics with the special light of winter,very very bright,i like it! Have a good night and thanks,Luciano

ifege (48159) 2019-03-14 21:26

Hi Malgo
Excellent coastal photo Malgo (and I like the colour better today). Very impressive stacks.

Tue (92470) 2019-03-14 23:28

Hello Malgo,
What an amazing view under fantastic lighting conditions. The warm light on the basalt rocks and the pillars in the sea look great in front of the blue sky. Very well done!
Lars

papagolf21 (152607) 2019-03-15 0:05

Bonjour, chère Malgo,
Nous sommes dans un autre monde à travers ces prises de vue.
L'immensité des lieux, les personnages s'apparentent à des fourmis colorées.
Une note qui fait plaisir à lire rappelant notre enfance à travers les contes et légendes.
Merci de nous offrir ces très belles images.
Amitiés.
Philippe

COSTANTINO (116580) 2019-03-15 1:06

Hello dear Malgorzata
and have a nice time
anda happy weekend
captured in lovely light
travelers will immediately
observe rocky sea
Costantino

BennyV (34748) 2019-03-15 8:33

Hello Malgo

This reminds me of that beach scene at the end of the original "Planet of the Apes"...it looks extraterrestrial but - spoiler alert! - it isn't!!

Benny

carlo62 (81265) 2019-03-16 6:54

Ciao Malgo
la conformazione rocciosa a sinistra è fantastica e incredibile, qui tutto il panorama è bellissimo, una bella vista dell'insieme con le.persone che danno vita alla scena.
Saluti
Carlo

mcmtanyel (68623) 2019-03-27 20:50

Hello Malgo,
These are two lovely photos of this interesting shoreline. Nicely done!
Regards,
MT

jmdias (115252) 2019-04-01 10:00

malgo

madeira island has a black beach too, but with no basalt columns. (did you visited madeira island? I visited many places, few ones are more beautiful for me).
fabulous this view with the islets like monuments and the columns of basalt in evidence.nice view.

take care
jorge

cornejo (61504) 2019-04-08 3:44

Hola Malgo, muy buena vista de la bonita playa, muy bien compuesta y captada en esta buena y bonita fotografia. Una interesante imagen, con buena nitidez, profundidad, luz, color y calidad. Muy buen y bonito trabajo perfectamente realizado, mis felicitaciones amigo mio. Gracias por compartir este interesante trabajo.

Buena tarde y feliz comienzo de semana.
Todo lo mejor desde el sur de España.
Angel.