Just some assorted woodland pictures from the far corners of my hard
drive, while I plan the updates to the Gallery section of the website.
The woods are all bursting into life at the moment, with Bluebells
springing up beneath the trees, and lush herbage such as Garlic Mustard
and Cow Parsley crowding the edges and roadsides. Ah, woodlands are fantastic! The following photos
are a bit of a mixture, but are all from the woodlands - certainly one
of my favourite places to be on a sunny day like today.
These two images above were both taken near Zell am See in Austria, on a misty morning climbing the mountain Schmittenhöhe. If a ten-hour hike to the top of the local mountain and back doesn't sound like fun, then perhaps it's best to avoid holidaying with an ardent walker and photographer like myself! The morning started off with a thick mist floating through the evergreens, creating an ethereal atmosphere and interesting lighting for these two photos when the sun blazed through. The mist thinned and finally burnt off around noon, leaving some stunning views over Zell am See and the adjacent lake, and surround countryside too. Myself and Natasha attained the lofty heights of Schmittenhöhe at 1,965m above sea level - around 1,200m above the town where we began, with temperatures reaching 23 degrees Celsius. Strange to think that the mountaintop was covered with a heavy snowfall just two days later.
