This image represents my favourite type of landscape. To me, the perfect landscape contains a foreground (usually some kind of wild flowers), a middle plane (like a lake providing reflections), and a background (usually some steep mountain peak).
So, after significant meteorological research – concerning wild crosuces, wind speed per the day/hour regarding the reflections, etc. – I visit the so-called Ribnoto (The Fish) lake in early May so I give myself a chance to catch two seasons in one shot. This is the period when wild crocuses follow the melting snow, and the remnants of ice still float in the thawed lake. The shot follows some very well-known rules (like the Rule of Thirds) where it is “1/3 winter + 2/3 spring” to show the passing winter before the coming spring. It also requires an ultra-wide-angle lens in order to catch those short-stemmed flowers together with the nearby peaks. Otherwise, a panorama by stacking a few horizontal frames would be necessary.
The Ribnoto Lake is the sixth lake in the group of the Seven Rila Lakes and is located at 2184m above sea level, north of the Haramiyata peak, also called the Black Rock. The peak rises 2465 meters above sea level and is located in the eastern part of the “Seven Rila Lakes” cirque. Haramiyata is a typical example of an alpine carling peak, formed by the exaggerated activity of several neighbouring cirque glaciers located on both sides of the ridge in the current cirques of the Seven Lakes and the Chanakgyol Lakes.
