Trees on White | #monomad Challenge

avatar

A couple of days ago, I needed to escape from the gray fog and the rain in town for a while.

Trees on White
#monomad Challenge
Trees on White

As you can imagine, this post is my entry for the #monomad challenge created by @brumest and hosted by @monochromes.
There was not much color in the photos anyway, so I wouldn't even have had to edit them in #monochrome.

Trees on White - white fog, white snow, silhouettes of trees
❖ please click the image for fullsize view ❖

A little walk in the snow was all I wanted, but I was also hoping that the raindrops would turn into snowflakes when I reach higher altitudes ... and my wish got fulfilled, because it was snowing on the little mountain I was driving up. Not much snowing though, but it was snowing, and that was all I wanted 😁

Trees on White - white fog, white snow, silhouettes of trees
❖ please click the image for fullsize view ❖

The fog, which was dark gray down in town, changed to a bit more white and together with the slight snowfall it painted a to me beautiful landscape. Of course, these are no Winter Wonderland photos as you might expect them to be in this time of the year, but more minimalist monochrome landscapes.

Trees on White - white fog, white snow, silhouettes of trees
❖ please click the image for fullsize view ❖

Gently Falling

Softly from the sky is falling
Snowflakes white as lilies fair;
Gently to each other calling
As they float down through the air.
Softly, softly, oh so softly!
Do they come from dizzy heights;
Gently, gently, oh, so gently!
Do they lay a blanket white.
Over all the many housetops,
Over shrubs and tall, tall trees,
Over hills and field and meadows,
Hiding stones and restless leaves.

by Emma Louise Clapp
Trees on White - white fog, white snow, silhouettes of trees
❖ please click the image for fullsize view ❖

That was all for today. I hope you like these images and you can imagine what a peaceful and silent time such a walk in the snow can be.
While I am writing these lines, it's snowing outside and if I can finish work a bit earlier tomorrow I know what I would like to do 😉

Information

All photos were taken with the Canon EOS R and the Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS II USM lens.
If you are interested in the image data, I leave all EXIF and IPTC information stored in the pictures.

If you like my work I would appreciate an upvote, nice comment or maybe you want to share my post on your blog 😊 ... and maybe you would like to follow me, so that you never miss a post from me.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog,
I wish you all a wonderful last week of 2020,
Johann Piber @johannpiber
Photos and Text: @johannpiber | Johann Piber | All rights reserved - do not use without my permission

Do you know this Badge?

It says "Thank you for partnering with the
Papillon Foundation
by participating in the
Weekly Hive Charity Giveaway.".

+++ You can win HBD Hive Dollars +++

Do you want this Badge?

If you like this badge and if you want to help too,
you can learn more in this blog post of @combination:
Some Exciting News! Badge release!

>>> Not got a Hive account yet? Sign up free here! <<<

2020-12-28
#hive5 from Austria 🖐️
hive-142159 photofeed monomad photocircle photography neoxian palnet creativecoin monochrome minimalist
0
0
0.000
147 comments
avatar

pixresteemer_incognito_angel_mini.png
Bang, I did it again... I just rehived your post!
Week 37 of my contest just started...you can now check the winners of the previous week!
4

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Thanks a lot, dear @pixresteemer, I appreciate your support 🤗

Cheers and !BEER
!wine

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Thank you for the $wine. You should try a mix with some $tan

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Thank you, but I think I'm out of !tan and !wine today 😉

Cheers and !BEER
!invest_vote

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

I'm not 😂
$tan
$wine

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

These are lovely minimalist photos, Hannes and a great poem to go with them.

The trees are so delicate looking like a pencil drawing by a snow fairy.🧚‍♂️

I hope your Christmas was wonderful dear Hannes.🤗
Tip
!BEER

AF24FBDB6DD749BFADD168069EF6ADF0.gif

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

I have had a few very nice days with my family, thank you so much Jo, I hope you have had nice Christmas days too 😊

And I have had a good time up there on the mountain where I took the photos - thank you very much that you like them ... and thank you for the goodies and this cool card 😁

Cheers and !BEER
!invest_vote

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

In winter, the photographs have their own unique characteristics that cannot be compared with photographs taken at other times of the year. This is the beauty of these photos and nature in general. The nature in your photos always looks great. I like. Thank you very much. I wish you creative success and all the best.

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Once more I thank you for your very nice compliments on my photos, @yuriy4, wish you a nice evening and a great week 😊

Cheers and !BEER
!invest_vote

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Fabulous color that white is as it makes everything look so clean a fresh.
Enhancing the character of each tree as frozen in time.

