Ed Lehming Photography
From Where I Stand...
“Look with open eyes and you will see the beauty of the waterfall.” ― Anthony T. Hincks In this post, I decided to return to Hraunfossar, as fascinating series of waterfalls in...
“In November, the trees are standing all sticks and bones. Without their leaves, how lovely they are, spreading their arms like dancers. They know it is time to be still.” ― Cynthia...
“The stars looked down at me from infinite space. We are tiny, they said, but you are insignificant.” ― Shane Maloney On the first day of my Iceland trip, something that came...
“Waterfall and Barn” – Þjóðvegur, South Shore, Iceland “The icy waters flow and drop in silver streams from high cliff tops; they nourish the land and flow among the ancient bedrock...
“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar:...
“Kleifarvatn” – South-East Iceland “The very land oozed sulphurous steam, as if some ancient beast trapped below was exhaling through the cracks in the earth, yet the morning light filled the...
“Videy Island” – Reykjavik, Iceland “You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us. And the world will live as one.” ― John...
“Hvammsfjörður” – Western Iceland “Those who live by the sea can hardly form a single thought of which the sea would not be part.” ― Hermann Broch There was a slight delay...
“Hraunfossar – Wide View” – Western Iceland “In Iceland, water is everywhere. It surrounds the land itself. Water courses from high mountaintops, bursts from the ground, itself, and flows in endless...
“October Afternoon at Kirkjufellfoss” – Iceland “People are very busy; they are so busy that when they walk in the crowds they see no one, no one but themselves; they hear...
“Heiðarfall” – North Iceland “Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson On a day...
“Möðrudalsfjallgarðar” – East Iceland “When hell freezes over the Earth shall be covered in snow.” ― Anthony T. Hincks The theme of this day is snow, never-ending snow, floating snow, drifting snow,...
“Berufjörður” – Djúpavogshreppur, East Iceland “Welcome to driving Iceland, where every turn in the road opens up a brand new and astounding vista. Just when you think you have found the...
“Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður – Glacial Pool” – East Iceland “ If one looks at the glacier for long enough, words cease to have any meaning on God’s earth.” ― Halldór Laxness Today was...
It is said, “There is no bad weather in Iceland, only bad clothing” – unknown “Rangárþing Eystra” – South Iceland The saying above rang true on day one of my trip...
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity…...
“You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the...
“Oh, these vast, calm, measureless mountain days, inciting at once to work and rest! Days in whose light everything seems equally divine, opening a thousand windows to show us God. Nevermore,...
“It isn’t enough to pick a path—you must go down it. By doing so, you see things you couldn’t possibly see when you started out; you may not like what you...
“Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey.” ― Pat Conroy...
“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin Scenes like this are one of the...
“Nothing ever really goes away–it just changes into something else. Something beautiful.” ― Sarah Ockler I was debating the title for this image of a spent cicada pupa. I recall seeing thousands...
“Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life. Work’s important, family’s important, but without excitement, you have nothing. You’re cheating yourself if you refuse to enjoy what’s coming.” ― Nicholas...
“In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien As my journey through the September forests continued the forest and light varied significantly, this is the...
“As the years pass, I am coming more and more to understand that it is the common, everyday blessings of our common everyday lives for which we should be particularly grateful....
“We know that in September, we will wander through the warm winds of summer’s wreckage. We will welcome summer’s ghost.” ― Heny Rollins It struck me, as I considered this image, that...
“That old September feeling, left over from school days, of summer passing, vacation nearly done, obligations gathering, books and football in the air … Another fall, another turned page: there was...
“I went into geology because I like being outdoors, and because everybody in geology seemed, well, they all seemed like free spirits or renegades or something. You know, climbing mountains and...
“Everything dreams. The play of form, of being, is the dreaming of substance. Rocks have their dreams, and the earth changes….” ― Ursula K. Le Guin Image two of this series of...
“It was during my enchanted days of travel that the idea came to me, which, through the years, has come into my thoughts again and again and always happily—the idea that...
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