Dreams in Nature

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I found this gem in the heart of Istria in autumns full spring and it ended up to be a perfect location for top-down aerial photography. 

Rushing trough the frozen fields of Val Venegia just to capture the beauty of sunset I was disappointed to see that I have completely missed the opportunity. The sunset was gone and I was nowhere near the mountains as I thought I am going to be. My girlfriend and I continued forward to explore the rest of the valley. Then as we moved trough the cold forest jumping from one side of the river to another we stumbled at this scene here, and just in that moment the magic of alpenglow started to happen and set the mountains ablaze.

I think this is the most beautiful atmosphere you can witness. The sun is set but the mountains still glow with this blue/silver shine.The feeling you get is mixture of cold and magic like in some fairytale.The wall on the photograph is north face of Grandes Jorasses (4,208 m).

Located on a rocky island which was populated since prehistoric times, Rovinj is one of the most beautiful gems of Adriatic sea. 

Wandering trough highlands in the cold wintery night...

Hiking up to the last line of northern Slovenia just to get a glimpse of Austrian alps...Just a sneak peak for future trips :)

A panoramic capture of the last light in Istrian highlands. I went there a few times and I always wanted to capture the contrast of the last light on one side and the falling night on the other. I actually didn't know I captured it at first, I was so focused on the sunset that I didn't notice the other side is darkening. It was a nice surprise when I previewed this at home. The small person on the left side is my good friend Mateo.

I woke up that day long before sunrise in order to catch this shot. The moon helped me a lot since I was using old camera which wasn't able to take good photographs during the night while the moon was hiding below the horizon but in the morning the moon perfectly lit the mountains for my trusty 5D to capture this frame. When I got across the lake the first thing I noticed was how small our tent was looking in front of Mont Blanc massif, and as I was sipping on my morning tea and shooting moonlit Mont Blanc my comrade and conspirator in this adventure Ante Kulušić just woke up and turned on his headlamp, probably to look for his favorite Quechua boots which he paid only 50€ and oddly enough they lasted during the entire trip (and I believe are still alive today). That light in tent was just the thing I needed to get the perfect shot to represent our voyage with just the tent, stars and dramatic Mont Blanc massif that shined like beacon of Europe embraced in cold moonlight. Note: later while looking at the photograph on large screen I noticed two small lights on Grand Jorasess which I assume where mountaineers taking their early asccent to conqure that treacherous north face. 

During the summer of 2016 my girlfriend and I wanted to explore part of northern Slovenia that I discovered on google earth and was thinking about visiting it a while now. We had nice but tiring climb up the mountain but when we got up all the sudden we stumbled at the edge of the mountain where green hills stopped and the ground went into rocky vertical and in front of us we gazed upon Austria.

Taken during strong winds on the southernmost tip of the Istrian peninsula. I just really love the contrast of blue and yellow here. That sun flare came out perfectly as I wanted. I had to add one dark exposure for the sky.

While wondering trough Val Venegia in the dark it was time to turn on the light and when the light came on the snow started to shine as if there were millions of diamonds on the ground...

Lord Byron