A few weeks ago, I was hiking up at the Lacs de Fenêtre near the Grand Saint-Bernard pass. This pass connects Switzerland with Italy in the Canton of Valais in Switzerland. This area is well known for its beautifully situated mountain lakes as well as its view on the majestic Mont Blanc massif. After shooting the larger lakes, I ran into this small Alpine mountain lake. The bottom of the lake is covered with copper coloured rocks, which is typical for that region. In the background, you see a Mountain called Point de Drône … which I climbed afterwards. The Lacs de Fenêtre area is very scenic and a great place for hiking and photography. Make sure to visit when you get the chance!
I captured this photograph using my Nikon D800E and 14-24 f/2.8 wide-angle lens. Shot it at 14mm to emphasise the rocky bottom of the lake and to give the image a bit of extra depth. I used a 2-stop Singh-Ray graduated filter to control the brightness of the sky a bit.
Cheers, Johan 🙂
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Wonderful view of the summer mountain and stream headwaters :)
Thank you Margaret 🙂
Espectacular paisaje .Me alucinan sus maravillosas publicaciones son impresionantes .Un cordial saludo .
Gracias Teresa :)
Vraiment un must ton image
Ah merci Jean Michel ! :D
Great, great image Johan!!! I really like this shot.
Thanks again Dan !
Great detasils in the FG! (^_^(
Thank you very much Henrik !!
Wow.
Thanks for the wow Laurie!
stunning clarity here!!
Thanks again Morkel!
NICE PIC!
Thanks again Minh !
So much Beauty right here and as I look though each of your photos.
😀 Thank you Lisa. Glad you stopped by again!
The details underwater add bunches of interest, well seen.
Glad you like it Michael! Thanks for catching up 🙂
Many thanks to you both Syuzanna and Jason !!!
Gorgeous view, wonderful shot Johan
Incredible beautiful mountain view !!! Look how calm is this , natural and beautiful ! :)
Very Nice
Many thanks Paul! Nice to meet ou :)
Très beau !
Merci beaucoup Jean Michel!!!
I love those reflections. The water looks so clear. Fantastic shot Johan !
Thanks again Ben !
@Gatto: thanks again 🙂
@Patricia: thanks! And now I want the same scene with a bit of snow and ice 😀
@Emanuele: thank you Emanuele! Glad to see you around again!
I missed this! Beautiful capture! Fantastic reflection and colours Johan !
What a beautiful area! You’ve captured a gorgeous image of it!
=^.^=
Beautiful, beautiful!!!!
Thanks again Yasmin! Loads of scenes like this in Canada as well you know :)
:))))
I missed some of your work Johan. This is beautiful in colour!
I guess you have been a busy man lately Joel 🙂 Thanks and typically one that doesn’t work in B&W!
This looks like a fine place to spend the day. Really beautiful, Johan!
Thanks Kerry! Yes it is a very nice place. Glad I found it., Will be visiting it regularly 🙂
@Tania: glad you like it Tania and nice that you stopped by 🙂
@Daniel: hey Daniel. Great to see you again! Thanks! Yes, it was marvelous. Will go back there in Autumn to catch the area with a bit of snow 🙂
Beautiful landscape scene, Johan! It must have been marvelous to be here!
Amazing landscape, love the reflected clouds :)
Johan , You have more energy than I do ! LOL. Beautiful an so serene . Good job , Johan…
Hey thanks Rich 🙂 Yes, sometimes I do have a lot of energy. Somehow you get used to strong uphill hikes when you do them often enough.
@Michael: thank you Michael!
@Markus: thanks Markus!
@Sofie: many thanks for the kind words and nice to meet you :)
Such a beautiful capture!
what a wonderful place.
Beautiful photograph Johan! :)
Amazing!!!
Many thanks Dave!
A very beautiful scenery ! I love the limpid water, the rocks colour and the clouds reflections in the foreground. I very much appreciate your work. :-)
merci beaucoup Jean-Michel! I am really glad you appreciate what I do. Very nice to hear!
@Laurent: merci Laurent! Trying to keep the balance a bit 🙂
@Johan: thank you Sir 😀
@Thomas: good to hear Thomas 🙂
@Shane: hey thanks for the great comment Shane!
This is so lovely Johan – well done Sir !!
If we like it? I sure do!
I’m drawn into that amazing scenery perfectly processed 🙂
Nice to see you posting in colour every now and then :-)
a beauty that screams to be seen full screen. feels like I’m right there. beautiful!
Love it!
glad you do! Wie geht’s in Basel?
In Basel everything is fine …… :-)
@Eric: merci Eric!
@Patrice: you are very welcome Patrice! Thank you 🙂
@Aline: wonderful description 🙂 Danke je Aline!
