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An Odd Town as an Odd Bird Sees It - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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We are KAP Jasa team. KAP stands for Kite Aerial Photography, therefore we strive to do a KAP session every time we can, including on festivals. The great International Kite Festival in O., on the beach of the Adriatic sea by the delta of Neretva river presented a lot of opportunities to shoot...
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on Sep 6
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Requiem for a Manor: Haasberg Castle, Slovenia - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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Castles are epitomes of History. They are almost eternal, defying the ravages of centuries, standing tall and seemingly timeless. Seemingly. For castles are ephemeral. Fleeting. More like a dandelion puffball than a slab of granite. This is the story of two of them. One a castle proper, a...
on Nov 4
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Layers of History - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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Here’s an 18th century church … … that replaced an older church inside a 16th century tabor, a fortified place used as a refugium during the Ottoman incursions … … that was made from the remains of a 14th century castle … … that was built on the foundations of a 4th century Roman fortification...
on Oct 30
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What Our Hearts See When They Fly Above Prvić Island - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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. Funny. These views shot with a camera attached to a kite are pretty much exactly like what our hearts see – and feel – when we stroll around this amazing place. . The island itself is at first sight deceptively unremarkable. Deceptively. Once there you realize immediately why the noble...
on Oct 10
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Brain Reset: 12th KDFV Festival on Prvić Island - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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“No.”Antonia, when we asked her to call us a boat taxi so we could go home Oh Prvić, the Island at the End of Summer, protected by mysterious powers of Prvin the God of Spring and the Ministry of Culture of Croatia – what song shall we sing you this time? The island is small, ... Read more
on Oct 8
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Pirates Of The Wind: Kite Festival Sprintkite Cervia 2024 - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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It was – tough. From the very beginning. Roberto said that unspecified consequences shall befell us if we don’t show up at his festival. Then the weather went all crazy with incessant rain and, for the first half of September, clearly illegal temperatures. Then the weather kinda backed off (it...
on Sep 18
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Sidekicks: the 69th Festa Dell'Aquilone in Urbino - Part Two - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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“È Hong Kong!”– the Mayor of Urbino So … in Part One of our sidekicks story we told you all about the international kite festival at Parco de Cesane above Urbino the Renaissance wonder, and promised you a bunch of interesting stories behind one of the most unique kite festivals in the world:...
on Sep 13
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Sidekicks: the 69th Festa Dell'Aquilone in Urbino - Part One - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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“No, no, put the kite down …”– Patrizio, at the height of the kite festival in Urbino Imagine a kite festival – an international kite festival! – where kite flyers – international kite flyers! – play the second fiddle … if that. Where in the middle of the second day of the festival (usually the...
on Sep 11
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Doctor's Orders - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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Yes, yes, we know … we owe you a report from the unique festival in Urbino, and from a rather special kite workshop Gregor did, but this kite flying session was really nice, so … 🙂 After a hectic week, and the very hot summer, and all the festivals from Tunisia to Italy, the doctor ... Read more
on Sep 9
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The Bears That Ate O..... - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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Note: certain names and places have been changed to protect authenticity. “I hate kite flying.”– Bear, to no one in particular, after the kite festival in O. You know when you love something so much you want to show it to everyone? When you are so excited, jumping up and down when you are...
on Sep 4
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One Sky, One Soul, One ... Harissa: Tunisia Kite Festival 2024 - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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You see a lot of strange things at a kite festival, but the most strange – and elusive! – one must be – a teenager. Sure, there is a young kite master here and there, a fifteen year old stunt kite genius, a true young adult kite lover here and there. But – at least ... Read more
on Aug 30
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A New Monster in Our Fleet - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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In a kite festival – or in any kite-related event – there are two target groups, to use a foul word … the audience and the kiters. Kiters are a weird bunch, and they get impressed by weird things. Like stitches. People in the audience are much simpler – they see big stuff flying, they ... Read more
on Jul 15
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When the Eyes Light Up - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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Maribor. A fierce rival of our city, Ljubljana. Situated in Styria in the northeastern part of Slovenia it is – or it is trying to be – simultaneously completely different and as similar as possible as the capital. Being slightly smaller, having a different history and different socioeconomic...
