My World: Views from a panoramic road

[Michael Nagel]

Close to the border between Germany and Austria, there is a panoramic road. You have to pay a small fee to take it, but it is certainly worth it. Just make sure that you don't have someone who does not know how to drive in the mountains in front of you and know it yourself as some parts are steep and there are a lot of turns.

Just see (not much of the road itself, but more of the views):


Road and Mountains:

Hoher Göll und Rossfeld Panoramastrasse​

Larger:

Hinteres Freieck​

Even larger (220° horizontal):

Rossfeld Richtung Osten​

Focusing on a part left to the center of the above one:

Rossfeld Richtung Österreich​

Closer:

Dachstein vom Rossfeld aus​

Best regards,
Michael

 

[Asher Kelman]

Rossfeld Richtung Osten​

Michael,

I'v been returning to these panoramic views all through the day. I can't help but pick this one as my favorite and started to think of what fun it would be to own a motorized hang glider to just hover and probe these wonderful views. The other thing I'd like is to be able to penetrate the haze and a red filter, or one for infrared would come to mind. With today's high ISO capabilities one has a lot of choices.

Anyway, I love these pictures. I was going to pick the one with the stake in the foreground as my favorite but this panorama won out, of course as it's picture postcard perfect!

Asher

 

[Tom Robbins]

I like them all, Michael. My favorite is the first, Hoher Göll und Rossfeld Panoramastrasse. To my eye, it has a natural harmony that is hard to resist. Excellent work; each image is a work of art.

 

[Michael Nagel]

Asher,

Thanks. The large panorama is nice to look at by itself. The resolution is sufficient for a large print.
In the series it holds the place as transition towards the last picture showing the Dachstein massif.
For me the last one has some importance as well as it makes the connection between the road,
my viewpoint at this ery moment, and the Dachstein massif where I walked on the glacier a few years earlier.

Best regards,
Michael

 

[Michael Nagel]

Tom,

Thanks.

The first is also my preferred one here, followed by number 4.

Best regards,
Michael

 

[Paul Abbott]

These are some amazing views...

If I were to go there I would head up there somewhere around early morning first light or at late afternoon/ evening, last light. I can only imagine how great the quality of light would be here for a photograph.

 

[Michael Nagel]

Paul,

Thanks. There is a better place for this (and on our list for the next trip there) Gotzenalm (more images with the word as search term on Google).
It is a five hour hike up from he first stop with the boat to St. Bartholomä.
Hike up there during the morging, stay for the night and you get all light situations.

Best regards,
Michael

 

[Michael Nagel]

Two more views to complete.

The first shows a panoramic view to the north, the mountain close tothe center is called Untersberg, to the right in the valley is the city of Salzburg in Austria.

Untersberg vom Rossfeld aus​

Here is the Untersberg again, a little closer. It was place for a large rescue operation this year in the Riesending cave we wittnessed from far (helicopters several times per day). The linear feature on the extreme right belongs the the Salzburg Airport.

Untersberg - näher​

Best regards,
Michael