I have ambivalent feelings about Ios, the second island of the Cyclades Archipelago we visited during our latest tour of Greece. On one hand, it is touristy, with too many tacky restaurants and shops in the streets around the port and near the main square. On the other, it offers some impressive views of its bays and the islands nearby …
I Go Weak In The Presence Of Beauty
This was another one of those serendipitous discoveries. Me and a friend were driving up and down the hills, trying to find the exact location of an image I had seen online a few days earlier. While we did find the spot, we couldn’t get much out of it. First, our main subject, a castle, was quite distant and there …
Montenegro Sunset
To reach this location, one needs to take the road going south from Kotor, Montenegro, then take a left turn and drive up a narrow road along the face of the mountain. After 25 hair-raising hairpin turns, one reaches the first of a series of viewpoints that overlook the Bay of Kotor (Boka Kotorska) and offer a terrifying view of …
Take Me Home, Country Roads
A little demonstration that sometimes the best locations are in our backyards. In this case, less than one hour’s drive from home. With the right light, every landscape can be magnificent. Equipment used: Fujifilm X-E2, Fujinon XF 16-55mm F2.8 R LM WR. Exposure data: Three exposures at 1/8s, 1/15s, and 1/30s, f/11, ISO 200. Merged as HDR using Adobe Lightroom …
The Hills Are On Fire
The natural landscape photo I am sharing this week is not that natural. The hillsides close to where I live have been largely shaped by the hand of man and most hills are covered in vineyards or fields of cereals. Still, this is not a cityscape, so it fits the category. This particular photo just won a contest too, so …