Wild Alps, session #1
3 days, almost 6000 ft (1800m) incline from the start, only freeze-dried food, a heavy duty sleeping bag, a super light tent and a 5D Mark II, these 3 days of hike in the Alps were magic. Hiking among the ibex is a pretty cool feeling, those guys are really curious about what’s going on, especially for dinner. For this trip, I only took the Canon 70-200 f/4 IS (so light and sharp!) and the Canon 17-40 f/4. The problem I had is the dust that’s jumping on the sensor each time I was changing the lens. I wasn’t having this problem with small sensor cameras but the Full Frame of the Mark II is really attracting every possible dust around it. I guess next time I will take the 5D Mark II + 17-40 and the 7D + 70-200, so that I won’t have to move the lens.
- #1, #2 : the hight point of the trip, 7000 ft.
- #3, #4: Ibex in their breath taking environment.
- #7, #8: 5:30 in the morning, time to wake up for the ibex.
- #11: Mountain chain of the Mont Blanc (Mount White), Europe’s highest point.
Je ne savais pas que tu étais parti en montagne, ni aussi haut ! Super ces prises de vue. Ce sont les chamois qui m’étonnent le plus : je croyais qu’il était très difficile de les approcher (c’est peut-être vrai et dans ce cas, cela renforce ton mérite car pas un seul ne regarde dans ta direction !) et je les imaginais avec une silhouette plus fine. Très beau point de vue et belles couleurs sur la chaîne du Mont-Blanc. Tu as dû sérieusement te cailler les miches …
superbes chamois, et pas des bouquetins…les bouquetins, c’est dans les Pyrénées, non ? bon séjour à paris, fiston. Bises MOM
Superb, Manu. The Whites in New Hamphshire are nothing like that. Love #1 – that little twig of wood is still alive, and has been hanging on for how many years? That must be the wide lens you used – I dig the way you see the twig, and can imagine putting your foot beside it, then your attention just zooms over the frozen lake, over the edge of the valley to the mountains beyond it. Cool. You find that pro print shop yet?
Is there any anti-static stuff for the lens so as to not attract dust?
The heavy sleeping bag…how cold was it at night?
And…how did you get the ibex to pose for you? Good Job!
Hi Walt,
Yes I did use a wide lens on #1 and yes I finally found a decent Fuji Print shop.
Actually, dust is not a problem for the lens itself because the lens I’m using are weather sealed. The problem is when I’m changing lens, I sometime have to do it in very dusty environment…of course, solutions exist to get rid of the dust.
That night, I think it was something like 23 degrees (F), or -5C.
See you !