Mieke Boynton, Magical Moments (Landscape (ATEP 2017))

Landscape photographers often go to great lengths to capture the beauty of our amazing world. They travel vast distances, hike up mountains, explore hidden valleys, brave blazing heat and freezing cold, and often do much of this in the darkness before dawn and after sunset. They get rained on, and snowed on, and sunburnt, and attacked by mozzies and leeches. Very occasionally, they witness magic. And that's what makes it all worthwhile. These are my "magic moments". Real magic. Created by Nature. The moments your heart almost hurts for the sheer joy of being alive to witness it...

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