Reflections

Photography

Photographs by Sajjad taken in the mountains

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Lago Federa with Becco di Mezzodí
Mount Paterno and Lake Bödele with the Locatelli Hut on the horizon
Sella and Langkofel in Grödner Tal near S. Cristina
Passo San Pellegrino
Mount Pelmo
Lago di Braies (Pragser Wildsee)
Lago Verde (Grünsee) on Fanes Plateau
Lago di Braies (Pragser Wildsee) in Sesto Dolomites (Sextener Dolomiten)
Limedes Lake near Falzarego Pass in the Ampezzo Dolomites with view of Mount Lagazuoi
Oeschinensee near Kandersteg in Switzerland
Lago Federa in Ampezzo Dolomites
Mount Pelmo reflected in Lago delle Baste, Livinallongo, Veneto
Lake Federa and Mount Croda da Lago, Ampezzo Dolomites
Seebensee in Austria with view of Zugspitze
Stars of the show: Mount Pelmo and Lago delle Baste
Mount Rudo reflecting in the source of River Rienz
Lake Barm with view of Seinskopf, Bavaria

Whenever I sit by a lake in the Alps with a mountain range opposite, I wonder if by chance the wind might not subside and perhaps reflect the peak in the mirror-like surface of the lake.

The wind symbolizes, for me, the quick and restless thoughts that circle around in my head.

When the wind dies down, there is stillness, and great beauty reveals itself in the form of a reflection. Be it ever so fleeting, it’s yet so real.

Likewise, I become still within myself, and beauty and stillness are revealed, reflecting my inner being.

A thought now is like a stone thrown onto the water’s surface, causing the reflection to disappear in waves.

Maybe it’s this fleetingness, this transience – similar to a rainbow – which is so fascinating, and reflects, for a split second, nature’s beauty.

Sajjad and Saaralya

Sajjad Günter Zwaka is a health practitioner, passionate about mountaineering and photography. He lives with his beloved Saaralya in Munich, Germany. sajjad@gmx.net

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