Long Exposure over Lake Jasna in Kranjska Gora

By Ian Middleton

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I had been watching the weather forecast and Lake Jasna on the webcam most of the week only see clear blue skies. But finally on Friday the weather began to change. A front was moving in from the west bring more cloud. The forecast showed cloud building more towards sunset, so I hoped for some great sunset colours.

Alas, the cloud cover at that point was too thick. However, I did get there early enough to capture some great broken cloud over the Julian Alps here. It was a far cry from my last trip here when the whole lake was frozen and the landscape completely covered in snow.

I used a Kase Filters 10 stop ND filter here to get a 60 second exposure so I could really draw out the drama that was unfolding over the mountain peaks.

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