a single house peeks out of a swirl of mist, soft morning sunlight bathes a hillside in pink and orange light, heavy fog turns the landscape ghostly green in these ethereal images polish photographer marcin sobas captures the unreal world of early morning in two of europe's most beautiful regions he travelled to rural villages in tuscany in italy and the beskid mountains in poland, venturing out before dawn while the villagers slept in tiny wooden cottages and brick villas among swirling mist this mountain glade in the beskid mountains in poland is bathed in ethereal greenish light in sobas's picture  every single picture tells a different story where the light and conditions are the main characters such as these rolling tuscan hills shrounded in mist  the first rays of sunlight turns the clouds pink and the land orange in marcin sobas's image of this village in the beskid mountains in poland  the top of a hillside emerges like an island from a sea of mist from this picture taken in poland's beskid mountains  he said: 'it’s a compilation of pictures which were taken in poland and italy during several sunrises the main themes are the houses, huts and villages because i am fascinated by such views and landscapes 'when i was taking these pictures i stood higher than these houses and was enjoying the sunlight people who live in these houses slept tight in the darkness of mists' sobas ,who lives in silesia in poland, works in it but his real passion is landscape photography and capturing the charms of nature cypresses and poplars rise out of the mist while in the foreground a tuscan villa sleeps  a tuscan hillside is surrounded by clouds and mist while the distant shapes of mountains begin to emerge  houses, huts and villages, such as these in the beskid mountains, fascinate sobas  all but one house are hidden by thick mist in this valley in the beskid mountains  he started taking pictures as a child when his father, from whom he inherited his love of nature, gave him a compact camera as a present his favourite themes are light and weather and the way in which they interplay to make familiar landscapes seem strange and unreal he said: 'ever since i can remember i have always been sensitive for the charms of nature i believe this is originating from my father who was also the one who gifted me a compact camera a wooden hut peaks out of a grey landscape in this photograph from the beskid mountains  his favourite themes are light and weather and the way in which they interplay to make familiar landscapes seem strange and unreal  'this was the very moment that have initiated my adventure with photography the next key milestone was the purchase of a professional dslr camera, from that moment on i started to take photography for serious – and in a much more conscious way it has become my greatest passion 'i specialise in landscape photography my favorite themes are rolling farmlands, foggy mornings in the mountains and by the lakes when he was taking these pictures he stood higher than these polish houses and was enjoying the sunlight people who live in these houses slept tight in the darkness of mists  the red windows of this tiny polish cottage stand out against the sea of grey and white  'i do my best to have every single picture to tell a different story where the light and conditions are the main characters#  'these two factors make the world look extreme and unreal at various times of a day and year in the future i plan to check myself also in other areas like birds and wildlife photography which i find fascinating 'i hope that at some point of time i will manage to fulfill my greatest dream which is visiting all earth’s continents' this orange tuscan villa perches on a mountain surrounded by cypresses and poplars, a splash of colour among the grey  the beskid mountains, beskidy in polish, are a discontinuous series of forested mountain ranges lying in the eastern czech republic, northwestern slovakia and southern poland they are popular for their historic wooden churches and skiing resorts a small but growing population of bears, wolves and lynx roam the mountains tuscany, in the central and western areas of italy, blends gently rolling hills leading on to sharply peaked mountains  tuscany, in the central and western areas of italy, blends gently rolling hills leading on to sharply peaked mountains that pose a formidable barrier between tuscany and regions to the south please  put the address of my website ( wwwmarcinsobascom ) and my fanpage wwwfacebookcom/marcinsobasphotography on this post a  autumn leaves and red roofs and green grass begins to emerge from the grey shroud covering this polish village  this tuscan house seems suspended in heaven as the mist surrounds it completely  to see more of sobas's breathtaking work, visit wwwmarcinsobascom or check out wwwfacebookcom/marcinsobasphotography
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polish photographer marcin sobas captures landscapes in the beskid mountains in poland and tuscany in italy . he rose before dawn to capture mountain villages shrouded in mist . passionate about landscape photography, he uses the effects of light and weather to create unreal landscapes 