Favourite Photos of 2017

By Ian Middleton

Favourite photos

Disclosure:

This website and its articles contain links and adverts. The adverts and some links, but not all, are affiliate links. This means that if you click and buy something I will receive a small percentage of money, but at no extra cost to you. The price remains the same if you buy.

My personal favourite photos of 2017

2017 was a fairly good year with some great workshops and erratic weather bringing with it some wonderful moments of light. So here I’ve put together a selection of my personal favourites:

Sveti Tomaz (The Church of Saint Thomas)

Situated in the hills of Northern Slovenia, Sveti Tomaz is one of the country’s iconic views, and a well photographed location. While I took the classic shots in winter with fog, I also managed to get some nice later morning shots:

View from Rantovše hill across to Sveti Tomaz nad Praprotnim (church of Saint Thomas) with the Kamnik Alps behind in the Skofja Loka hills, Slovenia.

Jamnik Church

This great little church is another of Slovenia’s iconic locations for photographers. I took a photography workshop group here in Spring and we were treated to a great morning at dawn and then with the sun rising over Mount Storzic:

I also went back on my own a couple of times throughout the year:

Jamnik church in Slovenia — Jamnik church of Saints Primus and Felician, perched on a hill on the Jelovica Plateau with the snowcapped Karavanke Alps in the background, Slovenia. The alps have a fresh coating of snow on them after a 3 weeks of September rain.

Lake Bled

Unfortunately much of the year the famous Lake Bled church was covered with scaffolding due to renovations taking place, but in May it was finally removed, just in time for my workshop, and we got some great shots.

Thanks to Luka Esenko and his team at Snapp Guides, I found some great new viewpoints of many popular locations in Slovenia. This viewpoint is from Ojstrica Hill at the western end of the lake in Autumn. There will be more to come from other places in 2018.

View across Lake Bled to the island church and clifftop castle from Ojstrica, Slovenia.

Lake Bohinj

Stunning Lake Bohinj never fails to impress, and I led several workshops here in 2017:

The most photographed tree at Bohinj Lake on an Summer afternoon, Triglav National Park, Slovenia.

Light breaking as the sun passes over the mountains beside Lake Bohinj and produces sunrays over the lake, Triglav National Park, Slovenia.

The Julian Alps and Lake Bohinj at sunset, Triglav National Park, Slovenia

Stormy weather in the Alps

Being just a 15 minute drive from great mountain views I can often dash off when the light looks promising:

View of Krvavec mountain and ski resort (1854m) and the Kamnik Alps as storm clouds pass over in Slovenia

Mountaintop of the Kamnik Alps appearing through the clouds with the church of Saint Peter sitting in its shadow. This complex also contains a castle, a baroque church, a parsonage, a cemetery and a fairly large stable.

The church of Saint Peter in Komenda. This complex also contains a castle, a baroque church, a parsonage, a cemetery and a fairly large stable.

View of Krvavec ski resort in summer, Slovenia.

View of the the church of saint John in the shadow of Storzic mountain, Brnik, near the Ljubljana airport, Slovenia.

Ljubljana Moors (Ljubljansko Barje)

Krim Mountain is a dominant view on the southern horizon of Ljubljana, so I just love photographing it. in 2017 I was treated to some great moments of light:

A beautiful mix of clouds gather over Krim Mountain, on the Ljubljansko Barje, south of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Ljubljana Marshland (Ljubljansko Barje), a large area of wetland 160 square kilometres in size.

A beautiful mix of clouds moving over Krim Mountain at sunset, on the Ljubljansko Barje, south of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Ljubljana Marshland (Ljubljansko Barje), a large area of wetland 160 square kilometres in size. — At sunset

Church of Saint Anne (Sveta Ana)

This little church on the hill is a distinctive view when driving towards the villages of Jezero and Podpec. In 2017 I scouted for some different viewpoints and these three are my favourite: