There is a lake in this kite aerial photo … A wondrous, impermanent Karstic lake that is now mostly full after early spring rains: Petelinjsko lake near Pivka, Slovenia. But alas, it was too far from where the wind was strong enough to lift the kite and the camera … Here is a glimpse of … Read more
It’s a cursed place, this swamp on the northern edge of Račna karst field landscape park … This was the fifth time we visited this place, and the record is, well, less than satisfactory. The first flight was OK (early in our KAP career, still learning the basics). On the second visit there was no … Read more
We talked about the intrepid Romans who (maybe) moved a substantial part of Ljubljanica river closer to a marble quarry of Podpeč … to end the story we went to the other side of Podpeč to check out how they connected the new channel with the old one. Just to put things in perspective – … Read more
Oh my … as we went to Ljubljana Marshes landscape park again (for the gazillionth time) to do some kite flying, kite testing and of course kite aerial photography, we certainly did not expect this KAP session to be so cool. It was really amazing. A warm, soft, golden light of an early spring afternoon … Read more
This weekend was perfect for kite flying and kite aerial photography … we had a couple of great KAP sessions and got gigabytes of photos. And this session was the most beautiful of them all. Most of the words we’d use to describe it would feel superfluous, so – here are Ljubljana Marshes in their … Read more
February winds are good (so far), and not a day hould be lost – so we went for some easy kite flying and a KAP session to Planina karst field, an hour drive south of Ljubljana. A couple of kites by Dr.Agon and a 16 sq m trilobite One of the members of our club … Read more
Hello all! The first real KAP session of this year came a little late (we’ve been busy in January, and the winter wind conditions in Slovenia are usually less than favourable), but then we had enough – we just had to fly. Mali graben creek flowing by the launch site – and one of the … Read more
It’s great to start a new year with an award … We’ve just learned that one of our kite aerial photos won a “Photo of the Year 2020” award on Slovenian Wikipedia! This kite aerial photo of Ljubljana Old town was taken in extremely difficult wind conditions and the kite was launched from a place … Read more
What shall we say about this bizarre, long, awful year? And it started so well … Girls dance at the opening ceremony of 31st IKF Gujarat 2020; Saputara, Gujarat, India. Photo Ragvanj Nikuni We had such a fantastic time flying kites in Gujarat, India … we met old friends and made new ones, and the … Read more
On 26th of December Slovenia celebrates Independence day – the day in 1990 the results of a plebscite showed almost everyone living in Slovenia (95 % of those who voted and 88 % of all eligible voters) wants it to be an independent country.. So the day after Chistmas is a holiday here – and … Read more