CZECH REPUBLIC, PRAGUE: This part of Prague's suburbs consists only of potato fields and unsightly industrial warehouses. But a winter sunset can turn out rather intense even here...
CZECH REPUBLIC, PRAGUE: Real winters are rare in Prague nowadays and also this photo was taken on a rather warm January day. Still, the ground and the trees were cold enough for the drizzle to form large ice crystals on the grass and the tree branches.
TAIWAN, HUALIEN: The southern coast of Taiwan is too hot to move around anyway, ideally it should be enjoyed in the contemplative mode, sitting on the rocks and doing nothing...
FINLAND, MASKU: The melancholy of the endless open plains in northern and eastern Europe is surprisingly crushing. The only therapy, a quick trip to the Dolomites or a similar place where there is something, just anything, on the horizon...
ITALY, DOLOMITES: Larches in their autumn colors are the quintessence of Dolomites, ideally when presenting themselves in the morning fog. Some photos simply need to be taken...
SPAIN, MADRID: This may be a cheap shot but a photographer coming from Prague cannot helsep registering such moments. Whether an Andalusian mystic or a Czech vicar, the visual impression makes these scenes so irresistibly familiar...
CZECH REPUBLIC, PRAGUE: ...that one really feels like walking across the Charles bridge.
ITALY, RAVENNA: The cathedral interior, by no means very large, just displays so many colours and shapes that one just takes some few photos even if churches are usually places where the camera remains unused.
FRANCE, QUIBERON: Always barren and inhospitable, the côte sauvage de Quiberon looks dangerous even if the manacing sky is taken out of the picture...
FRANCE, BELLE-ÎlLE-EN-MER: Not far from Quiberon and equally hostile by bad weather.
TAIWAN, YEHLIU: While these geological formations are quite small, many really defy gravity. The area is only accessible during the day and always full of people (proximity to Taipei makes Yehliu a popular destination for a day trip from the capital), but with the ocean in the background the crowds do not really matter.
FRANCE, ANCY-LE-FRANC: Everybody arrives to Burgundy focusing initially on wine. This changes at the Canal de Bourgogne which in its psychedelic nature is certainly worth seeing and which lets the tourist speculate whether its architects went only for grapes or perhaps also helped themselves to something poppy-based...
LAOS, KUANG SI WATERFALLS: The two sets of waterfalls in the vicinity of Luang Prabang are known mainly for their turquoise water. But when rain stirs up all the mud, the mood of the scenery changes dramatically...
ITALY, MALCESINE: At Lago di Garda, sitting by the water and observing the little waves moving across the wooden poles and stones by the shore just feels very calming...
SPAIN, CUDILLERO: A big part of the coast of Asturias is covered by forests where on a hot day one can enjoy some shade and admire all the usual and less usual plants.
ITALY, DOLOMITES: One would go to the Reinbach waterfalls only when the weather makes it impossible to photograph the mountains. But the waterfalls are of course a lovely spot to fool around with the shapes and colours of stones sitting in the water stream.
