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Monochrome Mirror Mountain Monday

#mountainmonday #monochromemonday #landscapephotography #photography #blackandwhite #noircountry #alps
B&W photo of a large snow covered mountain reflecting on the completely still (and partially ice covered) surface of the lake in front of it.
April 20, 2026 at 7:34 AM
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Rocky Road (2026)

(Even if hundreds of years old, some paths [in life] always will & should remain rocky as they can be good teachers...)

#footpathfriday #photography #blackandwhite #noircountry #hiking
B&W photo of an old hiking path made of arranged rocks, in a similar fashion of ancient roman roads. The path is surrounded by forest and large boulders and is leading towards a steep drop-off in near distance. The path is partially in the shade of the trees, but the bright light creates a hard contrast. Clear bright sky.
October 2, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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Säuling Scherenschnitt (2026)

#monochromemonday #landscapephotography #photography #blackandwhite #noircountry #silhouette #tree #mountains
High contrast B&W photo of a completely black tree silhouette framing the alpine landscape in the background, including the 2000m high Säuling mountain and surrounding lower ridges and pre-alpine flatlands. Hazy semi-overcast sky.
August 24, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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Night Storm Brewing (2026)

(Last night on the way back from our daily cycling round...)

#cloudappreciation #photography #blackandwhite #noircountry #godrays
B&W photo of storm clouds with spectacular light shafts emanating from behind the lower cloud layers and across the sky
August 5, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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Frozen fog (Vol.2), no hunting today (thankfully)...

...another scene from the same walk as the previous image, a few days ago.

#silentsunday #landscapephotography #blackandwhite #noircountry #winterwonderland #fog #forest
Wide-format B&W picture of a hunting stand in a snowy landscape, surrounded by heavy ground fog. The edge of a forest in the background. Fog drifting through the trees.
February 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Frozen fog

...spontaneously forming all around us on our evening walk, as if by magic.

#silentsunday #landscapephotography #blackandwhite #noircountry #winterwonderland #fog #forest
Wide-format B&W picture of a small group of trees standing in a clearing in the woods, engulfed by a thick layer of fog forming just above the snow cover on the ground. The edge of the surrounding forest in the background. Moody cloudy winter sky.
February 8, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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In The Lechtal Alps (2024)

Previously (same valley):
https://mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/115746473506294366

#mountainmonday #monochromemonday #landscapephotography #photography #blackandwhite #noircountry #alps #mountains #hiking
B&W photo of a view across a beautiful alpine valley and the semi-forested slopes and rocky peaks on the other side of the valley, the higher up parts slightly sprinkled with fresh snow. A small creek and waterfall coming down through one of the gullies. Cloudy, wintry sky.
April 13, 2026 at 10:41 AM
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Alpstein

(To me, one of the most stunning and interesting mountain ranges, the tectonic folds here having created the most incredible forms, formations and stunning valleys in between...)

#mountainmonday #landscapephotography #photography #blackandwhite #noircountry #alps #mountains
B&W photo of a mountain peak exhibiting intensely folded layers of rock and resulting curved forms, cliffs and ridges over multiple levels. Forested slopes running halfway up from the valley, snowfields higher up near the bare rocky peak. Sunny day with semi-overcast sky.
May 4, 2026 at 5:45 AM
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The unforgettable evening light & hike on the day I resigned from my job back in 2021...

#monochromemonday #mountainmonday #blackandwhite #photography #noircountry #alps #mountains
High contrast black & white photo of an alpine mountain landscape and rugged ridge line in bright hazy evening light, seen from a summit cliff on said ridge. Incredible depth layering, god beams, lens flares. The slopes below the cliffs are covered in forest, in the background only visible as silhouettes.
November 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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I did it! New 15x11 inch Kallitype print (on Hahnemühle Platinum Rag, 100% cotton, 300gsm paper). Available as limited edition soon.

#altprocess #kallitype #landscapephotography #blackandwhite #noircountry #fineart #printmaking
Photo of a person holding a 15x11" handmade kallitype print of a moody mountain landscape Photo of the same print, this time framed in a 50x40cm thin black frame, leaning against a white wall.
June 11, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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Catcher Of Clouds & Light (Zugspitze, 2026)

#mountainmonday #monochromemonday #landscapephotography #blackandwhite #noircountry #alps #mountains
B&W photo of a large mountain massif with clouds getting stuck at its highest peaks. The view is framed by steep curved slopes of other mountains in mid distance. Strong diagonal light shafts piercing through the early morning haze, some of them also illuminating the tree tops of the dense forest in the center/foreground.
September 21, 2026 at 6:31 AM
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Weathering The Storm (2026)

(Also see: https://mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/117139974669374221 — the larger print from last night is still drying/pressing...)

#silentsunday #landscapephotography #photography #blackandwhite #noircountry #morningwalk
B&W photo of an old desolate wooden shed standing in a field with big dark storm clouds approaching in the background. The shed is already missing various planks, a small tree is growing at the corner facing the camera. State of disrepair inside.
August 23, 2026 at 7:41 AM
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Light Wings At Himmels Eck (2024)

#monochromemonday #mountainmonday #landscapephotography #blackandwhite #noircountry #alps #mountains #silhouette
B&W portrait photo of steep, smoothly eroded rock slopes against a hazy background with faint layers of mountains. The rock face itself consists of several smooth layers of small ridges, leading up diagonally towards the top-right, their tops highlighted/emphasized by the high contrast early evening sun. Dried grasses in the foreground.
August 31, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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Last Light, Last Look Back...

