Homeland coverage

A few pics from the area where I grew up. Although I live in Vienna now, I still go to the country-side each weekend. The landscape is not very spectacular but it grows on you when you spend some time there. Characteristic are the rolling hills interspersed with patches of forest, the vineyards and hedges.

I recently found out that over the years I have not given that lovely area the (photographic) attention it deserves but that will change from now on.
I hope you enjoy this little pictorial excursion.

#1

NIKON D200    ---    98mm    f/5.6    1/350s    ISO 100

#2

NIKON D200    ---    98mm    f/5.6    1/500s    ISO 100

#3 (I guess I posted this one before)

NIKON D1X    ---    125mm    f/5.6    1/250s   

#4

NIKON D200    ---    105mm    f/5.6    1/640s    ISO 100

#5

NIKON D1X    ---    200mm    f/8.0    1/400s   

#6

NIKON D1X    ---    12mm    f/13.0    1/180s   

#7 (where there's wine, there's cellars to store it)

NIKON D200    ---    190mm    f/5.6    1/800s    ISO 100

#8

NIKON D1X    ---    200mm    f/5.6    1/640s   

#9 (my home town - hidden in the valley)

NIKON D200    ---    200mm    f/5.6    1/1000s    ISO 100

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Thanks Sam!

Well, the Swiss Alps are definitely more spectacular (markedly higher elevations), but the Austrian Alps are more pristine as you have correctly heard. The reason is that the valley floors in Switzerland are densely populated while those in Austria are mostly unpopulated except for the major streams.

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Thanks all for the nice comments!

Tojor, I'm very happy you say that because I was afraid that I lost my eye for composition, etc. In the beginning I mostly let intuition do the job, but later when my technical knowledge on photography grew I was more concerned with getting the shot right technically, which distracted me so much that creativity suffered heavily. This became particularly worse when I switched to digital.

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Thanks Leigh!

You and your family would be most welcome, of course.

It is a good place to grow up, or should I say it "was". Most of people's life is getting increasingly regulated by the legislative, parents are over-scared, etc.

When I was a small boy, I had a rather "wild" childhood. There was hardly a day without bruises, I even had to get stitched altogether 4 times, etc.
Hm, I have to ask my mother and grandmother how much they cared about what will happen next :smile:

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