Silence at the Lake

6 minutes and 27 seconds from the boring life of a landscape photographer in the early morning.

Silent Sunrise
^{Lake Wörthersee . Carinthia}

Did I say "boring"?

OK, some of you might think getting up at 4:30 in the morning and waiting alone in the dark at a lake for the sun to rise must be very boring. But no, it isn't boring at all and even though I have had this experience a lot of times before it is always amazing to witness the awakening of the nature.
If you ask me if I prefer sunrises or sunsets, the answer is easy for me: there's nothing better than sunrises 😎

Even if there was not the smallest cloud on the sky, the colors in the sky were beautiful.

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^{Canon EOS R | EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS II USM
ISO 100 . f/10 . 5 sec . @200 mm}

Did I say Silent?

Well, somehow the title "Silent ..." is not correct, because there was quite some noise. About one hundred meters out of sight on the left side there is a small island called "Kapuzinerinsel" which seems to be full of birds of all kinds, and they just woke up all together I think ;)
I didn't have the external microfone with me, so the sound was recorded by the internal mic only, otherwise there would many more bird sounds to hear in the video.

I would recommend watching this video only if you are not already tired and with the volume turned up.

If the video does not play: < click here to watch the video on YouTube >

Right behind my spot there is a road which is usually already quite busy at this early time of the day. Of course there have been 4 or 5 cars driving by in the 1.5 hours I have been there and I think I have also heard an airplane far away, but can you see contrails in the sky? The sky is clean - the air is cleaner than ever before and all you can hear is nature.

It's sad to have to say something like that, but I will surely miss this peaceful silence everywhere when the Corona virus measures are loosened or even canceled.

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^{Canon EOS R | EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS II USM
ISO 100 . f/10 . 4 sec . @70 mm}

So, with this lovely poem from George Cooper I will end my today's post and wish you all a nice rest of the day and evening.

Birdie's Morning Song
Wake up, little darling, the birdies are out,
And here you are still in your nest!
The laziest birdie is hopping about;
You ought to be up with the rest.
Wake up, little darling, wake up!

Oh, see what you miss when you slumber so long —
The dewdrops, the beautiful sky!
I can not sing half what you lose in my song;
And yet, not a word in reply.
Wake up, little darling, wake up!

I've sung myself quite out of patience with you,
While mother bends o'er your dear head;
Now birdie has done all that birdie can do:
Her kisses will wake you instead!
Wake up, little darling, wake up!

^{by George Cooper}

There's just one last thing I have to say:

Stay at home, take care and stay healthy!

Information

Location / Standort: Wörthersee Teixlbucht

All photos were shot with the Canon EOS R and the Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS II USM lens.
I have also used my Haida M10 filter system with the 0.9 graduated ND filter and the CPL filter.

I leave all EXIF and IPTC information stored in the pictures.

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