<p>My first post in 2021 ... the new year starts almost as the old has ended - the problems are still here and my first post is in Black & White just as my last posts in 2020 have been.</p>

<center><h2><em>Snow White</em><br /><sup>#monomad Challenge</sup><br /><img src="https://images.ecency.com/DQmRBH6bK1Krec3HpKRWJMzwGabMkzUrAQz6zGQcU397bxx/2021_01_06_white_thumbnail_1280x720.jpg" alt="Snow White" title="Snow White" border="0" /></h2></center>

<p>This post is also my first entry in 2021 for the <b>#monomad challenge</b> created by <b>@brumest</b> and hosted by <b>@monochromes</b>.</p>

<p>On January 2, 2021 it was slightly snowing here in town in the valley and I thought I might have a good time driving on a mountain road where I haven't been for quite a while. So, I took my photography gear and drove towards west and later over the "<strong>Windische Höhe</strong>" pass.<br />When I arrived at the <strong>Farchtensee</strong>, which is a little mountain lake next to the pass road, it began to snow more and a bit later I could take the following photos in style "<em>white on white with some shadows</em>" ;)</p>
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<td><center><a href="https://piber.cc/images/photo-blog/2021-01-02-Farchtensee-Snow-3655.jpg"><img title="Snow in the mountains" src="https://piber.cc/images/photo-blog/2021-01-02-Farchtensee-Snow-3655.jpg" alt="Snow in the mountains" /><br />❖ please click the image for fullsize view ❖</a></center></td>
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<p>I know, there's not much to see in the photos, but I quite like this kind of images. Converting the anyway almost #monochrome photos to Black &amp; White made them look even better in my eyes.</p>
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<td><center><a href="https://piber.cc/images/photo-blog/2021-01-02-Farchtensee-Snow-3646.jpg"><img title="Snow at the Farchtensee" src="https://piber.cc/images/photo-blog/2021-01-02-Farchtensee-Snow-3646.jpg" alt="Snow at the Farchtensee" /><br />❖ please click the image for fullsize view ❖</a></center></td>
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</table><p>Above you can see a double christmas tree - beautiful, but a little bit too high for any home, I believe ;)</p>
<p>A cool looking tree photographed from different angles and zoomed closer. You might recognize a hunters seat on the left side between the branches.</p>
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<td><center><a href="https://piber.cc/images/photo-blog/2021-01-02-Farchtensee-Snow-3648.jpg"><img title="Snow at the Farchtensee" src="https://piber.cc/images/photo-blog/2021-01-02-Farchtensee-Snow-3648.jpg" alt="Snowy tree at the Farchtensee" /><br />❖ please click the image for fullsize view ❖</a></center></td>
<td><center><a href="https://piber.cc/images/photo-blog/2021-01-02-Farchtensee-Snow-3653.jpg"><img title="Snow at the Farchtensee" src="https://piber.cc/images/photo-blog/2021-01-02-Farchtensee-Snow-3653.jpg" alt="Snowy tree at the Farchtensee" /><br />❖ please click the image for fullsize view ❖</a></center></td>
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<center><h3>The Snow</h3><p>It sifts from leaden sieves,<br />It powders all the wood,<br />It fills with alabaster wool<br />The wrinkles of the road.<br /><br />It makes an even face<br /><br />Of mountain and of plain, -<br />Unbroken forehead from the east<br />Unto the east again.<br /><br />It reaches to the fence,<br />It wraps it, rail by rail,<br />Till it is lost in fleeces;<br />It flings a crystal veil<br /><br />On stump and stack and stem, -<br />The summer's empty room,<br />Acres of seams where harvests were,<br />Recordless, but for them.<br /><br />It ruffles wrists of posts,<br />As ankles of a queen, -<br />Then stills its artisans like ghosts,<br />Denying they have been.</p><sup>by Emily Dickinson</sup></center>

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<td><center><a href="https://piber.cc/images/photo-blog/2021-01-02-Farchtensee-Snow-3647.jpg"><img title="Snow at the Farchtensee" src="https://piber.cc/images/photo-blog/2021-01-02-Farchtensee-Snow-3647.jpg" alt="Snowy tree at the Farchtensee" /><br />❖ please click the image for fullsize view ❖</a></center></td>
<td><center><a href="https://piber.cc/images/photo-blog/2021-01-02-Farchtensee-Snow-3654.jpg"><img title="Snow at the Farchtensee" src="https://piber.cc/images/photo-blog/2021-01-02-Farchtensee-Snow-3654.jpg" alt="Snowy tree at the Farchtensee" /><br />❖ please click the image for fullsize view ❖</a></center></td>
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<p>So, this was all for my first blog post in 2021 and I hope you like my photos a little bit.</p>

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<center><h3>Information</h3></center>

<p>All photos were taken with the <b>Canon EOS R</b> and the Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS II USM lens.<br />If you are interested in the image data, I leave all EXIF and IPTC information stored in the pictures.</p>
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