Posts marked with the tag “mountain”
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Summer in the mountains
Saturday, 12th June 2010 • Landscape photography • 1 comment
A view of the lake shore at the tiny mountain village of Melchsee Frutt in canton Obwalden, Switzerland.
Changing tack
Thursday, 22nd April 2010 • Individual photographs, Landscape photography • 1 comment
A photo I took a year ago today reminds me to put down the lighting gear and head out with just a camera and a pair of comfortable shoes, to capture the light which needs no help.
Memories of Great Places
Sunday, 11th April 2010 • Individual photographs, Landscape photography • No comments
A panoramic view of the small, remote town of Malfa on the Italian island of Salina.
Experiments in HDR
Saturday, 3rd April 2010 • Geek stuff, Individual photographs, Landscape photography, Technique • 2 comments
I’ve been meaning to spend a little time to sit down and really get to grips with the High Dynamic Range editing process. For the unititiated, the HDR is a photo which contains detail within a much wider range of tones than is possible through an individual shot, from deep shadows to bright highlights.
Brandegg
Sunday, 7th March 2010 • Individual photographs, Landscape photography • No comments
The lowest of the three stations along the Eiger Run sledging route, beneath the massive cliffs of the Eiger itself.
Eiger North Wall Chairlift
Wednesday, 3rd March 2010 • Individual photographs, Landscape photography • 1 comment
The new 6-seater chairlift running from to the base of the north wall of the Eiger, photographed from the Eiger Run sledge track above Grindelwald.
Schilthorn in the clouds
Monday, 1st February 2010 • Switzerland galleries • 1 comment
Small gallery of photos from a 2005 summer trip to the Piz Gloria revolving mountain-top restaurant above Mürren, made famous by the 1969 James Bond Film “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”.
This is where I live
Saturday, 30th January 2010 • Individual photographs, Landscape photography • 1 comment
The view from the Allmistübli restaurant, high above the lower Simmen valley, Lake Thun and the town I call home: Spiez, in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland.
Flims, Graubünden
Wednesday, 7th October 2009 • Switzerland galleries, Travel • 4 comments
Jo and I pledged to one another that we will go on holiday during the first week of October every year and celebrate our wedding anniversary by visiting somewhere new together. This year, we chose the south eastern Swiss canton of Graubünden as our destination. The article contains a gallery of photos from our trip.
Into another world
Friday, 2nd October 2009 • Landscape photography, Switzerland galleries • 5 comments
Last weekend, we chose to head for the Eigergletscher (“Eiger Glacier”) station high above Grindelwald: to appreciate the astounding beauty of the autumnal landscapes below the station, to be enthralled by the massive cliffs of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau, and also to visit the polar dogs who are kenneled next to the station.
Summer afternoon at Oeschinensee
Sunday, 16th August 2009 • Landscape photography, Switzerland galleries • No comments
Jo and I visit the alpine lake of Oeschinensee, in a mountain valley above Kandersteg, and take a dip to cool ourselves off.
In the Alps
Tuesday, 14th July 2009 • Switzerland galleries • 1 comment
A small collation of mountain images from the last few years of my home region within Switzerland: the Bernese Oberland.
Niesen, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
Wednesday, 4th February 2009 • Landscape photography, Switzerland galleries • No comments
The Niesen is a mountain, located in the Bernese Oberland region of the Swiss Alps, overlooking the lake of Thun and is often called the Swiss Pyramid. The summit of the mountain (2362 meters) can be reached easily with a funicular from Mülenen (near Reichenbach). The construction of the Niesenbahn funicular was completed in 1910. Alongside the path of the Niesenbahn is the longest stairway in the world with 11,674 steps, which is open only once a year to the public for a stair run.
Related website
» Niesen website
Storm Approaching
Wednesday, 30th July 2008 • Photography • No comments
This is a rapidly conceived and executed shot, as a big storm headed in from the Simmen valley from western Switzerland. I saw the distant clouds being illuminated by lightning (which accounts for the varied colouring in the clouds) so I grabbed a tripod and framed my shot from our living room window, setting exposure and taking a couple of test shots. I was pretty happy with the shot as it was, particularly with the streelight area giving some foreground interest, but the picture was a bit heavy in the lower part of the frame. So, I grabbed a flashgun, set it to 1/4 power and fired it into the trees in the lower centre of the frame, filling in just enough light to bring a little detail into the image.
You can see a larger version of this photo in the Niesen gallery.
Walking on the Lake, Oeschinensee, Switzerland
Saturday, 23rd February 2008 • Photography • No comments
The weather has been glorious today and, though we didn’t get going until a little later in the day, we spent the latter part of the afternoon riding the chair lift from Kandersteg to Oeschinensee, then walking through snowy forests to the side of the lake. It was a long walk along the sledge run, to a large, frozen, snow-covered plain. Tiny, stick-like figures ventured out in the shade of massive cliffs to the centre of where, in summer, Jo and her brother rowed a small boat on turquoise water.