Alps from a Plane by Edoardo

Wednesday, 28th May 2008

Alps from a Plane

by Edoardo

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 more likely a Latin rendering of a Celtic or Ligurian original.
The highest mountain in the Alps is Mont Blanc, at 4,808 metres (15,774 ft), on the Italian-French border. All the main peaks of the Alps can be found in the list of mountains of the Alps and list of Alpine peaks by prominence.

Equipment: Canon Eos 20d, 17-40 L

Edoardo

My name is Edoardo Rebecchi and I live in Rome. I am a young photographer and I shoot mostly landscape and events.

17 Comments

Anurag Says:
May 28th, 2008 at 7:10 am
The view is good. I would have also liked to see the color version. There is too much contrast which has killed all the detail in the shadows and the portions not covered by snow.
Malta Photography Says:
May 28th, 2008 at 7:27 am
Artistically speaking I like it very much it has a very nice effect and the contrast is great, however photographically speaking as Anurag has mentioned there is not enough composition to show the beauty of the Alps. I recall the view whilst going to The Netherlands and I cannot find words to describe the view. Nice shot Edoardo.
Ahmed Sharif Says:
May 28th, 2008 at 7:57 am
gives a view of that thorny face of the earth…… a bit of a debate about the contrast, I can see…… a bit more light might’ve opened up the shadows, but it could’ve washed out the brighter parts…… B&W is a nice change of taste; don’t know how the colour would’ve showed up….. overall, a very nice effort indeed!!
Pauline Jones Says:
May 28th, 2008 at 8:34 am
I have flown over the alps and the Pyrenees several times. For me this picture is underexposed and doesn’t show the real beauty. I think the color version would have been better.
poster boy Says:
May 28th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Nice idea making it black and white - works well IMHO
Buffy Says:
May 28th, 2008 at 10:38 am
wow!!!
_butt Says:
May 28th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
just my two cents of perspective. it looks like a landscape of canvas-made tents flapping over another, which is great!
Marie Dunphy Harding Says:
May 28th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
It certainly needed description.
I had no idea what I was looking at!
Interesting, but boring!
Renee Says:
May 28th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Looks pretty dark..I have to agree with Pauline i would have like to seen in it color..good shot though!
Sue Gagnon Says:
May 28th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
I love the stark simpleness of the black and white.
Tom Says:
May 29th, 2008 at 12:06 am
Dark. Mysterious.
David Doe Says:
May 29th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
would love to see that in color. But, very nice picture.
yasmin Says:
May 29th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
some splash of color would have been good as well..but great shot. the view is excellent!
Jesse Says:
May 30th, 2008 at 3:28 am
Awesome as-is. I love the choice of contrast–it makes this photo work.
Pieter -sAner- van der Horst Says:
May 31st, 2008 at 10:13 am
Very nice. I love mountain-landscapes. I like the fact you chose b&w for this picture. The very large shady part in the bottom is my only (minor) nit.
a. Says:
June 11th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Another poetic black and white! I love the movement!
su Says:
May 28th, 2009 at 7:34 am
Given all the comments above, it seems to be as always a matter of taste on b/w. I have tried to get this shot and either there is ice on the outside of the window or its cloudy. So well captured.