Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / Crveno Jezero (Red Lake) near Imotski, Dinaric Alps, Dalmatia region, Croatia, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Close up of a Ladyfern (Athyrium filix-femina) frond, Runcu Valley, Dambovita County, Leota Mountain Range, Romania, July

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Close up of ladyfern (Athyrium filix-femina) fronds, Runcu Valley, Dambovita County, Leota Mountain Range, Romania, July

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Mixture of ground plants including Common wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella), Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum), Maidenhair spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes) Sweet woodruff (Galium odoratum) Wild straw...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Soft focus shot of beech trees (Fagus sylvatica) in pristine Beech-Fir forest, Runcu Valley, Dambovita County, Leota Mountain Range, Romania, July

Nick Upton / Alpine leek (Allium victorialis) clump growing among limestone scree near Dwarf pines (Pinus mugo) at 1700m on the Bohinj Ridge Mountains hiking trail, Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, Ju...

Nick Upton / Alpine leek (Allium victorialis) clump growing among limestone scree near Dwarf pines (Pinus mugo) at 1700m on the Bohinj Ridge Mountains hiking trail, Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, Ju...

Nick Upton / Adiabatic clouds forming on the windward side of the 1900m high Bohinj Ridge Moutains in the Julian Alps, as rising air cools, with grasses and Dwarf pines (Pinus mugo) growing between areas of expose...

Nick Upton / Alpine rock rose (Helianthemum alpestre) clump growing on karst limestone mountainside at 1600m in the Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July.

Nick Upton / St. Mary of the Assumption church on Bled Island, Lake Bled, with clifftop Bled castle, and the Julian Alps in the background, Slovenia, July 2010.

Nick Upton / Alpine hay meadow with flowering Betony (Stachys officinalis) and Great masterwort (Astrantia major) with densely forested Julian Alps in the background, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July 2010.

Nick Upton / Hairy alpine rose (Rhododendron hirsutum) clumps growing in a grassy gulley below Dwarf pine (Pinus mugo) trees at 1650m on karst limestone mountainside, Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia,...