Fall Light

Last sunday we enjoyed the sunny weather to drive to Lakes Langbathseen, two small lakes near Ebensee, Austria. It was rather chilly but the bright sun lit the landscape perfectly. The fall colors in the trees and the glowing reed made for a perfect photograph.

Again I was impressed with my new Canon EF 70-200 1:4 L. It is a perfect lens, this image was taken at 200mm handheld and still its sharp and clear.

This day we've not been alone, of course. Dozens of people had the very same idea and sometimes we walked in single file. But it was a pleasure, nonetheless. It was also fun to see a lot of other photographers pointing their cameras at the gorgeous scenery. I really love the fall season, its light and colors are so rewarding.

So if you have any chance, get out and enjoy nature's beauty these days :-)

My new artist webpage

After joining Fine Art America I got my own webpage to sell my images:
Check it out: http://walter-quirtmair.artistwebsites.com/

Fine Art America

Now you can visit me at Fine Art America :-)

Lake Weissensee

A large panorama of gorgeous Lake Weissensee from June. We stay there almost every year for now 9 years. It's such a great place, the lake is the highest european lake you can swim in in summer. During the summer months the temperature can get to 24 C.

You also can do great hikes, I took the series of images for this panorama on the start of a walk. You see fresh mowed grass and small huts. On the shore you'll notice the white strips of sand and lime. It's that color which gives the lake its name (Weissensee = White Lake).

If you visit Austria then plan to stay at this area (or any other of our beautiful lakes :-)

New photos at ImageKind

I recently sold a print of one of my photos at ImageKind. Reason enough to upload a bunch more images, maybe there' s more potential :-)
Have a look here: ImageKind

iPhone Cases

After a long time a new post... sorry for not writing more, I usually don't find the time. But I'll try.

The site RedBubble, where I publish and sell my images, now also sells iPhone cases.
They really look cool, have a look at my collection of iPhone Cases.

Thx,
Walter

Dachstein

Sorry for not posting in the last time, I'm too busy...

Last weekend we were hiking in the Dachstein mountain range. The weather was bright and sunny, a welcome change after a very cold and wet May. It's said it was the coldest May since beginning of weather recordings. So you can image how we enjoyed the sun and being out all day.

Because of the bad weather there is still lots of snow in the mountains as you can see in the picture. The snow reached down to 1800m altitude, which is just where we walked that day. As we passed the track to the hut you can see in the middle back of the image, we had to cross some avalanches. The snow was fresh and clean, an indicator that the avalanches occured just recently.

And that's why we don't understand that the hiking trails was opened. Usually the authorities very quickly close trails in the Alps as soon as the danger of avalanches rises. But there many hikers and tourists walked that passage, right accross the avalanches that happend just days ago.

It was clear to us that it was not a good idea to walk there. Talking to the manager of our local hotel he agreed with us about closing the path. While we paused at the hut (and had some fine snack) we heard new avalanches coming down the mountains. It's a unqiue sound, like thunder in the distance. Sylvia also watched a small avalanche coming down at the place you see here standing in the image.

As for the image, its a panorama made of 4 shots. Using my new camera, the Canon EOS 7D, I'm amazed about the good quality it delivers. The image has 33 MB and thanks to the 18 MP of the camera I can zoom in like never before. I can switch from having the full view to see Sylvia's face in clear detail. I guess I will make some more panoramas in the future. It's fun.

Click in the image and zoom in to get the full view.

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