The Mountain Collection | a mountain lake reflects the surrounding mountains and forests.
This photo is one of my own favourites: the static of the high, tall mountains reflected in the mirror-smooth water is interrupted by the circles in the water and the reflection of the mountains takes on a wavy, almost graphic shape. This makes the otherwise flat photo playful and interesting.
To take this photo, I had to perform almost acrobatic feats. I was standing on the fairly smooth shore of the Schiederweiher mountain lake, in Hinterstoder, Austria. The water on the shore was full of twigs and leaves, so I had to lean far forward to take this photo. And so I leaned forward, with my camera in one hand and a small stone in the other to make the circles in the water. It almost went wrong. I slipped and just barely ended up in the water. But I got the photo I wanted.
I am Lot. Adventurer, traveller and photographer. In my collection, you will find natural beauty, vistas and detail shots that evoke their own atmosphere. Tropical or just arctic: you choose... Read more…