On the Fediverse, I am known as the photographer of Austrian landscapes (betazoid@pixelfed.social). But really, I take photos of Austria because I happen to live here. Meanwhile I wonder: what kind of landscape is my favorite?
Since I started to take landscape shots, I made several journeys: Madeira, Tenerife and now Corfu. The journey to Madeira was already in 2018, I think it was the Ponta de Sao Lourenco that was kind of the gateway drug. But after that there was the Covid crisis and I did not have much money for traveling either. But originally I did not go to Madeira because I wanted to take photos but because I wanted to see the ocean. After Madeira I did not make regular trips to the Alps yet. That really started in 2020. Eventually I wanted to see the ocean again, and I wanted to photograph something other than mountains, lakes, waterfalls and canyons. I wanted to photograph the ocean. So eventually I flew to Tenerife. While I was there I had the feeling that I could not become part of the landscape, at least not as well as at home. But back home I realized that the photos turned out quite ok. But even though I went to Tenerife to photograph the sea, the best photos turned out to be those of the Teide. Kind of no surprise.
Now on Corfu it was much better in terms of being part of the landscape and I think this was really shooting the sea, at least much more than Tenerife.
Now I am asking myself: what should be my next destination, probably in October? I really liked Corfu, especially the Mediterranean atmosphere and I think I feel like exploring more Greek islands. Maybe Santorini or Zakythos?
I do have the plan to visit my cousin in the US, and I also want to see the Pacific eventully, but I think Europe is my home.
