sunrise over the black beach, a photo from Sudhur-Thingeyjarsysla, Nordhurland Eystra

Photographer's Note

The famous glacier lagoon at Jökusarlon in southern Iceland is joined to the sea by Iceland's shortest river. After a mere few hundred meters the glacier lagoon is emptying itself in the sea and carries the icebergs with it, where the often get stranded at the black sand beach there.
It is best to visit the lagoon and the beach early morning as the closest hotel is 12km away in Hali (country hotel, farm with own fishery and lamb and poets museum at once) and the tour buses from Reykjavik arrive only around noon when the lagoon and the beach is crowded with tourists and photographers with tripods. Here we where at 07.30am at the beach before heading back towards Reykjavik later in the day.

jhm, ikeharel, holmertz, pajaran, bukitgolfb301, alvaraalto, ourania, macjake, ChrisJ, adores heeft deze opmerking als nuttig gemarkeerd

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lousat (139990) 2016-04-10 4:07

Salut Daniel,une perspective gagnante pour nous montrer la surface du glacier noir et aussi le spectacle dans le ciel,exposition super et details impressionants,image de reve sans doutes! Bon Dimanche et merci,Luciano

jhm (211738) 2016-04-10 4:28

Hello Daniel,

A beach with ice, stones and imminent sky.
An excellent panorama view about the area.
Colours and sharpness are wonderful
Composition and presentation is excellent.
Very well done, TFS.

Kindest regards,
John.

heimann2 (2067) 2016-04-10 4:32

Nice perspective and wonderful colors. Without the ice in the foreground the pic would be really flat!
thanks for showing
Pierre

ikeharel (114605) 2016-04-10 4:50

Hello Daniel,
The black soil is remnants of volcanic residue, that's the only possible explanation for the color. Contrast nicely with the sunrise golden light and the remnants of ice upon its surface.
Missing just a possible element to give scale on the beach scenery.
Anyway, I find this superb pic. shows nature's beauty.
Best regards,
Ike

BennyV (34780) 2016-04-10 4:54

Hello Daniel

There's a great, almost other-worldly kind of feeling to this nature shot and scene. The black earth, the smoothly shaped pebbles and the textures on those three chunks of ice. Excellent picture!

Benny

samson (2250) 2016-04-10 6:54

Hello Daniel,

I enjoy walking on golden sandy beaches.

A black sandy beach? And with ice on it....I must try this.

Great shot.

cheers,
sam

Tue (93436) 2016-04-10 7:06

Hello Daniel,
Great view of this black beach. The small icebergs look beautiful against this background and also the many large pebbles make a great pattern. The cloudy sunrise sky is wonderful too.
Lars

holmertz (103628) 2016-04-10 7:27

Hello Daniel,
This is a magnificent and kind of eerie photo of the large pieces of ice on the black sand and the orange/purple morning sky above and reflected in the sea. It is a photo that expresses emptiness and ice-cold winds, but at least it is free from tripods. There are not many colours, but I like these few, and there is a fine clarity with excellent contrasts.
Best regards,
Gert

Silvio1953 (222925) 2016-04-10 9:06

Ciao Daniel, fascinating sunrise, lovely composition with fantastic ice blocks in FG, wonderful colors and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

hay_kes (31439) 2016-04-10 9:53

Hi Daniel,
What an amazing capture vith excellent nature photo.TFS.
Cheers,

hAyAti

bukitgolfb301 (54014) 2016-04-10 16:37

Hi Bonjour dear Daniel

Wow so attractive image in the fronteer. Great panfocus appraoch makes so dramatic image as such. The framework and composition, so well balanced component, you did get masterful output under the sever high contarst condition, great job!

All the best and have a good day! Takero

emka (158826) 2016-04-10 19:18

Hello Daniel,

Fantastic picture and at once I would like to go there. But even when the flights are cheap, I am afraid it is expensive, like Norway. And I have no idea how to travel without the car. Amazing black beach and these ice pieces.

WArm regards Malgo

Nicou (193814) 2016-04-10 21:17

Hlelo

quelle vue sur cette plage le sable tout noire et ces roche comme de la glace translucide fantastique captage et vue superbe compo avec ce ciel en fond de rêve.
Bravo et amitié
Nicou

Royaldevon (86478) 2016-04-11 0:02

Hello Daniel,

It was certainly worth getting up early so that you could have this amazing scene all on your own. It would have had a completely different atmosphere had it been crowded with people!
The predominance of greys and black make the pale amber of the sunrise very noticeable.

I really like your use of the small icebergs, in the f/g. They are details which help explain the location as well as being interesting focal points to create a sense of depth.
Earth has such diverse beauty!

My warm regards,
Bev. :-)

alvaraalto (42804) 2016-04-11 1:11

Hello Daniel,
Marvelous threatening landscape. The dark grey/purple colors are on the beach, in the sea and in the sky and harmonize beautifully.
The three pieces ice gives the landscape a glow of the Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson.
Excellent presentation
Groet Rob

ourania (51103) 2016-04-11 10:09

Hello Daniel,
what an extraordinary, poetic landscape, it inspires awe from your picture, being there at this particular hour of the day must have been a thrilling experience. The colours and the textures are fantastic, I also appreciate the sense of depth and the wave coming from the distant background, it challenges the absolute peace of the scene. Great work, congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a great evening,
Ourania

Cricri (176) 2016-04-18 10:45

Bonjour Daniel
Un paysage extraordinaire, ces blocs de glace sur le sable noir, un beau moment avec les couleurs douces du ciel, magnifique
Amitiés
cricri

chawax (20764) 2016-04-18 12:45

HI Daniel,
Typical picture of Iceland but still a great pleasure ! Very good contrast between the transparent / white ice and the black sand.
Regards,
Olivier

macjake (98544) 2016-04-19 4:16

Hi Daniel
yes, I remember this beach very very well.
When we were here it was late morning and we pretty much had the entire beach to ourselves - it was fantastic. Although I remember it also being EXTREMELY Cold and windy, which made it quite uncomfortable once you're out there for longer than 30 min.

We stayed in a hotel in that town you mentioned in your note too :)

great looking shot with the black sand, the clouds, the water/horizon line, and the contrasting ice and round smooth rocks. What's not to like. A must see place in Iceland.
Cheers
Craig

berek (50518) 2016-04-19 22:13

Dear Daniel
what a view on this beach all the black sand and the rock as the fantastic translucent ice capture and compo superb view with this dreamy background sky. impressive
Greetings.
Burak

ChrisJ (172436) 2016-05-15 3:57

Hello Daniel,

Wherever there is volcanic activity, there are black sand beaches, & Iceland is no exception. Strong graphic elements with good sharpness. Tfs!

adores (46979) 2016-06-10 16:19

Hi Daniel!
This looks fantastic, it must be really amazing when there's no one around. I like the composition a lot, the texture of the ice, the dark sand, the morning light... Great shot!