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#149 Contact sheet for the images from Svalbard and Nord-Norge to conclude the memorable adventure in this chapter.
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#149 Contact sheet for the images from Svalbard and Nord-Norge to conclude the memorable adventure in this chapter.
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#150 Matterhorn, Valais Alps.
The Matterhorn, despite not having the highest peak in the Alps, has emerged to become the most iconic symbol of the Swiss Alps. The famous Toblerone chocolate, which originated from Switzerland, even had the triangular shaped mountain adopted as part of it's logo.
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#150 Matterhorn, Valais Alps.
The Matterhorn, despite not having the highest peak in the Alps, has emerged to become the most iconic symbol of the Swiss Alps. The famous Toblerone chocolate, which originated from Switzerland, even had the triangular shaped mountain adopted as part of it's logo.
love this
TWmilkteaTW
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Every shot is like a winner.
Too Good ^.^
Too Good ^.^
BrownBoots
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Thanks Will. Envious to learn that you had a second trip to Lapland in as many months.
Thanks for visiting the thread again. Glad you still enjoying them.
Thanks Will. Envious to learn that you had a second trip to Lapland in as many months.
haha.. i m sure alot of people can.. its a short trip anyway.. cheers
renaissance_myth
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more picture please bro brownboots
BrownBoots
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more picture please bro brownboots
Of course bro, been slow to update the thread this week due to work though. Thanks for your patience and support.
BrownBoots
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#151 Zmutt, Valais Alps.
Wide green field full of wild flowers and fluttering butterflies, with the typical Swiss cottage house and the Matterhorn peak peeping from the background. Views like this are impossible to miss while trekking in the Swiss Alps.
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BrownBoots
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#152 Ufschötti, Lucerne.
A blazing sunset over a marine sports club's harbor near Ufschötti in Lucerne.
fibredrive
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Oooh. Beautiful sunset and scene. Love the colors.
BrownBoots
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Thanks bro, it was a nice coincidence the boats were decked in striking blue covers, thus complementing the glowing red sky for this scene.
BrownBoots
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#153 Obers Talli, Bernese Alps.
Following the failure to hike down to Vodersee from Eggishorn peak to wild camp for the night, we stumbled upon another nice spot in Obers Talli while hiking back up an alternate path from Fiescheralp‎. Not too bad with a 180° view of the Alps and Fieschergletscher. On the far right is the small village of Bellwald.
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PhilipKr35
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Great Adventures , Great Shots !
#153, is that a glacier on the left 10 o'clock ?
#153, is that a glacier on the left 10 o'clock ?
I shall be brutally honest and blunt here. I may even receive some flak for saying this, but I don't care.
I rarely visit and comment on photos in this forum because most of them IMO lack sensible composition, colors or exposure.
But in your thread, you have a number of shots that are really really well done. Very impressive indeed. Enough to make me want to post a comment.
I have traveled to many parts of the world but not to those places in this thread; Norway, Iceland and Scotland are certainly on my list. Although it may take me a while to get there, especially since I have just started a little family, I am now 100% certain I'll need to do that. Your wonderful photos provide the final stamp of confirmation for me.
Quick question: did you REALLY need to camp at some of those places? I mean, are there no mountain lodges? I just got back from a recent trip to Patagonia and kinda swore off camping...
Quick comment: Although I firmly belong to the camp which believes photography rules ought to be broken when necessary, I think a number of your shots may benefit with some slight darkening of the reflection/foreground so as to achieve some extra realism in them. This is particularly true when the bright foreground (vs dark skies) does not seem to lend any artistic edge to the photo. Just my 2 cents.
I rarely visit and comment on photos in this forum because most of them IMO lack sensible composition, colors or exposure.
But in your thread, you have a number of shots that are really really well done. Very impressive indeed. Enough to make me want to post a comment.
