Visiting Iceland - DPChallenge Forums

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

11/28/2008 11:34:33 AM · #1

Me and my friend will be having a long weekend in Reykjavik next week. Does anyone have some recommendations for places to see during our stay? Hiring a car is a possibility.

Thanks

MattO

Nikon D4

11/28/2008 11:50:39 AM · #2

Between the beauty in the landscape and the beauty of the two legged kind, I'm sure there wont be any issues finding something to shoot. I'm envious that you are headed there.

Matt

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

11/29/2008 04:42:10 PM · #3

bump

doctornick

Apple iPhone 13 Pro

11/29/2008 08:36:15 PM · #4

Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM

12/02/2008 05:24:33 AM · #5

I'll bump this the one last time.

Ragga2000

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

12/02/2008 07:37:57 AM · #6

It so much depends on how you are going to spend this weekend. Are you coming here to stay in the Reykjavík area, vining and dining, museums, art galleries and stuff like that... OR are you going to spend the weekend going outside of Reykjavík?? There are so many things you can see if you drive for an hour or so outside Reykjavík but on the other hand there are so many things to be seen inside Reykjavík also?? so... your plans are??? :o)

MAK

Leica M Monochrom

Voigtlander Ultron 21mm f1.8

12/02/2008 07:48:49 AM · #7

When I come to Iceland it will be to meet up with the DPCers from there and have a big party with splashes of photography thrown in.. Be warned Iceland Ima comin soon wooohooo

Have a blast Paynekj

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G

12/02/2008 08:30:58 AM · #8

Originally posted by Ragga2000:

We have open plans, spending some time in Reykjavík and some time outside if there's something to see and/or do that we can get to and from in a day.

breadfan35

Nikon D3

12/02/2008 10:26:35 AM · #9

I'd love to visit Reykjavik some time. Maybe one day I will. If I do, I'll hunt down

Larus and make him teach me how to do kickass portraits!

;-D

CorySmith

12/02/2008 11:06:02 AM · #10

go to the blue lagoon!

kristensen20

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

12/02/2008 11:09:23 AM · #11

blue lagoon and gullfoss and geysir... those are the place's you really want to visit :)

12/02/2008 04:35:54 PM · #12

I've got some other questions:

I've looked in some guides to Iceland and they don't say which side of the road you drive on. It would be nice to know in advance if we're going to have to swap sides!

Is there any kind of smoking ban the same way there is here in the UK? As neither of us smoke, I'm just asking to be fore-warned again.

What kind of exchange rate is there at the moment? Due to the current financial situation we can't buy IKr in the UK, so we can't estimate the cost of things. How much it would cost to buy UK pounds in Iceland would be a good start.

Thanks,

Kevin

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM

12/11/2008 06:22:44 AM · #13

Now I have a post-trip question:

We went dog-sledding, but due to too much snow on the road to the glacier (Mýrdalsjökull), and not enough on the glacier, we went to the beach and were towed on a trolley instead of a sled:

(picture hosted on flickr)

What I'd like to know is the name of the area we did this. The object we are travelling to is a crashed US Navy DC3, and it's off Route 1 between Skógarfoss and Vík. Doing a search on Google gives ambiguous answers and I'd like to know what is correct.

Thanks

orvaratli

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

12/11/2008 08:32:25 AM · #14

The black desert beach is called Sólheimasandur, named after the glacier Sólheimajökull and its river that created it.