Camping spot.

That black spot to the bottom right is a tent. Climbers use to spend

the nights on the glacier below the Aiguille du Midi, at

3500m/10000ft, before tackling some of the most beautiful -and

visited- mountains of the planet. Adventure, risk, exposure... but at

the same time extremely incongrous as the cable-car station (and

restaurant) towers over them: a few minutes' ride from the valley of

Chamonix, 2200m/7000ft, below.

 

In this crop of a previous shot (same folder) I am trying to convey

the smallness of the tent: in the Nature and in comparison to the

other -invasive- man-made structures which although make the mountain

closer do clutter it.

 

Comments and criticism are much welcome.

I'm not familiar with this particular mountain, but I find all the structures tilted to the left. I had to read your caption to realize that this was one picture of man and nature and how do they interact. And how most of the time we loose something spectacular for the sake of the crowds.

 

Nice picture B.

Stark, alone - well juxtaposed. Good minimalist colour - white, brown, blue - complementary.

 

Great job

He estado en lo alto de esta mole,,, el pico del aguila,, bello paisaje,, un cordial saludo,,,6/6

breathtaking image in many ways. just some minor adjustments to mull: slight crop to clean the left edge so it not pull the eye from the right; shadow/highlight adjustment and selective color adjustment to neutrals.

Stark view of the Aiguille. Sun from Italy and stormy clouds in France. Have to admit, I preferred Cosmique to the tent... (grins)

@Howard

I'm currently on a poorly calibrated monitor, so I cannot appreciate the chromatic changes. I will doit in the next future. The original full-frame view, which I just cropped to get this shot, had a faithful reproduction of what I remember from up there. As for the crop, the aforementioned view also suggests what I removed to give more relevance to the tent. Two points are in order:

• The original shot did not really give enough relevance to the tent, too much to the side, even though I hoped the sheer rock face would lead the eye down there. Thence I decided to try this one.
• Your crop is better than mine. The snow pointing upward on the ridge leading to the Cosmic Spur (Eperon des Cosmiques) is detracting and indeed must go.

@Alex

Rifugio Torino, across the glacier in Italy, is ways better! Excellent and plentiful food, rooms with bunks instead of 10-people beds, even scantly dressed tourists sunbathing on the easy chairs behind the cable-car arrival... Clearly, you've to factor in 4hr walk more to come to France, though.

I like the contrast of the subject against the dark background. The texture of the subject is good enough but a little more would be also be welcomed. I can even see the texture of the snow.

Nicely exposed.

What catches my eye is the high contrast with clear and saturated deep colors. This makes the photo exceptional..

Very nice capture. Colors and composition are great. The building give a scale to the image.

Beautiful image.I like the composition and contrast of colours.