Mountain Photography in the DOLOMITES, Awesome Photo Spots!

In July 2020 we spent a week in the Dolomites in Italy. This video will show you the most beautiful and easily accessible spots of this part of the alps, together with the photos I took and the camera settings I used to get the shots. Fun fact: On this trip I used my 24–104 mm lens for 99% of the photos I took, only once I had to switch to the wider 16 mm while a few times I used the 70-300 mm for distant mountain landscapes!

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Locations in the Video:
0:00 Intro
1:40 Seiser Alm
3:26 Seceda
5:00 Grödner Joch
6:56 Sella Joch
8:12 Lago Antorno
9:02 Dürrensee
10:10 Pragser Wildsee
10:59 Passo di Giau
12:18 Cinque Torri
13:37 Drei Zinnen

For the first half of the Dolomites trip we stayed in St. Ulrich in the Val Gardena. That is because from this little village you can easily visit a lot of awesome spots like the Seceda, the St. Magdalena Chapel, the Karersee, the Seiser Alm ord the Grödner Joch.

Sadly, during this one week trip the weather was not that great. Still, on the first day we tried our luck and went up the mountain with a cable car to go hiking around the Seiser Alm. We waited for sunset to get the best light possible, took a few photos and then hiked down to St. Ulrich.

For day two we planned on visiting the famous Seceda. This is a cool photo location, even during daytime, but be prepared for a loot of other photographers, so you might have to wait to get your own spot.

For the evening of day two, we drove up the Grödner Joch to capture some car light trail photos. That is because from up here you have a fantastic view over the Val Gardena with a nice alpine road leading through the valley.

For the last evening in St. Ulrich we decided to visit the Sella Joch for another round of car light trail photos since the weather was not that great again. It is much like the Grödner Joch, only there less road visible. Still a lovely place to take long exposure images.

After the first half of our trip, we changed the location and drove to the Lago Antorno which lies right underneath the Drei Zinnen. We stayed right next to the lake which made it easy to get good shots at sunrise.

Again, from this location you can reach many more spots with your car like the Dürrensee, Pragser Wildsee, Cinque Torri, Passo di Giau and of course the Drei Zinnen. We started by visiting the Dürrensee and the Pragser Wildsee early in the morning to avoid crowds (that didn’t work well :( )

In the evening we decided to visit the Passo di Giau since the weather started to get worse again. Here was another great opportunity for long exposure car light trail photos since you have a great view over another mountain road.

For some daytime long exposure photos, we went to the cinque torri rock formation which looks awesome under blurry, long exposure clouds. This looks even better, with dramatic storm clouds!

On the last day we went up to the Drei Zinnen. Our plan was to do a full hike around the mountains starting at sunset and ending sometime around midnight to do some astrophotography as well. Sadly, the weather got really bad and we decided to get back to the gar shortly before sunset to not get ourselves in danger.

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