Carnic Peace Trail

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted March 24, 2011287 views4 comments

During Worldwar I the Carnic Alps at the Austrian-Italian border were a scene of heavy fights. This image was taken from inside a bunker, in the background you see Monte Peralba. I could understand the soldiers longing for peace and freedom.

Nowadays, the Carnic high-alpine trail or "Peace Trail" follows the whole Carnic ridge running along the border between Austria and Italy, about 155km.

I took this shot in 1980 with my first SLR, a Minolta 100x with Sekor 50mm/1.7, Ilford PanF 50, developed in Ilford Perceptol.

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Hank Pennington on March 25, 2011 at 5:52 PM

Relic war fixtures like this are prime candidates for EPJ, Peter. While this doesn't shout "war," the black and white treatment certainly helps create the mood you are after. Well done.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on March 27, 2011 at 5:01 PM

I like the b&w treatment and the misty bg. Gives the image a lonely feel.

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Comment posted by Paul Duval on March 29, 2011 at 11:07 PM

Peter,

Interesting photo and a compelling image especially in it's historical context. It does have an emotion to it and I'm sure being there you felt it even stronger. Such a lonely outpost with death as your closest companion.

Paul

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 30, 2011 at 5:16 PM

Congrats on the EP!
Nice perspective and BG commentary.
Sandy

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