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6 August 2008

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photo album ‘Slovenia 2008′

Bled castle

While this album has already been online a little while I forgot to post a notice here. The photos were taken on a short trip to the small town of Bled in Slovenia. I followed the wedding invitation of a friend and used the spare time between all the festivities to head out into the country which sports an achingly beautiful landscape.

Vintgar gorge

Bled is dominated by the mountain lake, which apparently offers great conditions for rowing and at all times of day I could see various keen sportsmen training in their thin long boats. I got the best views over the lake from the fairytale castle - and the best view of the castle and the lake is from the Straza hills on the opposite lake shore.

Not far from Bled is Vintgar gorge. The icy water, the cool crisp air and the mossy smell create a sensory overload full of great photo opportunities. That’s where the latter part of album was taken. Most were taken on a tripod to get the silky flowing water effect and some images were enhanced using HDR techniques (taking multiple frames at varying exposures to increase dynamic range in the resulting composite image).

 

See the whole album “Slovenia 2008” below:

Lake Bled and castle
Bled Castle
Church on Lake Bled island
Castle seen from Straza hill
Steps
Path to Straza hilltop
Gnarly Tree
Liverwort
Fly in coltsfoot flower
Forest floor
Village across the valley
Village in the valley
Summer bob lift and lake
Duck in the rain on the lake
Sunbeams after the rain
Lake and island
Lake and island seen from Hotel Toplice
Lake and island seen from Hotel Toplice
Island church
Castle
St. Martin's church
St. Martin's Church and snow-covered mountains
Hotel Toplice and Straza hill
Broken windows and colourful blinds
Side door of the hotel
Pavement pattern
Window
Driveway in the lane behind Penzion Berc
Penzion Berc
Jesus on the cross
Bled castle courtyard
Casino
Swan and island church
Rowers on the lake
Rowers on the lake
Rowers on the lake
St. Martin's Church
Boats at the hotel jetty
Upturned boats
Wedding boats
Sparrow
Flower
Wood anemone
Tree in the river at Vintgar gorge
Vintgar gorge
Walkway over the river
Little waterfall
Rapids
River
Dipper on the railing
Gorge in the sun
Ice-green river and gorge
River
River
Mossy tree by the river
Little tree on mossy tree
River
River
Waterfall and bridge
River and gorge
 
Filed under: travel — fred @ 7:37 pm

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