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Hello all

I recently had some of my 35mm slides scanned at my local Kodak digital lab. I can't say that I am overly impressed with the quality, but I guess you get what you pay for.

All of the following were shot handheld with a Nikon FM on Fuji Velvia with a variety of crappy lenses.

The first one was taken from high on the Tasman Glacier in New Zealand. We had been pinned down by a storm for a couple of days and as the storm cleared in the late evening, these amazing clouds caught the sun. The mountain in profile in the background is Mt Cook (Aoraki)...




Out and about in cold conditions (check out the poor rope management!)




Ice crystals on a glass window:



Cheers
Gecko

Gecko - these are superb shots especially the first one and the ice on the window

Forgot to put this one in.... Pixspot has been unkind to me lately

This is in the 'Bugaboos', Canada. This is a dream location if you are a climber - thousands of metres of vertical granite....




Cheers
Gecko

WOW this is absolutely amazing your like a National Geographic photographer, a life i lust after
Do you find your travelling costs outweighs your equipment costs?
are you the same MAtt(from Italy) i met at the last sydney minimeet

wendellt wrote:are you the same MAtt(from Italy) i met at the last sydney minimeet

He's Fab not Matt (From Italy), Rockstar is Matt,
You keep confused yourself!

The cloud formation in the first image is amazing... The shot of you on the peak, wow what an amazing place... Must have been a great experience...

Great images.......... but remind me never to go on a bush walk with you as I would never make it to the end.......mountain climbing you are on you own..... if god wanted us to climb mountains helicopters would never have been invented.......

Thanks for the positive feedback everyone...

The 35mm slides are much sharper than these images, particularly the first one where the peaks seem a bit soft.

BP - helos were invented to get climbers closer to the action!

(Having said this, there is a very vibrant discussion raging at the moment about climbers use of helos to access New Zealand's alpine areas at the moment. There are strong arguments for and against. Europe is a different matter with easy rail access to incredibly high places, but I have yet to climb there)

Cheers
Gecko

An adventure begins...
Gecko the Sherpa
Carrying a much larger load than usual to establish a base camp...

This load consisted of: Ropes, iceaxes x 2, crampons, helmet, protective clothing, an array of rock climbing anchors, mountian dome tent, stove & fuel, food for 10 days, sleeping bag and sleeping mat and of course some photography gear!




Of course, this sort of behaviour is not good for your knees!
Once on glacier/snow the load can be turned into a sled and towed behind.

Whens our next walk BP????

Cheers
Gecko

gecko wrote:Whens our next walk BP????

Cheers
Gecko

...... a mini meet would be good around the end of September...... when I am back from London, I must say that the APPLE STORE is a must visit when in london.......