Festive Postojna 2024/2025
A photo series by Žan Kafol showing Postojna during the 2024/2025 festive season.
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Photo stories filed under the category Night.
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3)
After the monsoon period came three clear days. The peak, when the comet was closest to Earth at 71 million kilometres, or 0.47 AU (47% of the average Earth–Sun distance), was in the previous week (12 October…
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Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) in Slovenia – May 2024
Seeing the northern lights here is unusual, but because solar eruptions have been more frequent in the current period, we have been able to observe them three times since last year. The Sun reverses its magnetic…
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Festive December in Postojna
Festive Titov Square in Postojna; a festive night in Postojna; Postojna at night.
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Aurora Borealis or SAR?
I rushed to photograph a heavenly barbecue fire, but by the time I arrived it was out: only a few red embers remained, the food was cold, everyone had left, and it had started raining.
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Second National Geographic Win
After last year's win (archive) in the 2022 National Geographic photo competition, I was convinced it could not happen again this year. Surely someone else has to get a chance, right? Last year's winning photograph…
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Storm over Nanos
The storm system that developed over the Po Valley in the second week of July and was persistently carried into Slovenia by the westerly wind largely bypassed the southern/coastal part of Slovenia. The more severe storms and damage were in the…
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Gorenji Vrsnik – Full Moon
A photo series of Gorenji Vrsnik, its church and hayracks beneath a full moon, photographed by Žan Kafol.
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Flamingo Invasion
When news began to spread that real flamingos had appeared at Lake Cerknica, we decided to reveal our closely guarded secret. We had been hiding the flamingos all summer…
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Perseids – Milky Way
Buying a new Samyang 14mm AF full-frame lens with an f/2.8 aperture, intended for photographing the Milky Way as well as offering an extremely wide angle, made the Perseid meteor shower in mid-August a perfect excuse for a thorough test…
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Mea Kolpa
Mea culpa, mea Colpa, mea Kolpa… Three viewpoints over the River Kolpa: Sodevska Stena, Radenska Stena and Kozice, followed by a few more views from another perspective.
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Rok Ferengja & Rok'n'Band – Cultural Pulse of Summer, Postojna
A photo series by Žan Kafol from Rok Ferengja and Rok'n'Band at Kulturni utrip Poletja in Postojna.
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The Moon and Sovič – Ozzy, Maša and Tjaša
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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Happy 2016!
A New Year photo series welcoming 2016, photographed and published by Žan Kafol.
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Perseids
While trying to photograph the August Perseids, I only managed to capture the Milky Way and a few aeroplanes.
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New Year at Mladika Lodge
A photo series of New Year celebrations at Mladika Lodge by Žan Kafol, featuring fireworks over Postojna.
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Cerkno at night
A snow-covered slope and solitary streetlamp overlook the warm scattered night lights of Cerkno in mist. A photo story by Žan Kafol.
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Salt Pans & Night View from Črni Kal Castle
A photo series of the salt pans and a night view from Črni Kal Castle, photographed by Žan Kafol.
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Valencia
A travel photo series from Valencia, Spain, photographed by Žan Kafol.
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Nanos at Midnight
Celebrating New Year on Nanos. A night-time, midnight view of the Postojna Basin and the fireworks.
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Sveta Trojica at Midnight
A night-time photo series from Sveta Trojica by Žan Kafol, showing the church and surrounding landscape after dark.
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