Best 2015

Pond in the Forest

Backlight photo of a pond in the forest and Lake Thun in the background.

Selfie

Twins

A pair of trees and benches at the waterfront of the foggy Lake of Thoune in Oberhofen. http://bw.hess.photos http://bern.hess.photos

Transition

Black and white photo of Lake Thun disappearing in fog, with quay, trees and benches

Winter Trees

Nebulous Prospect

Black and white photo of Lake Thun disappearing in fog, two benches in the lower right corner and part of a tree on the right side.

Undecided Winter

The whole area should be covered with snow in December, but it's too warm. Sunny spots on the Lake of Thoune, in the foreground Oberhofen with the castle, on the other side of the lake Spiez, Krattigen and Aeschi. The highest mountains are hidden behind the clouds.

Lake of Berne

Egelsee in the city of Berne at dusk http://bern.hess.photos

Oberhofen Castle

Above

Jungfrau, Schwalmere & Dreispitz

At the fog boundary

Peep Through

On the Rocks

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Im Nebel stochern

Poking around in the fog grey picture with undefined borders between fog and lake with a coloured Stand Up Paddler in the foreground

Stripes

Long exposure of the Lake of Thoune as foreground stripe and further horizontal stripes: shore, mist, mountains and sky.

In or Out?

Stairs into (or out of) the Lake of Thoune in Oberhofen. In the background the Bernese Alps with Dreispitz and Blümlisalp.

Follow the Line

Wichterheer Oberhofen

Cold Glow

Bernes Alps after sunset; the bright spot in the cloud is only a reflection of the sun

Curtains

I thought, I could avoid going outside, because it was cold and uncomfortable. I remembered an old photo with a similar atmosphere https://www.flickr.com/photos/hessphoto/23047680700/ and posted that one. But it became more and more dramatic, so I had to to grin and bear it.

Blue Hour

Things quieten down at the Lake of Thoune Long exposure at Blue Hour at the Lake of Thoune

Trees

Natural and artificial trees in the fog (and two birds on the wire).

Protruding from the fog

Church (on a little hill), trees and a power line protuding from the fog in Giswil.

Evening

https://www.flickr.com/photos/hessphoto/22159723816/

Gerzensee

Driving from Bern to Thoune I saw very special cloud formations over the Alps. I was not in a hurry, therefore I decided to take a detour over Gerzensee to get a better view. But - of course - in the meantime the situation changend, the clouds blurred and it was less dramatic as before. But I had to take the picture anyway (in fact the pictures - it's a lightroom pano of 2 photos, because I had only the 35mm with me).