Field journal, volume four

Five places we went back to with a slower camera

Open a frame to read where it was taken and why it stayed with us. Each one links to the full set.

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Wooden boathouse and moored rowing boats on a green alpine lake
Dolomites, Italy

Still water at the foot of the Seekofel

We rowed out before the first bus arrived, when the lake was a mirror and the boathouse still smelled of pine tar.

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Milky Way arching over snow-covered mountain peaks at night
Bernese Alps

Four hours of sky over the ridge

A tripod, a thermos and a very cold bench. The Milky Way came up over the peaks just after one in the morning.

See the night set
Mountain peaks rising above a sea of cloud at dusk
Valais, Switzerland

The morning the valley disappeared

An inversion filled every valley below us, leaving only the summits and a thin line of pink light.

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Rowing boat on clear turquoise water between forested cliffs
Northern lakes

A borrowed boat and an empty bay

The water was clear enough to count stones six metres down. We stayed until the light went flat.

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Gentle waves on a sandy beach under a low golden sun
Atlantic coast

Ending where the road runs out

The final frame of the trip, taken barefoot at the tide line while the sun sat on the water.

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