Svalbard 2004/ #1

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted June 14, 20042,246 views9 comments

Hi all....

I'm in the high artic right now and I really wanted to share this photograph with you. The area is so remote...it really feels like being in the middle of nowhere and it was a great surprise when I saw these 2 people walking up the glacier. Well...enjoy the summer out there.

Jasper

Canon EOS10D
Canon EF17-40/4.0
RAW, ISO200
cropped from bottom and top

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Jim White on June 14, 2004 at 11:20 AM

So that’s summer in Svalbad, eh? I hope you’re getting paid well to be there!

What an extraordinary place. You’ve done a great job of capturing the snow, peak, hikers, and sky. The histogram must have an interesting curve on this one! How has the 10D been performing under these conditions?

Registered on November 12, 2003, 286 Posts, 2009 Comments

Comment posted by Nathan Buck on June 14, 2004 at 12:05 PM

Just excellent Jasper. This would be an interesting image without the hikers, but throw them in and this goes over the top for me. Even cropped into more of a pano, this works really well.

Nathan

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1101 Posts, 13589 Comments

Comment posted by Michael E. Gordon on June 14, 2004 at 12:29 PM

Awesome, Jasper. It doesn't look real, and that is a compliment!

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Comment posted by Tom Gallione on June 14, 2004 at 1:54 PM

This is wonderful, Jasper! I love images that succeed due to one very small element. This more than succeeds. The light falling in front of the two people really adds to the impact.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 49 Posts, 161 Comments

Comment posted by Marsel van Oosten on June 14, 2004 at 2:57 PM

Prachtig!

Like Nathan, I'd love to see this as a pano, with 1/3 cropped of the sky (the light bits).

Registered on March 9, 2004, 285 Posts, 2277 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Deasy on June 15, 2004 at 9:44 PM

Jasper,

Nice job on the exposure and a great shot. I have a few questions. . .

1) Which Island was this taken on?
2) Are one of these guys carrying a rife over their shoulder as they should?
3) have you learn the 360 rule for Photgraphers on these islands?
(Look around 360 degrees before and after every shot to insure the white furry beasts are not in your blind spot!)

Registered on November 1, 2003, 31 Posts, 50 Comments

Comment posted by Jasper Doest on June 16, 2004 at 11:12 AM

Hi all,

Thanks for the comments...to answer your questions...this was taken on the Island of Spitsbergen, near Longyearbyen. And yes we are always walking with a rifle...and so did they....hahaha...thanks for the tip on those white furry animals...we'll probably never see one as they are further up north but you'll never know.

Cheers,

Jasper

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Comment posted by Jonathan Sacks on June 22, 2004 at 6:25 PM

Terrific photo, nicely done.

Registered on February 10, 2004, 9 Posts, 60 Comments

Comment posted by Arthur Sevestre on July 8, 2004 at 8:24 AM

An EP hm? I'm afraid this one earns it!!! Congratulations!!!!

This is really a marvelous shot. The light and composition are so good! The thing that really strikes me here is the near-absence of colours. There are just some very faint hues in the sky, but that's it. That makes the mood very special here.

Great work my friend! Can't wait to see your whole collection when you get home :)

Best of luck!

PS. summer here doesn't look like much.. plenty of rain ;). I'd rather spend summer up north ;)

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