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Two pics, taken whilst fishing, two seasons, two continents and many years apart. The second is very poor quality but nevertheless, I like them next to each other.

Val Venosta

I have just spent a short holiday in the German speaking area of Italy. Alto Adige was incorporated into Italy after the First World war. The province doggedly retains its Austrian roots, right down to the shops being closed on Saturday afternoon. In the area where we stayed at the top end of the Val Venosta, many people have trouble speaking Italian. Apart from the landscape it has some medieval treasures tucked away, that I wanted to see.

First off, the most famous landmark in the upper valley. The bell tower emerging from the artificial lake at Resia, is pretty strange. I made the picture everybody makes.

1 Resia

2 The Stelvio Pass. It was fun driving the Alfa up this road. We see about half of the road up to the pass.

3 Malles

4 From my hotel balcony

5 St.-Benedikt-Kirche , Malles

6 St. Benedikt church of Mals was ercted in the 8th century A.D. Its Carolingian frescoes are among the earliest murals in central Europe. The two portraits of the founders are the most interesting. They show the Bishop of Chur and a Franconian landlord in traditional costume. This portraits are unique in Europe, as there is no comparable representation anywhere else.

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11 Malles

12 Vallelunga

13 vallelunga

14Malles

Sailors in the sky

Sing to the tunes of "Riders on the Storm"

How interesting. Yes, I have seen that scene in #1 before but it is strikingly beautiful.
I liked these three, plus the last three.

I saw first picture and thought that it was taken to show recent floods in Emilia-Romagna... Luckily not.
Love fourth shot, warm sunlight and blue light make nice contrast.

Shimmer

A coastal stroll

Took a walk along the coast path at Garlieston. What most took my eye was the light shining through some of the plants along the way.

The air was particularly clear, and the peaks of the Lake District could be made out quite easily across the water, 50km and more. Perhaps Steve can identify?

Like them both since they share water reflections, but prefer #1 shot. Sky drama wins(imho).

Both superb.

Very atmospheric.

My picks.
Vallelunga loooks very inviting. Are you back to full mountain fitness after your medical episode?
I'm missing my autumn travel this year 😒 as we are embroiled in property purchase.

Extraordinary!

Beautiful light, well captured.

Small Water Tarn - The Movie

No new pictures from me today, the weather has been awful for most of the week, so I've not managed to get out with the camera.

However, a few months ago, I took the GFX up to Small Water Tarn, high in the hills above the Mardale valley, to try and (crudely) recreate an old picture from the early 1900s that I own a glass slide of.

I shared the pictures back then, but with everything that's happened in between, I pretty much forgot that I'd also shot some video with an action cam, largely to test it out along with the microphone that I got at the same time. There wasn't a lot of footage, just me rambling unscripted about why I'd gone there and some footage of me lining up a shot on my way back down, but I decided to put it together into a short (less than 10 minutes) video along with a couple of montages comprising pictures I took on that day.

For anyone with 10 minutes to spare, here's the Youtube link...

youtu.be/2jnA3HlmxnY

You're actually getting a bit of a premiere here as the video is currently unlisted, so I'm interested in hearing feedback from anyone with 10 minutes to spare watching it.

When I feel well enough to drive up to The Lake District again, I may make another attempt at recreating this image, possibly even taking a much better model (i.e. anyone other than myself), in which case I'll shoot a (hopefully) much better video.

This picture blows out any cobwebs I had.

I like the 2nd but wish that one wasn't OOF.