Aerial Shots: Lake Constance, Bregenz Forest, Eibsee

Last weekend we set off on a short road trip from Lake Constance to Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Of course the drone came along. After a night in the Bregenz Forest we drove over the Flexen Pass on the Arlberg, past the Hahntennjoch, which was unfortunately closed, to the Eibsee.

From Lake Constance to the Eibsee

Along the way there were varied spots for the drone, from glittering Lake Constance and the green hills of the Bregenz Forest to the mighty peaks at the Eibsee. The Bregenzerwald covers the valley of the Bregenzer Ach south-east of Bregenz up to the Hochtannberg Pass and is known for its timber architecture, its three-tier farming of valley, Vorsäss and alp, and its mountain cheese.

Pictures from the road trip

Here are a few pictures from along the way.

Sailing boats above a sandbank in Lake Constance, shore and mountains on the horizon, from the air
Sailing boats above a sandbank, shore and mountains on the horizon – the glittering Lake Constance.
Two shots: sailing boat in green shallows and a boat between two spits of land in Lake Constance, from the air
A sailing boat in green shallow water and a boat between two spits of land.
Sailing and motor boats in dense rows at the jetties of a harbour from the air
Boats lined up neatly along the jetties of a marina.
Hairpins of a road through dense green forest from the air
Hairpin bends wind through dense green forest.
Two shots: mowing strips in the meadow and a red tractor mowing, from the air
Mowing stripes in the meadow and a red tractor – the green hills of the Bregenzerwald.
White chapel with a pointed roof between deciduous and conifer trees on the mountainside from the air
A white chapel among deciduous and conifer trees on the slope.
Mountain stream between deciduous and conifer forest from the air
A mountain stream between deciduous and conifer forest.
Concrete gallery on the sheer rock face, snowy peaks in the background, from the air
A gallery on the sheer rock face, snowy peaks behind – on the way over the Flexen Pass.
Snowy, jagged peaks beneath a closed blanket of cloud from the air
Snowy, jagged peaks beneath a closed blanket of cloud.
Two shots: narrow ridge with snowfields and hairpins around a village in the snow, from the air
A narrow ridge with snowfields and hairpins around a village in the snow.
Long concrete gallery with a row of windows on the rock face, tunnel portals on the left, from the air
A long gallery with a row of windows on the rock face, the tunnel portals on the left.
Waterfall over the rock edge beneath spruces, slopes with snowfields behind, from the air
A waterfall plunges over the rock edge beneath spruces.
Turquoise stream in the snowy spruce valley, the peaks in the background, from the air
A turquoise stream in a snowy spruce valley, the peaks behind.
Pale green stream between snow, boulders and a dark bank from the air
Pale green water between snow and boulders.
Several waterfalls over brown rock in front of a dense spruce forest from the air
Several waterfalls over brown rock in front of dense spruce forest.
Thin waterfall on the embankment above the pale stream between rock and forest, from the air
A thin waterfall above the pale stream between rock and forest.
Two cyclists, one in a blue jersey, on the road between walls of snow from the air
Two cyclists between the walls of snow along the road.
Hairpin bend with a red and white inner edge on a barren mountain meadow from the air
A hairpin bend with a red-and-white edge on a barren mountain meadow.
Wide wooded valley with a stream and snowy peaks from the air
A wide wooded valley with a stream, snowy peaks above.
Two shots: snow-covered ridges and a green valley with a stream, from the air
Snow-covered ridges and a green valley with a stream.
Eibsee with wooded islands beneath the snowy rock face from the air
The Eibsee with its wooded islands beneath the rock walls of the Zugspitze.
Pale river with a gravel bank in dense forest, two people on the bank, from the air
A pale river with a gravel bank in dense forest, two people on the shore.
Two shots: wooded islands in the Eibsee and turquoise shallows around a forested island, from the air
Wooded islands in the Eibsee and turquoise shallows.
Small island with a hut and jetty in the Eibsee, several pale shallows around it, from the air
A small island with a hut and jetty, pale shallows all around.
Island with a hut and jetty in the turquoise shallows of the Eibsee from the air
Hut, jetty and turquoise shallows – an island in the Eibsee.