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“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.”

Albert Camus
Highlands · Calanques · Alps · Marseille

I try to keep my inner child amazed by anything, even the smallest and most banal things. Landscapes, water, light, textures. We don't need to look far away to find beauty in nature.

Calanques limestone cliff with Mediterranean and small village below
01 · Calanques Limestone, Mediterranean, the south of Europe.
Highland loch at dusk, mountain silhouettes reflected
02 · Last light Loch at dusk, Highlands.
Highland cottage with hill reflected in still water
03 · Stillwater Cottage and hill, reflected.
Highland mountain pyramid against clouded sky, mirrored composition
04 · Pyramid Mountain ridge, late afternoon.
Highland panorama of rolling ranges
05 · Panorama Rolling ranges, Highlands.
Highland peak under cloud weight
06 · Peak Ridge under cloud.
Highland loch in afternoon sun, mountains silhouetted
07 · Open water Afternoon, low sun.
Wooden boat beached by Highland loch with clouded sky
08 · Moored Boat, loch, cloud weather.
Misty Highland road with spruce trees and stacked logs
09 · Track Spruce, mist, the road in.
Walking

“Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts.”

Søren Kierkegaard

Solitude

“I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”

Henry David Thoreau

Highland forest interior, moss-covered rocks and twisted trees
10 · Mossy floor Forest interior, slant light.
Highland stream with stones and light filtering through trees
11 · Stream Light through trees.
Stream with central boulder, framed by forest
12 · Anchor Stone, framed by trees.
Moss-covered rocks at the edge of a stream
13 · Moss Green carpet on grey stone.
Waterfall jet falling into a green alcove
14 · Fall Single jet, mossy basin.
Water spray against blue sky, fine droplets
15 · Spray Water against sky.
Backlit water splash, fine droplets against dark rock
16 · Splash Frozen motion, dark stone.
Pebbled riverbed water texture, light shimmering on stones
17 · Riverbed Water, stone, light. Highlands.
Wonder

“A man’s maturity consists in having found again the seriousness one had as a child, at play.”

Friedrich Nietzsche

Orange azalea blossom in soft focus
18 · Azalea Azalea, soft focus.
White wild rose against dark foliage
19 · Wild rose White on dark green.
Small waterfall framed by branches over still pool
20 · Hidden fall Framed by branches, soft pool.
Stone in a stream framed by river vegetation
21 · River stone Anchor in the current.
Mossy rocks close-up, green texture detail
22 · Moss close Texture, ground level.
Small blue forget-me-not flowers among dark leaves
23 · Forget-me-not Blue points on green ground.
Water flowing over textured rock, macro
24 · Surface Water on rock, macro.
Mossy rocks under arching branches, forest interior
25 · Canopy Stones, branches, slant light.

All photographs Lucas Rageot. Highlands · Calanques · Alps. Lightroom workflow, occasional Photoshop.