I've recently returned from a 5 week trip to Europe, which included Poland (visiting my wife's extended family), Slovakia and Finland. The trip was fantastic, and of course I came back with thousands of photos. I'll post a selection over the coming days/weeks as I process them.
During our 5 night stay in northern Slovakia, we did a great walk to a series of alpine lakes in the Tatra Mountains (known as Rohacske Plesa in Slovakian). It took 8 hrs and involved climbing and descending over 700m (the longest walk and most climbing that my kids have ever done), but the scenery was spectacular! Here are a few of the many shots I took. For those who are interested, the ridge in the background of image #4 is the Poland/Slovakian border.Hope you like them!
Impressive looking country side.looks like it would get rather cold in winter,
is that that ice/snow or a rock in the very fore ground of first image?
What lenses did you take these with,I remember you mentioned you purchased a 70-200 L for and O/S trip,but some of these look like they have been taken with a wider lens,they all look great!
Such a beautiful part of the world. #7 would be my favourite. I really like the vegetation in the river bed. I remember when I was kid every stream and lakes in the mountains used to have large amount of underwater plants. Not so more now. Probably something's changed in the temperature or chemical composition of the water. My guess would be pollution from rain.
Thanks for the comments Troy, Chris, Gary, Ian and Marc!
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Originally Posted by hotspur
...is that that ice/snow or a rock in the very fore ground of first image?
Chris, the foreground of the first image is actually a reflection of the sky in the lake - is that what you are refering to?
These images were all taken with the 15-85mm lens.
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Originally Posted by multiweb
I remember when I was kid every stream and lakes in the mountains used to have large amount of underwater plants. Not so more now. Probably something's changed in the temperature or chemical composition of the water. My guess would be pollution from rain.
That's interesting Marc. You could be right about the pollution from rain.
Thanks for posting Stephen,
You might remember that I told you my dad was from around there, Bukowina.
He used to tell us that when he was a kid he dreamed of living in a place where there was no winter. He didn't like the cold in Europe, but he reckoned that Tassie winters were far colder than anything he remembered as a child .
You might remember that I told you my dad was from around there, Bukowina.
Yes, I do remember that Tony. We didn't get a chance to visit Bukowina this time, as we headed to the Slovakian side of the Mountains (far fewer people than on the Polish side)
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