123_456, like the one of Chalet des Deux Lacs, HDR again? Happy memories of afternoon hot chocolate in front of the blazing fire when I visited in 2005.
Yes its is a HDR
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Brilliant photos, I want to be out there NOW!!! The slopes are all looking amazing on the webcams today, bright sunshine after all that fresh snow, absolutely gorgeous.
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Sunday, 7-12-2008
A complete change with the previous days. Sunny during the whole day and very crowded. Thousands of people were there suddenly present on the pistes or as a witness at the Trophee Andros 2008. All parkings for cars and buses had been filled to the max. Waitingtimes of 5 up to 10 minutes at main lifts. The lifts to the Col, the Grand Fond and the Cîme the Caron were unfortunately not yet in use.
123_456, the last one is extraordinary, almost unreal, the people looking a bit like those in an architect's model. But beautiful nonetheless.
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Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
I hope people can keep to what this says. Les Menuires and Val Thorens so that these three threads do not get mixed up.
Could admin either combine the other two threads or change the titles of threads to be names of different resorts in the other two valleys. Hope others agree this would be a much easier way to know which thread to read.
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After all it is free
123_456, sorry, ment to add great pics again, thanks for posting them. Maybe you could pm me how to post pics so that i can add some for the resorts i will be in this season. Thanks
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Monday, 8-12-2008
A beautyfull day. A lot of sun less wind and acceptable temperature. Less crowded then yesterday
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123_456, that photo is stunning, I'm not going to be able to bear the next almost 4 weeks till I'm there with piccys like that
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rambotion, I've got to wait until March (have got a little trip over new year to La Plagne though )
Please keep the photos coming, 123_456, absolutely stunning.
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4 days.
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
Spikyhedgehog wrote:
4 days.
Likewise
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
I love these photos. One has NO idea what the next days content will be as the subject matter is wonderfully random.
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Frosty the Snowman wrote:
I love these photos. One has NO idea what the next days content will be as the subject matter is wonderfully random.
Agreed. I'm trying to learn from 123_456's photographer's eye, which is rather good.
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Tuesday, 9-12-2008
Special training for the teachers of the ESF with the support of English girls
A very cloudy day and so bad visibility on the pistes
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Wednesday, 10-12-2008
Light snowfall since last night. All day misty and low visibility. Estimated layer of new snow 20 cm.
No wind so this snow will settle also off-piste.
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Thursday, 11-12-2008
Nearly the same "bad" weather as yesterday. It started snowing early in the morning. Some minor blue patches with hazy sun during lunchtime. The rest of the day it continued with light snowfall. Not more than 10 cm of fresh snow in total.
Piste are prepared here in Les Menuires several times a day. The conditons on the piste are perfect. There is hardly nobody who skies in Les Menuires. During one run down from the Mont de la Chambre I saw one skiteacher with 8 pupils and three other skiers.
It stopped snowing, the clouds are gone and the sun is back again. Blue sky the whole day, but severe cold.
The valleys were filled with clouds up to 1500 m. A beautifull sight from above.
The last quiet day for Les Menuires. Tomorrow the season for Les Menuires will start.
Next week is the boarderweek in Val Thorens. On Place de Caron you can make your jumps and land on a aircushion.
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The so called "liasion" between Val Thorens and Les Menuires is open since last Sunday
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123_456, Such beautiful photographs. I am envious of my son who arrives in VT tomorrow!
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123_456 wrote:
luigi wrote:
123_456, like the one of Chalet des Deux Lacs, HDR again? Happy memories of afternoon hot chocolate in front of the blazing fire when I visited in 2005.
Yes its is a HDR
Your pics as they were last year are truly amazing, is every one taken using the HDR technique? If so, I understand that you must take 3 shots at differing exposures, so how do you do that with people involved, and them not moving in between each shot?
You obviously have a great eye for what takes a good shot!
regards,
Greg
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Only a few pictures are taken with HDR. Indeed moving objects and peoples are hardly possible with HDR. Everything should be stationary!
