Posts about sunset

  • Sunset over a frozen field in the Jura mountains

    The right place at the right time

    So much of landscape photography is being in the right place at the right time. Although images and scenes like this are promoted as being a sign of the photographer’s skill, that’s only the case if the image needs to be heavily manipulated. This was pretty much one-to-one what this field looked like, just as

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  • Alone at Hardendale

    A short break and brief drone flights above the farmland in the sunset near the highest point of the UK motorway network.

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  • Chevroux to Gletterens

    A cold walk on the shores of Lac de Neuchâtel, and some lovely pink post-sunset light.

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  • Faulensee at sunset

    Across Faulensee to Bürg

    Time to start warming up for hillier walking…

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  • A wafer-thin last shot

    Finally, monsieur, a wafer-thin photograph to end the day.

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  • Calendar for my aunt

    Selected images for the 2023 calendar I made for my aunt.

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  • Calendar for Mum

    My selected images for Mum’s 2023 calendar.

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  • Sunset at the lake

    You can tell that I’ve enjoyed myself when I come home from a walk or a day out with a set of photos. Here are four from a chilly but lovely winter sunset on the shores of Lac Léman last weekend. I’ve loved square-format images since I started taking photos with a medium-format film camera

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  • Île de Peilz

    I like unusual things and the tiny natural island around 500 metres from the lake shore at Villeneuve, on Lac Léman, certainly fits that bill.

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  • Cable car passing the woods, Mürren

    Random things in February

    Mainly speaking, the month of February is a cold one, when my thoughts start turning to days out and summer temperatures. That being said, I still managed to get out on some trips, with the main goal of getting some exercise.

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  • Using a drone subtly

    Using a drone isn’t all about “aerial photography”, but, for me, about the ability to get better angles for photos which are otherwise out of reach.

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  • Melchsee-Frutt, Switzerland

    Abrupt sunsets

    Sunsets in the mountains are different from those over flatter landscapes.

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  • Trebarwith Strand, Cornwall

    Trebarwith Strand

    We recently spent a lovely couple of weeks on holiday, touring the south of England and spending a full week in Cornwall. On arrival at the self-catering cottage we’d booked, we chose to make things easy for ourselves and head to the Port William Inn for a pub dinner in one of the few buildings at the seaward

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  • Niesen Kulm. Switzerland

    In the shadow of the giants

    The Niesen casts a clearly triangular shadow when the sun is low in the sky.

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  • Evening light on the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau

    The luck and beauty of life

    We are ever grateful for the opportunity to live in such a beautiful country. For the luck which means that we are of sufficient means to decide, based on a weather forecast, to drive for fifteen minutes and ascend in a rattling funicular cabin to a place which feels like the top of the world. All to

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  • Lausanne, Switzerland

    Locals and photographers alike gather on the hill near Lausanne’s cathedral to watch – and photograph – the summer sunsets. The northern shore of Lac Léman is one of the best places in the country from which to photograph the sunset.

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  • Evening Cruise

    Ask anyone who knows me well, and they’ll probably be familiar with me excusing myself during dinner to step out and photograph the sunset.

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  • Summer in the mountains

    A view of the lake shore at the tiny mountain village of Melchsee Frutt in canton Obwalden, Switzerland.

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