Edelweiss
Posted on April 7th, 2016
After many hikes in the alps, I found some.
These flowers are rare, protected and symbols of the alps. I was already on my way to the cable car down to the valley, when I found them at the side of the trail. It was a nice last view of this hike with so many beautiful impressions.
But probably these edelweiss was not grown by nature, but rather plantet by man. Well who cares, it was anyway a nice surprise to me.
Rays
Posted on März 31st, 2016
And then the cloud was covering the sky.
What an intense mood, the sun was covered now, but the sunrays were still visible in the air. The only thing I can say now is; enjoy it!
Wind, sun and clouds
Posted on März 28th, 2016
More and more are the clouds covering the sky.
But the sun still sends their rays towards me and it’s clear no more long and sun will be hide behind the thick rain clouds. Look how golden the sun is lightning the grass and the moisty air. Even the underneath of the clouds have a golden touch.
Who says a cloudless sunrise is the best you can have? Nope, the best is a cloudy sky with a small hole for the sun and the colors are shiny!
Dark clouds in the sky
Posted on März 25th, 2016
After a clear night, dark clouds are covering the sky.
More and more was it clear, the weather forecast was right and rainy weather is on the way. But this time the clouds were very welcome. Cause, look that moody lightning we become. And with the time the scenery was looking better and better. But for now, let us enjoy this image first.
And tomorrow, something special is planned. Mr. Fear will sleep only with a sleeping bag directly in the snow up on 2600m on a peek in the alps. Either I’m a pantywaist and shivering the whole night, or we will get some very impressive images of a sunset, night and the following sunrise 
Or with other words – Just Do It!
The first sunrays
Posted on März 21st, 2016
After the sun has passed the clouds at the horizon, the light was touching my lens.
Uh oh, how the time is running, it’s a long time ago since my last article. There is so much to do in my primary job and so flows the time away.
But anyhow, back to the mountains, after a breeze of alpine glow, the sun was visible after she crossed the clouds and I became this beautiful hazy image of all the staggerd mountains. Isn’t this a peaceful, moody image of the the foothills of the alps?
Alone in the dark – part 11
Posted on März 5th, 2016
Sitting alone on a bench and enjoying the alpenglow.
It was not that intense, because of the clouds on the eastern horizon, but it was visible at the mighty 4000s of the Bernese Alps. You can see the Wetterhorn, the Schreckhorn, the Fisnteraarhorn and Eiger, Moench and Jungfrau. Maybe some jobs to do
And I was lucky there are some clouds, not too many and not cloudless, so we have all these beautiful colors on the image.
Alone in the dark – part 10
Posted on März 1st, 2016
There she is, the mother sun!
And as I worried about, the clouds were faster than the sun and we didn’t get a bright sunrise with a clear alpine glow. But as always, there are two sides and on the other hand we get some colored clouds in the sky.
But we will see what happens next and how the light will be changed in the next few minutes. Who knows what we will get, maybe the clouds disappears before the red light is gone, or we get a fully clouded sky, we will see.
Alone in the dark – part 8
Posted on Februar 23rd, 2016
Watch this beautiful panoramic view of the Bernese Alps. (ZOOM IN!)
While I was waiting for the sun and the strong wind tugged vainly on my wind proof outdoor cloths, I started to get bored. But why waiting for the sunrise without making photos?
So I took my 100mm Canon lens and mounted it on my lightweight Sony A7r. By the way, this was my first trip without a canon body. But anyway, I focused by hand, because the autofocus was not working and with zooming into the liveview I could do this easily. And next time I will also turn off the IS because with long apperture times and mounted on a tripod, the IS worked contrary and it shacked the image.
Luckily this panorama image was such huge, that I shrinked it to a usable width of 6144 pixel and the unsharpness is no more visible. Meanwhile the Foen was collapsing and the storm front was pressing the clouds over the mountains. But I was still optimistic, because the Foen is stronger in the eastern part, so I hopefully can see the sunrise.
An Explanation for all Non-Swiss people, the Fön is a strong, warm wind coming from Africa over the Alps. This wind can be very strong with speeds up to 160km/h and if a blast hits you, it feels like a hot hair dryer is blowing in your face. That’s why a hair dryer in Switzerland is called a Fön.
Alone in the dark – part 7
Posted on Februar 16th, 2016
The darkness recedes and the light comes back.
From now on, I’m no more alone in the dark, because the darkness is gone It’s the time to wait for the sun and as always, before the sun reaches the horizon, the wind beginns to blow. This time was the wind stronger than normaly and I thought to me, it’s a little fresh up here for the month of August.
Only much later, I remembered me, there was a note in the weather forcast, that a storm is coming in the morning, followed by heavy rain. But at this time I could only see some clouds at the horizon.
Alone in the dark – part 6
Posted on Februar 9th, 2016
The sun comes and the stars are going.
Accomplished, I reached the peak and I’m early enough to see the last stars are going. And I was right, it would be too bright to still see the milkyway. But look at this! How beautiful are all these Bernese mountains in the very early morning glow. Although it will take more than an hour until the sun will reach the horizon and you can already see the reflecting light at the peaks of all the high mountains.
I build this image from four shots to a pano, so you can see the whole lake of Brienz and on the left the city of Brienz and on the right the city of Interlaken. On the horizon you see all the famous mountains like, Eiger, Moench, Jungfrau, Wetterhorn and so on.
