I embarked on a more ambitious project: to capture the changes of the four seasons. The drone has the ability to return to roughly the same spot using GPS with meter-level accuracy. That gave me the idea that I “only” needed to go back to the same location a few times and take one photo in each season. I scouted the surroundings, trying to imagine which landscapes would look appealing when showing such a wide spectrum of change. I started at several spots so I’d have more to choose from in the end. Here is the first batch from this project. From left to right, top to bottom: spring, summer, autumn, winter.

As soon as I started, I knew it was best to shoot at roughly the same time of day. At most of the locations, the photos were taken either just after sunrise or before sunset, for the most optimal lighting. And fortunately, very early on I also realized that if I was going to do this project, I didn’t necessarily have to stop at just four photos. The number of visits and the intensity of the changes varied by location. At the Drava, I went back nine times, and I liked this 3×3 layout. Compared to the four-photo version, the transitions are smoother. I especially liked how the river’s changing water level is visible in the photos, this was even a consideration when I chose the location. In fact, while working on the material, I regularly checked the river’s water level. In the 3rd and 4th photos, if I recall correctly, it was particularly high, so much so that the water was lapping at the side of the levee nearby.