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Tag Archives: Winter
Abundant Snow
There has been colossal snowfall across the Alps in the last few days and weeks, with resorts, including Zermatt, temporarily cut off by avalanches disrupting transport links. Avalanche protection, management and awareness has advanced dramatically in recent years and thankfully … Continue reading
Posted in Black & White, Skiing - General
Tagged Black and White Photography, Fee Glacier, Fee Gletscher, Monochrome, Photography, Saas Fee, Ski, Winter
8 Comments
Preparing to ski
Moving house and the aftermath meant that I missed two winters of skiing, so this year’s ski trip to Whistler in the new year is eagerly anticipated. In my previous post I looked back to the winter of 2010. Today’s … Continue reading
Cold Decembers
We’ve had a cold snap (as we call it) in the UK. Snowfall over much of the midlands and north of there, although south of London we had frost but no snow. The image above was shot on the iPhone … Continue reading
Posted in Winter
Tagged December 2010, Frost, Hoar Frost, Landscape, Photography, Snow, Winter
34 Comments
Perfect Symmetry
Sharp frosts and bright sunny days are days to be enjoyed and photographed. Especially when one is rewarded with an image like this. How do trees achieve this level of symmetry? I spotted this example late in the afternoon on … Continue reading
Posted in Country Houses & Gardens, Landscapes
Tagged Photography, Sheffield Park, Trees, Winter
33 Comments
A Brief Freeze
For a few brief days this past week we had a taste of winter. A smear of overnight snow, frosts, and sunny days. Blink and you would almost have missed it. We’re now heading back into wet, mild, and windy … Continue reading
Winter as we knew it
The current weather is not especially photogenic, there’s not even fog or mist to add atmosphere. Yet again the weather has got stuck in a rut and I am reminded of the Nursery Rhyme that goes: ‘rain, rain go away, … Continue reading
When Winter was Wintry
There was a time when the seasons were predictable – they were the staging posts of the year. The choreography was reliable, you knew what to expect and when it would happen. Winters were wintry in general. That meant the … Continue reading
Posted in Winter
Tagged Chamonix valley, Climate Change, Col de Balme, Icicles, Photography, Winter
15 Comments
Looking in the mirror
Where there’s glass there will be reflections. This building was under construction last summer when we were in Zermatt. It’s always intriguing to imagine how a building will finally look when completed. Buildings have ‘sides’. A side that welcomes the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture & Buildings
Tagged Glass reflections, Photography, Reflections, Winter, Zermatt
10 Comments
Sundown
Sundown is always a magical time of day, more so in the mountains when in the space of half a minute the light radically changes. I had come down early off the ski slopes on this particular day and caught … Continue reading