Dolomites – photography trip 2025 – Part 2
At dawn the next day, we made another attempt to photograph the sunrise at Alpe di Siusi. The sun remained hidden again, but the fog showed a much more photogenic face this time compared to the previous day. The surrounding hills and mountains played hide and seek in the mist, providing an almost endless range of subjects to photograph.
The 360° panorama helps to give a clearer vision of the plateau and its surroundings.
The fog completely covered us at times, and at one point, only a narrow strip of the surrounding area remained visible.
After a while, the fog covered the area where we were even more, and we had to leave soon anyway. Alpe di Siusi is quite high up, so while descending we made an unplanned stop and took a few more photos of the drifting fog in the landscape.
Our next destination was the Sella Pass. The weather really gave us a show that day: at times we were completely engulfed in fog, then the mountains around us emerged wearing a magical, soft mist cloak. I don’t even know what else to add. This is still one of my all-time favorite subjects to photograph.
After Sella, we tried our luck at the Pordoi Pass as well, with less success. There was simply too much fog there, though I still managed to take a few usable shots.
We had basically covered the locations planned for the day. On the way back to our accommodation, we agreed to stop if we saw anything interesting. Fortunately, as we approached the Gardena Pass, a few mountain peaks revealed themselves among the yellowing larches and evergreen forests, just waiting to be photographed.
I felt that this scene definitely called for another 360° panorama.
After that, we really did head back to the accommodation. We packed up, since the next morning we would be leaving for the second place we were staying at. On the way, we planned to stop at a lake for a sunrise shoot. More coming soon.