Foggy Alpstein

[Peter S.]

Dear fellow camera collectors,

about 4 weeks ago I spent a Saturday hiking through the foggy Alpstein montains.
At first we (a colleague accompanied me) had the hope, we could reach the upper
corner of the fog - but no way.

The ridges are steep in that area, and I could only suspect what the view might look like
on better wheather. On the other hand, there is always a good opportunity for good
photographs in foggy wheather.




1. Foggy ridge, MD VFC Rokkor 2.8/24, XD-7, Fuji Velvia


We went on ...




2. Finding the way, same technical details


... and were happy, the Swiss did do a good job in marking their hiking trails.




3. Hiking trails, same technical details


At some point a sign told unexperienced people to stop and turn around. Due to the fog
path was pretty slippery.




4. Teufelskralle, Tokina AT-X 2.5/90 macro

I saw lots of this flower - and it did hurt me, I never succeeded in taking a nice
picture of it. I had to pass this task for the mext time :-(




5. Misty dawn, Tamron SP 3.5/17

We arrived back in the valley quite late - and still the fog did persist.



6. Seealpsee, MC W.Rokkor 1.8/35

Behind this lake we visited an Inn for a good evening meal, and we had to use
our flashlights to walk back to the valley (this lake is at 1000m altitude, the parking lot
at 700m).

The weather was not like we wished I could have been - but I returned a couple
of days later... maybe these pictures are interesting anyway.

Best regards

[olroy2044]

Very nice--fog adds a degree of mystery to everything. Roy

[Rachel]

Peter those first three pictures give me the feeling of actually being there. I have no head for heights

[kiev4a]

"The fog comes on little cat's feet." -- Unless you live at the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon where fog often comes on a bulldozer.

[ellacoya1]

All your photos are beautiful and impressive. The return trip views are glorious. But I have to admit, there's something eerie and otherworldly about the foggy photos that really appeal to me. Thank you for sharing all these beautiful photos.

[Peter S.]

Dear friends,

Thank You for the kind comments!

I am pleased You enjoyed looking at my photographs.

And yes, I found the combination of lifting fog and dawn a very intriguing one!
I am glad it seems I was able to get something of this feeling on the film.

Rachel,

this trip would not have been Your cup of tea. It was extremely slippery. And
both of us unintenionally sat down one or two times - not a nice thing given
the proximity of these sheers. But there are of course no photographs from that
part of the hiking tour.

Best regards
Peter

[Rachel]

peters said:

Rachel,

this trip would not have been Your cup of tea. It was extremely slippery. And
both of us unintenionally sat down one or two times - not a nice thing given
the proximity of these sheers. But there are of course no photographs from that
part of the hiking tour.

You are probably right Peter ... and my high heels would keep getting stuck in the mud I suppose ...

[John Parry]

Rachel - Miaow !!

Regards - John