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Travel Photography & Stories by Marion Vicenta Payr, formerly known as . Based in Vienna, Austria.

16/09/2026

Female photographers, this is your sign! 📷✨
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The deadline for 2026 is fast approaching on September 28th!

If you’ve been hesitating—this is your gentle nudge.

✨ Your perspective deserves to be seen.

It’s free to enter with over €20,000 in Nikon gear up for grabs!

Categories:
* Architecture & Street
* Landscape & Travel
* Macro & Still Life
* People & Portrait
* Animals & Wildlife
* Sports & Action

Prizes:
* 🥇 1st Place (each category): Nikon gear worth €2,500
* 🥈 2nd Place (each category): Nikon gear worth €500
* 🥉 3rd Place (each category): Nikon gear worth €500
* 🏆 Best Perspective (Overall Winner): Nikon gear worth €2,500
* 🏆 Young Perspective (Under 25): Nikon gear worth €2,500

👉 Go to mynikon.de before Sept 28, 2026, and submit your images!

We can’t wait to see your perspectives. ❤️

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15/09/2026

Final (?) Langkawi flashback 😅
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Secretly (or not so secretly) I’ve been working on editing the last few weeks. There was such a huge backlog that it took me quite a while to wrap my head around the sheer volume of photos. But once I started, flow state entered the stage quickly.

I do call it the editing cave for a reason. Ask raffael payr. He will tell you he’s like a widower when I dive into the cave. 😅

I disappear into the office and go days without properly reappearing—except for an occasional food intake. Usually he cooks in these periods, as I generally forget everything around me, including my own physical needs 😅

But now I’m happy to report that I have finished the edits of Malaysia and very soon also Zambia (alongside a family wedding and many smaller productions). That means I have processed more than 100,000 images in the last few weeks. Phew.

Soon the busy autumn production period will kick off and it looks like I will have more to edit not too far from now. But first I can’t wait to be back in the field 🙌🏼

See you soon great outdoors! 😍

13/09/2026

Kuala Lumpur Moments with The RuMa Hotel and Residences.
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On our last two trips to KL, we somehow managed to miss seeing the iconic Petronas Towers completely. To make sure we didn’t repeat history, we decided to base ourselves right in the heart of KLCC with a direct view of the towers from our room before heading back home 😅 Third time’s the charm!

Where to Stay: The RuMa Hotel & Residences

If you want these views you have to book one of their “Corner Studios” with Twin Towers View. We checked in shortly before nightfall, raided the minibar (which is included 😉🙌🏼), filled a bathtub and watched the Petronas Towers light up right in front of our window. This is definitely the most comfortable way to see the landmark of KL 😊

Beyond just the views, the hotel is a serene, design-led sanctuary amidst the urban rush.

Our highlight: High Tea at The Librari ✨🫖

If you stay here (or even if you’re just visiting for the afternoon), make a reservation for Afternoon Tea in The Librari. We had skipped lunch for this and it was the best decision! The space itself is beautifully curated, but the tea service is truly outstanding—they thoughtfully crafted an incredible vegetarian menu for us that was absolutely indulgent!

Save this for your next KL trip ✨🙌🏼

11/09/2026

Rainforest pool Villa The Datai Langkawi.
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Slowly I’m getting to the end of my Langkawi stories. I hope I’m not boring you with these yet, but that’s what you get when spending 10 days on a photographic residency… a looot of photos it seems 😅

Shortly I will commence with my busy schedule of autumn productions, photo expos and other duties, so stay tuned for things changing up.

But for now I remain hidden in the editing cave finishing up everything that happened until the summer. One more week at home before things kick off and I can’t wait!

10/09/2026

Attention female photographers: time is running out to submit your work to 2026!
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With the September 28 deadline fast approaching, here is a final call to join the sixth edition of this incredible photo contest and mentorship program by Nikon.

This remains one of my absolute favorite projects of the year, and we can’t wait to see your perspectives before entries close.

Whether you are a passion-driven hobbyist or an established professional, you can enter your images free of charge until September 28, 2026 across six categories:

• Architecture & Street
• Landscape & Travel
• Macro & Still Life
• People & Portrait
• Animals & Wildlife
• Sports & Action

The Prizes

All entries are featured on the official Nikon website, with over € 20,000 in gear up for grabs:

🥇 1st place in each category: Nikon gear worth € 2,500
🥈2nd place in each category: Nikon gear worth € 500
🥉3rd place in each category: Nikon gear worth € 500

Special Awards:
🏆„Best perspective“ from all categories: wins Nikon gear worth € 2,500
🏆 „Young perspective“ from all entries of photographers below 25 years old: wins Nikon gear worth € 2,500

Don’t wait until the last minute!

