The beauty of Winter

This is another panorama from winter Hallstatt, even if it does not look like one. I zoomed in quite a lot and also did the shots vertically, so it ended quite square like. In this photo of the center of Hallstatt, I really liked the contrast between the blue mountains and the warm colors of the lights. So I did my edit to enhance that, and so it guides the eye into the center of the photo.

This is a two shot panorama, each shot from 5 exposures. I needed so many exposures, as the light on the tower is quite bright and I wanted to get rid of the overexposed area. Basic edits done in Lightroom, combined in PTgui, blended in Photoshop.

Down at the Hallstatter see

I have already been to Hallstatt in Austria few times, and each time I was there, I wonder where these spot was. I did see few photo from it, but I could not find the spot where one could go down to the Hallstatter see to get the view. The reason is, that most of the area is private property, so you can’t get down.

But this time, I found the spot, and I also found the reason why I did not notice it before. It’s because each time before I was there in the Summer, and since this is a boat dock, there was always a boat docked here. And it blocked the view. But not this time.

This was the last shot I did during my visit to Hallstat last week. I would maybe do more, but I had problems with my tripod. One of the legs got loose and just detached. So after spending a bit of time trying to fix it, I just took few photos and packed it for the day.

This is a blend of three shots, all edited in Lightroom and then blended in Photoshop.

Clear water at the Traunsee

Let’s stay at the lakes in Austria with another photo. Still a winter photo, but from January of last year. This one was taken at the Traunsee, in the town of Traunkirchen. I did many different compositions here, that I shared here before, but this one I did not share yet. I really like how the water was clean and clear, making it easy to see the bottom. So here I wanted to combine a reflection of a background, with a foreground where you can see the bottom. And it worked out nicely.

This is a single exposure edited in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Seevilla hotel at the Altausseer See

For this photo I would have preferred to go much much closer to the water to get more of a reflection. But as I mentioned with the previous photo from here, I could not. The piles of snow would just not allow it. So for this, I was actually standing in a spot where they pushed off the snow from the road. It crated a bit of a platform. I did sunk into the snow a few times, but only a little.

This photo was taken at the Altausseer See in Austria. On the left you can see the Seevilla hotel. It is a 6 tile panorama, combined in Lightroom, finished in Photoshop.

And here are few details:

Sunlit reflection at the Altausee

And here is the photo I used as the example in yesterday’s post. It was a very sunny bright day with the sun high in the sky at that moment. I actually wanted to get much closer to the water, and include something more in the foreground here. But I could not find a spot where to get closer. All around the lake was 1m+ of snow and you just could not get through.

This is a single exposure, with second one only used to remove sun flares. Edited in Lightroom and finished in Photoshop.