on Jun 28
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Kites and Bikes - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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“There is the Tour of Slovenia cycling race going on right now.”“So?”“And it will be windy tomorrow.”“And…?”“And the race is broadcast live on TV Slovenia and on Eurosport ...”“… Ahaaa!” Our kite club has a status of a non-governmental organisation in the public interest, and one of the main...
on Jun 26
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On the Edge of a Knife - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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Janez is a master kite maker (and a top kite aerial photographer, and a fantastic kite flyer), but he also makes books (and skateboards, and schnapps, and sauerkraut, and is an accomplished cook and whatnot, but that’s for another story). He does not make knives (though this might change)....
on May 28
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While We Wait for the Romans - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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Since we’ve got exciting news about some strange rectangles on Planina polje, we were occupied by the thought of finding (or at least confirming the existence of) archaeology in a most unusual place: a flood-prone, marshy karst field. So we were back at the first opportunity, this time with a...
on May 23
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Pareidolia on the Meadows, Part I - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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The exquisite wet meadows of Planina polje are enchanting, even mysterious. Not much effort is required to find rare plants and animals that thrive in this rather unique ecosystem – polje is regularly flooded, therefore human encroachment was always limited – and it’s similarly easy to imagine...
on May 8
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Fight with the Winds, Round 6 - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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Novi Vinodolski. A really nice seaside town on the Adriatic coast of Croatia, at the mouth of the valley of the vineyards (Vinodol in Croatian) that stretches from Bakarac to the sea, below the mountains of Gorski Kotar and the rise of Velebit. It is a prime tourist place, with a mild climate,...
on Apr 15
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81 Stars for Filippo - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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… and the team. There are kite festivals. And then there is this kilometers long sandy beach chock-full of people, and the sky above it chock-full with incredible flying sculptures of all sizes, colours and shapes. Kilometers, you ask? Yes. We were stationed at one end of the kite field, and we...
on Apr 9
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Our Lady of the Skies - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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This kite aerial photo isn’t much. It’s not spectacular, it doesn’t show something fascinating (ok, it does, but we’ve shot this part of Ljubljana Marshes nature park so many times, that another photo of it barely coutnts). The camera is not even high above the Marshes … Really, nothing special....
on Mar 22
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An Island of History - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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This amazing kite aerial photography session started … less than optimal. The Original Blue Rokkaku ended in the Adriatic due to a really stupid mistake – somebody didn’t tie the simplest of the knots correctly and the kite flew off the end of the line. Luckily, the camera was not attached yet....
on Mar 18
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Distant Winds: 23rd Festival del Vento, Spotorno - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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Ah, Liguria … distant and lonely … Even a bit deserted in early March. Sun-blessed, yet with the most unpredictable weather imaginable. How it started: How it was ending (for us) …: Liguria, distant and … When friends asked where are we headed to this time, we said “Spotorno!”, and the...
on Mar 15
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She leans gracefully on her right foot while the hip is twisted to the right. She is wearing a long sleeveless shirt, cut at the neckline and reaching the floor in attractive folds, wrapping the left leg as it steps forward. Her cloak falls from the left shoulder diagonally over the back, around...
