Magic Moment

Quite a steep trail among grass and rowanberry leads up to Reinebringen (448 meters). At 400m, as you lean over the edge, you will probably shout out with joy at the sight in front of you. Directly below the tips of your shoes lies Reine, bobbing in the sea, fjord and mountain. That magic, happy feeling spreads throughout your entire body. This particular shot was taken at Midnight with the sun at it's lowest position. Magic!

The Crack

There is a crack, a crack in everything That's how the light gets in. That's how the light gets in. That's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen Classic view of Reine, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Apparition

For a short moment the sun beams lit up the sceen like a revelation on this gloomy evening at Uttakleiv Beach. All of a sudden I got very busy making several exposures to combine in post in order to get the waves as dramatic as possible.

Uttakleiv Beach

Lofoten Islands with its spectacular nature really offers uncountable possibilities for people who enjoy outdoor activities. With its mighty mountains, fjords, beaches and picturesque villages it's nothing less than the pearl of Scandinavia. This particular image is a long time exposure taken at Uttakleiv Beach.

Cascades

Detail of a waterfall on Lofoten Islands.

Falls

Waterfall in the mighty Lofoten Mountains, Moskenes, Norway

Uttakleiv Beach II

Lofoten Islands with its spectacular nature really offers uncountable possibilities for people who enjoy outdoor activities. With its mighty mountains, fjords, beaches and picturesque villages it's nothing less than the pearl of Scandinavia. This particular image is a long time exposure taken at Uttakleiv Beach.

Midnight Sun in Reine

The day that never ends! Like a prolonged sunset and sunrise all at once, the midnight sun colours heaven and earth in a reddish yellow light. If you travel to Lofoten between 25 May – 17 July you will experience this for yourself. I could never have imagined what an impact the midnight sun had until I had the fortune to be there during this time.

Journey to Xtlan

The title of this book is taken from an allegory that is recounted to Castaneda by his "benefactor" who is known to Carlos as Don Genaro ( Genaro Flores ), a close friend of his teacher don Juan Matus. "Ixtlan" turns out to be a metaphorical hometown ( or Place / Position of Being ) to which the "sorcerer" or warrior or man of knowledge is drawn to return, trying to get home. After the work of "stopping", his changed perspective leaves him little in common with ordinary people, who now seem no more substantial to him than "phantoms." The point of the story is that a man of knowledge, or sorcerer, is a changed being, or a Human closer to his true state of Being, and for that reason he can never truly go "home" to his old lifestyle again.

Golden Hour

Please give me the power to live here and now Not in the past and not in the future but here and now.

Evening Ride

Although it can be seen, the universe is nonetheless purely conceptual and has no actual substance of its own. All phenomena are nonexistant by nature. Other than the primal Absolute subjectivity in which all exists, nothing in fact does exist! ~ Ramesh Balsekar

The Valley of Barns

Morning Has Broken Morning has broken like the first morning ... Mine is the sunlight Mine is the morning Born of the one light Eden saw play Praise with elation, praise ev'ry morning God's recreation of the new day ~ Cat Stevens

Signs of Winter

One drawback of using high megapixel cameras is that your hard drives are filling up very fast and you will quickly find yourself being out of space. So one day I found myself going through the archives after files I should have discarded a long time ago. I know I have many of them I will never use but I hate the tedious decision making goin through every file. During this process, which by the way is a neverendig story, I stumbled on a pic from a visit to my family in Austria some years ago. Somehow I never bothered to do anything about it. So I found the perfect excuse to postpone the boring search and plunge into a much more pleasing pursuit reminding me of times long ago when I would try to find any excuse to postpone studying for an exam. even cleaning the dorm would suffice. www.ludwigriml.com

Sunset at Brunnenkogelhaus

Sheeps gathering at Brunnenkogelhaus at sunset

Winter is Coming

" Now winter is truely coming. In the winter, we must protect ourselves. Look after one another " - Ned Stark

Aquarius

When the moon is in the Seventh House And Jupiter aligns with Mars Then peace will guide the planets And love will steer the stars This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius The age of Aquarius Aquarius! Aquarius! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37s6nPeclX0

St. Gilgen am Wolfgangsee, Austria

If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself. Truely, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation. Lao Tzu

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Reflections

View at Untersee, Bad Goisern, Hallstatt Lake, Upper Austria, Austria

Awakening at Lake Bled

Why did the ancient Masters esteem the Tao? Because, being one with the Tao, when you seek, you find; and when you make a mistake, you are forgiven. ~Tao Te Ching

Moselle Intoxication

“I remember that summer we walked up the hill, sat atop on the rocks with time to kill; we let sweet red wine set us aglow, then four drunken eyes watched the sunset show I felt the colors enter my veins: warm light-pink shining golden rays; if there was a hue for happiness, I'm sure I saw it with you then” ~ Aditi Babel, Unsettled

The Attentive Eye

“To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same field, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Sleeping Town of Kallmünz

Germany always takes us by surprise! Travelling with our camper we find picturesque small towns and villages whenever we decide to leave the stressfull Autobahn for the small roads winding through the countryside. This is the second time we are visiting this pearl in the Naab Valley - the Town of Kallmünz. Last time we found the small Jugendzeltplats at the river by accident but this time we knew we wanted to visit it by purpose. The earley morning walk up to the Castle revealed a town asleep in the fog ascending from the river.

