RobertP
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We had a short break in Chamonix over the May bank holiday weekend and I actually got to take some pictures. I have more to post from our sight seeing travels but the area around the accommodation was so nice it seems like a good place to start 
This is the back of the chalet apartment block
1
And this was the view from the back door
2
Took a walk round the large pond/small lake and had to take the obligatory reflection in the water shot
3
Once at the other end this was the view looking back. (the chalet blocks are hidden by the trees on the extreme right)
4
Whilst sitting admiring the view you could look up to the mountain tops and spot the paragliders on their way down
5
No filters used. I did have a polariser with me but always seemed to be shooting at the wrong time of day or wrong direction to see much benefit. Also took grads but prefer not to use them unless essential.
Snow and shadows meant having to guess how much to overexpose the bright areas to keep as much detail in lights and darks as possible. I did this mainly by checking the histogram and seeing how bad the 'blinkies' were
Not 100% happy with the processing on these. Lightroom 2 seems to make some big changes to the look of a landscape just by changing the sharpening settings a bit. Think I need to spend more time playing. Jill wanted the pictures done so I had to get on with the processing and save the tweaking to another time.
As these were near the accommodation I forgot about turning on my GPS recorder. I do have others from the area when it was on which locates it here
This is the back of the chalet apartment block
1
And this was the view from the back door
2
Took a walk round the large pond/small lake and had to take the obligatory reflection in the water shot
3
Once at the other end this was the view looking back. (the chalet blocks are hidden by the trees on the extreme right)
4
Whilst sitting admiring the view you could look up to the mountain tops and spot the paragliders on their way down
5
No filters used. I did have a polariser with me but always seemed to be shooting at the wrong time of day or wrong direction to see much benefit. Also took grads but prefer not to use them unless essential.
Snow and shadows meant having to guess how much to overexpose the bright areas to keep as much detail in lights and darks as possible. I did this mainly by checking the histogram and seeing how bad the 'blinkies' were
Not 100% happy with the processing on these. Lightroom 2 seems to make some big changes to the look of a landscape just by changing the sharpening settings a bit. Think I need to spend more time playing. Jill wanted the pictures done so I had to get on with the processing and save the tweaking to another time.
As these were near the accommodation I forgot about turning on my GPS recorder. I do have others from the area when it was on which locates it here