I have traveled to many parts of the world but not to those places in this thread; Norway, Iceland and Scotland are certainly on my list. Although it may take me a while to get there, especially since I have just started a little family, I am now 100% certain I'll need to do that. Your wonderful photos provide the final stamp of confirmation for me.
Quick question: did you REALLY need to camp at some of those places? I mean, are there no mountain lodges? I just got back from a recent trip to Patagonia and kinda swore off camping...
Quick comment: Although I firmly belong to the camp which believes photography rules ought to be broken when necessary, I think a number of your shots may benefit with some slight darkening of the reflection/foreground so as to achieve some extra realism in them. This is particularly true when the bright foreground (vs dark skies) does not seem to lend any artistic edge to the photo. Just my 2 cents.
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BrownBoots
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Thanks for visiting the thread! Yup, that is the Fieschergletscher on the left at 10 o'clock.
Thanks for your encouragement, glad you enjoyed!
I shall be brutally honest and blunt here. I may even receive some flak for saying this, but I don't care.
I rarely visit and comment on photos in this forum because most of them IMO lack sensible composition, colors or exposure.
But in your thread, you have a number of shots that are really really well done. Very impressive indeed. Enough to make me want to post a comment.
I have traveled to many parts of the world but not to those places in this thread; Norway, Iceland and Scotland are certainly on my list. Although it may take me a while to get there, especially since I have just started a little family, I am now 100% certain I'll need to do that. Your wonderful photos provide the final stamp of confirmation for me.
Quick question: did you REALLY need to camp at some of those places? I mean, are there no mountain lodges? I just got back from a recent trip to Patagonia and kinda swore off camping...
Quick comment: Although I firmly belong to the camp which believes photography rules ought to be broken when necessary, I think a number of your shots may benefit with some slight darkening of the reflection/foreground so as to achieve some extra realism in them. This is particularly true when the bright foreground (vs dark skies) does not seem to lend any artistic edge to the photo. Just my 2 cents.
You got me sweating after reading just the first line of your post. :sweat:
Glad some shots here are deemed worthy enough for you to spend time writing this post and thanks for the constructive quick comment, which was in tune with the earlier critiques too. Starting this thread was well worth the effort just to be able to further improve my photography from these honest feedback.
For Switzerland, there are plenty of mountain lodges owned by some trekking associations along trekking routes but unfortunately there ain't any where we camped. There's a lodge halfway up the Matterhorn though but that was a base for those technical climbers if I'm not wrong. Lofoten was a much better place for camping though despite very few mountain lodges around. The camping night at Kjølen was in fact due to our failure to reach a mountain cabin at Munkebu.
I'm extremely curious of your experience in Patagonia that had you swore off camping. Patagonia is on my 'must-go list' and of course, planned to camp there just as I read about other people who did it. Would love it to hear you sharing what happened there really.
On a side note, I have visited your SmugMug gallery and some of the gems in there definitely wowed me especially those from Patagonia. Made me even more determined to visit them some day. Actually I wouldn't have got the chance to enjoy them had you not post here, truly one of the hidden dragons & crouching tigers who didn't post their pics here. Thanks for coming in once again.
Patagonia has the reputation of being the windiest place on earth with totally unpredictable weather. Since I spent 3 weeks there, I can bear testimony to that belief. It rained without respite over 2 days when I camped; I was cold and miserable. That is why I don't think I ever want to camp again.
I will rather trek 6 hours (22 km return) than to suffer this way. BrownBoots
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Patagonia has the reputation of being the windiest place on earth with totally unpredictable weather. Since I spent 3 weeks there, I can bear testimony to that belief. It rained without respite over 2 days when I camped; I was cold and miserable. That is why I don't think I ever want to camp again.
I see, a nightmare condition indeed for campers. Will take this into consideration for my future planning. Thanks for sharing.
BrownBoots
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The lovely yellow painted Rorbu of Sakrisøya fishing village are distinctly different from the more common red ones around. Even Google street view can yield such beautiful pictures here, so it is really difficult to shoot anything worse than that as long weather permits.
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