This is another example of my favourite type of landscape. It has three different plans: a foreground (usually some kind of wild flowers), a middle plane (a lake providing reflections), and a background (usually some steep mountain peak).
Again, it requires some meteorological research—the period during which wild crocuses appear (usually they follow the melting snow), wind speed per day/hour regarding the reflections, and so on. I visit the so-called Muratovo lake early to capture two seasons in one shot. Regarding the lens, it is a challenge to use ultra-wide-angle lenses because of the distortions they provide.
Muratovo Lake is a glacial lake located in the northern part of the massif, near the eponymous Muratov and Hvoynati Vrah (2635 m). The reservoir itself rises at a high altitude—about 2230 m. It is part of a group of 16 glacial lakes from the Banderishki Circus in the northern part of Pirin and is one of the few among them that has its own name. Seen from above, the lake has a kidney-shaped shape, an area of 12.3 decares, and a depth of 3.2 meters.
