Posts from the ‘photography of green’ Category
Take a walk on the Swiss wild side
To begin your walk on the Swiss wild side, first bring yourself to Canton of Valais, southern Switzerland.
If you drive there by car from the northern side, you will probably get stuck in your car on a train wagon like this, at the entrance of the Lötschberg tunnel.
20 minutes after shaking in the darkness (give some thought to the 116 workers who died drilling this hole in the mountain in 1908, several corpses still buried in the tunnel) you find yourself on the other side, in Goppenstein. Read more…
Swissness
Pictures shot in the oldest wildlife reserve of Europe, Mettmem-alp, Glarus, Switzerland. Click to zoom in.
Tell me the old stories
Tell me the old stories
of cracking winters and wet springs,
when our arms were nests of life,
our shadows were roofs to flocks,
our colors were green and red and yellow.
Tell me the old stories our strong fibers now forgot.
Pictures shot in the picturesque Valliser villages of Münster-Geschinen and Reckingen-Gluringen (Canton Vallis, Switzerland). Click to zoom in.
Via Mala
In 1967 the road tunnel of San Bernardino allowed all-year round traffic between North and South of the Swiss Alps. Earlier, the Via Mala (in Latin, meaning bad path) was the only cross-way available in the area to carriages, horses and later cars. Opened by the ancient Romans, upgraded with two bridges in 1738, nowadays Via Mala is a spectacular pit stop while driving between Canton Grisons and Ticino.
South of the town of Thusis, the Via Mala gorge slightly opens.
The two bridges above the Via Mala gorge. Below in the gorge, the mist from a waterfall of the river Rhine.
The new pedestrian bridges to visit the depths of the gorge, the river Rhine beneath.
One of the pedestrian bridge viewed from the bottom of the gorge
Inside the gorge pedestrians tunnel.
Down in the gorge, along the Via Mala gorge tunnel.
Click to zoom in. If you want to visit via Mala by car, arrive between 9 and 10 am to find a parking place and wait until 11am for the spectacular sun light cutting through the shades of the gorge.
Hidden
Large gardens and thick forests are landmarks to several metropolitan areas of Japan. Hidden in these peaceful greens, Japanese tradition unfolds.
Temple roof, Miyajima island, Hiroshima Bay
Nanzenji Temple, girls in traditional Yukata clothes, view from the entrance gate, Kyoto
Covered bridge above tree tops, Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto
Waiting groom at Meiji Jingu Shrine, Tokyo
The golden phoenix of Kinkaku-ji (Rokuon-ji) Zen Buddhist temple, Kyoto
End of the working day at Umeo gardens, Tokyo
Click to zoom in. This photo series is part of the reportage Japan of mine
