The Dreamy Beauty of Southern Carniola

River Krka, the largest river of Dolenjska – Lower Carniola – is the second-longest that flows in its entirety in Slovenia, and the largest tributary of river Sava in Slovenia. Krka springs out of Krka cave at the end of a pocket valley near the village of Krka., and flows through Suha krajina region in … Read more

A Strange Creature Above the Marshes

We went back to Kozler forest in the Ljubljana Marshes landscape park – but this time we didn’t plan a kite aerial photography session. We invited a couple of friends to show them what a show can show kites make! photo Aleš Obersnel Masterpieces of Dr.Agon kites chief designer and kitemaker Janez Vizjak, together with … Read more

The Spark and the Rainbow

Our Old Blue Rokkaku was getting really old, and since it was the very first kite made by kitemaster Janez Vizjak of Dr.Agon kites, it was decided to preserve it before it would be lost in some freak kite accident. But we need a low-wind lifter, so master Vizjak made a new one called The … Read more

Order and Disorder

River Ižica is one of the few rivers on Ljubljana Marshes that are mostly untouched, flowing as it pleases, meandering aimlessly and freely – disorderly? – in a striking contrast to the straight, constrained, utilitarian canals that crisscross and drain the Marshes. There are many reasons for this, but the main is that Ižica is … Read more

Triple Bill Above Kozler’s Forest

It was a beautiful windy and appropriately sunny Sunday afternoon, and Kozler’s forest – a strictly protected natural monument on Ljubljana Marshes landscape park – is just a couple of kilometers away. Such an opportunity for a KAP session or two is not to be missed! Kozler’s forest (or Kozler’s Thicket) is the largest remnant … Read more

Not All Roads Lead to Rome

A chance look at the right part of a LIDAR map led to a two-part KAP session, over 500 multispectral kite aerial photos, hours of image processing, NDVI calculations and contrast enhancing, poring over maps plotting directions and trying to disentangle everything – and when it finally started to make sense a real archaeologist deflated … Read more

Just Before the Sun Sets

A couple of days ago we were enjoying a relaxed kite flying afternoon, and we did some kite aerial photography too – to catch the stunning views across Ljubljana Marshes towards Ljubljana and the Alps beyond. But as the sun was setting and the light became golden, we just couldn’t resist – and we sent … Read more

Sometimes it Snows in April

So on April 4th we flew on Ljubljana Marshes and shot these beautiful views of the Marshes and Ljubljana and the Alps glimmering in the warm spring sun – and less than 48 hours later we woke up to this: Tivoli castle, ex hotel Švicarija (now an art centre) and the former annexe of the … Read more

Divine Views and the Mountain of God

A kite aerial view across Ljubljana Marshes landscape park never ceases to amaze … This kite aerial photography session was a part of a RKF – relaxed kite flying – on the eastern part of the Marshes, and a second test of the (re)new(ed) box delta kite that we crashed last time. It was a … Read more