Frozen Snow Waves
Frozen Snow Waves

Frozen Snow Waves

Frozen Snow Waves

This image was selected as one of the 9 TOP Google+ Photographs for March 27, 2013 by PhotoExtract.com.

Let’s go a little abstract today: The winter ascend to a mountain near the Gotthard pass in Switzerland leads to a frozen lake at approx. 2’600m / 8585 ft, directly beneath a glacier. I really like those mountain lakes in wintertime as they offer a field of generally unspoiled snow in an otherwise rough and rocky environment.

What attracted me most about this lake was the frozen snow waves. Formed entirely by steady winds, they add perfectly to the banks of this lake. I’ve chosen a rather narrow view here to work out the shadows and the light on these waves and to follow the lines they offered.

In the top left corner there are some blown-way tracks of skiers who might have intended to ski down to the right – the terrain is far less than ideal for this. So they obviously decided to take the ascend back up :-).

Hope you like this “abstract” image!

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  2. Jerry Johnson

    27 Mar 2013

    Wilfried Haferland This is magnificent and those b&w waves of beauty cascade from the back of your amazing photo to the front of your amazing photo and I think that some of the snow made its way into my office too! 😉

    Thanks for sharing this wonderful photo with MCM my talented friend!

  11. Paul Turkowski

    27 Mar 2013

    Very nice – like your nature-abstract shot Wilfried Haferland! As far I can see here – the downhill with ski looks inviting 🙂

  15. Wilfried Haferland

    27 Mar 2013

    Paul Turkowski – Thanks a lot Paul – true, the first part looks nice, but there is a cliff down there 😉 So you&39;d need a kite or similar 😉

  24. Dominique Dubied

    27 Mar 2013

    This is a great shot with a superb light, Wilfried!
    But don&39;t you think we would like to see spring pictures now hahaha 😉 I am just kidding my friend!

  27. Jeff Arrington

    27 Mar 2013

    the depth is awesome. the right drops into oblivion!

  28. Alycia Miller

    27 Mar 2013

    A wonderful view with the snow. It&39;s been a fantastic photo 😉

  29. jany viala

    27 Mar 2013

    I like to like the wind sculpts the element. very beautiful .

  31. Baki Karacay

    27 Mar 2013

    Stunning photo with wonderful light. Thanks for supporting Mountain Photos theme page and album with your work and talent.

  34. Mykal Hall

    28 Mar 2013

    I need to look at this on a bigger screen. Looks good on my nexus 4 mate.

  36. Renata T.

    28 Mar 2013

    piękne b&w… fantastyczne światło i cienie…

  37. Ada M

    28 Mar 2013

    and you with your magic strike again! 🙂 I love this!!

  44. Mykal Hall

    28 Mar 2013

    It looks really nice on the big screen. Just as you described it.  A frozen wave. Beautiful mate. :)))

  61. Philipp Weimer

    31 Mar 2013

    Hmmmm…. this is a marvelous black and white shot. Print it, and print it big 🙂

  66. Wilfried Haferland

    2 Apr 2013

    Daniel Arndt – Ja, und wie! gerade gestern im knietiefen Pulver abgefahren… Sollte noch was da sein für Dich 😉

  74. Jean-Michel Taconné

    6 Apr 2013

    Amazing photo with a beautiful light and  nice wind sculptures. Great composition my friend ! Have a nice weekend.

  77. Michael Cockerham

    8 Apr 2013

    That&39;s so cool how the snow looks like. Its nice and smooth.

  95. Anna Rimovska

    22 Apr 2013

    great shot……. gorgeous landscape!

  99. Shawn McClure

    25 Apr 2013

    Incredible, almost-abstract image – love the drama in this…

  108. Jack Jenkins

    29 May 2013

    Hard to match B&W for such scenes. Nicely done.

  112. Anna Rimovska

    30 May 2013

    Great shot …………… gorgeous  landscape ..I like!

  119. Renee Liggett

    1 Apr 2014

    Beautiful. Zooming in to see darker area reveals so much more of photo & the textures in the snow. Nice photo.

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