Glacier du Géant (2) - Jean-Christian




Backcountry skiing in the middle of the Glacier du Géant, some 3300 meters high.

Another parallax test for the Biogon's external viewfinder. The 21mm Biogon closed at f/11 to f/16 delivers good results with the sun; so does the 35mm Planar (thanks to their 7-bladed diaphragm, I think).

Selected for the Hall of Fame on 2006/Nov/01 Selected for the Hall of Fame on 2006/Dec/01

Camera:   Contax G1
Lens:   Carl Zeiss Biogon 21mm f/2.8
Film:   Velvia 50
Exposure:   1/180 f/8 (?)
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Posted:   23-Mar-2005

Rating: 8.92 (24 ratings)

Comments

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This is good. Ideal exposure it seems. Did you make multiple exposures to hedge your bet?

Kevin Conville     26-Mar-2005 at 09:30

excellent

the exposure looks right on, like Kevin asked, did you bracket ?

Gregg Humphrey     26-Mar-2005 at 14:48

I must love taking risks.

Believe it or not, I didn't bracket (silly me !! I would have missed that nice image if I had misjudged the exposure). I remember having "explored" the different icy zones while reading the speed and finally decided to expose as if the sun was not on the frame - that is to say, moving right, setting AEL and then reframing with the sun on the glacier's edge.

Jean-Christian     28-Mar-2005 at 07:30

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Unbelievable!

[Unknown]     28-Mar-2005 at 13:24

Great stuff !!

Thibault     29-Mar-2005 at 10:56

Congratulations on ContaxG Hall of Fame

Beautiful! Any chance you'll re-post his without the watermarks?

James Castellini     11-Nov-2006 at 23:29

Reward + Repost

Hi, Nice to see my work rewarded ! I've reposted the pic in full size and without watermark but it disappeared from the HoF 2006 folder. Anybody knowing who can fix this ? Thanks

Jean-Christian     16-Nov-2006 at 09:17

Congratulations!

Well deserved!

Gregg Humphrey     05-Dec-2006 at 21:12

Biogon shines

The Biogon's excellent control of flare really helps here. Zeiss could use this shot as an advertisement.

Gregg Humphrey     05-Dec-2006 at 21:15