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Val d'Otro - signs of a people

This valley had already struck me last October (in this post ), when we were there for the first time with friend Andrea Moro . The small villages made up of beautiful examples of houses built with traditional architecture Walser, had aroused my curiosity in seeing them as winter blankets of snow.

And finally we managed to go in a nice sunny Saturday, but a little chilly. The snow has fallen until the day before, the trail is only one track and we are the first to go up in the middle the enchanted forest.

The branches of the trees are full of snow that falls when the form of small bubbles that seem nice spirits that we welcome. And here at the edge of the woods begin to see the first signs of human presence in this environment harsh.

D300, Nikon 18-200 at 50mm, ISO 200, f/11, 1 / 60 sec

few more effort and finally reach the goal, still in shadow but nice as a crib.

D300, Nikon 12-24 at 24mm, ISO 200, f/11, 1 / 125 sec, CPL

After I changed (Do you know how you are stripped to the waist to -8 °...) wait patiently for the sun to shine with his light the valley, bringing a little heat and turning the beautiful colors larch wood huts.

D300, Nikon 12-24 at 12mm, ISO 200, f/11, 1 / 160 sec, CPL

's finally time to shoot, I have little time ( the sun takes about an hour and a half) and many ideas, so I'm going to turn to capture the environment around me.

D300, Nikon 28mm, ISO 200, f/11, 1 / 800 sec

D300, Nikon 50mm, ISO 200, f/11, 1 / 250 sec

I think in this place are the most beautiful chalets in the Alps, and it is virtually impossible not to include them in the shots so fascinate me.

D300, Nikon 20mm, ISO 200, f/11, 1 / 500 sec

D300, Nikon 28mm, ISO 200, f/11, 1 / 640 sec

It 's amazing to think hard of life of these places, which have been inhabited up to 50 years. The history of Walser's really incredible and, in some ways, heroic.