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Baldur Bjarnason
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Writer, web developer and consultant based in Hveragerði, Iceland. Lapsed Interactive Media Academic. Webby Tech Stuff and webby book stuff.

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This kind of photo tickles my brain. #photos #iceland
Tree branches against the sky, in black and white, looking particularly fractal as ice as formed on them.
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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My town looks okay, for now (photos): https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/photos/my-town-looks-okay-for-now/
A very yellow photo due to a combination of the yellowing plastic in the greenhouse and the sunset. You can see dirt on the plastic and the silhouettes of plants inside. The curvature of the greenhouse is more obvious in this photo. You can see the branches outside glow in the sun Two ravens perching side-by-side, clearly vocally commenting on what they see below Two ravens perch side-by-side on a tree branch. You can see the slopes of a mountain behind them.
January 12, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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Raven pair #iceland #bird #birds #raven
A pair of ravens up in a tree.
January 11, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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For this #caturday, some of the local cats hanging out in and on top of a commercial greenhouse. They're friends with the staff, who occasionally forget the cats are there when they leave at the end of the day, so the owner has to go and let the cats out when they don't show up for meals
Seen through a cluster of branches, the cat Loðmundur climbs on top of a greenhouse roof. The very furry cat Loðmundur pauses on a greenhouse roof to inspect the view. Skotta, a calico-patterned cat, sits on a table inside the greenhouse That same calico-patterned cat walking across one of the tables in the greenhouse.
January 10, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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These photos are kind of the "leftovers". Not bad photos, per se, but don't work quite as well as I had hoped they would when I took them. I'll probably need to revisit them at a later date. #photos #iceland
The abandoned powerhouse for the old wool mill, wrapped in fog. You can see hints of the road that runs by the river, which is a little bit off-putting. The river Varmá, in shade. Frosted trees and grass along its banks. On the other side of the river you can see the teacher's parking lot for the town school. A clear view of another part of the old wool mill on the other side of the river. Only the foundations remain. A bench, surrounded by frosted grass and trees.
January 9, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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Last of this batch of bird photos. A pair of pigeons perch on a street light. #iceland #bird #birds
Seen through the a pair of tree branches, two pigeons perch on a street light as the sun is rising and setting. (It's midwinter in Iceland.)
January 9, 2026 at 10:41 AM
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Scenes around the river Varmá here in Hveragerði were genuinely picturesque this week. #photos #iceland
One of the few remaining buildings of the old wool mill sits ruined by the river, half-bathed in sunlight, steam rising from the water Light shines through the steam over the water like rays.
January 8, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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The smaller birds were also out and about this week here in Hveragerði. Redpolls, redwings, and blackbirds #photos #iceland #bird #birds
Redpolls fluttering around a neighbour's bird feeder A blackbird posing in a tree Another blackbird posing in a tree A redwing catching a bit of sunlight in the cold
January 8, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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A few more raven photos from earlier this week. #photos #iceland #bird #birds #raven
Same raven on the same branch, taking another look. Raven on a frosty branch staring down at the photographer. A raven in flight. Taken against the sky
January 7, 2026 at 10:52 AM
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So, during winter here in Hveragerði steam frosts on the plants in needle-like ice formations when it's cold. I'm guessing this can happen wherever humidity and frost combine, but it gives the plant life next to the river a unique look #photos #iceland #winter
A tree branch in silhouette. Needle-like ice grows out of the branch. Another tree branch with ice. The sun is setting and rising (this is midwinter in Iceland) in the background A photo that shows a whole tree covered in this kind of ice. The river is behind it. Long grass covered in ice. Behind it you can see the river and the remains of a 19th-century wool wool mill.
January 7, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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I did get a little bit obsessed by the branch that hung over the river yesterday. #photos #iceland #winter
A photo of a ice-encrusted branch that has grown out over a river. Steam rises from the river. Same branch. Same river. Except this time the photo is in portrait orientation so you can see more of the trees above and the sky.
January 6, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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Another angle on yesterday's raven pair, during a quieter moment. #photos #iceland #bird #birds #raven
Two ravens perch side-by-side on a tree branch. You can see the slopes of a mountain behind them.
January 6, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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I wonder why the river is called "Varmá" (literally "Warm River" in Icelandic)? 😝 #photos #iceland
A photo of Varmá river. A frosted tree stretches out over the river and steam is all around.
January 5, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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This raven pair gave off strong "Statler and Waldorf commenting on passing hikers" vibes. #photos #iceland #bird #birds #raven
Two ravens perching side-by-side, clearly vocally commenting on what they see below
January 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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Local commercial greenhouse during sunset #photos #iceland
A very yellow photo due to a combination of the yellowing plastic in the greenhouse and the sunset. You can see dirt on the plastic and the silhouettes of plants inside. The curvature of the greenhouse is more obvious in this photo. You can see the branches outside glow in the sun
January 3, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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Brynhildur Jenný útskýrir afhverju hún teiknaði myndasöguna Kötturinn og ég í gráu, með smá snert af lit #bók #myndasaga #bækur

