Szczyrk

Landscape photography

Szczyrk from Skrzyczne – photographs of Silesian Beskid panoramas and paragliders
Szczyrk and its surroundings seen from Skrzyczne are green slopes, broad valleys and successive mountain ranges on the horizon. In this gallery, I present my photographs of the Silesian Beskids, combining wide panoramas with closer views of parts of the landscape and paragliders soaring above the valley.
The photographs show wooded ridges, bright clearings and a patchwork of fields between buildings. Spruce trees in the foreground give the frames depth, while the blue sky with delicate clouds emphasises the open space. The surface of a lake is also visible in the distant background of one image.
The colourful wings of paragliders bring movement into the quiet panoramas and help convey the scale of the mountain landscape. I show both individual pilots against forests and towns, and groups of paragliders scattered across the sky. It is a photographic record of a day when landscape and sport met in one place.
I took the photographs with a Canon EOS 6D. Wide-angle views at 17 mm include slopes and an extensive sky, while longer focal lengths, up to 200 mm, allow me to focus on paragliders and selected parts of the valley. I invite you to see Szczyrk from this perspective and compare different ways of framing Beskid views.

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See also my photographs of paragliders on Monte Baldo, presenting flights in mountain scenery above Lake Garda.