On the West hills of Zürich … following the first steps of Spring
Migrations
Awakenings
Above the pass
Winter vestiges
Looking forward
Click on each picture to enjoy each single twig, all shot with D800 plus 70-200 mm VRII on a new Spring day.
Not every plant reflects the same amounts of infrared light. Leaf shape, sun exposure, size and photosynthetic activities make the difference in light reflection. Plants use infrared light to communicate: are some plants shouting and others whispering?
Enjoy this infrared tour in the tropical and desert greenhouses of Zürich botanical gardens: white means presence of infrared, black means none.
Cactaceae and yuccas strongly reflect infrared.
Infrared transparencies of hanging plants
Shadows from leaves and roots: with infrared photography black and white borders are highly contrasted
Epiphyte plants: hanging ferns and soft mosses
Infrared sunset at the tropical houses of Zürich Botanical Garden. Learn more about plant communication and infrared photography at the Uni Zürich Science Trail I will lead on the 26th of February: registration required!
Click on each picture to magnify and enjoy leaf structures. Pictures shot with Nikon D800 + 50 mm f/1.4 + infrared filter.
Trees in winter finally show their hidden lines, patterns … and bodies.
Picture shot on lake Lucerne, click to enlarge.
In the search for Swissness, I stumbled into Weggis, on the northern shore of Lake Lucerne.
Pictures shot with D800 plus 50 mm f/1.4 G – click each to enlarge.
Beauty and silence. After many years living in Switzerland, beauty and silence are what I mostly miss when out of the Swiss borders. These pictures below try to explain this concept, I shot them on a wonderful winter day, the shortest of the year, on lake Lucerne.
Click to enlarge each picture. Silencio is a beautiful song from Madredeus about … silence.
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