Really exceptional photos here my friend!

Blessings to you guys!

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Hi Zac,

yeah, the snow makes all look clean and simple / minimalistic and I do really like such scenes, thank you so much.

Yesterday we have got about half a meter snow and it should become more till the weekend they say. I had only half an hour time today for a short walk and hope to get some more time tomorrow.

Cheers and !BEER
!wine
!invest_vote

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Good afternoon Hannes,

Apologies as yesterday we had no IT signal and about 2 hourse ago I made a plan for this slow emergency signal. Could at leasy get a post in now.

By now I hope that you have a lot of snow there for great pictures 😀

Cheers and thanks, also for the wine my friend.

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Good day Zac,

I reply quickly before I go home or better said I want to go for a snow walk.
Yes, we have got a lot of snow and there's more to come they say, but today we have quite a bit of sunshine.

I don't know when I'll be back home today, so I might be online just a little while in the evening, and I'm working tomorrow till next year 😁
... but tomorrow I should have some more time at work because working is over for 2020 🤣

Cheers and !BEER
!invest_vote

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Yay! Good old year's evening Hannes,

It's been one of our busiest days, but it seems that I have got the internet connection sorted out at last a few hours ago.
So I thought that I could at last do all of the replies on Hive, but the phone rang and we had to go out again. A friend's brother in law was operated for brain cancer and they could not remove everything, so they sent him home. He has since gone lame in his legs and he cannot walk anymore.
The old lady where he lives couldn't look after him and she called my friend to come from Johannesburg to fetch him. So of course my friend called me to come and give him advice, as they want to leave at 4am tomorrow morning to travel back to Johannesburg with the sick guy.
It's a very long 18 hour trip and they are going to struggle with the lame guy in the car.

But we have solved it and they will travel in two cars.

I hope that you had your snow walk my friend and I even got time to take the sunset on the ocean tonight.
Your working for the old year should be almost finished 🤣

Happy New Year to you guys my friend!

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Good morning from a cold but sunny first day of 2021, Zac,

seems the old year wanted you to be busy that you don't forget it when the new year arrives 😉

I didn't get the snow walk because some other work came in between, but there will be another day to walk in the snow.

The old year is gone and if the young 2021 goes on like it began, we will have sunshine all year long 🌞

Wish you a great start into the new year, Zac 😄

Cheers with !BEER and !wine
!invest_vote

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Hi Hannes, bright and sunny over here my friend.
Thankfully the wind is also up and it will make the heat bearable.

Yes, the old year clung on for dear life, but it's finally gone and now we breathe new year air 🙏

You are wise to know that there will always be other opportunities to get shots in the snow. What needs to be done comes first and if it is work, then so be it.

All of the best also to you my friend!

Cheers and thanks!

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Let's hope the new air doesn't smell worse than the air of the old year.
If so, we should try to clean the air all together 🙂

Cheers and !BEER
!invest_vote

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Hahaha, you joke, but I so wish that we could clean all of the air worldwide.
People started a class action lawsuit about getting sick from the mines close to them and they won the case.
Another evil is the old powerstations that burn tons of coal and I look forward to the day that they don't exist anymore.
South Africa is now very active in the natural electricity generation fields, such as wind farms and Solar energy. Let's hope that it continues to grow.

Cheers and thanks!

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

A complete lockdown worldwide for much longer than the first lockdown we had might be able to clean a lot, I believe.

Yes, wind and solar energy is growing slowly. Let's hope it continues to grow.

Cheers and !BEER
!invest_vote

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Totally agreed, but everyone here is screaming about lost income and profits.
Alcohol sales are banned, hotel occupation is zero, small businesses close their doors and even the big companies are cutting their staff numbers. I cannot even imagine the economic waste that another 6 months lockdown will do worldwide.
The argument is that life is more important than economics, but what is life if you have nothing to eat?

I think that all coal fired entities will be gone still in our lifetime my friend!

Cheers and thanks!

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

I think I am a bit unfair because I have a job which I can't lose, but I think after the end of the pandemic or when all have got the vaccine the economy will grow and everybody will be needed again - more work than before ... but that's only the thinking of somebody who don't has much ideas about economics.

I'm living on a continent which might be able to feed Africa with the food we throw away.

