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Posts Tagged → Monochrome

August Moon, Over the Kvarner Gulf

posted in Pic du Jour on August 24, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

Last night’s Waxing Gibbous moon over the Kvarner Gulf in the northern Adriatic from Rijeka. Rijeka, Croatia, 23 August 2026

Mammatus Clouds, in Nice

posted in Pic du Jour on August 10, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 4 Comments

These are Mammatus clouds hovering over the Promenade des Anglais, drooping like mysterious celestial bubbles ready to burst. I don’t recall ever seeing them before, and hoped that my Sunday evening spotting turned out to be a rare sighting of a rare formation. Mammatus clouds are sometimes described as rare, but that’s a perception based… Continue reading →

Shadows and Shade, Dubrovnik

posted in Croatia on July 27, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 8 Comments

For Monochrone Monday. Wishing everyone plenty of shade this week. Dubrovnik, Croatia, 17 October 2019.

The Cotacachi Volcano and the Promise of Love

posted in Ecuador, Photography, Pic du Jour on June 22, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

A tale, short and sweet, related to the mythology of this Ecuadorean volcano that pierces the sky nearly 5,000 meters above a village that bears its name.

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Arbol Bandera, Tierra del Fuego

posted in Argentina, Pic du Jour on January 26, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 3 Comments

Trees shaped by the wind. I hugged the one on the right.

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Bus Stop, Krakow

posted in Pic du Jour, Poland on January 19, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 1 Comment

Reflections at the Jubilat station.

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Imperial Royale Hotel, Kampala

posted in Pic du Jour, Uganda on January 12, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 3 Comments

The atrium at the Imperial Royale Hotel in the Ugandan capital Kampala.

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11 Minutes in the Pasage de la Paz, Barcelona

posted in Spain on August 4, 2010 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

Barcelona, 31 July 2010.

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This is BobRamsak.com, a public notebook by Bob Ramsak.

I’m a long-time journalist, photographer and researcher driven by passions for environmental, social and refugee justice. I’ve visited 62 countries and write something and make pictures (almost) every day. This site is a notebook and photolog where I track and (sometimes) comment on those interests, journal my travels and log my current obsessions. At the moment the most dominant ones are the global response to the climate crisis and a renewed passion for birding and bird photography.

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Based in Nice, France, after two decades in Slovenia.

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