July 17, 2008

Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer

A famous painting of Caspar David Friedrich, my favorite landscape painter, is the Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer (Wanderer above the Sea of Fog).
As it happened I spent a couple of days in the area where he painted it. The weather played its necessary role so I tried to re-enact the scene, as a small and humble homage.It wasn't as easy as it looks, a rain storm was blowing me almost over the railing....500 meters vertical down to the ground...I was barely able to steady myself with one hand after several hours of hard mountain climbing to reach the peak... ;-)
Pictures were taken on top of the Schrammsteine, Sunday afternoon...