jlancasterd Posted November 26, 2006 Share #1 Posted November 26, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) R8+DMR Vario-Elmar-R 21-35 September 2006 [ATTACH]16499[/ATTACH] Mont Blanc was hiding in the cloud that day! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 26, 2006 Posted November 26, 2006 Hi jlancasterd, Take a look here Mer de Glace. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
HPS3000 Posted November 26, 2006 Share #2 Posted November 26, 2006 Impressive shot. Thanks for sharing. Greetings HP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micha67 Posted November 26, 2006 Share #3 Posted November 26, 2006 R8+DMR Vario-Elmar-R 21-35 Mont Blanc was hiding in the cloud that day! Wow! Seeing this wonderful shot, I would like to be there again! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlancasterd Posted November 26, 2006 Author Share #4 Posted November 26, 2006 Wow! Seeing this wonderful shot, I would like to be there again! Thanks Michael - I was lucky to get it as I'd twisted my foot a few days earlier and couldn't walk far from the terminus of the funicular from Chamonix. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzo Posted November 26, 2006 Share #5 Posted November 26, 2006 Lovely shot John, with nice tonal range. Best Azzo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micha67 Posted November 27, 2006 Share #6 Posted November 27, 2006 Thanks Michael - I was lucky to get it as I'd twisted my foot a few days earlier and couldn't walk far from the terminus of the funicular from Chamonix.Sounds painful! Hope everything is OK by now? BTW: behind *these* clouds, there are the Grandes Jorasses, but not the Montblanc. The latter is located much more to the right and cannot be seen from Montenvers at the entrance of the valley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicamann Posted November 27, 2006 Share #7 Posted November 27, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Lovely and with a zoom lens to boot. Thanks for sharing Regards, Leicamann Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinop Posted November 27, 2006 Share #8 Posted November 27, 2006 Nice view / composition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlancasterd Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share #9 Posted November 27, 2006 Sounds painful! Hope everything is OK by now? BTW: behind *these* clouds, there are the Grandes Jorasses, but not the Montblanc. The latter is located much more to the right and cannot be seen from Montenvers at the entrance of the valley. Thanks Michael - yes my foot did get better (slowly!) and by the time I got back to UK it was OK. I actually twisted it about 45 minutes after taking the Albula shot which I also posted in the Landscape and Travel forum yesterday - I was walking from Preda to Bergun and was actually on the smooth tarmac road when it happened - you can't win! Thanks for setting me right about the location of Mont Blanc - I did wonder if I was correct. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
@bumac Posted November 27, 2006 Share #10 Posted November 27, 2006 The title would be better: The rest of Mer de Glace Nice but sad shot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlancasterd Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share #11 Posted November 27, 2006 Lovely and with a zoom lens to boot. Thanks for sharing Regards, Leicamann Both of the shorter Leica aspherical R-zooms (the 21-35 and the 28-90) give superb results with the DMR and they save a heck of a lot of lens-changing :) the 21-35 is prone to flare if the sun is just out of the frame, but that may be down to the UV filter - I mean to experiment by leaving it off the next time I go out in sunny conditions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlancasterd Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share #12 Posted November 27, 2006 The title would be better: The rest of Mer de Glace Nice but sad shot. Yes - it's a rather pathetic sight these days compared with what it looked like even 30 years ago. The Rhone Glacier has retreated even more spectacularly in the last 80 years - you can now only just see it from the Furka Oberalp Steam Railway - and it used to extend down almost as far as Gletsch station. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted November 28, 2006 Share #13 Posted November 28, 2006 John - Lovely light, depth, composition and tones. I'm with you re: Leica zooms. On our site a lot of my DMR/R8 and film R8 shots are with the 28-70, all the D2 shots are obviously with the 28-90, a number of the DMR/R8 and film R8 are with 80-200 or 80-200 plus APO 2X, and all the FX01 are with equivalent of 28-90 zoom. Some of the shots on my site are with primes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlancasterd Posted November 28, 2006 Author Share #14 Posted November 28, 2006 John - Lovely light, depth, composition and tones. I'm with you re: Leica zooms. On our site a lot of my DMR/R8 and film R8 shots are with the 28-70, all the D2 shots are obviously with the 28-90, a number of the DMR/R8 and film R8 are with 80-200 or 80-200 plus APO 2X, and all the FX01 are with equivalent of 28-90 zoom. Some of the shots on my site are with primes. Hi Stuart Thanks for your kind remarks I just replaced my 28-70 Vario-Elmar with the 28-90 aspherical and the difference in quality is quite noticeable - especially in the corners. I'm waiting for Leica to sort out the M8 and may then trade in the 28-70 against one (in silver - I still regret selling my 1960 M2...) for wide angle work. Like you I also have a Digilux-2 that I carry as back-up to the R8 - but it also makes a great close-up camera with the Elpro-D, and is useful when I don't want to carry the R8's weight. I see from your site that you don't seem to have made it to Switzerland yet - you really should go. This shot was made on a day when I made a trip from Montreux in southern Switzerland via the narrow-gauge railway from Martigny to Chamonix which threads the Alps in an almost unbelievable fashion. Public transport really works there... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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