South Tyrol

We recently took a trip to Northern Italy and Eastern Switzerland.  Basically it's all "The Alps", just different bits belong in different countries...

Lot's of photo opportunities, one of which was this massive rock that sticks out into the main valley of the South Tyrol (that is a bit  of Italy that still thinks it's part of Austria, though it became part of Italy over 100 years ago, they still speak German there).

This hunk of scenery caught my eye and wouldn't let go...

1/ 1000s, at f/16 || E.Comp:-8 / 6 || 130mm || WB: FLASH 0. || ISO: 500 || Tone: || Sharp: || Camera: NIKON D3on: 2014:10:18 02:28:33

It's called the Gangkofel. The toothy bits behind it are the Dolomites...

1/ 1000s, at f/18 || E.Comp:-6 / 6 || 195mm || WB: AUTO 0. || ISO: 500 || Tone: || Sharp: || Camera: NIKON D3on: 2014:10:19 02:42:22

Time of day makes a big difference...

1/ 250s, at f/8 || E.Comp:-12 / 6 || 190mm || WB: AUTO 0. || ISO: 800 || Tone: || Sharp: || Camera: NIKON D3on: 2014:10:19 22:44:45

As does location...

1/ 1000s, at f/16 || E.Comp:-2 / 6 || 160mm || WB: AUTO 0. || ISO: 640 || Tone: || Sharp: || Camera: NIKON D3on: 2014:10:21 02:02:04

Every time I looked it showed me a different image...

1/ 500s, at f/14 || E.Comp:-2 / 6 || 190mm || WB: AUTO 0. || ISO: 640 || Tone: || Sharp: || Camera: NIKON D3on: 2014:10:21 01:00:28

And, finally, this...

1/ 500s, at f/11 || E.Comp:-4 / 6 || 35mm || WB: AUTO 0. || ISO: 200 || Tone: || Sharp: || Camera: NIKON D3on: 2014:10:21 05:50:58

So much for the Gangkofel...more mountains to come...

As always, click on an image to make it larger, and thanks for taking a look.