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Here is Les Menuires and Val Thorens 2008/2009

 Poster: A snowHead
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The saison has been started.
This Sunday was indeed sunny, but very cold.
There snow and 4 major lifts are operational : funtitel Peclet, TS Plein Sud, TS Cascades and TS Portette.
The piste are fairly good with some patches of ice on the steeper parts of slopes.




see the first pictures on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/123_456/collections/72157609805933056/


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Could you clarify what ICI, LM and VT mean by changing the topic title please Happy
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andytb, I'm guessing LM= Les Menuires and VT= Val Thorens Confused
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andytb, I guess ICI is not a reference to a british chemicals company but is merely 'ici' as in 'here'
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For the members how are not familiar with the French language I have changed "Ici LM and VT" into "Here is Les Menuires and Val Thorens".
Every day actual pictures from this places!
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123_456, Welcome back!
We look forward to once again seeing your excellent photos on snowHeads this season!
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Monday, 24-11-2008



About 20-30 cm of fresh snow. Perfect conditions on the pistes. Little less cold then yesterday. Very few people. The piste for your own.
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Thanks for changing it, what a great pic!
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123_456, good to see you back again. Looking forward to seeing your excellent photos again.
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Woow, you've officially made me die of excitement. 18 days. Very Happy

Excellent photos. snowHead
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123_456, Welcome back. Looking forward to more top pics.
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Spikyhedgehog, Now only 17 - for us too!! Very Happy snowHead
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Aaahhh don't start the countdowns - not fair Sad

I've got 102 days until I return to the 3V - sooooo excited.

But only 32 until La Plagne Smile
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123_456, Looking forward to some of your excellent pic's once again. snowHead
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Something like 20 days till my first run ever at VT!! Can't ******* wait!!
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Tuesday, 25-11-2008



A very cold but sunny day.

See the other pictures on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/123_456/sets/72157610038148855/
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123_456, that Architect should rot in hell....
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Wednesday, 26-11-2008



Just like yesterday, glacial cold but sunny and perfect snow

See the other pictures on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/123_456/sets/72157610143669517/


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123_456,

Great to have you back snowHead
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Loving the photos, really getting me in the mood for next month!
Really getting excited now!
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Wooooooowwwwwww! snowHead snowHead snowHead
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Thursday, 27-11-2008




The weather, the snow and the pistes are unchanged good

See the other pictures on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/123_456/sets/72157610234203971/
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Friday, 28-11-2008



After three nice days today a closed cloudcover, less cold, strong winds at the summit

See the other pictures on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/123_456/sets/72157610308577981/
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Looks very windswept
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Strong wind and storm, all snow has been blown away to certain places where we do not ski at all and where the bouquetins live.
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Sunday, 30-11-2008



Just like yesterday a lot of high winds. Clouds around the summits. No sun and a very low windchillfactor
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Monday, 1-12-2008



The first real winter month has started with a bleak, dark grey day. Little visibility, complete day light snow fall at a temperature of - 6 degrees. At the end of the day the snow fall stopped. Approximately 10 cm of snow have been fallen.
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Tuesday, 2-12-2008




Thin clouds around the summits, sometimes suny, sometimes light snowfall, temperatures between -8 and -12 degrees.
It is still quiet on the pistes. Pistes Christine and Tête Ronde were open for the first time this season.


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123_456, great to see that you are continuing the professional quality of photos from last year. Excellent.
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Ray Zorro wrote:
123_456, great to see that you are continuing the professional quality of photos from last year. Excellent.
Hear hear.
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Hurtle wrote:
Ray Zorro wrote:
123_456, great to see that you are continuing the professional quality of photos from last year. Excellent.
Hear hear.


They're amazing! I didn't know that VT could be so 'picturesque'. Imagine what could be done with more sympathetic subject matter, I particularly like the 'warm glow' effects on the wooden buildings at the end of the Saturday 22/11 set, how did you acheive that?
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Luigi,

These are so-called HDR pictures. HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. It is a technic where three images (normal, under and over exposed) of the same scene are blended. This can be done with the software of Photomatix.
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123_456, HDR - nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!! Smile

Have you tried exposure blending in Photoshop (not the generate HDR function)? It's a bit more work (you selectively mask out bits of layers to reveal expsoure differences) but it's a much more natural approach to bring wider tonal range into the shots.

Really like the one of the windy road and the xmas lights Smile
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Wednesday, 3-12-2008



Thin scattered clouds above 4000 meters. Less wind and higher temperatures on 3000 meter.
The number of skiers and boarder is increasing every day.
The 5 mainlifts Péclet , La Moutière, Plein Sud, Cascade en Portette and there pistes are open.
The snowforcast for the following days is not impressive : 10-20 cm
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123_456, Many thanks for the photos, can't wait till I'm out there to see the subject matter myself Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy
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Thursday, 4-12-2008



Mostly cloudy during the whole day. Little sunshine between 15.00 and 16.00. It started snowing at 16.30. Temperature is rising.
Very quiet on the pistes. Some stones are coming on the pistes.
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Friday, 5-12-2008



Last night brought us 30 cm fresh snow. The whole day there were light snowfalls. A short period with sun occured during midday.
At the end of the day the snowfall stopped. To fully enjoy the fresh powder was impossible due to the bad weather.
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123_456 wrote:


Last night brought us 30 cm fresh snow. The whole day there were light snowfalls. . To fully enjoy the fresh powder was impossible due to the bad weather.



Surely you mean "...was impossible due the good weather...?" NehNeh
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Saturday, 6-12-2008



Again we have fresh snow! Twenty centimeters during last night. The whole day it was snowing. In the afternoon the wind increased from the north. Poor visibility and temperature about -5 degrees. Les Menuires was open with five lifts for the first time in the new season.
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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.
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