Rappenloch Gorge

[Peter S.]

Dear fellow camera collectors,

On a sunny sunday afternoon a few weeks ago we made a visit to a gorge at the
outscirts of the Alps. We went up by teleferic (as usual :-) ) in a short ride
from 450m to 950m altitude in a few minutes. And could enjoy a great view over
the valley of the river Rhine.



1. Dornbirn
MC W.Rokkor 1.8/35, F/8, support from a railing, Kodak Elitechrome 100
detail looks very good, even at the scanned (4000 dpi) picture.
The teleferic comes up from the lower right corner of the picture.

For the first meters we hiked along the steep ...



2. On the edge (same lens etc...)

... and through the woods ...



3. Drinking Trough
had difficulties here, since I did not carry the tripod :-(
(same lens open to F/2.8, which was not enough)

... until we got to the ravine.



4. Rappenloch Schlucht (I)
MD VFC Rokkor 2.8/24, F ca. 4, handheld at 1/30, picture is unsharp.
Most likely both shake and DoF (had to guess focus, since it was too
dark, and people behind me made me hurry).



5. Rappenloch Schlucht (II)
Same lens, some troubles.

I hope I get there again while having good light and a tripod...
it would be worth the effort.

Best regards
Peter

[Randy]

Breathtaking photos Peter. What does clammy mean? PS. I think you mixed up RECORDS with CAMERAS in your translation, although I do have a sizable record collection.

[nikonbob]

Peter

You are going to have to stop posting these lovely photos, they are making me want to explore your area of Germany. Just kidding about the first part but Lake Constance is on my list of places to visit. As always they are a pleasure to view. BTW you really need to use a RF for those slow speed hand held shots. Now I am just trying to cost you money if you have not already got a RF in your gear collection.

Bob

[Peter S.]

Dear Randy,

You are right with both! I just got a pile of records back from a colleague - and I am a bit confused
these days. So it slipped in. And the word clammy is wrong, too. I think I should have translated
the German word "Klamm" to "flume" or maybe "ravine". These are no fluent English words for
me - as I am obviously no native English speaker. :-(

Bob,

if You are doing travel plans, I have to point out, that this place is in Austria. The point where
Austria, Germany and Switzerland do attach is, er, within the Lake of Constance. Last time we
did visit Dornbirn, it took only 45 minutes to go there (65 km, a bit of that on a highway). I had the
Hasselblad with me. We came however late, so I had to exposure values in the order of 0.
The film is not processed yet, but I fear, there won't be much usable output.

And no, I don't own a RF yet. While the RF camera might not be a big issue to hunt down, I
wonder whether 24mm lenses are available at moderate cost. Btw, I had the Distagon C 4/40
(without T*) mounted on the Hassie plus an angle finder as a lot of waterdrops were coming
from the ceiling.

And Thank You for the compliments regarding the photos!

Best regards
Peter

[herron]

Neat pictures, Peter.

I particularly like Rappenloch Schlucht (I). I agree that going back with a tripod would be well worth it!

[olroy2044]

Stunning! Roy

[vintageslrs]

Peter

Great photos....

thanks for posting them!

Bob

[Peter S.]

Thank You all for the kind comments!
I hope that someday I could add one or two more from there.

Best regards
Peter

PS: I hope that at one or another time I got rid off all these annoying
typographical and orthographical mishaps. They do start to spread
as soon as I come back and reread my own writing...

[ellacoya1]

Great photos! I love the photo of the tree...love how they get all twisted and gnarled when they're exposed to the elements. I like the angle you were shooting from on the wooden trough, and the ravine is breathtaking. What a beautiful place!