Gaisberg Dotted Skies
Gaisberg Dotted Skies is a dramatic capture of Gaisberg mountain near Salzburg in Austria, atop which is the Gaisberg Transmitter. The first and largest of its kind to be built in Austria after the Second World War, this needle-like, 100m-high transmitter stands in lonely silence on the mountain yet is still responsible for broadcasting FM and TV to countless Austrians today. As I found myself gazing up at it one wintry day, streams of sunlight broke through the surrounding clouds, bathing both the tower and a nearby blanket of snow in light. Contrasting the shadow that all but swallowed the trees below with the brilliant white of the freshly-spilled powder, it exuded drama and created a really striking visual.
As the mountain elements shifted and changed as I watched, the piercing, needle-like pinnacle of the Gaisberg radio tower was forced to compete as the main point of interest by the layers of clouds dancing through the frame. Painted in celestial brush strokes that, even frozen in time, almost lurch from the photo, these feathery clouds created a 3D-like quality. Forming a striking, dappled effect all around the transmitter, they bulged behind the mountain and moved through the valley below, lending a feeling of movement and depth that are perfectly encapsulated through the black and white hues of the image.
Gaisberg Dotted Skies is a dramatic capture of Gaisberg mountain near Salzburg in Austria, atop which is the Gaisberg Transmitter. The first and largest of its kind to be built in Austria after the Second World War, this needle-like, 100m-high transmitter stands in lonely silence on the mountain yet is still responsible for broadcasting FM and TV to countless Austrians today. As I found myself gazing up at it one wintry day, streams of sunlight broke through the surrounding clouds, bathing both the tower and a nearby blanket of snow in light. Contrasting the shadow that all but swallowed the trees below with the brilliant white of the freshly-spilled powder, it exuded drama and created a really striking visual.
As the mountain elements shifted and changed as I watched, the piercing, needle-like pinnacle of the Gaisberg radio tower was forced to compete as the main point of interest by the layers of clouds dancing through the frame. Painted in celestial brush strokes that, even frozen in time, almost lurch from the photo, these feathery clouds created a 3D-like quality. Forming a striking, dappled effect all around the transmitter, they bulged behind the mountain and moved through the valley below, lending a feeling of movement and depth that are perfectly encapsulated through the black and white hues of the image.
Gaisberg Dotted Skies is a dramatic capture of Gaisberg mountain near Salzburg in Austria, atop which is the Gaisberg Transmitter. The first and largest of its kind to be built in Austria after the Second World War, this needle-like, 100m-high transmitter stands in lonely silence on the mountain yet is still responsible for broadcasting FM and TV to countless Austrians today. As I found myself gazing up at it one wintry day, streams of sunlight broke through the surrounding clouds, bathing both the tower and a nearby blanket of snow in light. Contrasting the shadow that all but swallowed the trees below with the brilliant white of the freshly-spilled powder, it exuded drama and created a really striking visual.
As the mountain elements shifted and changed as I watched, the piercing, needle-like pinnacle of the Gaisberg radio tower was forced to compete as the main point of interest by the layers of clouds dancing through the frame. Painted in celestial brush strokes that, even frozen in time, almost lurch from the photo, these feathery clouds created a 3D-like quality. Forming a striking, dappled effect all around the transmitter, they bulged behind the mountain and moved through the valley below, lending a feeling of movement and depth that are perfectly encapsulated through the black and white hues of the image.