Head over to the Nikon DACH website for full submission details. If you’re on Facebook, pop into the Nikon Female Facets Group to connect with our community and get hands-on tips from the mentors.

We can’t wait to see the world through your lens!

With love from your Mentors:
Kathrin Schafbauer | Alina Rudya | Tanja Brandt-Tierfotografie | .evang | Heike Jasper | Marion Payr | Vienna, Austria

09/09/2026

Felt horizontal, might delete later.
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Recently I read an interview with a photo editor who said he is always suspicious of a portfolio mostly shot in vertical.

Inherently he raised doubt about the artistic qualities of photographers who were „brought up“ on social media. Vertical photos shouldn’t be the norm. They are only allowed when they (and I quote) „make sense“ in the context.

The same doesn’t go for horizontal photos.
These are considered superior per definition.

This is how photography is supposed to look like.
This is how our eyes should perceive the world.
This is how the camera needs to capture things.

I politely disagree.

I usually take 10 vertical photos before I take a horizontal one.
Because that’s how I trained my perception.
That’s how I got in touch with photography.
Social media made me do it 😅

And I don’t believe the format makes a photo.
It’s the feeling, the substance, the intention.

What do you think?

08/09/2026

Rainforest villa at The Datai Langkawi.
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Tucked away under the canopy, embedded in emerald green. The rainforest villas are sanctuaries in the million year old forest that’s home to The Datai.

We stayed here during both our visits, listening to Tokay geckos and their distinct „Geck-kooo“ calls and dusky leaf monkeys casually walking over our roof.

I honestly can’t think of better sounds to listen to from below the canopy of our bed. Back home I have to make due with pigeon calls and the occasional visit of a squirrel on our balcony 😅

Langkawi, you are special! ✨🌙

07/09/2026

Langkawi beach moments for The Datai Langkawi.
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I’m not a beach person per se.

Yes, I can spend an afternoon at the beach, go snorkeling, watch the sunset. But I might need some entertainment in between. Like a visit to the mangroves to look for otters. Or a walk to collect shells.

Luckily the bay at the Datai offers plenty of entertainment.

1: A selection of shell and coral fragments found at the beach. I spent at least two mornings collecting (and no, I don’t take these home with me, as everything serves a purpose in nature. Hermit crabs need shells to build homes for example. So these are always left at the beach in the end!).
2: One of those morning walks during low tide. I love the rainforest right at the beach here—coconut palms have supposedly never been part of the natural flora on Langkawi.
3: Sand bubbler crabs create these intricate patterns by filtering sand through their mouthparts and leaving behind little balls of sand. The mosaics are true works of art and I admired them every evening! At the Datai the whole beach is covered in these.
4: The bay at low tide as seen from above.
5: Collection of shells at the Datai’s nature center—this is where you can also go on tours with the resorts’ own naturalists to learn more about the flora and fauna and spot wildlife.
6: Sailboats are up for rent at The Datai’s water sport center.
7: If you need a break from the beach there’s also a pool directly next to the beach.
8: Morning light and ripples in the sand during another sunrise beach walk.
9: Mangroves grow right at the beach.
10: Smooth-coated otters love these mangroves. These otters are classified as vulnerable according to IUCN, due to habitat loss and water pollution.
11: The sun sets during low tide.
12: That evening we saw a pack of eight smooth-coated otters hunting fish in the shallow parts of the mangroves. So special!
13: Ending the day with cocktails at the beach.
14: Always with the view of the rainforest, which makes this stretch of beach extra stunning and wild!

This way even I can spend some time at the beach 😉

06/09/2026

Only 2 seats left on our Borneo expedition in 2027.

I know 2027 seems far away, but we are holding spots in some of the most sought after places in Sabah, which grant us the best access to Borneo‘s wild.

Join us on a journey to the humming sounds of an ancient canopy and the privilege of encounters with some of the world’s most elusive creatures.

You can find all the trip details on marionpayr.com or comment „Borneo“ to learn more.

🇲🇾✨

05/09/2026

Mentally still here.
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1: Sunset ride on Amanea yacht.
2: Collecting shells at the Datai‘s beach.
3: Sunset behind the rainforest.
4: The Datai Main Building.
5: Gin masterclass at Gulai house.
6: Rainy day.
7: Dusky leaf monkey in the canopy.
8: Gulai house Malaysian restaurant.
9: Spa moments.
10: Raindrops on a leaf.

I hope to be back one day. Such a special place.

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