Moravian Tuscany in May
In April 2025 I visited Moravian Tuscany, a beautiful part of Czechia to the east of Brno, which itself is in the south-east of the country. This area exhibits a unique folded landscape, seen only in Moravia, the original Tuscany region of Italy, and in the Palouse in northwestern USA. Apart from being a very attractive wine-growing region, this area is famous for some classic landscape views, usually involving a small element of the folded landscape in dappled sunlight. There are three recommended times for visiting: April, when the landscape is largely green, May, when dramatic reds from poppies and crimson clover appear, and September, when the landscape is golden and brown.
I arranged to go back again in May to capture more shots of this amazing landscape, but with a splash more colour. This time I went with a different Czech photographer: Emil ?elustka. Emil has probably done the most to popularise this area, and he has personally discovered numerous unique locations. He is an excellent guide and has over a hundred amazing spots he can take you to. We were very lucky with the weather on this trip — I got all the shots I was looking for, and had an amazing time. I highly recommend Emil as a guide and as a photography tutor.
Unlike my previous guide in this area, Emil is a full-frame shooter, so I brought along my Nikon Z7 full-frame camera, with a new 150–500mm Tamron lens and my trusty 24–200mm Nikon medium telephoto. The camera performed well, although I would say with no better image quality than the much smaller and lighter Olympus OM-3 from the earlier trip. I normally include detailed geolocation data on every photograph, but have omitted it here, as the exact location for these shots is part of the local guide’s stock-in-trade.
Photographs in this album include: Folded Moravian hills, Crimson clover, Crimson clover at dawn, Moravian vineyards, Ploughing as art, Cottage and field, and more.
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