one hell of a photo

[Fordo]

nine of the planet's highest summits are visit in this shot


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1201090/Ev...


quite awe inspiring. I checked out his website, and you can order a print for £25 or so. Think i might add that to my xmas list

[patmahe]

Very cool

[Don]

Magnificent.

I wonder if you could fly a U2 over the Himalayas...

[Qwex]

That's stunning

[Simpo Two]

Don said:

I wonder if you could fly a U2 over the Himalayas...

It would clear it by 40,000 feet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_U-2

[58warren]

Don said:

Magnificent.

I wonder if you could fly a U2 over the Himalayas...

Hmmm... At that altitude it'd make Bono go back to his very 'breathy' 80's sound I'd think!

Weirdly enough 'Magnificent' is a song on their latest album. You're obviously a fan.

[Don]

58warren said:

Don said:

Magnificent.

I wonder if you could fly a U2 over the Himalayas...

Hmmm... At that altitude it'd make Bono go back to his very 'breathy' 80's sound I'd think!

Weirdly enough 'Magnificent' is a song on their latest album. You're obviously a fan.

Once long ago. Not for years.

I'll need proof that they're better than pretentious has-beens before buying another U2 album.

[Mr Gearchange]

Great photo.
Am i reading this right in so far as it was taken 19 years ago?

[tim-b]

Mr Gearchange said:

Great photo.
Am i reading this right in so far as it was taken 19 years ago?

Looks like it - I wonder how modern cameras would perform at -56C

[Simpo Two]

tim-b said:

Looks like it - I wonder how modern cameras would perform at -56C

Although film works by chemical reaction, and they slow down as temperature decreases - so I wonder if the effective filmspeed decreases? I never noticed any problems myself, but then I didn't travel to such extremes!

The same law of physics (or is it chemistry) also explains why batteries work less well when cold.

[Speedracer329]

One word. Fantastic.



Except thats three!


six


oh just stop it now.

[nick_bbb]

If he posted that on POTN someone would have told him to photoshop out the ropes and crop the dark bits off the side

[LukeBird]

Fantastic!

[Famous Graham]

nick_bbb said:

If he posted that on POTN someone would have told him to photoshop out the ropes and crop the dark bits off the side

[g3org3y]

"He must have a really good camera"

[Hedgeman]

It's aesthetically a good shot, but even with a "wide angle lens" the perspective and very pronounced earth curvature doesn't seem right.

[LukeBird]

Hedgeman said:

It's aesthetically a good shot, but even with a "wide angle lens" the perspective and very pronounced earth curvature doesn't seem right.

What makes you say that?

[fergusd]

Doesn't seem right as is you think it's been manipulated or Doesn't seem right as in you can't deal with lens distortion ?

This is my fave fisheye pic . . . in a similar theme although no balloon . . . and smaller mountains . . . Chamonix Valley from the Aig de M



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[LukeBird]

Stunning shot Fergus!