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Back at the end of October I managed a 4 day landscape photography trip with one of my friends. I now live in Munich so it was great the explore some of the local area. Towards the end of the trip we spent two days in Berchtesgaden, little did we know that while we were there the Covid rates shot up to be the highest in Germany at the time, but thankfully landscape photography meant that we didn't come into contact with many people!
While researching locations I was struggling to find much inspiration or knowledge about where to go for a good autumnal view of the Watzmann, however some friends in Munich suggested that we headed up to the Grünstein as they had brilliant view from there the previous autumn. It was a short, but steep walk, but it was certainly worth the effort. We got there faster than expected so did some pre dawn (even pre-blue hour photography) which was fairly cold as it was very sub zero! There is a blog post here with location info: Bavaria Landscape Photography – Berchtesgaden
The sunrise was unexpectedly good, as just before sunrise a load of cloud appeared which was a great surprise. Here are my favourite two images looking towards the Watzmann, shot within a few mins of each other. In hindsight I think I used too much polarisation in the non panoramic image, but it's all a learning game.
I would love any c&c on how these could have been further improved.
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Sunrise over the Watzmann, Bavaria by Alastair Begley, on Flickr
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Sunrise over the Watzmann, Bavaria by Alastair Begley, on Flickr
While researching locations I was struggling to find much inspiration or knowledge about where to go for a good autumnal view of the Watzmann, however some friends in Munich suggested that we headed up to the Grünstein as they had brilliant view from there the previous autumn. It was a short, but steep walk, but it was certainly worth the effort. We got there faster than expected so did some pre dawn (even pre-blue hour photography) which was fairly cold as it was very sub zero! There is a blog post here with location info: Bavaria Landscape Photography – Berchtesgaden
The sunrise was unexpectedly good, as just before sunrise a load of cloud appeared which was a great surprise. Here are my favourite two images looking towards the Watzmann, shot within a few mins of each other. In hindsight I think I used too much polarisation in the non panoramic image, but it's all a learning game.
I would love any c&c on how these could have been further improved.
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Sunrise over the Watzmann, Bavaria by Alastair Begley, on Flickr
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Sunrise over the Watzmann, Bavaria by Alastair Begley, on Flickr