Tag: Nature
-
Still no sign of spring?
Still no sign of spring? When is this snow finally going to melt so that the world will wake up from its winter sleep? We are dying to graze again in the sun on the green mountain slopes! That’s what these chamois seem to think while staring into the cold white distance. Photo of the week: Chavannes, Villars-sur-Ollon,…
-
Dream women
Dream women Had the gap between the trees in this Japanese garden been specially designed to grant me a glimpse of the two lovely young women who were posing so beautifully there?As I drew nearer, I saw that they were clad in kimonos, those magnificent traditional robes that transform the women who wear them into…
-
The other
The other Having climbed all the way to the rim of the volcanic crater early in the morning, I look around me. The thin morning mist still hangs like a shimmering veil over the vast sea of sand surrounding me. On my other side, I gaze down into the depths of the crater. Then, on…
-
Bromo and Semeru
Bromo and Semeru I walked the slopes of the Etna, filmed on Vulcano, felt the threatening presence of Stromboli in Rossellini’s beautiful film of the same name, but a grand view of so many extinct and still active craters as on the Tengger Massif is unique. This makes the landscape of Mount Bromo, with Semeru…
-
Taking distance
Taking distance It is advisable to climb now and then to higher altitudes and rise above the daily cackling of one’s 7 billion fellow human beings. Not to put oneself above the group out of a misplaced sense of superiority, but rather to take some distance for a while and so have a broader view…
-
The universe in a forest
The universe in a forest I took this photograph in the same woodland as last week’s picture. I was fascinated by the illuminated green specks – leaves and reflections of leaves – in the middle of this very dark pool. But it was only when I looked at the photograph on the screen afterwards that…
-
Primeval forests
Primeval forests Streams and pools in deep, dark forests heighten the primeval atmosphere. It takes my thoughts back to ancient times, hundreds of millions of years ago, when life first emerged on our planet; life that has since evolved slowly. In the right-hand corner of the photograph, part of my own shadow can be seen.…
-
Sympathy
Sympathy A girl is photographing tiny red flowers against a backdrop of green leaves. Beautiful flowers. Beautiful girl. Her attentive gaze perceives colour, life and beauty in a minuscule detail of nature. Her gesture betrays a modest, sensitive spirit. And me? I see the outstretched arm, take in the whole scene at a glance and…
-
Autumn Sonata
Autumn Sonata Een man loopt op een bospad in de herfst. De man is mijn broer, maar het had ieder ander kunnen zijn: ikzelf, of jij die naar deze foto kijkt. Het is de mens. Hij gaat zijn weg door het leven. Leven dat op een goede dag tot zijn eind komt. A man is…
καιρός remembered 