Earlier this year Tamara and I had the chance to visit Iceland. It was an extremely short visit. Basically, we spent an extended weekend exploring the southwestern region of Iceland.…
In the land of a thousand waterfalls
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Omar Awile
Besides computers and code, he is passionate about photography, fascinated not only by capturing the moment but also by the complexity of nature revealing itself everywhere around us.
Almost lost
Yes, yes, it's been a long time I've contributed here! But I'm not lost. Neither is the Vallon de Rechy, the subject of this post. In the 1980's this small alpine valley in the south of Valais (close to Sierre) was planned to be built with infrastructure for Valais' ski…
A walk along the ridge
I discovered the Creux du Van two years ago on a photo walk / hike along the Gorges de l'Areuse. Vitalis had of course been there too although in slightly less than optimal conditions. Going up this beautiful valley one reaches a magnificant arena made of 100 m high cliffs. At…
The old streets of Split
This summer I had the chance to spend a couple of hours in the Deocletian palace; that is, the old town center of Split. Since the boat back to Brač was still a few hours out and I had no other plans I strolled around the old city aimlessly trying…
La Berra and Beyond
This year Tamara and I are doing for the second time this two-day hike from Charmey up to La Berra and then eastwards to Schwarzensee. It's a relatively easy hike offering beautiful landscapes, stunning views and the chance to taste likely the best cheese Fondue in the world (at the…
Porto
Finally I got around to editing my photos from a not so recent weekend in Porto. It was a stormy weekend in early February but that's certainly no reason not to enjoy this beautiful town! On Sunday the sky even cleared up a bit revealing the pretty colors of Porto's…
Homage to Aleppo
The stream of terrible news from Syria and in recent months especially from Aleppo does not seem to end. Every day we hear of more bombardments, more killing, more violence. In light of the particularly dramatic turn of events in eastern Aleppo I've decided to revisit my photo album from…
The lights...
It was just a regular evening after work. I looked out of the window and saw this amazing sunset light backscattering on the clouds. I grabbed my camera and wide-angle lens and ran down and across the street to find just the end of a rainbow between torn clouds. So…