Aerial Shots between the Clouds…


Bäume mit Raureif im Nebel im Appenzellerland

Yesterday low clouds hung over the Swiss side, and with temperatures around freezing I was hoping for frozen trees and drifting veils of fog – perfect weather for the drone. Without a fixed plan I drove towards Switzerland and ended up in the Appenzell region, where the Mavic captured a few lovely aerial shots.

The cold bit, but from above the trees shimmered in ice, and the clouds drifted like veils across the land.

A spontaneous flight that was worth it.

Frosted trees at the edge of a green meadow in the fog from the air
A forest edge above a green meadow, the clouds hanging low above.
Hoarfrost on the tops of a conifer forest between the clouds from the air
Hoarfrost on the tops of a conifer forest in the Appenzellerland.
Frosted treetops beneath a closed blanket of fog from the air
Frosted treetops beneath a closed blanket of fog.
Two shots: frosted forest in the fog and pale treetops from the air
Frosted forest in the fog and pale treetops, twice.
Pale deciduous crowns between dark spruces in the fog from the air
Pale broadleaf crowns between dark spruces – the trees shimmer in the ice.
Tall trunks and single frosted crowns in the conifer forest from the air
Tall trunks and a few white crowns in the conifer forest.
Two shots: hoarfrost in the mixed forest and the forest from above with a path from the air
Hoarfrost in the mixed forest and a track between the crowns.
Hoarfrost on tall trunks in the fog between the clouds from the air
Hoarfrost on tall trunks in the fog.
Bare ground between frosted deciduous trees and spruces from the air
Bare ground between frosted broadleaf trees and spruces.
Stack of logs and a forest path between frosted trees from the air
Woodpiles and a forest track between white trees.
Two shots: green mixed-forest crowns and heavily frosted treetops from the air
Green crowns and heavily frosted treetops, side by side.
Meadow with frosted trees, a road and a hut in the fog from the air
A meadow with frosted trees, a road and a hut in the fog.
Forest edge beneath a pale blanket of cloud from the air
The forest edge beneath a pale cloud cover.
Two shots: white crowns from above and the frosted forest in the fog from the air
White crowns from above and the forest in the fog.
Treetops thickly coated with hoarfrost in grey fog from the air
Treetops thickly coated in hoarfrost in the grey fog.
Only treetops left in dense fog between the clouds from the air
Only treetops left – the clouds drift like veils across the land.
Clearing in the forest between frosted and green trees from the air
A clearing between frosted and green trees.
Green spruces beside white-frosted deciduous trees from the air
Green spruces beside white-frosted broadleaf trees.
Autumnal mixed forest beneath drifting fog from the air
Autumnal mixed forest beneath drifting fog.
Brown and green crowns beneath a bank of fog from the air
Brown and green crowns beneath a bank of fog.
Island of forest in a gap between the clouds from the air
An island of forest in a gap between the clouds.
Several patches of forest between dense clouds from the air
Two patches of forest between dense clouds – a spontaneous flight that paid off.

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