Looking down...

Climbing along the famous "Via delle Bocchette", a must in the Brenta

Dolomites.

Now that is a great perspective shot. At what altitude was this?

Yeesh, talk about making your stomach do flips. Great photo. It seems to have a slight greenish tinge overall? I think a bit of work in PS with levels would really make this pop. Awesome perspective, though. The metallic object is a bit confusing (is it a ladder, or what?) - but really sucks you into the depths...

I agree with Derek about the levels adjustment. I love the perspective, the clouds and the rail does suck you in. It looks just a tad overexposed in the foreground rocks. Levels adjustment will correst this. Very creative shot.

Bella foto e visuale originale, da vertigini!! Complimenti!

Porca miseria che voglia di montagna che mi viene guardando questa foto...Ottima visuale, rende l'idea del punto un po' esposto.

Da un punto di vista estetico le correzioni ai livelli di Jayme mi sembrano indovinate.

"Face the void from the mountains to find my self."

 

Bonati 1954

 

Greetings B. B.

I just uploaded a new version.
Worked a bit on the levels, reduced the green cast and upped sapturation.

What do you think?

The photo really involves the viewer, I teeter at the edge, I feel nervous at the height and the possible fall. An image that evokes a emotional responce is definately a success.

BB- I like this much better! Nice job!

A very strong image... looking down takes sometimes as much guts as going up altogether. With a camera even more! I like the composition, even though I do not like so much this iron in the mountains...

A was looking at your picture earlier today and liked it a lot. Now after going out, I was browsing through the top-rated pics and saw your picture again. Maybe it's the beer but I like it even more. I think it's very difficult to capture landscape, especially mountains.

 

Your picture should be on the first page of top-rated. 7/7

I agree that too much iron destroys the mountains and bring to it people with very little experience who can do much damage to themsleves and to others.
But sometimes it is so beautiful to go there alone (as i did) without too much hassle and just enjoy the mountaing and the being there, without having to worry about techincalities and difficulties.

Really captures the place, and experience.

 

I agree that these ladders detract from the "wilderness experience" - I would be very upset if they were placed all over my home mountains (American Cascades), but in the Dolomites they fit. These mountains are already transformed into an alpine playground for man, crisscrossed with roads, villages, and ski areas, you are rarely out of sight of civilization and the crowds. It is still beautiful, unique, and thrilling. I enjoyed all the time I have spent climbing there.

Even though I started the complain about the iron in the mountain, it might be worth to mention that at large, Jim is somewhat right since many mountains in the Italian North East were equipped with cables, ladders and the alike during WWI. That's the reason "via ferrata" is indeed called as such as a outdoor pastime.