Land of Dreams

This post of a most beautiful and dramatic place, namely Lucerne, Switzerland, is offered as a challenge. You see, Switzerland has always held an exalted place in my subconscious for  the purest and most unspoiled place on the planet.  The photo is of Mount Pilatus taken from the city of Lucern on a day of dramatic weather changes, occurring in early May with a Spring snowstorm.

I had planned to ascend Mt. Pilatus on this day but Nature thought otherwise. So, I stayed in Lucern and was content to view it from afar, simply because if I had ascended Mt. Pilatus I would have been in a fog or snow storm without any vision at all. The best I could count for my stay in Lucern was this photo from across Lake Lucern, which, when one thinks about it is not that bad. Of course, or unless one realizes that the dramatic view could have been increased a hundred-fold if one were at the top of Mt. Pilatus itself.

The photo of Mt. Pilates was taken with a Canon Powershot G3 X, 126.4mm (344mm, 35 mm format equivalent), f/11, 1/320, 125 ISO, using DxO Optics Pro 10, and Photoshop for post processing.