Harmony

The Hintersee is located in the municipality of Ramsau near Berchtesgaden and is a place in every season that lets visitors experience nature firsthand. Nestled romantically in the landscape, the Hintersee invites to walks or is the starting point of mountain and hiking tours.

Zauberwald

The trail from Ramsau to the Lake Hintersee, known as the Malerweg, leads through the mythical Forest Zauberwald. We are overwhelmed by the beauty of nature walking along the stream Ramsauer Ache with it's falls and canyons.

Misty Sunrise

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Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany

“Ramsau – Jewel of the Alps“ – Few of the many small towns in the Alps have truly earned this designation as Ramsau, located in Berchtesgadener Land, has.

Anybody Out There ?

Hello? (hello) (hello) Is there anybody in there? Just nod if you can hear me Is there anyone at home? ~Pink Floyd from The Wall

St. Sebastian Church in Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden

Church in Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden, Germany. The picturesque village Ramsau with it's beautiful surroundings has not only attracted mountaineers, hikers and nature lovers throughout the centuries, but also countless artists and painters have visited this pearl in the bavarian alps.

Infinity

Whenever she felt lonely, she´d look up into the stars, and imagine their cosmic dances, swirling inside her heart, because how could she feel lonely, with all the universe inside here, expanses of planets and meteors, determined to transfer, into infinity. ~alr My first serious attempt to capture the Milky Way. What a challange! Both in field and processing. Sky: ISO 400, 16mm, 240 sec f/2,8 using the Sifo Star tracker Land: ISO 400, 16mm f/2,8 239 sec Location: Hintersee, Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany Please let me know what you think!

The River Naab

The river that flows in you also flows in me. - Kabir

Waiting for a Ride

Canoes on the banks of the River Naab in early morning light.

Jammerbugten

Legend has it: During the raging storms at sea, boats at sea moved to the bay of Jammerbugten. Citizens along the coast, led by bishop Stygge Krumpen from the ministry Børglum, sent their horses to the beaches. Below the horses' bellies, lanterns were attached. As the men at the boats saw the light, they were tricked into believing that other ships had found safety in the bay. However, when they moved closer to shore, the boats ran ground, hence giving the locals the opportunity to rob them. This caused a lot of misery, which gave The Bay Denmark its Danish name. Today the misery has left The Bay Denmark, which is now a vibrant coastal resort with many lovely bathing beaches.

Morning Prayer

"Ha inte så brottom Dröj ett tag Vänta" "Why such a hurry? Abyde for a while Wait"

Awakening to the beauty of the Dolomites

"This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls." —John Muir, John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir

Fire and Ice

Fire and Ice Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. ~ Robert Frost

Chiesa Di Santa Maddalena

“Self-control is something for which I do not strive. Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.” ― Franz Kafka © www.ludwigriml.com

Alpine Mysticism

Inspired by one of the absolute best landscape photographers Enrico Fossati and his dark processing technique. Check it out on his website https://www.enricofossati.it/instruction, if you are interrested. This year the treck to the Refugio Antonio Locatelly (Drei Zinnenhuette), which you can see in the photo, was still closed when I was there in mid-June, so I was a bit disappointed. I had planned to stay there overnight for some days to really enjoy this wonderful area. Anyhow , I really had a wonderful morning, all by myself at the Forcella Lavaredo (paternsattel). Hope you like the outcome.

Embedded

Valleys Mountains and valleys and planes of the mind, the world in the raw, the home of mankind. The sea looks so deep from a peak in the sky, and so full of stars, reflected at night. Horizons converge and the sky becomes land, and I climbed the whole world in an effort to stand. One with the valleys, the mountains, the sea, and each one a part of the world that is me. ~ Joe Roberts

Hiking in beautiful Tuscany

Cypresses along the gravel road to winery, Pienza, Tuscany, Italy

Crowded on St. Mark's Square

Piazza San Marco, Venezia, Italy

Basilika di Santa Maria della Salute

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Streets of Venice

Canal of Venice

Chiesa di San Giorgio Maggiore

Evening at Grand Canal with view at San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy

Winery

Farmhouse on the hills of Val d'Dorcia, Tuscany,Italy