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Good day,
Ever notice how a mountain has no need of saying a word? It simply is, and that says everything.
Be everwell.
#WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #Mountains #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography
New long term photography project: Timefade — prints and animations documenting alpine places and their changes over decades or a century.
First place completed: Breslauer Hütte and the glaciers of the Gurgler Range. Two images from the same location, separated by 103 years: 1923 and 2026.
The hut was built in 1882 and has undergone several restorations and extensions. The major peaks from left to right: Großer Ramolkogel, Hinterer Spiegelkogel, Firmisanschneide, Schalfkogel, all between 3400-3550m
The shrinkage of the glaciers in this view might seem rather small for a time span of a century, but it's worth remembering that most of the volume losses have only been during the past 25-50 years and the melting process itself is exponential and accelerating... Secondly, for a size/scale reference: On the rightmost glacier (Diem-Ferner), the elevation difference between the top edge of the side moraine and the glacier creek is now >100 meters (more than a 30 storey building)...
It might only be two photos (some more are already in progress), but production involved several weeks of library research (see below) of suitable locations and images, feasibility studies on old & current maps trying to determine photo spots, lenses and viewing angles from where the original pictures were taken, travel and hiking logistics, then taking dozens of photos from different candidate points in situ. Back home after the shoot: Testing different candidate images for best match/alignment potential, tweaking and fine tuning their perspectives, video editing...
Image credits:
The 1923 photograph (author unknown) is from the AKON vintage postcard collection of the Österreichische National Bibliothek: https://akon.onb.ac.at/#id=AKON_AK097_437
The 2026 photograph is by me, taken 24/06/2026 (for future reference)
More about the larger project in the thread below...
#Timefade #LandscapePhotography #Photography #Art #History #Alps #Mountains #Urbanism #Environment #ClimateChange
#Today 04
Independence Day 2026, 250 years.
“…It is their right, it is their duty to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their security.”
Let us not celebrate where we are, but where We the People can lead this house divided, yet a house nonetheless.
Be everwell.
#WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography
“Mountains, Morning Light” — Morning light, mist and clouds on Beinn Dearg, Isle of Skye.
As a person who has spent a lifetime exploring California’s High Sierra Nevada, I have seen a lot of rugged, alpine scenes. “My” mountains typically require me to climb to near or above 10,000′ to see scenes like this. But here in Scotland, on the Isle of Skye specifically, the mountains rise from essentially sea level. While the peaks are all below 4000′, they nonetheless present the same alpine scenery I find among the highest peaks in the Sierra…more: https://gdanmitchell.com/2026/07/03/mountains-morning-light/
#travel #scotland #sky #photo #classicmono #photography #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography #nature
For #ForestFriday I want to share one of the first "good" images I ever took - I didn't realize it was "good" at the time, but, I've come to love this image. Don't delete your Raws!
I took it months after buying my first #Fujifilm on a trip to #Guatemala with my sister as we hiked up #Acatenango #Volcano
#naturephotography #nature #landscapephotography #photography #lpw
Here is yet another waterfall from my waterfall tour of the White Mountains, NH, last month. This is a 19 second video— sound on and wait for it!
Lizzie— this is especially for you!!
#WaterfallWednesday #nature #hiking
#photography #landscape #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #mountains
#Today 01
Good day!
This little cascade was in a truly magical location, and not one a person would associate with Montana.
No big mountain, no sweeping vista. Instead, a tiny stream in a narrow gulch. I doubt there’s anyone local who knows this exists.
But now you know.
Be everwell.
#WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography
15 magnificent pictures of Hoi An, a #HistoricalPort in Vietnam: https://zorz.it/MqzYy
#MartynasKlimas #LandscapePhotography #HoiAn #Vietnam #NaturePhotography #RehahnCroquevielle #RéhahnPhotography #TravelPhotography #pictures
Here is the view looking back toward the ridge and summit I had hiked up to last month in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains, NH. At this point, I was traversing along a contour of the cone of the highest summit before I looped back down to the trailhead. Looking forward to returning to this ridge real soon! #MountainMonday #hiking #nature
#photography #landscape #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #mountains
#Today 29
Good day!
