Grand Ballon 4 by jcv2

Photography • Landscape • posted on Jan 05, 2005

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When I can look so far my mind is going to act funny (even funnier than you know me! ;). I get crazy and start to shoot and shoot. Why? I dunno. Must be some wiring up there... *taps on head* I started to zoom in and what do I find? Remember Calming Down 7? On a distance of approximately 23 km (14 miles) I could see (from left to right) Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau (upper picture). And now, standing on the Grand Ballon we can see them again, on a distance of approximately 173 km (108 miles)! The perspective is different her and between Eiger and Mönch we can see now the Grünhorn too, lying close behind the Mönch and invisible if you're too close (23 km!!!) to these mountains! Minolta X-700 (Fuji Sensia 100, upper: 70 &, lower: 300 mm & 2X TC) Thanks for your attention and your always valuable comments

Comments (31)

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Cosme..D..Churruca

4:42AM | Wed, 05 January 2005

Totally fascinated... very well done !

pimbotin

4:43AM | Wed, 05 January 2005

Totally incredible. It really looks like if you were in the Alps. Your zoom has an excellent quality!

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rangeriderrichard

4:47AM | Wed, 05 January 2005

Great presentation of the two views.

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zopeynn

4:49AM | Wed, 05 January 2005

perfect views,excellent and cool shot!

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Gabrielsdream

5:02AM | Wed, 05 January 2005

Excellent, I love the blue hues, the light and that fluffy cloud! Magestic!

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Ikarius

5:20AM | Wed, 05 January 2005

Yes, mountains do offer interesting things again and again. Shot looks like done from an aeroplane. Looks great.

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Victoira

5:22AM | Wed, 05 January 2005

Excellent. Vote..

Jochenac

5:35AM | Wed, 05 January 2005

Nice one, really impressing!

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tizjezzme

5:54AM | Wed, 05 January 2005

What a beautiful shot ... wow ... Vote

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tallpindo

6:18AM | Wed, 05 January 2005

Unlike the ear the eye has no real limit to seeing. Terrestially even the speed of light is no impediment except for very short events. Here infinity perspective makes the mountains soft. Lovely in their rising above the clouds.

Michelle A.

6:26AM | Wed, 05 January 2005

Like soaring through heaven......

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Niutek

6:38AM | Wed, 05 January 2005

I absolutely love the top one! Amazing shots :))

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TwoPynts

7:50AM | Wed, 05 January 2005

Jan, I love it when your mind goes a little funny, you come up with the greatest things! Great comparison shot between the two, amazing that you could see them so far off. Now, if you could only fly.... ;) Well done!

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oscilis

7:51AM | Wed, 05 January 2005

Breathtaking. Another world up there. V.

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sharky_

9:12AM | Wed, 05 January 2005

Incredible Image. Love it! Aloha

vlaaitje

10:49AM | Wed, 05 January 2005

the top one is gorgeous.....love it

soulofharmony

10:52AM | Wed, 05 January 2005

beautiful atmosphere of freedom going beyond any limitations.. stunning colours so delicate...excellent presentation of this compo.. sublime :)

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Lary

10:54AM | Wed, 05 January 2005

You make a great work here! All my apreciations my friend! :) V*

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iaacf

11:16AM | Wed, 05 January 2005

Wow, wow, this is incredible !!. Both your photographs as well as your story. Makes you wonder what the limitations of human sight are. We more or less decided to go back to the Alsace nest summer. Seeing this it is almost sure we must go back to this region we visited much too long ago.

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marybelgium

11:25AM | Wed, 05 January 2005

Superb ! very well done !

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sossy

12:42PM | Wed, 05 January 2005

"...er den Wolken, mudie Freiheit wohl grenzenlos sein!" and that is overwhelming for our or better your soul! LOL impressive capture and interesting story! ;o)

MaryLynda

12:52PM | Wed, 05 January 2005

Beautiful landscapes.The color and lighting is superb. Awesome capture. V

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GiMi53

1:34PM | Wed, 05 January 2005

Only you can capture these mountains so well... :~)

Pierre59

5:19PM | Wed, 05 January 2005

Excellente sie V !!!

hammond73

7:16PM | Wed, 05 January 2005

Simply incredible.

tvernuccio

8:00PM | Wed, 05 January 2005

calming down...yes i am...this is the stuff of my dreams...floating in the clouds...soaring through the heavens as Michelle said!!! both these captures are unfathomable to me. it's as if you are in plane looking down below. keep shooting, shooting, and zooming zooming! vote! wiring in your brain???? jeesh...if you think YOURS is bad....

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