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Photo stories published by ŽK.
On our first photographic hunt at Planina Polje, we found several bird species—herons and storks then in their migration period. Before spotting the first heron, a roe deer posed for us with its tongue out and a…
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At the entrance to Škratovka Cave, the two of us found a spider with pincers (?). It was supposedly the Latin-named Amaurobius ferox, or Black lace-weaver in English. In Slovenian that would be… black weaver?
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Škratovka is a 165m-long, 22m-deep cave with an intermittent spring from which a torrential stream flows. It drains into the River Unica and contributes to flooding on Planina Polje. The cave was discovered in 1950.…
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Unška Collapse Doline is a collapse feature up to 125 metres deep, formed when the roof of a large underground chamber of the River Rak caved in. On its eastern side, behind sheer walls, underground military bunkers extend…
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Velika Karlovica is a karst ponor cave on the western edge of Cerkniško polje. Water from the Cerkniščica, Stržen and most of the lake drains into it, then flows onwards through Zelške Caves as part of the…
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Ana dressed as an astronaut and flew from Sovič to the Moon. Cyril and I photographed her. The first woman on the Moon!
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After admiring Cyril's exhibition Postojna beneath the pale moonlight, we got in touch and have since carried out several photography sessions together, as we still have quite a few ideas. This time we tried…
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While browsing an online shop for lenses, I came across a special one. The golden, shiny and beautiful (sarcasm) brass Petzval 58 Bokeh Control lens offers different shapes of blurred background, or bokeh…
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Learning rope technique. Location: the Little Natural Bridge, Rakov Škocjan. We met these two students in front of the entrance to Zelške Caves.
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Matej Blatnik took us to see one of the lovelier and easier caves nearby—Zelške Caves. We entered beneath the Small Natural Bridge in Rakov Škocjan. Outside, we inflated a small boat and paddled in. Zelške Caves are…
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I submitted several photographs to a competition organised by Notranjska Regional Park. Some were selected and will be displayed in the new information centre at Dolenje Jezero. Benetek Boating on Lake…
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What a funny name. A cave beneath a castle that stands before a cave. True recursion. The Cave beneath Predjama Castle is in Predjama, beneath Predjama Castle :) Almost exactly a year after I took Matej Blatnik…
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A photo series of a military flypast over Postojna Health Centre marking the end of the epidemic, featuring Pilatus aircraft and F-16s.
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Ana's classmate, a karst researcher at the Karst Research Institute ZRC SAZU, wanted to fly over the flooded Cerkniško polje that he studies in his postdoctoral research. His wish was not difficult to fulfil: first we…
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The frozen surface of Lake Cerknica shattered. The water beneath the ice drained into the swallow holes. The ice collapsed under its own weight.
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A photo series from the Vipava Valley and Vogršček by Žan Kafol, presenting views of the landscape and reservoir area.
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Flying in Italy – Bassano del Grappa
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Paragliding in the Soča Valley. My first hundred-kilometre flight.
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After a less than successful cross-country flight from Buzet to Žbevnica, I walked back up for another attempt to fly home.
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A New Year photo series welcoming 2016, photographed and published by Žan Kafol.
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A photo series by Žan Kafol from Nanos, its antenna and views across the Vipava Valley.
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