The Ice Melts.... Photo

Photographer’s Note

This photo may soon become a historical document, as the glacier you see down below is melting rapidly. When I fist saw it, some 30 years ago, the Pasterze - that´s the name of the glacier - had maybe three times as much ice as it has today, so in maximum 20 years it will be gone.
Neverthess responsibility for this process can´t be given to greenhouse gases and traffic alone, it appears to be a general climate change in that area. In 1850 the ice reached almost up to the building on the photo, now it´s almost 300 meters below. It had been consistently melting thoughout this period, maybe even longer, but there are no records that reach beyond 1850.
The mountain on the left is the Grossglockner, the highest mountain of Austria, reaching 3798 meters. The effect of the wide angle makes it look less spectacular than in reality, the difference in altitude between the glacier and the summit is around 1.800 meters.

danyy, pinaytraveller, SchwebagMike, chirasak, delkoo, PixelTerror, lilimih33, BitterMoon has marked this note useful

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danyy (69417) 2008-09-10 23:27

Bonjour Gerald,
une maison idéalement placée avec la vue sur le glacier.
J'aime la parfaite exposition ici, faisant ressortir la moindre nuance dans les glaces, rendant le bleu du ciel très profond et la texture des bois, naturelle et forte.
Une photo très nette, profonde et superbeùent cadrée.
Regards
Daniel.

dkeus31 (26361) 2008-09-10 23:30

Hallo Johannes,
das Licht ist zwar nicht optimal auf dem Glockner, aber dafür ist das vordergrunds Haus umso schöner - ok, da ist eine Tür zuviel...
Grus
Didier

kyrneucciu (1344) 2008-09-10 23:47

Hi Johannes, A cold environment for a fantastic effect, congratulations. JO

SchwebagMike (1490) 2008-09-10 23:58

Hallo Johannes,
Ein wirklich sehr gelungenes Foto: respekt! Perfekte Belichtung, aber vor allem ein toller Bildaufbau. Man kann den Gletscher quasi an der Hütte vorbeiziehen sehen!
Mike

clnaef (6289) 2008-09-11 0:05

Bonjour,
Paysage grandiose et bien cadré.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

horatiuTT (4566) 2008-09-11 0:23

Salut Johannes,
Foarte originala fotografie,un punct de vedere personal,foarte
clara imaginea,destul de intunecata.Imi place mult.
Horatiu

chirasak (575) 2008-09-11 2:00

Hello Johannes
that's amazing shot, left angle look like black and white picture but on the right angle is nice color, and you note is really interesting, nice picture TFS

Regards
Chirasak

Haymotion (1793) 2008-09-11 6:16

Magnifique composition !!

Couleur et contraste bien géré... Composition en parfaite équilibre...

Du très bon travail.. bravo

Vince

delkoo (34754) 2008-09-11 6:27

hi johannes
I definitely like your POV in this shot ... it provides such good perspective. Good colour due to the light and details also. Thanks for sharing.

regards
didier

brandstaetter (14400) 2008-09-11 13:25

Also, Johannes, da muss ich zuerst mal Protest einlegen ! Die Pasterze ist in Kärnten ! Unter südlicher Sonne schmilzt es sich auch viel besser !
Natürlich ist auch der Grossglocknergipfel in Kärnten...
in Salzburg gibt es auch nie und nimmer so einen schönen blauen Himmel..
LG Christian
Bitte um Korrektur...

PixelTerror (86837) 2008-09-12 4:03

Hallo Johannes,
Same in CH and F, nice pov including part of the house and that doens't come unknown to me, I've been passing there too some years ago. The sky is uneven and too polarized, which is a characteristic of using wide angle together with pola, in the mountains where the sky is bluer you might want to tale away the pola and work on the blue sky rendering in PP afterwards.
Have a nice day JY

lilimih33 (9874) 2008-09-18 4:37

Hello Johannes!
Lovely image in full summer!
Great colours and good perspective!
Best regards!
Lili