Stairway to nowhere

Sometimes, your path leads... nowhere.

Ferreyres, Vaud, Suisse

October, 2025

Tine de Confluens

On a stormy Autumn day, the flow of two rivers, the Venoge and the Veyron, meet in strength.

Ferreyres, Vaud, Suisse

October, 2025

Lac Bleu

Fed directly by the glacier of Aiguilles Rouges d'Arolla, a small lake sits serene in an alpine meadow. A common stop for local hikers in a sunny Summer day, it holds up to its name.

Lac Bleu, Evoléne, Valais, Suisse

September 2024

A little mountain garden

On the Eastern side of Mont Gelé, a little plain comes to live with little streams of melting snow. The local calls it Jardin Japonais, as if perfectly designed by intention and not just sheer erosion. The latter holds true.

Siviez, Nendaz, Valais, Suisse

August 2024

Drapes - Cascade du Dard

Along Le Nozon, a river running through a carved glacier canyon, a sudden altitude drop reveals a contrast between the horizontality of the layered geology and the verticality of all of its more lively elements.

Cascade du Dard, Croy, Vaud, Suisse
April 2023

Confluence

Tine de Conflens, Ferreyres, Vaud, Suisse

April 2023

Poulanass Waterfall

 The local attraction, a gentle stream turns into a tumbling thunder.

Glendalough, Co. Wicklow, Ireland

August 2021

Mullinhassig Woods and Poulanassig Waterfall

A small water stream, with it's occasional moods, breached the landscape into a deep ravine. In this valley, a forest is kept safeguarded from the elements. Not so much from man... Mullinhassig Woods and the humble but attractive Poulanassig Waterfall were a nice find quite close to Cork.

By the way, some say a mermaid, in the form of a salmon, lives somewhere in this waterfall's pool. Couldn't find it…

Aghavrin, Cork, Ireland

2020, June

His favorite spot

Along the entire Bandon River, that's his favourite spot. Here one can observe time flowing with the waters, the river shaping its banks, finding ways around harder geologies, carving a winding valley throughout the ages. Here, there's no rush to things. The bird does not force itself upon the river, the bird does not pursue the hunt, the bird calmly waits for the catch, and opportunity layed right beneath him, a fisher at its highest mastery. And this was the closest I ever got to him.

Bandon, County Cork, Ireland

2020, May

Tributary to a great river

Many great rivers start just like this, A small rain fed stream flowing down and jumping around a rough hill side. This is one of the many tributaries that build up to become River Lee still at its source, deep down in Gougane Barra glacier valley.

Gougane Barra, Ballingeary, County Cork, Ireland
2019, October

Bandon River

There are rare stretches of Bandon River that have remained untouched to human endeavor. This bend along the river path is one of such spots. In the Summer, at sunset, the Sun perfectly aligns with the valley and shines it´s light over the flowing waters.
This also seems to be the favorite spot of a very keen, yet elusive, fisher… a feathered one!

Dundaniel, Cork Co., Ireland
2019, July

Torc Waterfall

Yes, the most photographed waterfall around here. I arrived at this location mid-afternoon. The place was as crowded as it could be. I ended up not even trying to photograph anything and took the forest trail around the Northern face of Torc Mountain. On the return path, with the Sun already set, I ended up returning to the waterfall. 
Depleted of leaves, tree branches framed the impressive waterfall perfectly, involving it dark shadows. In contrast, the water reflected the dim light, just barely enough for the exposure. I enjoyed the rare solitude of this place at dusk.

Killarney (Cill Airne), Co. Kerry, Ireland
2019, January

Stop along your way...

Following the road along the Lee Valley, it becomes hard to actually get anywhere. I just had to stop and look over Lough Allua one more time. Here, right here and now, even just shortly after sunrise, I was already grateful for this day.

Lough Allua (Locha Lua), Co. Cork, Ireland
2018, October

The Lee Valley at sunrise

The Lee Valley, with the sun rising above the hills in a cold but windless day. I actually ended up hiking up and finding Lee´s spring on this day. Unlike its beautiful valley, the spring is just a bog deep down a pit on a hill slope.

Lough Allua (Locha Lua), Co. Cork, Ireland
2018, October

Contrasting horizons

The skies and an overflowing river transformed a deserted beach into something much more interesting.

 

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

Fecha de Barjas – a new perspective

The first publications I did for this blog were photographs taken from this location. Recently, I repeated the short trail to Fecha de Barjas waterfalls. Yet, I had few hopes of witnessing the full glory of River Arado, as Portugal has had the driest April of the last 90 years. Nonetheless, the river was there, scarce, but still flowing. The bottom half of this sequence of waterfalls is so dominant over the landscape that visitors (as I did before) tend to focus on the closest perspectives. This time, I focused on framing perspectives more afar.
The shepherd’s shelter, built on top of the cliff, exhibits both the hardship of older times but also how close traditional rural life was with the beauty of Nature. When Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Fallingwater house, already some Portuguese inhabitant of Gerês Mountains had done some similar.

Ermida, Terras de Bouro, Serra do Gerês, Portugal
2017, April

Hello sunshine

The western mountains of Gerês shining with the rising Sun, while the deep valley of Cávado River still hanging in the twilight. Interestingly, while I was taking this photograph in a rather inhabited region of Gerês Mountain Range, I was also overlooking one of the most populated and well known touristic locations: the two bridges over Cávado River and the villages of Rio Caldo and Vilar da Veiga. This perspective also illustrates the balance between Nature and human population within the Peneda-Gerês National Park (PNPG).

Terras de Bouro, Portugal
2017, April

Wind painting

A water stream falling under an oak tree. Sometimes you just have to let the natural elements do all the artistic work for you.

Serra da Cabreira, Portugal
2017, April

Salamander’s Pool

[EN] And then I realized I was not truly alone. This fire-salamander passed by, swimming upstream just to find a steady spot. Then it stood there, gently floating and holding itself by a grass leaf, while warming up with the sunlight. I was truly witnessing the undisturbed Nature’s most peaceful beauty. I found no given name for this specific part of the stream. Thus, and at least for my records, I hereby claim it as The Pool of The Salamander.

[PT] Foi neste momento que me apercebi que não estava sozinho. Uma salamandra-de-pintas-amarelas passou por mim, nadando corrente acima até encontrar um local calmo. E ali ficou, a gentilmente a flutuar, segurando-se por uma erva submergida, enquanto se aquecia ao Sol. Eu estava, realmente, a testemunhar o lado mais pacífico da beleza da imperturbada Natureza. Não encontrei um nome para esta poça em particular. Desta forma e pelo menos para os meus registos, baptizo este local da “Poça da Salamandra”.

Fire salamander / salamandra-de-fogo ou salamandra-de-pintas-amarelas – Salamandra-salamandra

Serra do Gerês, Portugal
2017, March