Intimate Waters

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Intimate Landscape Photography - Slovenia - Johann Piber

Intimate Landscape Photography
^{Slovenia | Šunikov vodni gaj . Slap Boka}

There are many different descriptions for the term "Intimate Landscape Photography", but all have in common that it's taking photos of a small scene within a larger scene that might or should make the viewer curious about the whole scene.

So, the viewer should not only look on what's in the image to see, but also imagine what might lie outside of the frame.
Just like it's big brother landscape photography, intimate landscape photography is a sub-genre of nature photography.

I love waterfalls and that's why my preferred objects for intimate landscapes are waterfalls and rivers, as you can see in this post.

I haven't taken many photos in the past weeks, somehow my Mojo is still on holidays and somehow I'm mostly just too tired after busy days and weeks.

Šunikov vodni gaj

Two weeks ago, I was once again in Slovenia at the Šunikov vodni gaj, the Šunik Water Grove. But let me begin with the last photo of that day which I took on my way home at the lake Lago del Predil in Italy.

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I have taken and posted tons of photos of the waterfalls in the Šunik Water Grove in the Lepena Valley, but not so many intimate photos showing more of the details and textures of the rocks the water is flowing by and over.

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The above photos are detail shots of the big waterfalls in the grove, and below is a shot of the Lepena river which I like a lot because a few rays of the morning sun were peeking just a little bit through the clouds and the trees, illuminating this rock in a warm golden tone.

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Slap Boka

Last weekend I wanted to take photos of this waterfall: the Boka Waterfall / Slap Boka in Slovenia. And for the first time I have hiked towards the waterfall through the river itself and didn't use the path through the woods.

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But as you can see, there's not much water and the highest waterfall in Slovenia looks quite small. I was expecting a lot more water from the mountains where I thought the snow would already be melting, but maybe I've been too early there.

So I decided not to hike completely up to the waterfall, because the rocks were quite icy at places and I didn't want to risk hurting myself, but to take a few detail images on my way. Also, the weather wasn't the best and neither was my motivation, to be honest.

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On my way back down I have found one more heart for my little collection of "natural hearts" and I took a few intimate water photos, the best of which can be seen here above and below.

Mossy Heart

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As said above, the weather was not the best - it was cloudy but not very cold and it was slightly snowing in the mountains.

And so I end this post like I started it, with a non intimate landscape photo, showing cloudy skies over the mountains in Slovenia. There was a little gap in the clouds that let the sun illuminate a snow field on the peak.

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And now you have reached the end of my today's post and I hope you enjoyed my images.

Information

All photos were taken with the Canon EOS R and one of these lenses: Canon RF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM, Canon RF 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM, Canon EF 16-35mm 1:4 L IS USM, Canon EF 50mm 1:1.8 L STM, SIGMA 105mm 1:2,8 DG MACRO HSM, Sigma 100-400mm f/5-6,3 DG OS HSM C.
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