Two friends of mine and myself were enjoying a photography workshop led by Christian Oeler (https://www.christian-oeler.ch/) on June 17th ‘22. He took us to shoot the Rhaetian Railway in the wonderful Albula valley on a hike from Preda to Bergün. By the way, you don’t need to be a railway fan to enjoy this wonderful hike. We parked the car in Bergün, took the railway up to Preda and started our hike down from the train station of Preda to Bergün. First we passed some beautiful meadows full of wild flowers. We grabbed our cameras to capture the flowers and the gorgeous view. I was happy to try out my new Sony 14 mm prime lens at 1.8 aperture to get a soft foreground and sharp mountains in the background.
Lens 14 mm, aperture 1.8, shutter speed 1/6400 s, ISO 100
Leaving the meadows behind, we started the descent to Bergün and crossed on our way several viaducts that gave us the opportunity to photograph the beautiful red train from different perspectives. The hiking trail follows the mountain stream Albula, that provides nice photographic opportunities too. We used our mid-day break to take our time searching for nice motives of the mountain stream.
Lens 24 mm, aperture 5.0, shutter speed 1/400 s, ISO 100
Lens 24 mm, aperture 11.0, shutter speed 4.0 s, ISO 100
Lens 24 mm, aperture 5.0, shutter speed 1/400 s, ISO 100
After having finished our hike, we drove down to Filisur to shoot the iconic scenery of the Rhaetian Railway on the Landwasser Viaduct. The Landwasser Viaduct is the largest and most spectacular bridge structure of the RhB and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2008. It was late afternoon and we got some nice warm light. A perfect highlight at the end of our photography workshop.
