Another Year is over - thank you all

One year ago we said that 2021 would be better than 2020 - let's hope that 2022 will be better than 2021.

Actually, I wanted to publish this post on New Year's Eve, but I will be at work (24-hour nightshift) and don't know if I will find enough time. So my last post of the year is a bit earlier than planned 😉

Another Year is over - thank you all - Trees in the Snow

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^{I love this little group of trees. They are on my way up to a mountain where I often go for a little walk or photograph sunrise or sunset. Behind them is the valley and if there's no clouds or fog the background is too distracting to get a nice photo like this one.}

I hope you have had a peaceful and happy Christmas time and enjoy the holidays.

2021 is almost over and I think we will have to live a while longer with this worldwide situation, but I don't want to talk about that because everybody has his or her own opinion, which I respect, and I have mine.

Another Year is over - thank you all - Alpenglow over the Fog

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^{I have taken this photo from the Magdalensberg mountain near my hometown, which is below the clouds, towards the Karawanks mountain range in the south and I have been very lucky that there was a gap in the clouds that allowed the sun to nicely lit up these peaks.}

Today I want to say thank you to all members of the Hive with some of the photos I have taken in the past days.

I said "members", but I mean "friends", because I can honestly say that from my first day on, unlike in real life or on other platforms, I have met only kind and supportive people here.

Another Year is over - thank you all - Foggy Landscape

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^{A little down from the Magdalensberg mountain, where I have taken the photo before this one, I had this view which I absolutely love.}

Quite some of you have become very special friends to me over the years, who I would never want to miss anymore, who belong to my family.

From South Africa and Australia in the south to Russia and Canada in the north, from Asia to America, from my neighbour countries and even from here in Austria - my Hive family and friends are from everywhere 😁
I don't want to mention names, because this post would get too long and I am sure I would forget some.

Another Year is over - thank you all - Sunrise on the Dobratsch Mountain

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^{The weekend before Christmas I have been on the Dobratsch mountain, where I haven't been in quite a while because since the pandemic began, this mountain is just overrun at any day at any time.
But on this day I was quite lucky to be the first on the peak, but too many people followed and I escaped the noise by heading down again. On my way back I could take this photo of the sunrise, which shows how windy it was on that morning.}

The Hive was the best thing I have encountered since I entered the internet back in the nineties, because needing to post about me and my home has pushed me back to the outdoors and to photography.

Another Year is over - thank you all - Peninsula Maria Wörth at Sunrise

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^{It was cloudy and foggy on Christmas Day, but the fog wasn't intense enough to block all of the rising sun, so the whole scene at the lake Wörthersee was lit up nicely in an orange tone, and a cormorant was so kind to fly across the scene to make the image with the peninsula Maria Wörth a little bit more interesting.}

But in the past months, due to much stress at work during the days, I haven't been able to post often, or I should better say that most times I haven't been in the mood to post after long and tiring days, and this situation will last for quite a while longer than thought and hoped.
Also, the NFT thing where I try to sell some of my photos at the moment, takes some time too, but it might help me buying new gear or hopefully even a small van, which I have been dreaming of for years.

Another Year is over - thank you all - Foggy Forest

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^{I have been a little bit too late at this place the day after Christmas, because minutes before I have taken this and the following photos, the clouds and the whole sky were intense pink coloured. But the subtle and pastel coloured scene was lovely anyway.}

I'm so gladful that there are photo contests like the contest of Hive account@worldcapture / @PhotoFeed with a different photographic theme each week and the Season Hunt hosted by @Barbara-Orenya / FeelGood Community to name only two.
These contests are motivating me very much, unless I have to search pumpkins or to take street photos or portraits 😉

Another Year is over - thank you all - Castle in the Fog

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^{To the right of the photo before this one is the Castle Haimburg near Völkermarkt, about an hour away from my home, and the castle was almost fully covered by the pink fog. I love such minimalist scenes, especially this time of year.}

New Year, Good-Morning!

New Year, good-morning! Come and bring
Us days that smile and days that sing
Out from the drifts of swirling snow
That through the mirky midnight blow
And clutch with frosty hands and cling.

Hark! how the joy-bells chime and ring
Thy birth, and new hope set a-wing.
With hands outstretched you come; and so
New Year, good-morning!

New courage greets their clamoring -
The thought of friends, the thought of spring,
Of kindly solace for our woe,
Of happiness we're still to know;
We wait your accolade, O King!
New Year, good-morning!

^{by Alexander Maclean}

Another Year is over - thank you all - Foggy Landscape at Sunrise

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^{The photos above have been taken towards south and west, and this one was taken towards the east. The sun was behind the mountain and covered by clouds, but nevertheless I liked the scene, although I still hate power lines 🤣}

I'm wishing you all the best, healthiness and happiness and maybe a Hive price that gives us all a little bit of financial freedom or at least that makes our life easier.

Another Year is over - thank you all - Fog on the Lake

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^{I know there's not much to see, but apart from colourful sunrises or sunsets, I love the lake Wörthersee a lot when it's foggy like here, so I can take minimalist photos, which I'm loving more and more.}

Thank you, my friends and family, thank you for all the kindness and love I am experiencing here again and again.
In the beginning I have said "let's hope that 2022 will be better than 2021" ... let's do anything to make 2022 a better year anyway.

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All photos were taken with the Canon EOS R and one of these lenses: Canon RF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM, Canon RF 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM, Canon EF 16-35mm 1:4 L IS USM, Canon EF 50mm 1:1.8 L STM, SIGMA 105mm 1:2,8 DG MACRO HSM, Sigma 100-400mm f/5-6,3 DG OS HSM C.
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