Exploring and photographing Switzerland

Switzerland is the home of landscape photographer Johan Peijnenburg, and he loves to write about it. Expect to find stories about the Swiss Landscape Photographs that resulted from his many trips to explore and photograph Switzerland. The photographs feature the beautiful Swiss Alps, the countryside, and of course the Swiss lakes. Also, quite a few of the stories feature Nature’s Detail found in Switzerland.

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A landscape in black & white showing Lac de Sanetsch at sunrise with the Sanetschhorn mountain in the background. Lac Sanetch in black & white - Copyright Johan Peijnenburg - NiO Photography

12
Nov

Exploring and photographing Switzerland

Lac de Sanetsch: Tranquil dawn in black & white

Posted on November 12, 2011February 21, 2025 by Johan Peijnenburg - 98 Comments

The story behind a mountain landscape in black & white, featuring Lac de Sanetsch and the Sanetschhorn near Gsteig in the Berner Oberland in Switzerland.

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A close-up of a group of mushrooms with Autumn foliage in the background. Mushrooms in Autumn - Copyright Johan Peijnenburg - NiO Photography

12
Nov

Exploring and photographing Switzerland

A mushroom landscape: Where Elves live

Posted on November 12, 2011February 21, 2025 by Johan Peijnenburg - 60 Comments

A photograph of nature’s detail, showing a fairytale-like mushroom landscape. The elves that live here just left to be on time for lunch with a few hobbits.

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Close-up of morning dew on the leaves of a fern, against a dark background. Dew on fern - Copyright Johan Peijnenburg - NiO Photography

07
Nov

Exploring and photographing Switzerland

A macro photograph: Morning dew on fern

Posted on November 7, 2011February 21, 2025 by Johan Peijnenburg - 39 Comments

A minimalist macro photograph, or close-up, featuring morning dew on the green leaves of a fern plant, set against a dark background.

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Close up of a brown and white coloured cow ... through the lens it looked a lot further away then it actually was. A cow - Copyright Johan Peijnenburg - NiO Photography

02
Nov

Exploring and photographing Switzerland

Kiss me … how to get your lens cleaned by a Swiss cow

Posted on November 2, 2011February 21, 2025 by Johan Peijnenburg - 131 Comments

A story about shooting with a wide-angle lens and underestimating how close things are … and getting your lens cleaned by a Swiss cow as a consequence.

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First snow in the Swiss alps whilst the trees still have their autumn colours. Alpine autumn colours - Copyright Johan Peijnenburg - NiO Photography

31
Oct

Exploring and photographing Switzerland

New: Autumn colours and first snow in the Swiss Alps

Posted on October 31, 2011February 21, 2025 by Johan Peijnenburg - 59 Comments

A photograph with autumn colours and first snow in the Alps. Sometimes we get lucky and mother nature adds some snow to the already amazing autumn scenery.

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Sunrise at Lac de Sanetsch with the Sanetschhorn mountain in the background. Tranquil dawn at Sanetch - Copyright Johan Peijnenburg - NiO Photography

24
Oct

Exploring and photographing Switzerland

A new lake landscape: Tranquil dawn at Lake Sanetsch

Posted on October 24, 2011February 21, 2025 by Johan Peijnenburg - 96 Comments

A story about living and photographing in the mountains, and a Swiss mountain lake landscape featuring Lac de Sanetsch at sunrise with the Sanetschhorn.

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A minimalist lakeside photograph in B&W featuring a work of art in the form of a fork in the water of Lac Léman (Lake Geneva) in Vevey in Switzerland, with the silhouette of the French Alps in the background. A tasty lake - © 2011 Johan Peijnenburg: www.niophoto.com

05
Oct

Exploring and photographing Switzerland

Photographing the shores of Lac Léman: A tasty lake

Posted on October 5, 2011February 21, 2025 by Johan Peijnenburg - 65 Comments

Thoughts about photographing along the shores of Lac Léman and a minimalist long exposure in B&W, titled “A tasty” Lake featuring a fork stuck in the lake.

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A lake landscape captured at the shores of Lac Léman, featuring a duck on a pier that is just about to set sail. A duck - Copyright Johan Peijnenburg - NiO Photography

01
Oct

Exploring and photographing Switzerland

A duck on a pier at Lac Léman: Ready to set sail

Posted on October 1, 2011February 21, 2025 by Johan Peijnenburg - 41 Comments

No anecdotes this time. Just a photograph that I happen to like. Why? A well-timed click and as a result a story. A story about a duck that is going places.

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A portrait of a white llama up close and personal. A llama up close - Copyright Johan Peijnenburg - NiO Photography

18
Sep

Exploring and photographing Switzerland

A llama up close and personal: Hey dude! What’s up?

Posted on September 18, 2011February 21, 2025 by Johan Peijnenburg - 32 Comments

A story about a landscape photographer and a funny white llama, who ran into each other on an otherwise wasted day (from a photography perspective.

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A mountain river flowing down a slope towards a forest and Piz Pisoc in the Swiss Alps, near Scuol in the Swiss National Park of Graubünden. River Wild - Copyright Johan Peijnenburg - NiO Photography

09
Aug

Exploring and photographing Switzerland

New: River Wild, a Swiss National Park landscape

Posted on August 9, 2011February 21, 2025 by Johan Peijnenburg - 56 Comments

A story about a visit to the Swiss National Park in Graubünden and a landscape photograph titled River Wild, featuring a mountain river and the Swiss Alps.

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