Fear

I see desire of man rather than fear ^^;;

 

A nice photograph !

 

:-)

Now that's scary to someone scared of precipitous drop-offs like me. Nice!

Nice picture. I used to take quite a lot of mountain pictures, only the last time I tried to do that I fell a few hundred feet down the side of the mountain and broke my leg. All very dramatic, even got the trip to hospital in a helicopter and everything!

 

Still, sometimes you have to take a little risk to get to places like this. Meantime I'll stick to admiring the efforts of other more adventurous photographers!

Terrific ! This photograph make us taking conscience of the great danger of high mountain..

As it is, This picture works well to effort of the climbers and the abyss to the right that awaits one false move. However, a more dynamic composition would result if the right and left sides were cropped to give a vertical vertical composition, and the camera moves to the right to place the chilly, snowy, rocky backdrop now on the right edge directly over the climbers.

You know, ever so little off the bottom, and a more significant crop on the left hand side (to where the ridge would now meet the bottom left corner of the photo), and you would have a perfectly square crop which I think MAY be preferable. My only caveat would be that I think the left hand side provides some depth and scale to the image that gives one the impression of an "abyss". In other words, the composition might be improved somewhat with a square crop although it might lose some of it's impact.

 

BTW, I like the title.

Dave, thanks for your kind comments. "Fear" actually has a greater impact on me because I am extremely afraid of height (height-phobic). This photograph is very adventurous, and is not within my photographic domain. In nature, I can only be a tourist. I admire you.

 

BTW, the viewpoint is obviously higher. Where did you stand? Or, UFO?

I am always amazed how people are in awe when they see how the mountainclimber is captured in the raw inviroment....what about the person taking the images.....?...anyways this certainly show`s us the raw cold and lonely condition you render yourself to as a mountainclimber...Another great shot of yours Mr. Dave Holland

Thankyou all for your comments and interest. Regarding the suggestion to move the camera, I guess the pic didn't capture how difficult it would have been to move more than a few feet. The biggest challenge was to calm nerves and keep the camera still. For an classical view of this mountain from Lake Louise, see the photo by Jackson Loi recently posted to photo.net, and other mountain shots by him. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo.tcl?photo_id=728579

Dave, Like this best of those I saw. Took me back a few decades to Breitenbach, Pete Lev, Barry Corbett and other amigos of that time. Nice gentle S composition using a horizontal which somehow contrasts with the vertical of the climbers way.

 

Thanks for rating one of my shots.

 

jsf

Now that's what I call tightrope walking. BTW, Nice Photo.

An absolute stunner - one of those rare pictures that knock you sideways! I don't give pictures ratings, but this truly deserves a 10/10. I assume you had to override the meter of the "point and shoot" by turning down the ASA dial in those bright conditions Dave? (It was'nt the old but wonderful Olympus Trip by any chance?)

 

Barry Needle.

Awesome!

Great shot - I always like Mt Victoria but have not traversed it for a few years as the kids are still small (we do get to the abott 1-2 times per season). The sun and cloud makes the shot very atmospheric