Early in the morning, the Aoos Springs Lake was very quiet. I stood on the shore and watched the fog gradually dissipate over the lake. I saw the pelican the same moment he saw me. The pelican started

One day traveling through the countryside in my home region, I saw a goose that had broken away from the flock. The goose was sitting on the side of the road showing its contempt for the world around it.

These pictures were taken in one of the forest recreation areas on the ER103 highway, Madeira. Here is the place on the map. I stopped there for a moment, because I was impressed by the straight rows of

Tenerife, Spain. October, 2008. ... @alexanderfluke's pics Canon 450D + EF17-40/2.8L USM + EF70-300/4.0-5.6 IS USM © All rights reserved ... via Ecency

Southern Ural, Russia. June, 2009. ... @alexanderfluke's pics Canon 450D + EF17-40/2.8L USM + EF70-300/4.0-5.6 IS USM © All rights reserved ... via Ecency

Hello everyone! Today I will tell you about Miradouro do Cabo Girão, the most famous and most popular observation deck in Madeira. Cabo Girão is a unique natural landmark of the island, the highest sea

I started my first posts on this blog with stories and pictures from my travels to Tenerife. That was three years ago. During all this time, I have published about fifty posts about this amazing island,

My pictures show an unnamed forest lake located in the foothills of the Zigalga, one of the largest mountain ranges in the Southern Ural. I love to come to this place at any time of the year. In summer,

Thasos, Greece. June, 2016. ... @alexanderfluke's pics Canon 650D + EF17-40/2.8L USM + EF70-300/4.0-5.6 IS USM © All rights reserved ... via Ecency

Once upon a time, there was a slate mine in the upper reaches of the Mzymta River for the extraction of natural tiles — an environmentally friendly and reliable material for covering and lining buildings.

Ruskeala, Karelia, Russia. September, 2020. ... @alexanderfluke's pics for the #monomad challenge by @monochromes Canon 650D + EF17-40/2.8L USM + EF70-300/4.0-5.6 IS USM © All

This short post is dedicated to a little-known sculpture called the Lion of Amphipolis which is often overlooked by tourists traveling in Northern Greece (for example, when they drive along the Egnatia

Zakynthos, Greece. September, 2015. ... @alexanderfluke's cat pics because Saturday is Caturday! Canon 650D + EF17-40/2.8L USM + EF70-300/4.0-5.6 IS USM © All rights reserved ...

View of the central square of the mountain village of Metsovo after the rain. I talked about this unique Greek village in a couple of old posts: Metsovo and Night Metsovo. Metsovo, Greece. July,

This is a fresh picture made in the same style in which I made the entire previous post. Experimenting with photo processing is one of my favorite activities in my free time. :)The photo shows the road

Hello everyone! Here is my first article about the amazing island of Madeira, which I was lucky enough to visit in 2017. I have planned an extensive series of articles about Madeira — despite its small

What could be better than a walk along the ocean, when huge waves are thundering on one side, and huge rocks are hanging over on the other side? This is Madeira, an island of amazing beauty and diversity.

In the continuation of my series of posts on the topic of seascapes... Today I would like to share some rare pictures of rain clouds over the Ionian Sea. Why rare? Because I usually travel in the summer

Doukato Cape, Lefkada, Greece. July, 2018. ... @alexanderfluke's pics Canon 650D + EF17-40/2.8L USM + EF70-300/4.0-5.6 IS USM © All rights reserved ... via Ecency

Rhodes, Greece. June, 2017. ... @alexanderfluke's pics Canon 650D + EF17-40/2.8L USM + EF70-300/4.0-5.6 IS USM © All rights reserved ... via Ecency