Cheers and !BEER
!invest_vote

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Yes, it is great to have secure employment and and you are right that there will be increased work loads. But many are now working from home on the internet and I think that it will remain so after the lockdown.
Of course the estate agents face giant losses, as offices will become vacant.

So amazing always, as there are dire hunger situations all over and yet, people can throw food away. This world needs a wake up call.

Cheers and thanks!

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

There will always be the ones who win and the ones who lose.

The leftovers from our company cantina have always been collected from local farmers for their pigs, but since the law changed not even giving such food to animals is allowed anymore.

Cheers and !BEER
!invest_vote

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

So true and that's why so many people fear change. Covid is changing life and work habits all over the world by force.
We are going to do a "sanitize" on the inside of our car a little later today, as the virus can be transferred by touch and we are all over the place.

I cannot quite undestand that rule, as yes, they are aware that the food might be contaminated, but the farmers can simply boil the food before giving it to the pigs.

Cheers and thanks.

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Sorry, out of BEER, please retry later...

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Sorry, out of BEER, please retry later...

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar
(Edited)

These are some remarkable and breathtaking #wintermas images! Kudos to you for braving the cold to get these shots and share them with us! 💗

wintermasbanner400.png

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Thank you so much @thekittygirl 😄 but it wasn't very cold ... it's not the cold anyway, it's just the wrong clothing that lets you freeze 😉

Cheers and !BEER
!invest_vote

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Thanks for sharing your experience with us!
TIBLogo

You have been curated by @thekittygirl on behalf of Inner Blocks: a community encouraging first hand content, and each individual living their best life. Come join the Inner Blocks Community , and check out @innerblocks! #lifehappening

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Cool (although it wasn't that cold 😉), thank you very much for curating my post, @thekittygirl / @innerblocks, I really appreciate your kind support 😊

Cheers and !BEER
!invest_vote

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

beautiful! I dont have, I think, even a single one photo like this. it's not high in the Mountains, right?.. maybe I will be able to catch an image like this here, one day... but I'm not sure. :P

!BEER

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Right, it's not high up, just about 10 minutes upwards, but it's a quiet area where I usually don't meet people.
Slight snowfall and fog were great helpers. I think you should be able to make such photos too if there's fog and snow. I have posted photos of these trees in the past. In the background there are higher mountains 😉

Thanks a lot for your kind comment, @qwerrie 😊

Cheers and !BEER
!invest_vote

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Beautiful photos @johannpiber. Walk in the snow ❄, that's something I dream about for quite few years.

Have a great last week of 2020 @johannpiber. Cheers !BEER

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar
(Edited)

I have just seen a video showing snowfall today in England, but I suppose not in London.

We have got quite some snow yesterday and my short snow walk today wasn't easy in almost half a meter snow 😅

I thank you very much, @cezary-io, and I wish you also great last days of 2020 😁

Cheers and !BEER
!invest_vote
grafik.png

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Very cool black and white pictures. 😊

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Thank you very much kindly, Vincent, I wish you a nice last week of 2020 and a healthy and happy New Year 2021 😀

Cheers and !BEER
!invest_vote

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Last two days of the year! Make the best of them. 😊 May 2021 be a better year for us all! Cheers! 🥂😀

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Haha, I'm working till next year - nightshift on December 31 🤣
But I don't mind - I'm not so much in parties anyway.

I believe it can only get better, or better said I don't think it could get worse than is was in 2020 - so 2021 will definitely be better for hopefully all of us 😀

Cheers and !BEER
!invest_vote

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Hi Johann,

Sorry to hear that you will be working on New Year's Eve! Must be an important job!.😊

Anyway, I am not into parties too. And New Year's Eve are mostly a non-event. It's just another day!.

Okay, we shall catch up again next year! 😀

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Hi Vincent,

you don't need to be sorry, because I don't mind, I get extra paid and tomorrow is going to be a very easy day and night 😉
The job is just a security job which I do a few times a month, practically taking care of our company's property (watching the entrance and video monitors).

I'm sure to have the time for a short last 2020 post 😉

Wish you the best, Vincent, see you next year 😄

Cheers and !BEER
!invest_vote

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Hi Johann,

It makes sense. Since you are not partying the night away, and there's a job that is paying extra, why not take it right? Your colleagues will be thankful to you for taking their place, so they can go and party. It's a win, win situation and everyone's happy. 🥂😊

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

That's true my friend, December 24 and 31 we have usually free, so they always seek for colleagues who do want to work on those days 🙂

I'm on my way to work already and wish you a nice last day of 2020 - happy New Year Vincent 😀

Cheers and !BEER
!invest_vote

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Congratulations. Today's #monomad first place is yours. Thank You very much for participating.

