Tag: Nature
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Two takes, one lake
Two takes, one lake Just two out of a multitude of different possible takes of one and the same lake. Photos of the week: Etang de Pontremble, France 2024
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With frame and without
With frame and without The wooden frame was probably placed there to draw visitors’ gaze towards the beautiful view of Château-Chalon. But the frame reduces the view of the small hilltop town to little more than a postcard. It creates a distance between the viewer and the landscape. In contrast, the unframed image draws the…
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Out of the blue
Out of the blue I didn’t actually see it falling from the sky. It was already there when I passed it on my walk around La Vineuse-sur-Frégande. Photo of the week: La Vineuse-sur-Frégande, France 2023
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Chisaku-in garden
Chisaku-in garden Sen no Rikyu, the legendary Japanese Tea master, is said to have loved the garden of the Chisaku-in temple. Rikyu died in 1591, while the temple was constructed in 1601. So the garden must have been layed out well before. I can imagine Rikyu sitting on a rock, contemplating the beauty of the…
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Friends
Friends They had become our distant friends, the Himalayan peaks that we used to see from our house during the different seasons, year after year. Back in Europe I miss my Indian friends, the ones of stone as well as the ones of flesh and blood. Photo of the week: View from Maat village, Almora,…
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Binsar
Binsar Having left our abode in the Himalayan foothills, I now and then look at the pictures I took there. They let me return virtually to the places that have touched me and of which I cherish the memory. Photo of the week: Binsar Reserve, Uttarakhand, India 2018
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Looking back
Looking back 31st December, it has been quite a year. Wishing you a happy new year ahead. Photo of the week: Betalbatim, Goa, India 2022
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Flatland
Flatland When we think of Edwin A. Abbott’s ‘Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions’, in which he explores Lineland, Flatland and Spaceland in greater depth, we find ourselves here in a Flatland set in space. The main characters for a romance in three dimensions are already in place. Photo of the week: Table land, Panchgani,…
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Water earth sky
Water earth sky A strip of earth between lake and sky.The ethereal landscape of a high plateau. Photo of the week: Table land, Panchgani, India 2018
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Apparition of Mahadeva between the grass
Apparition of Mahadeva between the grass As if he is coming to the surface from the depths of the Earth. We recognize him as a copy of the magnificent sculpture in the Elephanta cave near Mumbai. Mahadeva the primordial god, embodying Shiva and Parvati, male and female.The original sculpture figures in my film “In the…
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