Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:MontBlanc2c.jpg

Image:MontBlanc2c.jpg, featured

•  Info created and uploaded by Nicolas Sanchez - nominated by Benh -- Benh 16:34, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
•  Info A breathtaking view of Mont Blanc taken by my friend from the top platform of the high station of Aiguille du Midi. As not indicated, this is a 2 rows panorama. Lighting could have been slightly better, but we would have missed our train back to Paris ;) Benh 16:34, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
•  Support nice view and very good technical quality IMO. Also great encyclopaedical value -- Benh 16:34, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Fantastic sharpness. Makes we want to go to the base. Is it easy to reach? :) Freedom to share 17:58, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

•  Info it's easy :) there is a cable car which takes you to the top of the Aiguille du Midi from the city of Chamonix. This cable car stops at 2 stations, and you of course have to go to the top one where you'll find an elevator to the very top platform from where this picture was taken. The platform is panoramic (360°), and offers a great view over the valley of Chamonix and Mont Blanc massif. Benh 20:05, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

• So you're saying that there is no climbing involved to see such a sight? Freedom to share 20:40, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

• Unfortunately no (unfortunately because that makes it a crowded site, and among them, a lot of photographers !). I think it's really worth it ! Benh 23:09, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

• Too bad... That takes some of the fun away :) Freedom to share 08:10, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

• If you like fun, there are plenty of opportunities in the valley of Chamonix :), the best ones for photographers being to me some nice footpath for hiking, which was why I was there. (Unfortunately, I didn't have great weather for photos :( ) Benh 09:39, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
• Thanks, and one last question: What lens, focal length, exposure time and aperture did you use? Thanks, Freedom to share 12:22, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
• I didn't take this picture (I'd have loved to :)) But my friend and I use exactly the same equipment : Canon EOS 400D with EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS, a tripod, and Canon RC-1 remote control. All pictures were taken at 17mm, f/8.0, 1/400s and ISO 100 (most important thing here being the small aperture for shallow DOF). Benh 14:24, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

• And you stitched them using Photoshop CS3? I myself have an EOS 350D, but I am still playing around with the 18-55 kit lens (which is not a bad wide angle lens) and am planning to upload some of my pictures to commons later on when I take better ones. Any advice on mountain and landscape photography? And also, what do you need the remote release for? Is it not just cheaper to make it shoot after 10 sec and it will not experience any shake either if put on a tripod? :) Freedom to share 20:01, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

• No, I stitched them using hugin, a cross-platform open source panorama photo stitching program. A problem with mountain photography is the speed of clouds: with the remote control you can shoot quickly without any shake and then you can stich photographs without photoshoping them. Sanchezn 18:56, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

• He talks, He's aliiiiive !!! Je lui avais déjà répondu sur sa page talk gros malin :) Benh 21:44, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

•  Support--Mbz1 18:47, 15 September 2007 (UTC)Mbz1
•  Support Amazing! -- MJJR 20:11, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Cool. --Digon3 ^talk 02:41, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Beyond silence 12:08, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Romary 17:58, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Technically, one of the best panos I've seen. Has wow too. Lycaon 14:14, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
•  Support - Wonderful vue and excellent quality. I like the nice touch of the presence of people which gives a sense of scale. Alvesgaspar 18:48, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Ack Alvesgaspar. -- Slaunger 19:55, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Some highlights, but sharpness and Wow makes me forget about it. Agree about the people thing as well --Simonizer 10:00, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Par monts et par vaux --Richard Bartz 11:44, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
  • ... on se promènent tous à la montagne. Pas d'insects là haut, maintenant c'est le temps de Benh :-)) - Alvesgaspar 18:00, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
    • Nicolas (author of this pano) just yelled at me because people tend to believe I shot this pano (although the nomination is clear to me !). He asked me to urgently tell you (he is too shy to do this himself, poor guy ;)) that he shot this !. Benh 19:52, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
    • We know that, Nicolas, congrats for your picture! But there is also some merit in recognizing beauty ;-) - Alvesgaspar 20:58, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
•  Support WOW! --LucaG 20:41, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
•  Support Nice view --Chrumps 13:37, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
•  Support --Lmbuga ^{gl, pt, es: contacta comigo} 02:24, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

result: 15 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral => featured. Benh 20:55, 25 September 2007 (UTC)