The Photomatix software can do small corrections for all kind of movements. Mostly i take three pictures with bracketing at a speed of 6 pictures/sec without a tripod.
The aperture is fixed only the shutterspeed varies.
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Saturday, 13-12-2008
During the day, which started very nice, the weather has changed. At the end of the day and in evening it is storming. Outside its looks like there is a blizzard going on.
All liasons were open. Méribel/Mottaret and Courchevel could be reached by skilifts. The new TC Tougnete 1 in Méribel was for the first time in use. The cabines look the same as the cabins of the TC Cairn in Val Thorens and TC 3 Marches 1 in Les Menuires. Comfortable sittings and a good sighting !
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Sunday, 14-12-2008
Very bad news this day. It is storming very heavy since yesterday afternoon. At a temperature of -2 degrees and windgusts of often more then 100 km/h is was nearly impossible to go out. All lifts were closed.
There are a lot of big patches on the pistes and off the pistes without any snow. Perhaps the predicted snowfall and the decrease of the storm will improve the current situation.
You can understand that due to the bad weather there are no actual pictures today.
A movieclip of the storm is available on Youtube. Go to http://youtube.com/v/vDhzQmchCtA
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
123_456, excellent film!
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
makes me feel cold just looking at it...... brrrrr
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
Just thinking about Megamum being there for the weekend & hoping it hasn't spoiled things too much.
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Butterfly, oh yes, I forgot she's there now. I bet she'll be able to think of something to do while it blows over
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It does look a little breezy.... but all that snow will just be blown into drifts and them dumped back onto the pistes by the bashers - right?
Only a shame that all those ghastly buildings in Les Manures weren't blown away along with all the snow
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
was just thinking the snow can't all blow away - it must go somewhere! Some massive drifts around I would imagion. Snowing on the Meribel webcams at the moment - hopefully keep going for some time to fill up those 'gaps'!
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
mcboz wrote:
was just thinking the snow can't all blow away - it must go somewhere! Some massive drifts around I would imagion. Snowing on the Meribel webcams at the moment - hopefully keep going for some time to fill up those 'gaps'!
sure in some areas you will find massive accumulations of wind blown snow...
Due to the works to make the pistes avalanche safe all lifts to the summits were closed. The liaison with Val Thorens was impossible.
The damage to the pistes caused by the storm of yesterday was less then I supposed. The damage on the higher pistes where storm even was more severe can be seen on several of my pictures.
Today the storm was over and as predicted last night fell 10 cm of fresh snow. During the day it was cloudy, but at the end of the day some sunny spells came from the north.
The temperature is with -2 degrees not bad att all for mid december. On several places, not only on the pistes but also in the village, there is a lot of action going on to remove the snowdunes.
Butterfly, flowa, It's amazing what you can find to do to occupy oneself during a storm
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123_456 wrote:
Very bad news this day. It is storming very heavy since yesterday afternoon. At a temperature of -2 degrees and windgusts of often more then 100 km/h is was nearly impossible to go out. All lifts were closed.
There are a lot of big patches on the pistes and off the pistes without any snow. Perhaps the predicted snowfall and the decrease of the storm will improve the current situation.
You can understand that due to the bad weather there are no actual pictures today.
A movieclip of the storm is available on Youtube. Go to http://youtube.com/v/vDhzQmchCtA
Was everybody else secretly hoping the bloke carrying the big cardboard box was going to fall on his arse?
Yes you were, admit it.
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After all it is free
Megamum wrote:
Butterfly, flowa, It's amazing what you can find to do to occupy oneself during a storm
post on s !!!!!
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Megamum wrote:
Butterfly, flowa, It's amazing what you can find to do to occupy oneself during a storm
Do tell. I'm at home with a nasty bout of the old gentlemen's influenza, and I can literally find nothing to do at all.
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paulio, I think the influenza must be affecting your imaginative thought processes!!
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(have got a little trip over new year to La Plagne though 
)
excellent film!