Also, and in case you didn't yet, feel free to join our Black And White Community.

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

I have seen it this morning, but then didn't have time to reply till yet - thank you so much, @monochromes, I'm so happy that you have chosen my photos 😀

Cheers and !BEER
!invest_vote

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

wow, absolutely beautiful photographs of wintry trees - wonderful...congratulations on first place, too!

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Thank you so much for your nice words, @sagesigma, the first place surprised me and made me really happy 😁
Wish you a happy and healthy New Year 2021 - may it be better for all of us 😊

Cheers and !BEER
!invest_vote

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Fabulous photos! They simply don't get any better than this!
!tan

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

The simple shots are sometimes better than the big vistas - I love such minimalist scenes, but have to admit that I too seldom see them ;)

Thank you very much for your kind comment, @Melinda010100, I wish you and your family a Happy New Year - may it bring us a more normal life back, and our families and friends, health and happiness 🤗

Cheers and !BEER
!invest_vote

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Photography turned out great, looks more like sketches. Soft snow gives softer magical effect.

Happy New Year's Eve Johann to you and your family, keep having fun!

!BEER for later 🙃

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Thank you so much, Joan, for the nice compliment on the photos, and for the kind wishes.
I wish you and your family also a happy and healthy New Year 🤗

Cheers and !BEER
!invest_vote

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Photography is always superb, poem very meaningful as we seldom romanticize arrival of snow.

When snow falls in South Africa we become lunatics, with many driving hours to just see the white fluffy stuff. Ja ja, we lose our heads!

Cheers to 2021 with a toast of !BEER and good wishes.

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

A walk in the snow is always kind of romantic, at least when you don't walk alone ;)

People lose their heads here too, because if the roads get only a little bit white they forget how to drive a car 🤣 but the more it snows the better it gets, because most who don't need to drive stay at home 😁

There's now !WINE too in addition to the !BEER 😁
!invest_vote

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

My imagination always goes to how quiet the area is when snow falls, walking in the woods would be fun with someone so long as they don't talk, strictly company 😌

Drivers here majority don't know how to drive on wet nor dry roads, very few have vehicles to manage roads where snow falls occur, a 4x4 would be needed more often than not. Then we have taxi's that will take you anywhere if you have nerves of steel...

Will have to look into this !WINE in the New Year, enjoy both depending on mood so for now it will have to be a !BEER

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Of course, That's one more reason why I mostly walk or hike alone and at places where I usually don't meet people ;)

I know, Zac @papilloncharity has told me some stories about the drivers and driving in South Africa 😉

The new !WINE works but the !tan seems not to work, at least not for me.

Cheers and !BEER
!invest_vote

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Snow ....
❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️💞💞💞💞
Beauty one ...🥰

I can smell that snow and that
calmness and silence ....

So you will enjoy today that I envy you 😉

I wish you a wonderful day and night...😊
And Happy New Year 🥂✨🥰 dear friend@johannpiber 🤗❄️🎅

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Thank you so much, @Suzana72, it has been snowing a lot, but it has become warm and rainy again. So much of the snow is melting, but it should be snowing again "next year" ... on Saturday ;)

I wish you also a happy New Year, dear @Suzana71, may it be a happy and healthy year, and better than the one that ends today 🤗

Cheers and !BEER
!invest_vote

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

You're welcome@johannpiber ✨🤗

I hope it will snow tomorrow and for us soon!❄️😁

Thanks a lot @johannpiber 🤗and hopefully next year will be better for all of us!✨

Have a wonderful evening 🎇🥂😊

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

I will be sleeping deep when the new Year arrives, but tomorrow morning I will be one of the first who will greet the first day of 2021 😁

I wish you a nice New Year's eve, @Suzana72, and once more I wish you all the best for 2021 which will arrive here in about 4 hours 🥂

Cheers and !BEER
!invest_vote

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

WOW! Amazing trees on white! Your pictures look as if drawings..... Great shot! 🙃

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

I was also surprised how these images came out when I opened them in Photoshop, but I have been very pleased ... thank you so much kindly, @tangmo 🙂

Cheers and !BEER
!invest_vote

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

My pleasure! You always did excellent photography! ;)

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Sorry, out of BEER, please retry later...

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Sorry, out of BEER, please retry later...

0
0
0.000
Reply