Austria

Armed with my DJI Phantom 4 Pro, I was walking about 4 miles uphill until I found a place, where it was safe to start the quadcopter. Trees and rocks were everywhere, I waited for a calm moment and launched a flight over the mountain chains. It was a bit troublesome; suddenly the DJI app showed me “Connection lost”:-o, the indicator bars were all red. My blood pressure raised. After 1-2 minutes the connection was regained, and I took a big breather, and my body temperature turned back to normal. 🙂 Finally, I got my shots.

Post processed with: Luminar, Color Efex Pro, Photoshop 

• Camera: FC6310
• Aperture: ƒ/5.6
• Shutter speed: 1/320s
• Focal length: 8.8mm
• ISO: 100

The “Hohe Wand” – High Slope is a nearly vertical rock-wall with height at about 1,135 m (3,700 ft). Geographically it’s at the tail of the Alps, about one hour driving time away from Vienna. On the top, you are standing on a big plateau with a view over a broad landscape. At about 11 pm is the best time for star photography. Wide-angle lens, wide open, ISO 800-2,500. I used my Sony A7S and the Rokinon (Samyang) 14mm 2.8 AF lens.

Post processed with: Luminar, Photoshop, Raya Easy Panel

• Camera: ILCE-7S
• Aperture: ƒ/2.8
• Shutter speed: 20s
• Focal length: 14mm
• ISO: 2500

With this chairlift, you are coming up from Switzerland, and at the exit, you stand at the “virtual” border between Switzerland and Austria at the Paznaun area mountains peak. Lunch in Switzerland and afternoon tea in Austria, a magnificent panorama and thin fresh air on a height about 3,000 meters (10,000 ft).

Post processed with: Aurora, Luminar, Photoshop 

• Camera: ILCE-7RM2
• Aperture: ƒ/4
• Shutter speed: 1/5000s
• Focal length: 93mm
• ISO: 100

The big agricultural area in lower Austria brings endless fields of corn, wheat, and sugar beets. To capture the whole area as far as the eye can reach, I started my DJI Phantom 4 Pro. If the weather is on your side and it’s not too windy, this quadcopter shoots perfect photos.

Post processed with: Aurora, Photoshop

• Camera: FC6310
• Aperture: ƒ/6.3
• Shutter speed: 1/640s
• Focal length: 8.8mm
• ISO: 100

The Habsburg Monarchy has used castle Eckartsau as a hunting chateau. There are many castles like that in Austria. Nowadays most of them are renovated. You can listen to music concerts and watch historical spectacles like theaters or costume fests.

Post processed with: Photoshop

• Camera: ILCE-7RM2
• Aperture: ƒ/2.2
• Shutter speed: 1/40s
• Focal length: 35mm
• ISO: 400

Only 5 meters missing from the 3,000 m (9,842 ft), with this height the “Hoher Dachstein” is the second largest mountain in the Northern Limestone Alps. Skiing is possible the whole year; this picture dates from March 2017. The valleys were green already, with the first signs of the coming spring. On the mountain, peak skiing was in full force, with meters of fresh snow.

Post processed with: Aurora, Photoshop 

• Camera: ILCE-7R
• Aperture: ƒ/7.1
• Shutter speed: 1/1250s
• Focal length: 18mm
• ISO: 100

The spa and bath “Bad Blumau” was designed by the painter and artist “Friedensreich Hundertwasser.” On the photo you see one of the hotel buildings. A unique experience to sleep in such a hotel, no wall or floor is straight. The interior is colorful; all slabs on the walls and floors are broken and re-composited to a harmonious pattern.

Post processed with: Luminar, Photoshop

• Camera: LEICA X2
• Aperture: ƒ/2.8
• Shutter speed: 1/10s
• Focal length: 24mm
• ISO: 6400

Who has planted all that trees on this slope? Maybe it has been done to protect against avalanches or landslides. However, I shot this photo in the Dachstein-Tauern region. An area of the alps with mountains reaching 3000 m (9800 ft). Visiting the house on the picture requires a four-wheel drive at least or by feet endurance and snow boots. 🙂

Post processed with: Photoshop

• Camera: ILCE-7RM2
• Aperture: ƒ/6.3
• Shutter speed: 1/1250s
• Focal length: 200mm
• ISO: 100

The Wachau is a valley in Lower Austria with old cities, castles, and ruins. That is also the region of the Nibelungen Saga. Myths of lost times about knights, kings, and conspiracies. Sometimes I walk with my parents up the hill to a castle ruin. There you get this great view of the landscape with the Danube in the middle.

Post processed with: Luminar, Photoshop 

• Camera: D-LUX 5
• Aperture: ƒ/4
• Shutter speed: 1/640s
• Focal length: 5.1mm
• ISO: 125

After a horse-drawn carriage, which was guided by a Tyrolean-old hand guy, we arrived at an Alpine chalet in Filzmoos, Austria. We walked inside, wholly built from wood, with many carvings and knitted curtains and cushions. This furniture propagated real rustic mountain feeling. The food you get on wooden plates, drinks in big glasses with handle.  🙂

Post processed with: Aurora, Photoshop

• Camera: ILCE-7R
• Aperture: ƒ/7.1
• Shutter speed: 1/5s
• Focal length: 18mm
• ISO: 1600