LongLensPhotography
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I finally made myself go through the RAW files and edit them. To be honest, it wasn't my best one ever... On day 1 (out of 3) I got there in the afternoon. It was sunny and completely cloudless. I considered Lac Blanc but time was not on my side, and I wasn't really feeling that well at these altitudes right away. Of course no cable cars were running at all.
I rather accidentally eded up by this small lake / pond in Chamonix and rather like the golden birch trees in the island in the middle. Reflections weren't great to begin with, but reasonable; light of course is a little harsh in the early afternoon. This is about the best I could get out of it with a liberal use of CPL at 16mm and a shed load of Photoshop to fix it.
I tried a few other ideas but I clearly wasn't ready for any climbing that day at all. For those of you who never tried climbing at >2km altitude believe me you will feel totally s*** on day 1, and magically next day it will be OK. So it was back to the pond.
At the early golden hour the water calmed down and light improved on the mountains, but then the light disappeared from those trees.
I probably should have stayed there to the end. However I identified what I thought was a great elevated vantage point accessible by car. Sadly the bit was fenced off, and the second best spot had some trees getting in the way. So I could really only do long lens shots.
I rather accidentally eded up by this small lake / pond in Chamonix and rather like the golden birch trees in the island in the middle. Reflections weren't great to begin with, but reasonable; light of course is a little harsh in the early afternoon. This is about the best I could get out of it with a liberal use of CPL at 16mm and a shed load of Photoshop to fix it.
I tried a few other ideas but I clearly wasn't ready for any climbing that day at all. For those of you who never tried climbing at >2km altitude believe me you will feel totally s*** on day 1, and magically next day it will be OK. So it was back to the pond.
At the early golden hour the water calmed down and light improved on the mountains, but then the light disappeared from those trees.
I probably should have stayed there to the end. However I identified what I thought was a great elevated vantage point accessible by car. Sadly the bit was fenced off, and the second best spot had some trees getting in the way. So I could really only do long lens shots.
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