Photographing in the Dolomites part 2 - Drei Zinnen
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The Drei Zinnen (Tre Crime di Lavaredo) is a mountaines are three distinctive battlement-like peaks, in the Sexten Dolomites of northeastern Italy. They are probably one of the best-known mountain groups in the Alps. The three peaks, from east to west, are:
Cima Piccola / Kleine Zinne ("little peak")
Cima Grande / Große Zinne ("big peak")
Cima Ovest / Westliche Zinne ("western peak").
The peaks are composed of well-layered dolomites of the Dolomia Principale (Hauptdolomit) formation, Carnian to Rhaetian in age, as are many other groups in the Dolomites (e.g., the Tofane, the Pelmo or the Cinque Torri).
Canon R5 with the RF 24-105mm F4
Iso100 F11 1/10th
I know, this isn’t the classical view you’ll get when you’re at the Drei Zinnen in the Dolomites, but it is just as beautiful.
Some tips if you go to the Drei Zinnen.
- You can park right at the mountains, but you have to pay €30,- for 24h of use of the mountain road. If you go early in the morning and again in the evening, you can use the same pass when you leave. Keep it on you!
- Don’t drive all the way up, but go P4/P5 with the campers. If you use the trail that leaves from that parking lot, you’ll get some photo opportunities to get some reflection shots!
- If you want to photograph the classic view (which I missed due to poor planning…) make sure you have parked at least an hour and a halve before the sunrises. The hike up to the viewing “platform” is about 45 to 60 minute, but you have to walk even a bit further up the mountain to get the classic view.
- If you hike further, beyond the viewing platform of the classic view, you hike down and you can get some more unique images.
Below are a small selection of photos I have taken at the Drei Zinnen area. As you can see, I haven’t a photo from the classic viewpoint because I screwed up. This means I just need to go back, ah well. There are worse things in the world.
