Seljalandsfoss, Skógafoss, Dyrholaey, Arnardrangur, Reynisfjara, Vik I Myrdahl

It has been a big day.  Lots of driving and lots of stops.  A couple of waterfalls both very different from the earlier waterfalls.  Churches and more churches.  I hope that you don't get tired of churches.  And the black sand of the southern coast.

As I'm driving to our first waterfall, I spot a church out in the country.  I stop.  It is Braeoratungukirkja.

 Seljalandsfoss is a really cool waterfall.  It is a 220 foot monster.

As you get closer it is even more impressive.

But the really cool thing is that you can walk behind the waterfall.  The spray from the waterfall is impressive.  You will get soaked.  Guide books warn about ruining camera equipment.  So the Nikon goes back into the car and I don full rain gear.  There is no way that I'm not doing this.  You may laugh but my iPhone 12 Pro is submersible for 30 minutes and it has wide angle.  This is what it looks like.

Skógafoss is 200 feet high and 80 feet wide.  Guidebooks warn that the hard part of photographing here is getting a photo without any people.  No problem today.

I went with the 3 stop neutral density filter today.  The shutter times are not quite as long but it is a lot easier with which to work.  The camera can meter and focus through the 3 stop filter.  With the 10 stop filter, the filter must be removed, the shot lined up, metered and focused.  Then the filter goes on and the revised shutter time is calculated and the camera is set in manual  mode.  Oh yes, and don't forget to close the eyepiece.  I know that you wanted to know that.

The nearby Skogar Museum has earthen houses once used by Icelanders

and a church.

They even have miniature houses and a miniature church for the kids.  Notice the bones for the children to play with.

Now for the southern coast.  Dyrholaey means door hole island.  This is the view from a 380 foot promontory.  It is raining.

Arnardrangur means eagle's rock.  It is still raining.

Iceland has a motto that goes something like "when nature calls, don't call on nature".  They are pretty good at locating WCs in tourist spots.  Some are really up to date.  But they are not free.  They are connected to the internet (in the middle of nowhere it seems) and can take your credit card for the 20 Krone admission fee.  Exit is free.  Also notice the glass windows and social distancing.

Iceland was formed and is still being formed by volcanos.  Evidence can be found not only in the volcanos but in the basalt columns from magma.

I found two churches by Reynisfjara.

And the church at Vik i Myrdahl is not to be missed.

And finally, just because I claim to be a photographer.

Oh, and about four and a half hours of driving today.  I'm tired.  Goodnight.