TWO PASSES: Struga (cca 1925 m) and Mala Previja (cca 2195 m) on 7 May 2023, DURMITOR

            ꒌ   КЉУЧ МОГ ДУРМИТОРА - Струга, превој са којег се улази у Велику Калицу у којој је историјски алпинистички бивак. Првих десет година (1977-1987) сасвим сигурно најлепши бивак на Балкану, пројекат Варваре Медведеве и Алпинистичког одсека П.С. Београд који је добио име по свом истакнутом члану, у саобраћајној несрећи трагично погинулом Растку Стојановићу. 

Изнад Струге је (између Плећа и Терзиног Богаза који се овде не види) седло Мала Превија, које је десетак метара више од Велике Превије, иако име донекле уноси забуну. Иза Мале Превије је следећи велики цирк, Ледени до, који се овде не види. Изнад Мале Превије и Леденог дола уздиже се Милошев Ток (2426 m), у средини слике, а десно иза њега сасвим мало вири величанствена пирамида Бандијерне (2409 m). Десном половином слике доминира Велики Међед (2287 m). 

► █░▓    TEMPTED often to photograph two Durmitor passes which mean a lot to me, Struga and Mala Previja basking in the sun. Struga leads into the spectacular realm of Kalica cirque, one of my favorite places on Earth. Kalica cirque ends up in two passes - Mala Previja and Velika Previja, of which the former is slightly higher. Mala Previja takes you to Ledeni do cirque, Velika Previja to Lokvice cirque. 

I tried different lenses but ended up here with the 'plastic fantastic' Olympus 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 (older version), set at its widest aperture 5.6 for its longest throw of 150 mm. Shot handheld with no lens stabilization. Aperture priority overexposed for 1 stop on 1/500 sec in Panasonic G90, ISO 200, WB set for sunny weather. Please enlarge! Mind you, this is a €75 second hand lens, over a sensor four times smaller than the full frame.

I gave the raw file a full treatment in Affinity Photo 2.0 to compliment the scenery which is unusually spectacular for a viewpoint that lies within the town itself. The persistent rain in the next ten days after this capture will have melted a lot of this snow. By May 22nd it looks almost like late June has looked in the past. There is no snow left in the town itself at 1420 m elevation. The first summer tourists are showing up.

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Taken in: Montenegro / Opština Žabljak (show map)

Taken on: May 7, 2023

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