Maverick
Reflecting...
Italy was enchanting, beautiful, earthly and at times insanely hot! Nonetheless, I had a good couple of weeks spreading my time among the quaint mountains of the Venetian Alps, the ever enchanting city of Venice, Pisa and its leaning tower in Tuscany to the hot but monumentally structured Rome...
Driving in Italy was fun too in that it almost reminds me of driving back home where people seem to be in a hurry most of the times. The last time I checked Italy was in financial stress and trying to implement austerity measures. But if you look at the autostrade and the gazillion tunnels they have built, you would not be able to relate to much of the financial stress at all! The roads are spectacular and for driving in the autostrade, you pay about 1c/Km which isn't that bad actually considering the alternative is usually slow and meanders a lot through old towns. I did a mix of both to get the real flavour of the country side.
This was shot in Lago di Carezza in the Dolomites in South Tyrol. A beautiful alpine lake with stunning blue waters and a thick blanket of coniferous trees. It is a small, emerald green mountain lake, in which the Catinaccio and Latemar are reflected. According to legend, once upon a time there was a beautiful mermaid living in the lake, which wizard Masaré was in love with. In order to seduce her, the witch Lanwerda advised him to dress up as jewel merchant and throw a rainbow from Catinaccio to Latemar. That is what he did, but he forgot to dress up and the duly mermaid detected him and forever disappeared in the lake. The wizard was angry and threw all the pieces of the rainbow as well as the jewels into the lake. That’s why it still features rainbow colours…
The lake is fed by subterranean springs from the Latemar mountian chain and the water level is constantly changing. The highest level is achieved in spring, the lowest level in October. In summer months the lake is fed by snow melt.
EXIF - f/16 ISO200 164 secs 20mm
Thanks for viewing and have a lovey week ahead!
Reflecting...
Italy was enchanting, beautiful, earthly and at times insanely hot! Nonetheless, I had a good couple of weeks spreading my time among the quaint mountains of the Venetian Alps, the ever enchanting city of Venice, Pisa and its leaning tower in Tuscany to the hot but monumentally structured Rome...
Driving in Italy was fun too in that it almost reminds me of driving back home where people seem to be in a hurry most of the times. The last time I checked Italy was in financial stress and trying to implement austerity measures. But if you look at the autostrade and the gazillion tunnels they have built, you would not be able to relate to much of the financial stress at all! The roads are spectacular and for driving in the autostrade, you pay about 1c/Km which isn't that bad actually considering the alternative is usually slow and meanders a lot through old towns. I did a mix of both to get the real flavour of the country side.
This was shot in Lago di Carezza in the Dolomites in South Tyrol. A beautiful alpine lake with stunning blue waters and a thick blanket of coniferous trees. It is a small, emerald green mountain lake, in which the Catinaccio and Latemar are reflected. According to legend, once upon a time there was a beautiful mermaid living in the lake, which wizard Masaré was in love with. In order to seduce her, the witch Lanwerda advised him to dress up as jewel merchant and throw a rainbow from Catinaccio to Latemar. That is what he did, but he forgot to dress up and the duly mermaid detected him and forever disappeared in the lake. The wizard was angry and threw all the pieces of the rainbow as well as the jewels into the lake. That’s why it still features rainbow colours…
The lake is fed by subterranean springs from the Latemar mountian chain and the water level is constantly changing. The highest level is achieved in spring, the lowest level in October. In summer months the lake is fed by snow melt.
EXIF - f/16 ISO200 164 secs 20mm
Thanks for viewing and have a lovey week ahead!