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26.000 feet
Photo Information
Copyright: Hans Spruijt (GreenBaron) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3147 W: 796 N: 9718] (38751)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2003-03-17
Categories: Daily Life, Nature, Mood
Camera: Minolta Z1
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-10-07 3:49
Viewed: 979
Points: 30
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Flying at 26.000 feet over the Swiss Alps I took this shot from the cockpit window of a KLM Cityhopper Fokker 50 aircraft. On my way back home from Montpelier (France) to Frankfurt (Germany) and than…finally Amsterdam. It was in the afternoon and the sun was already descending and gave a little glow over the Swiss Alps mountain summits. Slightly at the right hand site of the centre of this picture you can see the Mont Blanc (4808 meter). It was a quite easy ride and had lots of time to enjoy the view. Flying over mountains areas is always beautiful in special when its clear weather. (With cloudy weather you would only see clouds folks). And: "No I'm not a pilot."

Smile!
Finally this Flight Attendant's arrival announcement: "We'd like to thank you folks for flying with us today. And, the next time you get the insane urge to go blasting through the skies in a pressurized metal tube, we hope you'll think of us here at US Scareways."

OK one more: Weather at our destination is 50 degrees with some broken clouds, but they'll try to have them fixed before we arrive. Thank you, and remember, nobody loves you, or your money, more than US Scareways."

The Alps is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east, through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west. The word "Alps" was taken via French from Latin Alpes (meaning "the Alps"), which may be influenced by the Latin words albus (white) or altus (high), or a Celtic word.
The highest mountain in the Alps is Mont Blanc at 4,808 m on the French-Italian border. Mont Blanc (French for white mountain) or Monte Bianco (Italian, same meaning), in the Alps, is the highest mountain in Europe excluding the Caucasus Mountains. The mountain lies between the regions of Aosta Valley, Italy and Haute-Savoie, France. The location of the summit itself is a subject of controversy between the two countries, and each tends to place it within its own boundaries on maps. In a convention between France and Kingdom of Sardinia, in Turin (1861), the border was fixed on the highest point of Mont Blanc and this was the last official definition of this border, but often the French maps do not agree about this solution. The two most famous towns near Mont Blanc are Chamonix, in Haute-Savoie, France (site of the first Winter Olympic Games in 1924) and Courmayeur, in the Aosta Valley in Italy.
The Mont Blanc massif is popular for mountaineering, hiking, and skiing. (Text from Wikipedia.com)

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- decreased saturation (-5)
- increased contrast (+8)
- adjusted curves (blue >)
- cropped
- framed and add text
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Excellent info and very great shot, i like it so much, congratulations, TFS, really impressionant, the colors very beauty, just GREAT...

Hi Hans,
that's wonderful - what an impressive view.
Excellent sharpness - even through a plane's window, excellent. I like it, thanks and greetings
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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  • mimar Gold Star Critiquer [C: 118 W: 1 N: 0] (471)
  • [2006-10-07 6:45]
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nice compo.good colors.tfs.
canay

Beautiful shot, Hans. The light and colour of this one is magnificent, the way the sun is catching the flanks of the mountains is just spectacular.
But for your border and title, this could have been uploaded as a large panorama, I'd have loved to see that!
Great work
Rew

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  • Ratna Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 221 W: 68 N: 204] (1231)
  • [2006-10-07 9:03]
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Hi Hans,
I love this, those beautiful blue colors, you captured it so excellent. tfs
ratna

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  • Mas Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 60 W: 62 N: 250] (2555)
  • [2006-10-07 9:41]
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Perfect ! Wat een geweldig uitzicht ! Krijg zin in vakantie (nog 2 weken)

greetz
Marcel

So very beautiful! Love it, I flew over their once myself but it was...hmmm 28 years ago!! yikes!! Thanks for this beautiful photo! Donna :o)
Like the framing as well..looks like a GREAT travel poster!

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  • TELVA Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 53 W: 11 N: 1] (800)
  • [2006-10-07 13:00]
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A taking of the impressive Montblac and but to be done much from an airplane. Congratulations again. A hug. Elvira

Hello Hans, this photo is breathtaking! What a great one taken from the cockpit. No noise and very sharp! Great quality of photo and light.

Take care, Yan :)

ps: thank you very much for the great crit on "Smoke on The City". It's really appreciated as always :)

a wonderful pano, you captured the vast expanse so very well, thanx, M, (*_*)

Never have seen anything like this from my lens.
TFS,
regards,
Shahid

hello hans!
beautiful view on swiss alps,wonderful
TFS
zoran

points later

Hi Hans,
very Wonderful landscape with a gret POV!
TFS,

Armel.

Terrific aerial shot Hans, those I have tried have bombed miserably. Good detail, lovely colour and nicely presented. TFS,
David
Many thanks for your comment on
Pink and Grey

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  • tet Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 425 W: 40 N: 190] (3345)
  • [2006-10-10 15:19]

wow! love this shot! great to see the swiss alps on top!

tfs,
tet

Hello again Hans !

Impressive panoramique shot with this late afternoon light. The shadows aand mist or fog in the valley give a great ambiance to the shot.

Love the photo really. However I am not too kean bout the long signature on top (*_^).
Cheers!
Robert

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