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Jun 22, 2006
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The church perched on a hill.Dec 18, 2005
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Stairway.Dec 18, 2005
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Steps leading to a church in Idrija.Dec 18, 2005
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Play of light and shadow.Dec 18, 2005
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Another slope with electric wires.Dec 18, 2005
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On my way to Idrija, the slopes were in full fall colors.Dec 18, 2005
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Color red.Dec 18, 2005
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A flock of birds got scared of the car.Dec 18, 2005
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A hill with a chapel.Dec 18, 2005
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Patterns of the fields.Dec 18, 2005
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A chapel on top of a hill.Dec 18, 2005
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Trees, meadows and a tractor.Dec 18, 2005
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A tractor on its way to the fields.Dec 18, 2005
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Looking up.Dec 18, 2005
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Close-up of the leaf.Dec 18, 2005
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Green leaves turning red.Dec 18, 2005
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Getting closer.Dec 18, 2005
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Golden fern leaves 2.Dec 18, 2005
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Golden fern leaves.Dec 18, 2005
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In the forest, paths were covered in leaves.Dec 18, 2005
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When the sun beat the fog, I continued my way across a meadow.Dec 18, 2005
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Grass in backlight.Dec 18, 2005
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There was another stretch of woods in front of me...Dec 18, 2005
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... before I reached a clearing where sunrays were trying to get through the fog. The light was magical. These photos are hardly post-processed at all - the colors were really like this.Dec 18, 2005
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On a steep slope first sunrays greeted me.Dec 18, 2005
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I ascended from the town of Žiri up a road through a forest. This was before sunrise.Dec 18, 2005
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I spent over two hours at the summit in only a T-shirt (well, and pants, obviously)! It was really warm for the end of October.Nov 29, 2005
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Another tree, another blaze ... it was a great hike!Nov 29, 2005
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Looking up towards the blue sky.Nov 29, 2005
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It was difficult to descend quickly as the trail was covered in leaves and I couldn't see what was beneath.Nov 29, 2005
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The last look toward the saddle before I plunged into the forest.Nov 29, 2005
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Half green, half yellow.Nov 29, 2005
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A larch twig.Nov 29, 2005
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A lonely tree.Nov 29, 2005
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Larches in backlight.Nov 29, 2005
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Threesome.Nov 29, 2005
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More trees.Nov 29, 2005
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Larches in all their glory.Nov 29, 2005
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A path leading to the larches.Nov 29, 2005
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A mountain runner passed by me as I was taking pictures.Nov 29, 2005
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Looking up to where I had just been half an hour before.Nov 29, 2005
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I was in a hurry to get back to the clearing, which was still full of color, but this time the light was coming from another angle.Nov 29, 2005
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Back at the Kamnik Saddle I spotted a pole with a wooden Slovenian flag.Nov 29, 2005
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Before I left the top, I had another view of the Logarska Valley, which was then bathing in the sun.Nov 29, 2005
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The wind took them to the south...Nov 29, 2005
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... to their landing spot in the Kamniška Bistrica Valley.Nov 29, 2005
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And he was in the air too.Nov 29, 2005
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It's amazing how quick they appear to be in the air.Nov 29, 2005
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In a matter of seconds he was sailing away.Nov 29, 2005
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Then the other one followed.Nov 29, 2005
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They carefully set up their paraglides and waited for the right wind.Nov 29, 2005
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The first one ran down the hill and took off.Nov 29, 2005
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Jackdaws, however, weren't the only creatures with wings on Brana that day. There were a couple of paragliders ready to take off.Nov 29, 2005
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Jackdaws soaring over the mountains and valleys.Nov 29, 2005
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The slopes of the adjacent mountains look extremely unwelcoming to a mountaineer, but they offer enough space for larches.Nov 29, 2005
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A cross is a very typical feature on summits in the Slovenian Alps.Nov 29, 2005
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The weather down in the valley was "sunny", but from above it looked as fog.Nov 29, 2005
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This is a blaze, a sign used in the mountains to mark trails.Nov 29, 2005
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After a good half hour I was at the top. Yippie! There is Logarska Valley in the background.Nov 29, 2005
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I soon came upon the first steel ropes. Yes, it was steep. :)Nov 29, 2005
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Here it's clear that while one side of the saddle is sunny and grassy and welcoming, the other one is wild, dark and steeeeeep. If you fall, it's only one kilometer down the slope before you reach the valley below.Nov 29, 2005
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The trail to the top of Brana is marked as "demanding". Well, it does involve some quite steep sections, but it's not too bad as long as you're not afraid of heights.Nov 29, 2005
