A vision... (ciao, Angelo!)

This image spent quite some time on the bottom of the hard disk, andjust resurfaced during a routine hard-disk bottom-scratchingoperation... My eyes were still full of the nicerimages of that day.

Actually, I like the line formed by the peak and the few higher reachof that cloud, through which we had just climbed, coming -eventually-into the sun.

What about you?

p.s. You might want to see it larger

Great shoot Salvatore. The colors are beautiful and also the composition. Congratulations.

The task "how to mediate the altitude of this place" you solved in a an impressive - and lovely - way.

This can well compete with the nicer images ;-) It is simple and elegant, successful composition. Cloud and sky are kind of triangular shape, an element nicely repeated in the mountain. Impeccable quality of colors and tones.

Classic - the clouds create atmosphere and some mystery - the whole thing says 'summit.'

All the lines and the light and the shapes culminate in that one summit. Karl

Quite beautiful. I like the shapes formed around the peak by the various patches of colro and shadow. This one does not knock you out at first glance, but it holds up, and grows, under extended study

This image might make us think of someone who inspired the world with his life above the clouds, Angelo d'Arrigo, who passed away two days ago.

• Francisco, thanks. That was one of those compositions which came almost instinctively... after all, I could not move nor change lens in the place I was. It is interesting to see that -after all- it is a pleasant one.
• Daily. I am pleased this image can give a non-graphical message. With Jeremy we long talked about synaesthesia in previous images. To me, it's a great inspiration to communicate something who talks to other senses (the wind, the cold, the elation...) just with an image...
• Carsten. Indeed, the down pointing triangle of the sky-cloud is what makes the image. I was lucky in having those sprays of cloud in the L part of the image to create the effect. What a honour to please the eyes of a well-deserving POW laureate!
• Jeremy, isn't it fascinating to see how a later&higher shot with less clouds -eventually- is less appealing than this? The old story of what is shown and what is left to the imagination. Actually, you can guess the second summit, here, still hidden in the clouds to the R.
• Karl, in a sense, what I often try to do with my pictures in the mountains is to project the call of the summits. Either with a person looking at them, or with a composition where they are the pole of the attention. Here I did something I never do, that is to leave lots of space on the top...I think I critiqued some himalayan shots of yours exactly on this point. But the clouds help me to still polarise your glance on the summit, as does the light fall-off getting a black polarised sky which repels the eye from the corner to the centre.

Salvatore, Nice memorial dedicated to Angelo. That little triangle of a summit hiding and peeping from behind the clouds as if saying there is a lot more to discover behind....

 

The crop and light on the blue sky are well done despite the hard condition, nice mountain pic.

Salvatore, I like this treasure you found after an initial rejection in favor of others. Sometimes these end up being favorites, often being more subtle in their attraction. Anyway this one is a jewel. Here I am up in the clouds. No longer being earth bound, I can soar...

Majestic and a composition that truly hightens the beauty of the mountain. Great colors and framing.

 

Complimenti

Pnina, thanks. As often happens, you've seen the message I wanted to get to, when posting this shot.

 

David, it looks like this shot indeed works in giving a feeling of flying, even though it was shot while I was quite earthbound... actually, I think I had passed a sling around a big rock to be secured while shooting.

 

Marco, thanks.

A great photo with excellent composition. Congrats !