Looking up the Watzmann east face from the "Ice Chapel"

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Looking up the Watzmann east face from the

Looking up the Watzmann east face from the "Ice Chapel"

The Eiskapelle, or "Ice Chapel" is a field of eternal snow on the modest height of 900 meters above sea level, but right at the very foot of the largest rock wall in the Eastern Alps, the Watzmann east face, in a spot which gets almost no sun at all during the entire year. Water streams from above and passes underneath the snowfield, creating an impressive "mouth" the size of a cavern.
EricChu
on Nov 11, 2015 7:01 pm
Lat/Lon: 47.54340°N / 12.93545°E
Image ID: 959071

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Vid Pogachnik

Vid Pogachnik - Nov 12, 2015 2:40 am - Voted 10/10

Very creative!

You're a master of composition, Eric. The skyline, the shadow and the ice edge - they are almost parallel. Bravo!
Vid

EricChu

EricChu - Nov 12, 2015 3:21 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Very creative!

I appreciate greatly your comment on this one, Vid! :-) This one I really did "compose" before taking the shot. Thank goodness I also took it in RAW, because I had to eliminate a lot of shadow...the original came out nearly completely black!
Cheers,
Eric

Silvia Mazzani

Silvia Mazzani - Nov 12, 2015 10:50 am - Voted 10/10

Eternal snow!

Great composition, Eric.
A curiosity: also in the Apennines there's a place that we call "Buca della Neve" (Snow Hole) at about 1500 meters where the snow doesn't disappear.
Cheers, Silvia

EricChu

EricChu - Nov 12, 2015 2:52 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Eternal snow!

Thanks, Silvia! :-)

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