It’s 48F (20C) and raining. Is this falling as snow in the mountains? No idea since I can’t see them.
In just the last few days, we’ve exceeded our normal amount of moisture for June.
Live somewhere long enough and you experience all kinds of things.
Be everwell.
#WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography
I'm told that this is often a stand in for New Zealand's world-famous Mount Taranaki :-] #landscapephotography #photographer #MtFuji #gruffsontour
#Today 27
Good day!
The rain returned during my hike on Thursday. It comes and goes, and varies between drizzle and a strong rain.
More of the same is forecasted.
The rain we’ve had for months is transforming everything.
This is a dry climate. I wouldn’t know it in places.
Be everwell.
#WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography
Here is a pic from my hike up to the ridge last month in the Presidential Range, White Mountains, NH. Above the tree line, there were significant fields of boulders and the "trail" was marked by cairns like this. I'm planning another trip to the ridge for sometime next month, but approaching from the other side of the ridge (east side). And, yes, more boulders!! #FootpathFriday #hiking #mountains
#nature #photography #landscape #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography
#Today 25
Good day!
It’s said somewhere (don’t ask me where), that trees that are shunned by other trees in life, become beautiful Lupine in the afterlife.
Maybe it’s just wishful thinking. Maybe not.
Either way, maybe we should see if that works for humans.
Be everwell.
#WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography
#BloomScrolling
Went canoeing today on a river north of Boston. Very pleasant, ideal conditions. Saw a nice mix of turtles, swans and their cygnets, a heron, and expansive areas of flowering lily pads. So much nature to enjoy in spite of the river winding through neighborhoods! #nature #canoe #river
#photography #NaturePhotography #landscape #LandscapePhotography #boat
It was a gorgeous day on #CapeCod yesterday. Had dinner down by the #ocean watching the sun set. So beautiful! #sunset #sea #marine #coastal #nature #NaturePhotography #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #Seascape #GetOutside #outside
Here’s yet another waterfall from my tour earlier this month of these beautiful water features in the White Mountains, New Hampshire. Didn’t have to walk very far from the trailhead to see this one! #WaterfallWednesday #hiking #nature
#photography #mountains #NaturePhotography #landscape #LandscapePhotography #waterfall #waterfalls
Hórreo de Carnota.
#galiza #coruña #españa #landscape #landscapephotography #paisajes #picoftheday #arquitectura #spain #bluesky #bodas #wedding
Dragon's Pearl
A full Moon moonrise over the sandstone formations. A shot like this requires prep - clear sky, full Moon phase, and it should have the right angle (azimuth) during the moonrise.
I added a Moon planner to PhotoSignal. It allows you to inspect Moon phases, and shows moonrise and moonset azimuth.
https://photosignal.app/tools/moon-planner
Advanced version includes longer horizon and will have long-range reminders in the future.
#landscape #LandscapePhotography #moon #nature #photography #photo
#Today 24
Good day!
I hope I never take my landscape for granted. Even when focused on the foreground, the forest and mountains make their presence known.
For those who aren’t so fortunate, I want that to always be the case. I know what it is to have nature at a distance.
Be everwell.
#WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography
Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Monument (now National Park), California from April 1984.
#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #hikingadventures #nature #California #nationalparks #DeathValley #Southwest #desert #mountains #dunes
Abendrunde übers Feld...
Wiesenduft und Heu
Abendlicht im Gesicht
Spielzeit mit dem Hund
#Sonnenuntergang #Sunset #Dogs #Dachshund #LübarserFelder #Berlin #LandscapePhotography
I dont know how I managed to make it to this side of Stuðlagil canyon and back to the car park with my wonky, arthritic legs last year when there was no place to sit down a bit to give my legs a break along the way, but I did, and it was worth it.
#TextureTuesday #Iceland #Travel #TravelPhotography #Landscape #LandscapePhotography