Landscape photographs using a wide-angle lens
Tatra Mountains – photographs of mountain panoramas in light and cloud
The Tatras in my photographs are rocky ridges, wooded slopes and green valleys beneath a broad, cloudy sky. In this gallery, I present mountain landscapes in which light breaking through clouds plays a particular role. Bright streaks reveal parts of rocks, forests and meadows, leaving neighbouring areas in shadow.
Alongside broad panoramas, you will see closer views of mountain faces and successive bands of slopes. Spruce trees, fields and buildings at the foot of the mountains appear in the foreground. These elements convey the landscape’s distance and scale, while heavy clouds give individual frames a distinctive mood.
When photographing the Tatras, I focused on the relationship between the ridgeline, the arrangement of valleys and changing illumination. In some photographs, the breadth of the view matters most; in others, a bright rock face or a slanting ray of sunshine cutting across a dark slope. These are different views of the same mountain landscape.
I took the photographs with a Canon EOS 6D, using focal lengths from 27 to 105 mm. Broadly framed panoramas are therefore complemented by images focused on distant parts of the terrain. I invite you to explore the gallery and see how light and clouds change the appearance of the Tatra landscape.
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See also my photographs of Szczyrk from Skrzyczne, showing green panoramas of the Silesian Beskids and paragliders above the valleys.
