2022-05-25 WILD RIVER IN ISCHGL
A refreshing wild river in the valley between the Tyrolean alps in Ischgl shows nature in the high alpine landscape.
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2021-05-07 MOUNTAIN PEAKS IN TYROL
The Austrian state of Tyrol is located in the mountains. There are many ways to explore the mountains from the city of Ischgl. I am particularly taken with the mountain peaks, with the majestic masses of rock and snow.
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2019-07-21 CRYSTAL WALK
The impressive art-installation of Andre Heller in the Crystal Worlds of Swarovski in Wattens bring you excitement from room to room, from walkway to walkway. The basic setup consists of Swarovski glass and crystals formed to art sculptures and illuminated with colorful lights. Spherical music creates a particular mood. Be prepared to take a camera with high-iso capabilities with you; don’t leave the exhibition without a vast amount of photos for your portfolio.
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In many areas of Tyrol, people gather wood during the summer and store it in front of their houses. Very cheap way to heat the homes in the winter months this way. Manual labor, effort and time are required, and you get a big pile of stovewood.
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With my permission for drones, I am allowed to fly in nature. The rule is the area must be uninhabited, thinly populated with only shacks and barns, some hikers around. So you have a large field for drone flying in the Alps of Tyrol. In the cold winter months, the battery lasts only for 15 minutes, half the time of the warmer months. Better to have two pieces with you.
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On a glacier, height over 3.000 meters, the air has a particular breath. It’s clear, clean and lighter. The view is excellent with the sunny weather; I could take shots from different mountain chains. Here the Silvretta Arena in Tyrol. I didn’t have skis with me, that day was reserved for photo shooting. I was the only person on the top with winter shoes under all the skiers. I walked around on the snow plateau of the Greitspitz, where downhill on the left side is Switzerland and Austria on the right.
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By leaving the exit door of the Swarovski Crystal Worlds exhibition, you go through that corridor which shows glass and crystal exhibits like full frame woman clothing, animal sculptures like bulls or parrots, art antiques – all made of crystal. They are in boxes, lined with red velvet and lighted with LED lamps. The price tag is a bit from the higher side, so we stayed with a brio which had a crystal on its end, which we bought at the exhibition store. 🙂
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Though that’s only a fun simulation of robotics, it represents the symbol of robots which will look like humans, as seen in Swarovski Crystal World. Many have already the vacuum cleaners, robotics lawn mowers or the swimming pool cleaners at home. Soon we will see the robots as helpers in the household, guides in hotels, autonomous drivers, physical avatars, a broad spectrum of use cases awaits us. I think there is no reason to get afraid; it will have a significant impact for the better. 🙂
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The Tyrolese ski resort Ischgl brought Italian superstar Zucchero (=sugar) for this year’s ski season closing concert. The show occurred on the Idalp, a mountain plateau at 2307m (2522 yds). Year by year about 20,000 people find their way up to this concert arena, which only can be reached by ski lifts. For me, it was one of the relatively rare occasions where I could use my Tele lenses. The event starts about 1 pm and lasts for about 3 hours, where party atmosphere takes place. 🙂 You got a cool Italian Prosecco/Aperol spritz drink.
The arena:
Closer to Zucchero, here I used my Sony FE 70-200 F/4 lens:
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The Swarovski Crystal Worlds bring a new surprise in every room you enter. Where have you ever seen a crystal jellyfish in this colorfulness? In most of the rooms it’s dark, so take lenses with 1.4 or 1.8 F-stops and a camera which is capable of shooting high iso in good quality. I took my Sony Zeiss 24mm F2 and Sony A7S. Tripods are not allowed, often the rooms are small, and a steady flow of visitors are going.
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