An winter evening

An evening view towards South, towards Mont Rogneux (3084m) and Mont Brulé (3676m).

 
Clambin, Verbier, Valais, Suisse

November, 2024

Powdery landscape

A freshly snow landscape, only marked by a nightly wild hare (and some backcountry skiers on the right) serve as the foreground of a view of the Pennine Alps, with Catogne peak in prominence.

Clambin, Verbier, Valais, Suisse

November, 2024

French Alps

From afar, the French Alps emerge from the sea of clouds that overshadow Lac Léman. Well above it, high-altitude cloud formations reflect what remains from the sunlight this day.

Dent de Vaulion, Vallorbe, Vaud, Suisse

October, 2024

Dent de Perroc

With the highest peak at 3676m, a massive wall of rock, ice and granite splits the deeps valleys of the Pennine Alps. As seen from Lac Bleu.

Lac Bleu, Evoléne, Valais, Suisse

September 2024

Confluence

Tine de Conflens, Ferreyres, Vaud, Suisse

April 2023

Chosen paths...

 ...to new heights.

Moléson, Fribourg, Suisse

October 2022

Life changes...

 ...and with it, so do the landscapes.

Jura, Vaud, Suisse

July 2022

The Reeks

The last sunlight of the day manages to break through overcast skies and finds its way to MacGillycuddy's Reeks range. A last kiss before nightfall.

Co. Kerry, Ireland

June, 2021

Towered sights

At the very extremes of Eire, one can find 
a lake surrounded by rocky grounds,
old fortifications, once lived now ages abandoned, 
down below, a serene Atlantic encircling all of the landscape
flocks of seabirds enjoying a rare windless day
a minke whale feeding down below

Three Castle Head, Co. Cork, Ireland

May, 2021

The Raven Forest Beach

A forest guarding an endless sandy strand covered in green algae, the contours of previous  tides waiting for an ocean to replenish it, the wind and the chattering birds close and afar, and a maze of trails leading  in and out of the shades…

Curracloe, Co. Wexford, Ireland

September, 2020

Dingle Peninsula Northern face shortly after sunrise from Brandon Point.

Ireland, where you can have the four seasons in a single da… NOW! 

Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry, Ireland

August, 2020

Sauce Creek

When you come out of a trail, climbing up a mountain without a thing as a background, no visibility whatsoever to your destination, just to suddenly unfold into a 400m drop over the Ocean, and the Irish winds throw rain in front of you, while the Sun shines through the clouds, and Nature offers you two rainbows dancing over one of the most dramatic and overwhelming beautiful landscapes I've ever seen. At 430m altitude, these cliffs go from where I was to sea level in a stone's throw (quite literally)

Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry, Ireland

August, 2020

Lady Bantry’s Lookout

Following a trail that climbs from Glengarriff´s Nature Reserve, one emerges from the forest into a hill overlooking Bantry´s Bay. Here, in Lady Bantry´s Lookout, a bench is provided for any walker to rest upon a magnificent view over this bay. However, I was far more interested in the landscape that I left behind me. The valley, covered by a dark and dense forest, is guarded by the Caha Mountains. Winds, relentless where I was standing, didn´t seem to harass the tree line at lower altitude. Bursting with recent rains, several water falls ripped the cliffs and created their own mist. The typical green tones were now bright golden, with the vegetation burnt by previous days´ snow. Truly, a landscape of contrasts.

Glengarriff (Gleann Garbh), Cork Co., Ireland
2018, January

Hungry Hill

At its northern coast, Bantry bay is enclosed by the Beara Peninsula. With a perspective from the opposite margin, a prominent shape steeply emerges from sea level and dominates the Peninsula, Hungry Hill (Cnoc Daod).

Bantry (Beanntraí), Cork Co., Ireland
2017, December

Baltimore Beacon eastern cliffs

A place where you run out of ground, yet you are still able to expand your horizons.

Baltimore Beacon, Skibbereen (An Sciobairín) Ireland
2017, December

Owenahincha Panorama

A wide panorama of Owenahincha Beach in a stormy day.

Owenahincha Beach, Rosscarbery (Ros Ó gCairbre) Ireland
2017, December

Summer nights

A panoramic nightscape, taken from the trail that leads to the submerged village of Vilarinho das Furnas, in the heart of Peneda-Gerês National Park. Even in a clear summer night, the dam’s reservoir and the surrounding autochthonous forests fill the valley with moist air, creating clouds that quickly dissipate with the wind. While this region is fairly deep in Homem River’s valley, when facing West, light pollution from the nearby villages and the large city of Braga dominates the horizon.

Terras de Bouro, Portugal
2017, July

Horizons – Laje dos Bois Panorama

The greatest gift I could receive in my birthday is… myself! And then make use of this day to walk a beautiful trail in the mountains and get my own ego crushed by the magnitude of these landscapes.
Laje dos Bois is a very small plateau, in the Gerês Eastern Mountains. It holds a patch of grassland, encircled by human laid rocks. This ancient grazing area is used to keep and feed cattle at high-altitude and very rocky landscapes. This is a 360º panorama of the horizon observable from its center.

Serra do Gerês, Portugal
2017, March

By the way, my “spring has arrived series” was suddenly interrupted by a 30ºC summer day in March. I’ll return to it…

Serra do Gerês - a full panoramic view

Looking North, towards the entirety of Gerês Mountain Range, quite properly exhibiting Winter in all its glory (and coldness). Gerês Town can be seen in the valley at the right, with its households fading into the altitude of the mountains.

Olhando para Norte, para a totalidade da Serra do Gerês, apropriadamente no seu glorioso estado Invernal. A Vila do Gerês pode ser vista, no vale à direita, esbatendo-se em altitude.

Serra do Gerês, Portugal
2017, February

Serra do Gerês - Panorama

Winter imposing itself over the mountains of Gerês.

Serra do Gerês, Portugal

2017, January