on Mar 12
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Kite Flying in India Q & A - Part Four: What About Crime - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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KAP Jasa – kite team Slovenia has been a part of the International Kite Festival Gujarat 2024 for the fourth time now (check out our reports from 2023!), but our adventures in India did not end there. Half of the team went to the beaches of Goa to get some well-deserved rest, and then went ... Read more
on Mar 6
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A Long Road and a Little Church - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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We are interrupting our regular programme from India to sort some bizarre issues with sharing our content on certain social media sites, and to tell you a story about how to bring a really long log from the forest to the sea. ‘Twas a rainy, but windy day, and in the quest of finding a ... Read more
on Mar 4
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Kite Flying in India Q & A - Part Three: Time and Watches - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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KAP Jasa – kite team Slovenia has been a part of the International Kite Festival Gujarat 2024 for the fourth time now (check out our reports from 2023!), but our adventures in India did not end there. Half of the team went to the beaches of Goa to get some well-deserved rest, and then went ... Read more
on Mar 2
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Kite Flying in India Q & A - Part Two: Hot and Cold - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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KAP Jasa – kite team Slovenia has been a part of the International Kite Festival Gujarat 2024 for the fourth time now (check out our reports from 2023!), but our adventures in India did not end there. Half of the team went to the beaches of Goa to get some well-deserved rest, and then went ... Read more
on Mar 1
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Kite Flying in India Q & A - Part One: of Monkeys and Stars - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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KAP Jasa – kite team Slovenia has been a part of the International Kite Festival Gujarat 2024 for the fourth time now (check out our reports from 2023!), but our adventures in India did not end there. Half of the team went to the beaches of Goa to get some well-deserved rest, and then went ... Read more
on Mar 1
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Looking back at 2023 - and forward to 2024! - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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Hello, dear kite lovers! The end of the year is coming, and it’s an appropriate time to look back and reflect on our kite and KAP adventures of 2023. This year was crazy and fun, we got some beautiful kite aerial photos and found some very interesting stories. We took part in 6 big kite ... Read more
on Dec 26
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Satellite of Love - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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The middle of December is rarely a good time for flying kites. It’s cold, it’s damp, it’s dark … the winds die down, the sun sets wayyy too early – if it wasn’t for the aggressive festive spirit, December would be the worst month of them all. But here and there a beautiful sunny and ... Read more
on Dec 18
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Who Flew Higher? - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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After the fantastic KAP session above Lake Cerknica – that brought us to the even more fantastic story of Magnificent Margie, check it out! – we were going through the big heap of photos when our eyes suddenly lit up. Notice something on this kite aerial shot of a huge meander od Stržen creek,...
on Dec 7
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A Magical Lake and a Tribute to Real Flyers - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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The intermittent Lake Cerknica is, well, magical. I mean, look: We’ve flown above this wonder of nature a couple of times already, but it is never the same and is always stunning. In the late Spring when the waters are receding and the plants are growing hysterically, covering the former bottom...
on Dec 5
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Trilobite Fight! - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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One of the missions of Kite society KAP Jasa is, as stated in our foundation charter, development and promotion of kite culture in Slovenia. So it’s not unusual to see a trilobite kite in the sky above Tivoli park, Ljubljana, piloted by one of our members – bringing joy to kids and awe to...
on Nov 29
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Hellish Winds in Paradise - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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Bled. The epitome of the beauty of Slovenia, its most famous tourist place, picturesque to the point of cringe. An Alpine lake, a cute island with a cule little church on it, an ancient castle perched high above it … a veritable paradise. But for kite aerial photography it’s hell … as Bled lies...
on Nov 27
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Same, but Different - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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Yes, it’s Ljubljana Marshes landscape park. Again. Yes, it’s Iški Morost nature reserve. Again 🙂 But wait – this KAP session was from the other end of this magical place! 😉 As if it matters up there, 250 m above the moor … It was a glorious November afternoon, and the vistas were … immense. ... Read more
on Nov 21
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Sisyphus of Karst - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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Wilhelm Putick – Viljem Putik, born in 1856 in Popůvky, Moravia – has a near-mythical status in Slovenian karstology and speleology, and rightly so. As a young student he was impressed by the heroic era of exploration of Moravian Karst – here is a sink, there is a spring, the water flows...
on Nov 15, 2023
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A Warm and Windy November Sunday - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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Such a perfect day … Ivor is frantically collecting kites to “increase our fleet”, and as six new items have arrived, a test was necessary. Luckily the Sunday was sunny, unusually warm for November, and windy. Very windy. A new trilobite joined our purple one in the sky. A shoal of fish lined...
on Nov 6, 2023
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A Different Anthem - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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National anthems are a strange lot. Hailing back from the 18th and 19th century – even most of the new ones composed after the end of World War II and the Cold war are imitating that “Romantic” style – they are pompous, stale, demodé in both verse and music. The lyrics are unimaginative, falling...
on Nov 2, 2023
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In the Damn Sync - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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This KAP session was more of a test – the sun was already low, there were some clouds and a mist announcing the arrival of a weather front, so the light was diffuse and dull. But we had to test a gift from the inimitable Sandro Macchi – SMAC, a radio controlled picavet rig. A ... Read more
on Oct 28, 2023
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Where the Summer Ends - KAP Jasa - kite team Slovenia
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For us lucky kiters that have so many so great friends in Croatia, the end of the summer is a geographical term. It’s not so much the question of when, but where – for us the summer ends on an island. The island is small and near the mainland, a seemingly unremarkable blob of land ... Read more
on Oct 10, 2023