Friday, 4th February 2011
Winter Sunrise
by Stefan Mendelsohn
Saxon Switzerland, Germany
The weather forecast for today's morning sounded very promising - bright sky with only a few cirrostratus and early high fog. And during the last week we had a little snowfall. So I expected to find everything I would need for some beautiful landscape compositions at the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.
I decided to wake up early this morning for photographing the beautiful sandstone rocks with the golden light of a winter sunrise. When I arrived I was looking for a nice scenery. But the windchill factor was below -12 deg C and it was hard to keep my fingers warm.
Saxon Switzerland is a mountainous climbing area and national park around the Elbe valley south-east of Dresden in Saxony, Germany. Together with the Bohemian Switzerland in the Czech Republic it forms the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.
29. Jan. 2011 / 8.19am
Nikon D700 / Nikon AF-S 24-70mm / f2.8 G ED
Lee ProGlass 0.9ND Standard / Lee 0.9ND Graduated Filter - Hard Graduation
26mm / 1/1.3sec / f16 / ISO 200 / -0.7 stop
Tripod
Stefan Mendelsohn
Website: www.flickr.com/photos/mendelsohn/
Winter Sunrise by Stefan Mendelsohn was photo of the day on Friday, 4th February 2011. It is tagged Mountains, Snow, Sunrise. You can leave a comment below.
9 Comments
Larry L
The scale is so deceptive it’s amazing. I don’t know if it’s an aqueduct or train trestle but it looks like a toy – didn’t even notice it for about a minute. Makes me want to go there!
Melissa S
Wow this is stunning! This would make a very nice poster print! Very nice composition. Is that a train bridge I see or a pedestrian bridge?
Andrea
Amazing light and great how the rocks are covered with all the snow. The small bridge to the mountain is great to see. Beautifull shot.
Pauline Jones
Every individual mountain range in the world has its own character. This one reminds me of something from a fantasy film. Beautifully photographed; well done.
Maurício Costa
BEAUTIFUL!!! Very nice job done with the grad filters…. This place is so magical and divine it made me daydream…
Andrew
I love this so much! Thanks!
Balan Vinod
Stefan …what a frame this is …looks like the sun is going to melt away all the snow in the frame..excellent work..well done.
Marie Dunphy Harding
The more I stare at the rock formations, the more images I can imagine; It’s fascinating!
Stefan Mendelsohn
Thank you so much for all of your nice comments.
I appreciate you all.
With warmest regards,
Stefan.
@Melissa S: This is a small pedestrian bridge.