Altitude sickness from the Needle of Midday

bhogle

The view from the Aiguille du Midi in the Mont Blanc mountain range in France (about 3,800 meters in altitude). To the left is France, directly ahead is Switzerland, and to the right is Courmayeur, Italy. The shot had its cost though...a killer altitude sickness headache! thanks for looking..would appreciate your thoughts..

CoryUT

The gondola is slightly distracting, but mostly I think it's awesome!

schmoo

So beautiful! Thank you for suffering the unfortunate altitude sickness for our sake! I kind of like the gondola because it gives context to your story, but I can understand wanting to crop it out and leaving just mountains majesty.

I think this is one of the few shots that midday light is perfectly OK because the subject is so cool. Also, IR would probably be awesome to really bring out the clouds and the snow.

bhogle

schmoo wrote:

So beautiful! Thank you for suffering the unfortunate altitude sickness for our sake! I kind of like the gondola because it gives context to your story, but I can understand wanting to crop it out and leaving just mountains majesty.

Thanks! I like the context that the cable car/gondala adds too. My decision to leave it in in this picture was A) even on the edge of the photo it came out super sharp I have many more panoramic shots of the mountains in nothing but their majesty.

I have gone back and added more contrast to the moutains and eliminated some of the blue cast based on your IR suggestion. Thanks!