Tag: Nature
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Smart coats
Smart coats Three little lads on top of the world – their world. Fortunately, they had no time for me. That’s how they’ll remain etched in my memory forever. Photo of the week: Tibet, between Gyantse and Lhasa, China 1996
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The Earth is round
The Earth is round The Earth is round. Its surface measures 510.000.000 km2. On a tiny part, in Gruyère, a tree and a chapel stand brotherly next to each other. Photo of the week: Charmey, Gruyère, Switzerland 2022
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Snow Country
Snow Country Why does this make me think of “Snow Country”, of Kawabata? Not just because the image depicts a snow-covered landscape. It is the sensitivity and perfection with which Kawabata describes feminine beauty in his novels.Here, it is nature that gives me the feeling of looking at a reclining nude, rendered with the same…
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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
