I captured this photo in downtown Reykjavik at around midnight last summer. I took one night and walked around the harbor and downtown area taking as many photos as I could. The place was completely empty.
Iceland's Sun Voyager
This stainless-steel sculpture of a boat was put in place in 1990. It sits in a great location in the Reykjavik marina.
Hopscotch
I’d be willing to place a small bet this is the longest hopscotch course in the world. I took this photo around mid-night this time last year in Reykjavik Iceland. This was one of those nights I’d get MJ back to our hotel room and go back out taking photographs by myself.
Harpa Concert Hall
This is a very cool spot. This concert and conference venue was opened in 2011. It sits on the harbor in downtown Reykjavik, Iceland. The unique shapes of the glass panels are supposed to be inspired by the basalt landscape of the country.
Harpa Concert Hall And Conference Centre
This is a beautiful concert hall in the harbor of Reykjavik Iceland. It held it’s opening concert in May 2011 and is home to both the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and The Icelandic Opera.
I took this picture at about 1am in the morning when the sun was still setting in the harbor. It was a perfect blue hour, except the blue hour lasted about 6 hours…because the sun doesn’t ever set during the summer in Iceland. It’s an amazing example of beautiful modern architecture put in perfect place to make the entire project wonderful. When you see it, you can’t help but be drawn towards it.
Sun Voyager
My friend called me tonight to ask me about my Iceland
trip. We don’t talk as much as we
should and it was nice to hear from him.
So tonight I am posting this Iceland picture for Mike. I hope he likes it.
Right on Saebraut Street in downtown Reykjavik Iceland along the harbor sits this beautiful sculpture called Sun Voyager. The sculpture is a dreamboat ode to the sun designed by Jon Gunnar Arnason.
Even though it is an ode to the sun, you can see I didn’t take this picture during a great sunny day. I actually took this 7-exposure HDR image at around midnight as the sun was going down on a stormy night. If it wasn’t for the storm, even after the sun went down, it would have remained light out.
This sculpture is so cool. I knew before our trip to Iceland I had to visit this location to see this amazing site. And I did. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did in person.
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