Snowy Sunset, a photo from Rhone Alpes, South

Photographer's Note

This shot was taken while on a skiing holiday in the French Alps at La Plagne. It was late afternoon in January on the last run of the day and I wondered how my new digital camera would cope with taking tricky shots into direct sunlight. This shot was the result and is exactly as taken (apart from a little cropping).

Just to the right of centre, there is a strange lighting effect which is actually the sunlight reflecting off the ice crystals in the valley air - something that can only be seen when looking down into the valley from this height.

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Markie (255) 2004-04-05 15:50

absolutely fantastic, I love this. Well done and thanks for sharing it with us.

maphoto (8082) 2004-04-05 15:52

Very beautiful image, everything is perfect, the light, the clearness, the peak on the left and of course the clouds, awesome view, Fantastic.

dominique (11414) 2004-04-05 16:16

Une jolie vu sur les montagnes , j'aime les formes de la neige et ce blanc un peu laiteux , les nuages dans le fond sont du plus bel effet .

albiback (8665) 2004-04-05 18:14

une composition originale pour un spectaculaire panorama sur les alpes.

femkevdh (2633) 2004-04-05 18:22

Your camera did well! Still a lot of detail on the foreground in spite of the sun! greta landscape. The clouds make the photo extra attractive. well done.

paroy (318) 2004-04-05 18:53

Très beau contre jour , beau reflet sur la neige ,beau détail des nuages. Bravo!

jabedfaruque (187) 2004-04-05 23:13

Are you sure about 30sec exposure time? Just wondering.

kaychambers (1198) 2004-07-12 20:59

Very good....I like the flaring of the sunlight, the rugged scenery, the clouds rolling by....the serenity of the whole image.....v good....perhaps a tad underexposed, but easily correctable in PS.

Well done Jonathan

Regards,

Vic, Singapore. 13th July 2004

dshleymo (18) 2004-11-13 17:54 [Comment]

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singuanti (15250) 2004-12-31 14:15

wow! that looks like something you only see in a movie. wondeful lighting and composition.

Coyotyto (1305) 2005-02-13 19:08

Interesting picture !
It seems that we could just go that way and, whe the mountains stops, continue on the clouds... I especially like the play between the soft and smoothy snow and the shadows.
I would just have prefered it with no skiing traces on the foreground...

helena_seattle (340) 2005-04-21 13:27

Its awesome, its like touching the sky =) Well done!

octavian (167) 2005-06-17 16:53 [Comment]

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