Yesterday we looked toward the water in Iceland. Today we take a quick peek at the land — but just as yesterday, we look at the land as seen through my digital darkroom.

As I’ve already mentioned, the weather was not ideal for my Golden Circle tour last week. At the first stop — the greenhouse — it was mostly raining. Although it cleared up a little in the middle of the day for the 2nd and 3rd stops (photos from those to be posted another day), it started to drizzle on and off when we reached the fourth and final stop. However, between the raindrops I managed to take photos of the typical landscape we’d been driving through all day. The mountains off in the distance may or may not be the volcanos the tour guide had mentioned in the morning. When she said “look to your right”, it was hard to see exactly what they looked like through the rain storm.

However, I do know that somewhere in that direction are active volcanoes, so I’ll assume that what we see in the photo below has at least one volcano in it. It might even be Eyjafjallajökull, the volcano that caused such a ruckus in 2010.  Or it might Grímsvötn, which is actually the most active volcano in Iceland; it typically erupts every 2-7 years. Or maybe another one – it turns out there are several in Iceland.

Anyway, whatever volcano it is, the photo below has been heavily adjusted for light and contrast, just like the sea photos that I posted yesterday. The resulting photo makes the landscape  look more like I think it should look lke when there is better light available in nature than there in the flat gray light last Thursday. Note I have not changed any of the colors, just adjusted the contrast and lighting a bit; interestingly enough, that actually brought out a touch of blue in the sky that I don’t recall seeing in person.

See what you think.

Looking toward the volcano(s), Iceland