@Paul: glad you like it Paul!
@Jessy: much appreciated Jessy. Thanks for stopping by!
@Julia Anna: thank you! And yes I am lucky! You are not that far from mountains are you?
@Rikard: thanks. Yes it is and even more so when first snow arrives or in early spring.
@Mark: many thanks Mark 😉
@Gaurav: many thanks Gaurav and thanks for stopping by!
@Tom: hey Tom 🙂 Thank you!
@Peter : great feedback. Thanks Peter!
Many thanks Vitor and Bill !
@David: many thanks David!
@Margaret: great Margaret. Thanks again!
@Delcour: merci!
@Sudip: thanks for the feedback Sudip. Glad you like it!!
@Nicolas: thanks a bunch Nicolas!
@Wilfried: thanks Wilfried 😀 We should go there together to do some shooting. I want to go back when first snow hits that area!
That’s a great proposal. We have to do that! :-)
he scenery is magnificent there, but we didn’t catch it with the best light and sky circumstances. I think it is a place to go to more often as it will look differently every singel time 😀
I know that. There are many places that need to be visited several times until you get the shot you always had in mind… :-)
now we just need to find more time to do it 😉
@Mikko: well thank you Mikko! Glad you like it 🙂
@Vishal: thanks for the compliment!
@Annette: thank you 😀
@Lilia: glad you like it Lilia. Hope all is well with you 🙂
dank je wel Johan, hope all is well with you too :)
all’s fine. Just enjoyed a week up in the Alps 🙂
@Charles: thanks Charles! Yes, I have been in the mountains a lot. Just got back from Graubünden and Ticino. Hope you had fun on the beach anyway!
@Peter Paul: many thanks for that very nice comment!
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Very nice Johan! Superb clarity and composing.
What an awesome reflection in the water, almost unreal 😉
It feels like the water is taking me with it, fantastic!
he graduated filter gives a wonderful effect, and foreground is so nice… Thank you Johan for sharing this one… :)
Perfect framing Johan, so bright & clean
Such an incredible shot! Great work!
Sweet shot Johan. Looks like a nice place to hike for sure.
Wonderful Johan. I like the wide lens look a lot here! And what beautiful colours. You’re really privileged to be hiking through so much beauty so often. I miss the mountains every time I look at your photos :)
This is gorgeous, Johan. Love the crystal clear water and reflections here. Beautiful place and shot!
Spectacular Johan Peijnenburg
Very good composition.
beautiful. very pleasing composition, and nice deep but subtle colours.
Beautiful perspective Johan!
Fantastic :)
That’s a really great capture Johan!
Lovely shot Johan! The foreground just melts right into the background, superb composition!
Amazing shot. And indeed the water is so clear, you have to look twice to notice it. Wow.
Fantastic shot! Beautiful place!
Ah, there it is! 🙂 Really good one, the stone colours and textures are great, as well as the leading lines are… Thanks, my real life friend!
The lake is sooo clear, wonderful the way the clouds and sky are reflected, really beautiful shot Johan :)
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Amazing and beautiful Capture Johan :)
Wow! This is Absolutly stunning view Johan! Fantastic shot, so beautiful and alive!
Really superb mountain photo , It’ the way you want to be perfect by working, that’s the fact for this photo too ! EXTRAORDINARY , Johan !
Johan: another stunning image Johan. I would imagine that you’re spending a lot time in the mountains lately. I wanted to go to the mountains on vacation but I got over-ruled and we went to the beach instead.
A+
this is awesome!
Thank you Ada :D
Many thanks Sumit and Martin !
Very nice Johan
Masterpiece!
Crystal clear, wonderful shot!
Dank je Nikola! Alles goed in NL?
Het is zover en wij kunnen gaan stemmen, op wie dat is mij nog niet duidelijk.
Verder mogen we hier niet klagen, weer is goed :-)
Inderdaad Nikola. Leeft wat minder hier in CH :)
J@oseph: thanks Joseph!
@Margaret: you are very welcome Margaret and thanks for the kind words.
@Sangeeth: many thanks Sangeeth!
@Meg: thanks Meg!
@Milena: many thanks Milena 🙂
@E.E. Giorgi: thanks for the great WOW! And yes I should post more. Lacking time for it at the moment. Will pick up pace in a few weeks 🙂
@Cameron: thanks Cameron!
@Dalibor: glad you like it! Have fun in the Alps. I will be in the area of the Gotthard pass and Andermath in the coming days 🙂
@George: ver nice feedback George. Thanks!
@David: thank you David!
@Gemma: hey Gemma 🙂 Thanks for commenting!