(Lachenspitze, April 2025)

#landscapephotography #naturephotography #blackandwhite #noircountry #alps #mountains
B&W photo of a large craggy rock face & mountain peak, partially snow covered and illuminated by the last evening light. The summit cross clearly visible. Near the bottom, in the foreground, a lower mountain pass/step, also snow covered and already in deep shade. Clear sky.
April 9, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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Mieminger Range (2026)

(Some of the best morning light shafts I was lucky to witness in recent years...)

#mountainmonday #landscapephotography #blackandwhite #monochrome #noircountry #alps #light
B&W photo of an alpine landscape with dense forests in the valley and layers of tall, steep and rocky peaks higher up in the background. Intense light shafts are piercing the cloudy sky and hazy atmosphere, creating a beautiful light spectacle with some patches of the forest in direct sunlight.
June 29, 2026 at 6:15 AM
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Meeting the sublime

(A brief moment when the heavens briefly opened first for light, then for epic rain showers... Above Kandersteg, 2019)

#landscapephotography #naturephotography #blackandwhite #noircountry #switzerland #light #cloudappreciation #hiking
B&W photo of a mountain landscape in the Swiss Alps, with dramatic clouds forming and shafts of light reaching down into the deep valley. The silhouettes of trees in the foreground.
January 21, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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A/B testing latest refinements (more depth, better details in clouds/highlights and contrast in mid tones). First image is the new version. Next stop double size, 14x10"...

#altprocess #kallitype #landscapephotography #photography #blackandwhite #noircountry #dolomites #darkroomprint #printmaking
Scan of a 7x5" kallitype print of a moody alpine landscape. A small hiking path leading into the background at the feet of talus fields and past a small mountain lake. Big dark clouds moving through the layers of rock towers Scan of an earlier print of the same image with less contrast and detail, esp. in the clouds.
June 4, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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Belated #monochromemonday / #mountainmonday: A moody winter day in the Ammergau Alps. A view down the snowed-in river bed of the Linder with the Notkarspitze summit catching the last light in the distance...

#landscapephotography #photography #blackandwhite #noircountry #alps #mountains
B&W photo of a moody winter landscape with dense forest on both sides of an empty snowed-in riverbed leading into the distance. Large mountains in the background, with one of the summits catching the last light. The mountains closer are all cut off by low hanging dark clouds descending into the valley.
December 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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En route to Cirque de Troumouse & Cirque d'Estaubé (Pyrenees, 2018)

#mountainmonday #monochromemonday #landscapephotography #blackandwhite #noircountry #pyrenees
B&W photo of a grand high alpine mountain landscape. A small road leading through grassy terrain in the foreground to a hut in a bend, after which the road is disappearing from view. Dark steep slopes with talus fields leading up to the large massif behind. Large & bare pyramidal rock faces higher up and layers of other peaks in the back. Semi-cloudy sky.
June 8, 2026 at 6:15 AM
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RE: https://mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/116767202460597483

I started a new Makertube channel to document more of my darkroom/Kallitype photographic print making:

https://makertube.net/c/noircountry/videos

...and this being the fediverse, you can directly subscribe to this channel via your existing […]
June 18, 2026 at 7:34 AM
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The View From The Precipice (is always the best!)

(Sonnenberggrat doing its name justice on a sunny late-summer-like day in November 2025, two days before winter arrived in full force...)

#silentsunday #landscapephotography #blackandwhite #noircountry #alps #mountains
B&W photo of a large forested valley curving below and steep mountain ridges leading into the distance. The view is from a cliff ~500 meters above the valley, the rocks covered in dried grass and some draw mountain pines. A rocky river bed is meandering through the valley towards the hazy background and late afternoon sun. Overcast sky.
April 26, 2026 at 7:58 AM
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Into The Couloir...

(Throwback to early June 2023, when the Dolomites were still half in winter mode...)

#throwbackthursday #landscapephotography #blackandwhite #noircountry #dolomites #alps #mountains #hiking
Wide-format B&W photo of a classic Dolomites landscape with steep couloir (still with some snow) going up between massive rock towers & needles, their tops slighly obscured by a layer of thick moody gray clouds.
February 12, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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Frozen forest

(From tonight's evening walk in the local woods...)

#silentsunday #monochromemonday #landscapephotography #naturephotography #blackandwhite #noircountry #winterwonderland
B&W photo of a small dark footpath in the dense forest leading into the distance. The ground is frozen and snowfree, but all the tree branches are covered in a layer of frost, as if dipped in thick white paint.
January 18, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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The Mountains Flowed Before Him (2026)

(Given a large enough time scale, these mountains would be almost like waves...)

#silentsunday #landscapephotography #naturephotography #blackandwhite #noircountry #alps #mountains #hiking
May 10, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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#monochromemonday

#landscapephotography #monochrome #blackandwhite #noircountry #fog
B&W photo of the silhouettes of a small group of trees standing in a field in dense fog. A small path is curving towards them.
March 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM