Well I know that technically, Spring hasn't yet begun but the countryside around where I live is at long last, starting to look attractive again.
The skies have been a fetching shade of blue lately, buds are starting to show on the trees and snowdrops have made a welcome appearance.
Today, Oksana (the missus) and I went for a drive to the countryside. I took my light weight benbo tripod, my EOS 5d and a 17-40 zoom lens.
I found a nice location by looking in "Google Earth". It was called Schöntal. A little village in Baselland.
We arrived and went for a walk. There is a "sculpture park" near the village but that costs Fr 10 for entry. I hadn't bought my wallet with me so we explored the village itself.
A five minute walk outside the village revealed a piece of "artwork" on a hill so we went there and I recorded it for posterity (and this blog) .
As I've mentioned in a previous blog post, I don't pretend to understand modern art but this was interesting to photograph with the village in the background. It was an extremely hazy day but shooting HDR helped to minimise it.
The same image in Monochrome
Different viewpoint
From there, we took a walk back to the village and I took a few more HDR's. I wanted to take a picture of the former Cloister, which is now a modern art gallery, but the sun was shining directly into my lens so I've made a note to return when Spring is fully underway.
This was the only image that I took of the former monastery.
Thanks for visiting.
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