Sunset, Plansee, Austria

Sunset, Thaneller (2,341m, Lechtal Alps), Plansee, Tirol, Austria. copyright:charles kenwright/ http://www.openmind-images.com

Sunset

Sunrise.

Thaneller (2,341 m, Lechtal Alps), Plansee, Tirol, Austria. copyright: charles kenwright/ http://www.openmind-images.com

Sunrise on Thaneller from Plansee

The Karwendel Massif, Austria

The Karwendel Massif. copyright charles kenwright/ http://www.openmind-images.com

Early Morning

Achensee and the Karwendel Mountains, Austria

Achensee and the Karwendel Mountains, Austria. copyright: charles kenwright/ http://www.openmind-images.com

The last of the sun

A Few Days in the Gesäuse, Austria

Reichenstein, Totenköpfl, Gesäuse, Enntal Alps, Steiermark, Austria. copyright: charles kenwright/ http://www.openmind-image.com

I´ve just returned from a few days in the Gesäuse area of the Enntal Alps in Steiermark, Austria. This was my first visit – but it most certainly will not be my last! It´s a beautiful limestone area, of jagged peaks and wonderful mountain meadows situated on the way down to Graz on the Austrian, Slovenian border.

Snow Shoeing in the Tuxer Alps, Tirol, Austria

Last weekend I had a good weekend in the Tuxer Alps, snow shoeing. Saturday was a brilliantly sunny day but with a very stron Föhn wind blowing up from the south. It led to some very impressive cloud formations which were blown along at a tremendous speed. I took these shots whilst climbing the Vennspitze (2390m) which is above Paduan.

The Wildseespitze taken from the Vennspitze, Tuxer Alps, Tirol Austria copyright: charles kenwright/ http://www.openmind-images.com

 

Shadows on the Vennspitze, Tuxer Alps, Tirol Austria copyright: charles kenwright/ http://www.openmind-images.com

During Saturday night it started to snow which lasted well into Sunday. Changes in weather just completely change the atmosphere of a place. The last shot, taken on Sunday is looking down onto a small hamlet near Lippenhof. By the way this area is near the Brenner Pass which leads over into Italy.

Snow storm, Tuxer Alps, Tirol Austria copyright: charles kenwright/ http://www.openmind-images.com

 

Lifting Clouds. Hoher Tauern, Austria

Lifting Clouds, Hoher Tauern, Austria
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The heavy rain on Saturday night turned to snow. But Sunday dawned dry and the thick cloud cover lifted up into the sunlight which is just starting to pick out the ridge running down from the Oberer Focherzkopf. Both the beginning and end of bad weather can give some very dramatic lighting effects.

Lone Tree

Kemater, Stubia Alps
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I took this a few weeks ago on a snowy day in the Stubia Alps in Austria. For me it has a Japanese quality about it – in fact I can feel a Haiku coming on.

The Kalkkögel early yesterday morning.

The Kalkkögel, Stubai Alps, Austria.
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I took this yesterday morning. I was staying up at the Kemater Alm in the Tuxer region of the Stubai Alps in Austria. The day before had been one of snow storms, cloud and this mountain range was almost completely hidden by cloud – then yestarday it dawned fine with blue skies. The sun was rising behind the range and projecting their shadows up into the sky above them.

Totenkirchl Bones, Kaisergebirge, Tirol Austria

Totenkirchl Bones, Kaisergebrige, Tirol Austria
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The limestone of the Totenkirchl has been weathered over millions of years and, to me, bears a strange resemblance to one of those anatomical diagrams showing hand and foot joints, or a many hundreds of meters high whale skeleton. This is appropriate because the name “Totenkirchl” roughly translates as “Church of the Dead”, at least that´s my translation.