Lake Skadar

Lake Skadar (3)

Cleaning and gutting freshly caught carp (šaran) in a village near Virpazar, Lake Skadar (Skadarsko jezero), Montenegro. © Rudolf Abraham D700 + 14-24/2.8 Shot last year on one of two visits to the Lake Skadar area, in the company of the lovely Emma and Ben Heywood of Undiscovered Montenegro and family, while working on new …

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Lake Skadar (2)

Traditional flat-bottomed fishing boat moored near Virpazar. Lake Skadar (Skadarsko jezero) national park, Montenegro. © Rudolf Abraham One of Montenegro’s five national parks, Lake Skadar is the largest lake in the Balkans, half in Montenegro and half in Albania, surrounded by reed beds and mountains (not to mention some rather nice vineyards), and is one …

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Waterfall with saints

Waterfall with rock carvings, above a baptistry on the slopes of Rumija, a mountain above Lake Skadar and Stari Bar, Montenegro. © Rudolf Abraham. All Rights Reserved. D700 + 70-200/2.8 Click here to license this image and for more photos of Montenegro. Photo copyright © Rudolf Abraham. All rights reserved. This image may not be …

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Lake Skadar

Ruined fortress (later used as a prison) on Grmozur island, Lake Skadar (Skadarsko jezero) national park, Montenegro. © Rudolf Abraham. All Rights Reserved. D700 + 14-24/2.8 Shot earlier this year while working on new editions of the Bradt guide to Montenegro and The Mountains of Montenegro (Cicerone Press). Click here to license this image and …

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Rumija

The summit of Rumija, a mountain above Lake Skadar and Stari Bar in Montenegro, which I hiked up the other day with Emma Heywood of Undiscovered Montenegro and Rado Jovanovic, in October snow. The small metal Orthodox church was airlifted onto the summit in 2005. © Rudolf Abraham. All Rights Reserved. D700 + 14-24/2.8 Click …

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