CALIMA MOOD: A Surreal Landscape Experience

PHANTOM SUN, MIRAGE HORIZON

MOMENTS FROM ANOTHER PLANET

Under the spell of Calima, the world shifts into something unearthly. Dust from the Sahara drapes the sky in a golden haze. The sun fades into a pale disc, a phantom glowing through desert air. Horizons blur, shapes soften, and light turns surreal.

Mountains, dunes, and ocean reflect shades of ochre and bronze, as if painted with molten light and sand. For a fleeting moment, the world feels suspended—strange, beautiful, and utterly transformed.

This is Calima Mood—a glimpse into landscapes where the familiar becomes otherworldly, and every horizon feels like a mirage

Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain 2021

LIQUID HORIZONS

CHASING THE EVER-SHIFTING OCEAN GLOW

Sometimes, the horizon is more than a line—it’s a portal where light and water merge. At twilight, sky and sea dissolve into one, reflections breaking free, shifting, breathing, alive.

The setting sun ignites the sky in hues of gold, purple, and fire. Clouds catch its glow, dancing above, while below, the ocean mirrors this cosmic display. Light ripples across the waves, bending, dissolving, creating a fleeting dimension where air and water entwine.

Drifting Between Light and Tide

For a brief moment, we glimpse this hidden world—a universe painted on water, existing only for a heartbeat before fading into darkness. Like the sentient ocean of Solaris, the sea seems to awaken, shaping light into something beyond our understanding, revealing a presence that is both unknowable and mesmerizing.

This is Liquid Horizons—chasing those fleeting moments when nature unveils its most elusive beauty, when the ocean becomes a canvas for the ever-shifting glow of the universe.

Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain 2021

The Tropics at Dusk

Cliché or Magic?

Witnessing a tropical sunset, with its fiery oranges and soft pinks melting into the horizon, feels like stepping into a vivid dream. The salty breeze on your skin, the rhythmic whisper of the waves, and the sky ablaze with color. It’s an overwhelming beauty that stirs something deep inside, yet defies the limits of words or a camera’s lens. There’s a mix of awe and quiet frustration, knowing that any attempt to capture its essence feels inadequate, unable to express the raw, fleeting magic without falling into cliché.

Thailand 2017

TREASURES ON ANDAMAN BAY SHORES

Coastal Gems

In the soft morning light and again at dusk, the beach reveals its hidden beauty – delicate patterns left by retreating tides and a shifting palette of colors and textures that emerge, reminding us that true beauty often lies in the details we discover when we take the time to linger

Andaman Bay Islands, Thailand 2017

MESMERISED, AGAIN

DUSK TILL DAWN

dusk till dawn on La Gomera… you got me mesmerised, again! another photo of sunset? Yes!

La Gomera 2023

BENGAL BAY SUNSET

BENGAL BAY SUNSET

in love with this epic sunset … no more words … just being grateful

Sittwe, Myanmar, 2012

DIVE IN

sun, ocean, bath, joy, golden hour

Tarrafal Beach, Ilha Do Santiago, Cabo Verde 2018