Originally from Karachi, Pakistan, Abbas has an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering & computer science from Johns Hopkins University, and a graduate degree in philosophy from Columbia University. He lives with his wife, Margit Oberrauch, and their feline friend, Frederica Krueger, near the small, very beautiful city of Brixen in the Italian Alps. Email: s.abbas.raza.1 [at] gmail.com
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Shadow of the A22 Autobahn (a four lane highway) as it passes over the Stausee (a lake formed by a dam on the river Eisack) in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, on the longest day of the year. I was taking a short pre-lunch walk and shot this photo at noon. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help…
On a sunny and cloudless day last week, the smoke from Canadian wildfires arrived in the South Tyrolean Alps in the form of this unusual haze. Photo taken from my balcony. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
A plastic ring about 4 inches in diameter that I saw on the ground in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol. No idea what it is. I just report these important facts. Make of them what you will. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
Airplane shoots out from behind a mountain in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
Center of a peony in Vahrn, South Tyrol. Happy Spring! Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
This, in the video above, is the river Eisack’s heavy flow through Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, last week as the snows on the surrounding mountains start to melt. And below is a photo of the river just before it empties into the Stausee, just around the corner from the last part shown in the video,…
Ambulance speeds by the much slower boat I was in, at quite an unbelievable speed, in Venice. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
A kind of cherry tree, I believe, abloom last month in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
In the past year or so, I have started taking a lot of photos of the ground as I take my usual walk along the same route every day. This recent photo of the cobblestones of Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, showered with flower petals from nearby trees, is one of them. Enjoying the content on 3QD?…
A stained-glass window in a wall on the other side of this chapel in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, seen through a stained-glass window on this side. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
I was startled for a moment before realizing that our neighbors had taken their child out of this suit before hanging it out to dry. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
A macchiato I had in Brixen, South Tyrol. Just thought I’d post a somewhat soothing photo. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
A pedestrian bridge hangs over the river Eisack in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, suspended from two of these cables which are anchored to these concrete abutments on the two sides of the river. It is a somewhat odd bridge in that the cables from which it hangs are mostly lower than the top parts of the…
Plastic rose among a pile of assorted trash at the side of a road in Brixen, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
Once there was a way, to get back homeward… Photo taken in Bruneck, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
Reflections in panes of glass (or maybe plastic?) in a garage door in Brixen, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
Time to put my winter boots away. They have served me well. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
Reflection selfie in a road mirror of me and my wife, Margit, who is also taking a reflection selfie of herself and me in another road mirror. In Neustift, South Tyrol. The photo she took is below. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
View from my kitchen window last week on a foggy morning. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
Chandelier hanging from the ceiling of the church of Maria Weißenstein in Welschnofen, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.