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Lenk (Switzerland), August 2015

These cascading waters form the final section of the Simmenfälle, the falls of the river Simme before it reaches the long valley which will ultimately lead to the end of its journey in Lake Thun, some 50 kilometres away. It is quite a dramatic landscape, a vision of nature refusing to be tamed. By taking the photograph in black and white, I tried to emphasise the timeless atmosphere of the scene (incidentally, it was so rainy and overcast on that day that the choice more or less made itself if I wanted to get at least tolerable results).

For another dose of Romanticism and another memento of this afternoon in the Simmental, see : 'Tis the mist rising over the plain
.

Description
Lenk (Switzerland), August 2015

These cascading waters form the final section of the Simmenfälle, the falls of the river Simme before it reaches the long valley which will ultimately lead to the end of its journey in Lake Thun, some 50 kilometres away. It is quite a dramatic landscape, a vision of nature refusing to be tamed. By taking the photograph in black and white, I tried to emphasise the timeless atmosphere of the scene (incidentally, it was so rainy and overcast on that day that the choice more or less made itself if I wanted to get at least tolerable results).

For another dose of Romanticism and another memento of this afternoon in the Simmental, see : 'Tis the mist rising over the plain
.