Villnöß - Funes

I was so happy when I finally managed to photograph this iconic spot in golden Autumn weather. It had been on my wish list for a long time. Little was I to know that it would be the last photo with my camera. The following day my car was broken into and ALL my photography equipment (cameras, lenses, tripods, filters etc) was stolen. A very black day and sad day. (Earlier photo from Val di Funes: www.flickr.com/photos/adelheids-pictures/40857406901

Years ago I saw a photograph of this spot and ever since I have wanted to go there myself. The chance finally came last Autumn and I spent 1 night in the area, and was so lucky to get this wonderful light and sky at Sunset. It was the first photo shoot of a 4 week Balkan trip, and after this, nothing could go wrong. At some point I will have to go back to get the nearby church of Sta Maddalena, but I hear that it suffers from terrible over-population by photographers, whereas here, (after the Chines wedding couples cleared out) there were only 3 other photographers.

This is one of the photos from last years Autumn trip to the Balkans, when I was lucky to get this wonderful sunset sky on my one evening stopover in the Dolomites.

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Esplorando la Val di Funes alla ricerca di un inquadratura differente dalle solite ormai conosciute sul web.

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Sunset illuminating the peaks of the Odle mountain range in the Dolomites. Taken from the small village of Santa Maddalena, part of the municipality...

Defying all warnings not to use the pass which was closed right before Easter and overcoming the snow melt on the way, at the end it was a risk...

Dusk begins to settle in at Santa Maddalena in Villnoß, South Tyrol, Italy. Posted another one from here back in June but this is a wider view that I...