Lovely capture Johan Peijnenburg!
Beautiful! I love this gorgeous scene!! The reflections are incredible!! I love this Johan!!
Awesome work, love this one
oh, WOW!!!
Oh, what a marvelous capture!
Fantastic Capture, love that reflection :)
This is great Johan! The reflection merging into the rocks, bounded by the green ridges, all comes together.
Fantastic capture Johan!
Wish to go back to Swiss right away.
I was there 2 weeks ago and it was great. 😀
Wilfried Haferland also told me today about his climb to Bietschhorn, awesome. 🙂
But on weekend I’m going to the Alps again, so happy. 🙂
Amazing shot Johan !
wonderful shot I love it!
Superb perspective, and an excellent even exposure Johan
Very nice choice of composition and ‘focal point’ – love how the sky almost feels like a cgi backdrop behind the towering mountain
– Its surreal
Thanks Mike! Now I am really curious about what a cgi backdrop is !!! Everything in this image is for real btw … I don’t use PS … Yet :)
I know its all real Johan 🙂
A cgi background would be if we played hollywood and matte’painted’ the foreground to an artificial 3d sky made in matte painter fav application vue.
Or vice versa, or anyother element. Like a 3d tree to give that nice stream some green swaying leafs in our blockbuster hollywood movie :-)
If you are interested you can take a look at vue at http://www.e-onsoftware.com
Its basically the digital nature creator of choice in movies and tv when reality isnt perfect enough
Will look it up when I am back from my trip Mike! I had a filter that helped me out a bit and a camera with an amazing dynamic range :)
@Magistral: merci 😀
@David: thanks David!!
@Kurt: hope you had a nice lunch 🙂 thanks nice to hear !
I did :)
Fantastic landscape, beautiful mountain lake, wonderful colours. Just perfect shot.
many thanks Leyla!
I spent quite a few minutes of my lunch break just enjoying your capture. Very beautiful and refreshing. :)
Fantastic Johan Peijnenburg !!
Magnifique
Trés belle claireté de l’eau au premier plan
merci beaucoup Maciej 😀
Mmmm this photo brings back à lot of memories….. :-)
Let me guess Debby, lots of walking ;)
Lot’s of climbing sounds better Anette :-)
yes 😀 We have to go back soon!
@Anette: thank you Anette! Hope all is well! I am running away to the Alps again 🙂
@Jany: thank you Jany! 😀
@Людмила: thank you : D
Yes by now all is fine, very busy as well 😀 Have fun in the Alps!
have a nice week as well!
Color, light .. Masterpiece!
Nothing to say it is magnificent.
Indeed crystal clear Johan, what a beautiful image. Fantastic love it
@Baldur: thanks for the compliment Baldur!!
@Goblin: and a nice comment Goblin 🙂 Thanks!
@Richard: hey thanks Richard. Thanks for stopping by!
@Dane: I don’t mind :o) Thanks Dane!
nice job man, nice job!
Wonderful shot, Johan! Beautiful, clear water and stunning shapes/reflection!
I TRY not to overuse the word “stunning”… but this is.
@Jerry: glad you like it Jerry. Appreciate the feedback!
@Frederico: great to hear that Frederico! Thanks for stopping by!
Lovely work Johan
@Yves: merci beaucoup!
@Douglas: hey Douglas. Nice to see you around again. Thanks for the feedback!
@Tim: thanks Tim!
@Rene: thank you and nice to meet you!
@Robert: thanks a lot Robert!
You are welcome!
@Robin-Angelo: thanks for the wow 🙂
@Aileen: many thanks Aileen!
@Dominique: merci! It is a gorgeous area. You got to be lucky with the light and haze though!
Love it. Top notch landscape shot as always;)
It is an excellent shooting angle and the natural colours are stunning indeed! Beautiful photo!
Holicanoli Johan this is SO beautiful!! Now I want to go THERE tomorrow instead of back to Léchelles to pick up my car. 😉 And I am a bit overwhelmed that you dedicated this beauty to me – thank you so very much. You are a special friend. :)
Another milestone achieved … someone said holicanoli on one of my images 😀 You should definitely mark that area for your bucket list. It is quite a hike up, but totally worth it. I will be going back in Autumn 🙂
Very nice the rocks show through the water, sweet reflection.
Belle photographie.
Wonderful photo!
Excellent!
Beautiful view and photo Johan !!
Gorgeous image Johan ! I know this trail very well, I hiked it several times about 10 years ago. Nice place.
Stunning work Johan Peijnenburg!
Wow, very nice picture Johan Peijnenburg .
Beautifully composed, nice & sharp with great reflection on the water 🙂
Thank you very much David! Thanks for commenting and for stopping by!