Crno jezero (Black Lake, 1420 m) early in the morning, DURMITOR NATIONAL PARK

            ЦРНО ЈЕЗЕРО, Дурмитор, ранo ујутру 23. IX 2016.

► █░▓    IF THERE IS ONE ICONIC IMAGE of Durmitor, it's this one with Crno jezero lake (at 1420 m altitude) in the foreground and Međed (2287 m) in the background. This is probably the most photographed scenery in this whole mountain range. No wonder, as the majority of the visitors to mount Durmitor come here in the summer on dayly coach excursions from the Adriatic coast. Upon arrival at Žabljak the buses have to first work their way critically in-between the far too narrow streets, harassing the residents on the pavements and visitors of the adjacent café's. But once they reach the NP-tollgate some 2 km further up the road, they eventually have to park. The tourists there disembark the coaches 'en masse' and get to walk another 800 or 900 meters before they reach the shore of this lake. Most go no further and this is then everything they get to see of Durmitor. No time for the truly nice trail encircling these two lakes. 
This year even a restaurant has opened at this point, breaching all the existing laws that on paper protect the environment of the National park. Particularly this special place is fragile - a rather precious gift from glacial times and ice ebb and tides.
The locals like to stroll around the lake against the dusk and the evening. Parties are returning from the hikes or climbs they undertook higher up. So the only quiet moment left for the inquisitive photographer is... early in the morning. 
As always, it's not only the hour of divine serenity and peace, but also of some atmospheric wonders. You have to be there before the new day really settles in, over each and every corner having driven these playful wisps away. 
This image is made early in the morning, in a hurry. Most of the rolling mist had already escaped somewhere. I had yet to undertake a 3 km walk to the bus depot in 20 minutes to welcome a friend. Than this dog kept me. It was erratically strolling around, but not serving me ideally. Then suddenly, it left the bank and made more of a human move, stepping onto a stone in the water just to watch, for one short second. Luckily your reporter was ready to fire this shot. 

The camera nor the lens have the IS so I kept the aperture rather open. But ideally, I could have stopped down to f/4 and still retain a fast shutter speed of 1/1000 of a second.
This is an SOOC jpeg with minimal edit, I need to try it with the raw for a better result.

   

Taken in: Montenegro / Žabljak (show map)

Taken on: September 23, 2016

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Camera: Panasonic DMC-GH2, f/2.2, 1/4000 sec, 20mm (=40mm), ISO 160 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Panasonic DMC-GH2
Aperture:	f/2.2
Exposure Time:	1/4000 sec
Focal Length:	20mm (35mm equivalent: 40mm)
ISO:	160
Exposure Bias:	-1.33 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
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