Images of the Arty Kind -2011

[ranunculus]

Superb image Peter ... hopefully we will see it in person in 2012.  We are driving from Milan, stopping at Aosta and Courmayeur, visiting Gran Paradiso National Park, through the Mont Blanc tunnel, staying at Chamonix, on to Lake Annecy and then Val d'Isere and over the Petit St Bernard Pass back to Milan.
Has anyone travelled this high pass recently?  Would there be any reason not to contemplate using it in summer 2012?   The Tour de France is not being held at the time!   

[Peter Maguire]

If you have the time, and the weather's good, it's worth the (somewhat pricey) trip up the cable car to the top of the Aiguille du Midi. A once in a lifetime experience for most of us, but the views are fantastic. I'll post a couple later when I get back from work  of pictures that I took up there last year.

No plants up there though.....

By the way, you need a head for heights - the cable car second stage goes from 2300m to 3777m in one swoop, no supports on the way, very impressive. Then when you are there, you can walk around the summit on metal walkways bolted to the rock, with a view straight down through the gaps to the glacier. 

[Peter Maguire]

As promised earlier, a couple of images taken from the top of the Aiguille du Midi in summer 2010. Firstly Mont Blanc, then the Grandes Jorasses and Aiguile du Géant.

[Maggi Young]

My word, Peter, that first one is taken from such a perspective as to really make the viewer feel part of the scene.... I feel quite intrepid!     ( like Martin on a via ferrata? )

[ranunculus]

Superb images Peter ... many thanks for posting.

[daveyp1970]

Two from me.Peter the quayside was quiet on the last pic that i posted.

[Diane Clement]

As promised earlier, a couple of images taken from the top of the Aiguille du Midi in summer 2010. Firstly Mont Blanc, then the Grandes Jorasses and Aiguile du Géant. 

We've been there, as well  (a long time ago, hence the scanned slide  )

... Martin on a via ferrata?

I think he's there on my picture

[Peter Maguire]

That'll be Bamburgh castle I assume Davey? A lovely shade of lurid green 

[David Nicholson]

................By the way, you need a head for heights - the cable car second stage goes from 2300m to 3777m in one swoop, no supports on the way, very impressive. Then when you are there, you can walk around the summit on metal walkways bolted to the rock, with a view straight down through the gaps to the glacier. 

Er! went dizzy just reading this.

[daveyp1970]

That'll be Bamburgh castle I assume Davey? A lovely shade of lurid green 

Peter you are 100% right.In the daytime it is one of my favourite places in the U.K,stunning beaches.

[Maggi Young]

That'll be Bamburgh castle I assume Davey? A lovely shade of lurid green 

Peter you are 100% right.In the daytime it is one of my favourite places in the U.K,stunning beaches.

Really spooky in your shots, though Davey.........

[ranunculus]

Kilnsey Crag, Yorkshire Dales ...

[Peter Maguire]

Nice one of the cliff, Cliff. 

[Peter Maguire]

Just a thought...... could you darken the sky a little in the top right to put a little more details into this area?

[ranunculus]

Just a thought...... could you darken the sky a little in the top right to put a little more details into this area?

Not without hours of training!