Fáanleg í verslunum Pennans: www.penninn.is/is/book/kott...

Brynhildur Jenný talks about why she drew the graphic novel The Cat and I in tinted gray-scale.
January 2, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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A foggy respite: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2025/a-foggy-respite/
An old tourist sign, now blank, decays in the fog A yellow warning sign about hot springs up ahead. A path winds past the sign into the fog A very yellow sign warning you about hot springs on the other side of the fence. You can't see the steam for the fog. A view over a field half-covered in fog. You can see the vague outlines of drainage ditches
December 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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These are probably the spookiest from the foggy walk the other day #photos #iceland #hveragerði #blackandwhite
A memorial stone for the husband-and-wife duo that ran the local horticultural school for years seen through fog. An abandoned cottage seen through a pair of trees, in the fog That same abandoned cottage from the other side, in the fog
December 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Because I tend to underuse colour. #photos #iceland #hveragerði #blackandwhite
As the fog was starting to roll in, you could still see hints of the sky above the trees A mossy rock and, I think, pine trees in the fog. Parallel barbed wire fences run along a geothermally active area and a lot of yellow grass.
December 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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These photos give you a little bit of a sense of how thick the fog was here the other day. #photos #iceland #hveragerði #blackandwhite
A view over a field half-covered in fog. You can see the vague outlines of drainage ditches In the distance through the fog, you can see old unused stables. A fence fades into the fog. A pedestrian bridge over the river Varmá fades into gray.
December 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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So, because editing and rewriting is where the magic happens, I decided to rework yesterday's "signs in fog" photos. Made the colours a little bit less natural and contrasty (still more natural than the average phone's defaults) #photos #iceland #hveragerði #iceland
An old tourist sign, now blank, decays in the fog A yellow warning sign about hot springs up ahead. A path winds past the sign into the fog A very yellow sign warning you about hot springs on the other side of the fence. You can't see the steam for the fog.
December 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Signs in fog. #photos #iceland #hveragerði
A very yellow sign warning you about hot springs on the other side of the fence. You can't see the steam for the fog. A yellow warning sign about hot springs up ahead. A path winds past the sign into the fog An old tourist sign, now blank, decays in the fog
December 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Finally, a few of the earliest photos I've taken, at least in terms of deliberate practice. I took them on a Yashica SLR in the mid- to late-nineties in Reykjavík. #photos #film #blackandwhite
A dog lounges in the middle of a street A cat stares down the street. The pond in the Reykjavík city centre. Most of the buildings are little more than silhouettes That same pond. Ducks swim in it as the sun sets.
December 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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I took these four photos in 2000, or thereabouts, my last job in Iceland before moving to the UK was as a vision mixer in a news studio. These were taken either at work or on my way home. #photos #film #blackandwhite
Laugavegur, Iceland's old shopping street, while raining. The control room for the newsroom in the old headquarters of the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, just before they moved. The pavement next to Hólavallakirkjugarður, often called "the old cemetery". Ahead we see a group of people walking. A cat shelters under a car in the rain.
December 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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The author of The Cat and I, Brynhildur Jenný, explains why she draws by hand and isn't fond of drawing with a tablet or iPad (English subs included)

Brynhildur Jenný útskýrir afhverju hún handteiknaði myndasöguna, Kötturinn og ég, og er ekki hrifin af því að vinna í tölvu #bók #myndasaga #bækur
December 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM