At anchor

 Another late-summer sunset, taken during our last vacation, this one was during the first days of September. 

The harbour-bay was clear as glass,

So smoothly it was strewn!

And on the bay the moonlight lay,

And the shadow of the Moon. 

-Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Piran

 

I took this during our last vacation, towards the end of August. I think there might have been a bit of rain during the day which cleaned up the atmosphere - the visibility was quite good despite the clouds in the sky.

Fire in the sky

 

Taken after sunset, looking off towards the west, late in the fall. Autumn and winter sunsets are the best - I imagine it's because of the low angle which the sun sets behind the horizon.

Last rays on the Karavanke

Took this a couple of weeks ago - after a few days of rain the clouds started to part, just in time for the setting sun to light up the Karavanke mountains. The one on the left (towards the west) is Brana, on the right (partly obscured by clouds) is Planjava (whose west wall I climbed years ago), between them is the Kamnik saddle.
 

Westward bridge

Took this photo recently in Novo Mesto, just a quick shot with my phone. The footbridge spans across the river Krka from the city itself to a small, forested hill on the opposite bank of the river. The old part of town is easily one of the nicest in Slovenia.

Last rays on the cliff

This was taken a month or so ago at the climbing spot at the village of Sisljan, near Trieste, Italy. The climbing spot (or crag) isn't very large but it is right next to the sea, perfect for climbing in the late autumn, winter or early spring. 

Krvavec

The ski resort of Krvavec, taken on a late winter evening. The light towards the Karavanke was beautiful but fleeting - one minute the sun lit up the mountain tops, the next minute all was in shadow. This kept repeating for about ten minutes before the sun sank below the horizon - just enough time to pull out the camera and take three or four shots.

Also, to anyone who reads this - a happy new year :-)

Zoom-zoom

Driving off into the sunset one late autumn evening.

Sundown on the Croda da Lago

The last rays of sun illuminate the Croda da Lago, one of the Italian Dolomites. The photo was taken about a week ago, when we spent some time climbing in the Dolomites around Cortina D'Ampezzo. This was taken from the Cinque Torri as we were finishing for the day.

Country Roads, Take Me Home

Gregor's "new oldtimer", Citroen CX Break in a beautiful rainy sundown, on a country road. Taken with the new 24 megapixel Nikon D3200. Not that those pixels are used here on blogspot, or anywhere else :) The car is not new in his garage, but the certified old-timer title is. And comfortable ride this is. No matter if it's driven on a highway or on a country road.

Stockholm at midnight

This is as dark as it gets in Stockholm, Sweden, in the beginning of July. The photo was taken around midnight, perhaps half an hour past. This is towards the old town. The light is just crazy - it has much more color than our eyes can see. As it gets darker, our eyes tend to see less and less color, essentially sacrificing color rendition for (still poor) night vision. Cameras don't do this, which is why photos taken at night tend to be more colorful then we expect.

Fields of sunshine

First off, we're sorry for the very long delay in posting anything here. We've both been incredibly busy over the summer. Žiga has been diving and I've been climbing - first to Italy, to the Dolomites for a week, then to France for another week. I've spent most of August moving (and I also post quite a bit at my other blog), and am finally getting settled in. I have literally thousands of photos to go through, but I already have a few nice ones lined up.

This is from France, but from my trip in May. The photo was taken in Avignon, looking down from the Palais des Papes (the palace of the popes) towards the river Rhone. The city is just beautiful, as is the entire region. The shot above was taken towards the evening - and I'm still amazed at the beauty of the light.

At anchor

Taken around sunset at a climbing spot overlooking the Italian port of Trieste. The same place as this picture of Miramar castle and this sunset.

Surrounded by the Sky

Taken in Rome. A lovely City:)

Miramar

The castle of Miramare near Trieste, Italy, taken from the Napoleonica climbing spot during sunset. The name means 'sea view' in Spanish, and the castle itself was build for the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian. The name itself, however, always brings memories of another Miramar - the US Marine Corps Air Station featured in the movie Top Gun. Yes, the place exists, and it really did host the Navy Fighters Weapon School - the famous Top Gun.

The night approaches

Taken minutes between this shot and this one - all three of these are some of my favorite photographs I've taken and show how important beautiful light is. I have another similar shot of this building, but I really like the diagonal that the clouds make - not to mention the small moon in the background.

I was going to post this earlier, but Žiga's last post is just so awesome, I wanted to keep it on top for a bit longer :)

Apocalypse

The World War 3 would look something like this.

Framed triangle

This is a relatively new building in Ljubljana, behind the main railway station. I never really noticed it until one evening when the last rays of sunlight lit it up in this beautiful orange-yellow light.

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Taken from a nice climbing spot near the Italian city of Trieste - about an hour's drive from Ljubljana. We were walking up towards the car when the sun started to go down and this scene unfolded for a couple of minutes - just enough time for me to pull out my camera.

Superman's Metropolis

Photography, when you get down to it, is simply the capture of light. Sometimes the light can be so beautiful it knocks the breath from your lungs and leaves you speachless and dumbfounded. The interesting thing is that you often don't even realise the complete magnificence of the light - our eyes tend to adapt all too well and decrease the contrast between the light and dark, in effect making the scene less powerful. Also, as darkness falls, we see less and less color. This doesn't happen to cameras (be it on film or digital). So sometimes, the image from the camera can be even more powerful than you remember it.

This image above reminds me of the strong, beautiful colors present in many comic books - Superman being the most iconic. Whereas many newer comics tend to be darker (must I really mention the legend?), Superman has always had a bright, punchy and highly saturated (at times even cartoon-ish) color palette (as can be seen when comparing the first picture on his Wikipedia page with that of Batman's).

I first considered naming the post just 'Metropolis', but I decided to be specific. After all, it is the name of a very iconic film as well as a generic name for a large city.