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Typical swiss cabin`s/sheds covered with snow, shot in the last eveninglight.

Shot in a snowshower, it was allmost a natural high-key. Low contrast, total absence of colors, just vague silhouettes and all of a sudden this majestic tree appeared out of nowhere.

K5 and DA18-55WR
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Wiki:
Under certain conditions, the normal vertical temperature gradient is inverted such that the air is colder near the surface of the Earth. This can occur when, for example, a warmer, less dense air mass moves over a cooler, denser air mass. This type of inversion occurs in the vicinity of warm fronts, and also in areas of oceanic upwelling such as along the California coast. With sufficient humidity in the cooler layer, fog is typically present below the inversion cap. An inversion is also produced whenever radiation from the surface of the earth exceeds the amount of radiation received from the sun, which commonly occurs at night, or during the winter when the angle of the sun is very low in the sky. This effect is virtually confined to land regions as the ocean retains heat far longer. In the polar regions during winter, inversions are nearly always present over land.

A warmer air mass moving over a cooler one can "shut off" any convection which may be present in the cooler air mass. This is known as a capping inversion. However, if this cap is broken, either by extreme convection overcoming the cap, or by the lifting effect of a front or a mountain range, the sudden release of bottled-up convective energy — like the bursting of a balloon — can result in severe thunderstorms. Such capping inversions typically precede the development of tornadoes in the Midwestern United States. In this instance, the "cooler" layer is actually quite warm, but is still denser and usually cooler than the lower part of the inversion layer capping it.

If you are in the right spot this phenomena gets you spectaculair pictures :)
Shot from the chairlift.

Grey and snow all day, 37cm has fallen last night and the snow continued this day. But, as we made a hike down to the little village of Falera, suddenly the sun broke through at the end of the afternoon and showed us this breathtaking view in the most beautifull light.

Goodbye for now, Laax...I will surely return here!

K5 with DA18-55WR (yes, that is the kitlens)
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Lots of snow today, the K5 looked like a snowball after a 1,5hrs walk.

The bag was soaked, the viewfinder was darkened bij snow and moisture and the sunhood was sometimes filled up halfway with snow but the K5 didn`t mind. Still works like a charm :)

K5 with DA18-55WR