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As the trail climbed up Brana's north face, I enjoyed the view over the vast saddle and Mount Planjava.Nov 29, 2005
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... and to the north, towards Logarska Valley and the hut at Okrešelj.Nov 29, 2005
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To the north-west, mountains Skuta and Rinke loomed over deep valleys.Nov 29, 2005
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I took a break at the Kamnik Saddle at 1,876 meters above sea level. Here I was looking at my final destination, Mount Brana.Nov 29, 2005
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The view from the saddle to the south...Nov 29, 2005
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A trail through the pines and over the scree.Nov 29, 2005
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I couldn't take my eyes off those larch trees.Nov 29, 2005
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The colors shone brightly.Nov 29, 2005
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This is the altitude where the pine grows.Nov 29, 2005
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... toward the Kamnik Saddle.Nov 29, 2005
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The last hour from the clearing to the saddle offered great views.Nov 29, 2005
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Looking toward the slope where I would soon be climbing.Nov 29, 2005
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The last look to the south before I continued with my hike...Nov 29, 2005
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The larches were still vivid color.Nov 29, 2005
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Great colors anywhere I looked.Nov 29, 2005
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An early start paid off. I reached the first clearing just in time for the first sun rays.Nov 29, 2005
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Twenty minutes into the hike I emerged from the foggy valley, climbing the forested slope up to the Kamnik Saddle.Nov 29, 2005
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Another colorful slope.Nov 16, 2005
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Beech leaves.Nov 16, 2005
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Different trees - different colors.Nov 16, 2005
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Colorful slopes.Nov 16, 2005
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A view of a forested valley.Nov 16, 2005
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In the forest.Nov 16, 2005
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A plant covered in larch needles.Nov 16, 2005
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A tree stump.Nov 16, 2005
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DaisyNov 16, 2005
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An old tree trunk lying on the forest floor.Nov 16, 2005
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A leaf and dew drops.Nov 16, 2005
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Red fir twig.Nov 16, 2005
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Another patch of grass in the water hole.Nov 16, 2005
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Grass in the water.Nov 16, 2005
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The last view before heading out.Nov 16, 2005
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A shepherd's hut.Nov 16, 2005
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The sun was getting higher.Nov 16, 2005
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Sun, clouds, mist and blue skies.Nov 16, 2005
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The slope full of larch trees.Nov 16, 2005
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Reflections.Nov 16, 2005
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I just couldn't get enough of the view.Nov 16, 2005
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Larch twig.Nov 16, 2005
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An old drinking trough.Nov 16, 2005
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The larch and the moon.Nov 16, 2005
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The light was changing as the clouds traveled across the sky.Nov 16, 2005
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This is also a starting point for a few mountain hikes.Nov 16, 2005
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There was even some mist near the mountain tops.Nov 16, 2005
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Larches and firs.Nov 16, 2005
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It was getting better and better.Nov 16, 2005
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A small water hole offered great reflections.Nov 16, 2005
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When the first sunrays hit the slope full of larches, I forgot to breathe for a moment.Nov 16, 2005
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Every way I looked, there was a magnificent sight in front of my eyes.Nov 16, 2005
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Clouds bathing in the sun.Nov 16, 2005
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Looking up.Nov 16, 2005
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It was getting more and more dramatic.Nov 16, 2005
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Looking toward the north - the Raduha mountain.Nov 16, 2005
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The clouds made it quite interesting.Nov 16, 2005
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Waiting for the sunriseNov 16, 2005
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I waited for a train, but none came.Nov 05, 2005
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Upon return to the valley, I took some photos of the railway tracks in the setting sun.Nov 05, 2005
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The view form the top over the Sava river valley.Nov 05, 2005
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A play of light and shadow.Nov 05, 2005
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I still wasn't at the top of the hill.Nov 05, 2005
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I just couldn't stop looking up! It made me quite dizzy.Nov 05, 2005
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Trees turning yellow.Nov 05, 2005
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What I came for - chestnuts.Nov 05, 2005
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Looking up provided great photo ops.Nov 05, 2005
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Two leaves ready to fall off.Nov 05, 2005
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It was surprising that despite many brown leaves on the forest floor the trees weren't bare yet.Nov 05, 2005
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The road leads up to the top of a hill which is a popular place to pick chestnuts.Nov 05, 2005
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Last additions - October 2005