Sunrise on Križna gora

Sunrises in the early summer - gotta love them. The sun rises so early you need to get up at an ungodly hour to make it to the destination in time. But, this time getting up at 3.45 was totally worth it. I met Luka on Križna gora hill above Škofja Loka around 4.45, and shortly after the heavenly show began. Let the photos do the talking:






































Sunrises like this make it all worth it. :)

Two days of hiking around Mt. Krn

Our photo club organized (Jaka, to be exact) a two-day hike to Mt. Krn in the Julian Alps. Seven of us drove to the Lepena valley on a Friday afternoon and hiked to the hut at the Krn Lake. We just caught the last sun rays on Mr. Krn.


The light was much better in the morning.


Mt. Krn was basking in the sun while we were still in the shade.


When we finally left the lake after more than an hour of shooting, the sun almost reached it.


The trail ascends to a small plateau and then starts up a scree slope.


After less than 2 hours Klemen and I were close to the top.


Views over the Julian Alps from the top of Mt. Krn (2244 meters above sea level). Mt. Triglav in the distance, and Krn Lake down below.


Layers of smog and Mt. Snežnik in the distance.


At the top from the left: Jaka, Aleš, Bine, Klemen, Maja, Brane.


Aleš was the only one with a bright T-shirt which made for a nice foreground. :P


The Soča valley to the north-west.


It was unusually warm for October 1 and on the way down we suffered great thirst...


...and we couldn't wait to take off our hiking shoes and soak our feet in the cold lake. And drink some beer. :)


One more look toward the lake and off we went back to the valley.


Other club members took photos, too. Surprising since we are from a photo club, right? :) Have a look at the photos by Jaka and... wait, nobody else processed them yet. :P

Sunrise mists over Ljubljana Marshes

It was time to get up in the middle of the night and take some sunrise photos again. And the Sv. Ana hill above the Ljubljana Marshes is one of my favorite spots to do just that. Alex, Debbie, Luka and I drove through the night and climbed the hill a bit after 4 a.m. Not an easy task after only one hour of sleep! The sky above the horizon was already announcing the sunrise, and the mists we were all hoping for were hovering above the ground. Magical!


The Kamnik Alps in the background.

The famous Ljubljanica river bend.

Enthusiastic photographers. :)

This was the morning after the full moon and moon eclipse.

The Ljubljana Marshes panorama - it deserves to be viewed bigger, so click on it.

Ljubljana was waking up.

Fields, trees and mists.


The light was turning from bluish to soft pink and orange.

And then the sun appeared and poured bright orange light over the plains.


The nearby Sv. Lovrenc chapel below.

Play of light, mists and shadows.

Every hill in Slovenia has a church. :)

Sv. Ana church where we took pictures from.

More orange.


Orange hues didn't last long as the sun relentlessly rose above the horizon.

It is interesting to see how the light changed over Ljubljana in the course of 1 hour and 20 minutes.

The sunrise was over, but I just couldn't stop admiring the wisps of mist changing every minute.


Late spring and early summer months are the best to shoot the sunrise here. If the weather is nice, you are almost guaranteed to see mists. It's worth getting up for this! ;)

Velika planina in crocuses

Our mixed volleyball team spent a weekend in one of the huts on Velika planina on May 1st. We had a great time - mostly partying, yes ;) - but Jaka and I did manage to get up at 5.30 one morning to catch the sunrise. It wasn't as colorful as I had hoped but the patches of snow and crocuses made for nice photo ops.

The path from Zeleni rob was still very deep in snow.

Jaka in first sun rays.

Sweet morning light over Velika planina.

And crocuses everywhere! They were still closed after a cold night though.


I love the combination of snow patches and bright green grass.


Backlit trees.

Planjava and Ojstrica.

On the ridge.

A green path towards Ojstrica.



And then we were off to some more partying. ;)
More photos here.