Iceland is a land defined by violent changes: weather and volcanic activity.  Lava flows, frozen in time, dominate the landscape.  These formed ragged mountains under glaciers, arches carved by sea and wind, basalt cliffs and islands.  Nothing is small here except the tiny buildings that mark man’s presence.

I’m drawn back again and again to try to capture this place.

In September 2021, my most recent visit, I used my Canon 6D camera converted to full spectrum by Kolari Vision, with their IR Chrome filter.

The filter captures light reflected from green leaves and grasses and turns them orange to red, mimicking the red molten rock that once flowed here.  

I found that the filter perfectly emphasized the lava flows and grassy plains leading down to the sea.  It turned seaweed bright red, which highlighted the sculpted basalt rocks, building blocks of the landscape.

Someone named the abandoned house in this series “Ragnar’s Castle” after a mythical/historic figure in Icelandic lore.  This is certainly Ragnar’s land.