Žan Kafol Aerial & cave photographer SL
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Dimnice

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A small self-portrait figure stands between two pale flowstone columns inside the broad darkness of Dimnice Cave.

The visit to Dimnice Cave had a training element, so little time remained for sightseeing, exploration and photography after we had finished "rescuing" one another from the rope. We will need to return with wetsuits and swim through the water-filled section of the cave from the "fačuzi" to the sump.

The show-cave section is extremely ornate and full of speleothems, but once again I rushed too much, so the compositions are not the best and the lighting is poor as well.

During cave-rescue training in Dimnice, one caver adjusts the rope system of a smiling colleague suspended below.
A lone caver stands deep inside Dimnice, surrounded by tall flowstone walls and dense stalactites lit in warm tones.
A lone caver stands beneath a high irregular chamber in Dimnice, illuminated by warm light on textured limestone.
Two helmeted cavers' faces rise from green water beneath a very low ceiling in the playful 'Ana's face jacuzzi' scene.
The visitor path winds through Dimnice cave beneath dense stalactites and carefully placed coloured lighting.
Panoramic self-portrait places a lone caver between two illuminated limestone columns in the vast Dimnice chamber.