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Indeed, big thanks to the organisation of the spotter day - especially as I was one of the few lucky foreigners :bday:. Great organisation, relaxed security (not rushing us to the buses while some interesting arrivals were coming), ad-hoc extending of the spotter area as more people came, some photo...

bvdboomen wrote:Switzerland eh? Where is all the snow?

We were wondering too! Last time WEF was there, it was -30C and in general, we're used to dressing quite... warm... for this event

Some shots from Swiss airbase of Payerne, taken at the Davos summit airspace protection operation. With a little help from the weather :-) 1. http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/7897/70400330.jpg 2. http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/9537/96395067.jpg 3. http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/3691/861797...

Some photos from the biggest Swiss hot air balloon event, organized every year at the end of January :) 1. http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/9821/24567277.jpg 2. http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/9282/13373805.jpg 3. http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/7496/23995764.jpg 4. http://img156.imageshack.us...

Yep, the first two are kind of what I ment by "not as good as I would want to" ;) I think this was the only time when the "right" side of the valley was actually wrong :mrgreen: (although I'd give it a bit more of shadows, I've seen similar ones with darker parts nicely emphasize...

muflon wrote:See here, I wrote it all there and planning to update soon.

It's updated Now it contains just about everything that you will ever need to know about the Axalp demonstration, as seen from any side (until they bloody change something again ). Enjoy the lecture

Quand vous dites de l'autre côté, il s'agit bien de la crête en face ? Et quel objectif utilisez-vous ?? Je ne suis jamais allé à Axalp, 'sais pas si au niveau forme physique je pourrais supporter l'altitude... "L'autre côté" -> la crête en face, tout a droit. Pas la plus grande toute en ...

Finally, my last shots from 2010 (that I somehow forgotten earlier): Tannkosh Fly-In in Tannheim (Germany) :) 1. http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/9914/54001293.jpg 2. http://img574.imageshack.us/img574/1742/25372783.jpg 3. http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/5707/60585469.jpg 4. http://img267.imagesh...

Maurice wrote:Strange to see these Eurocopters in stead of the Alouettes, have to get used to the 'new' types...

Yep, many people were saying this. Year or two ago, we were used to EC635 having a special appearance and Alouettes doing the dirty job. This year, suddenly the roles inverted

It's worth the walk to the other side... How about it.. is it as the walk up the hill on the other side? :respect: Yep, walk to the other side is roughly same as the walk to the other side ;) Seriously: needs not as much stamina as Wildgarst hike, but it's at times more tricky technically. See here...

too bad they are a bit too small for my taste Well, couple of'em is quite cropped (down to ~1300px wide), but normally I should be able to pull an A4 out of most ;-) For once, it's not a show-off of the 500/4IS, but rather (mostly) 300/2.8IS with a TCx2. But next time, I'll be taking the 500 there ...

My final round of shots this year - Axalp! and my first time on the "other side"... but not the crowded one :mrgreen: 1. http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/7752/36608017.jpg 2. http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/5029/72549103.jpg 3. http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/4072/56385994.jpg 4. htt...

Well, 2-3 are down to, say 1500px horizontal from the full frame. But generally not, they are all entirely printable in 30x20 & up.

Slowly getting to the end of my yearly card dump... this time it's the September's Frecce Tricolori event in Rivolto :) 1. http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/9852/90097307.jpg 2. http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/4815/40356526.jpg 3. http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/3897/67972819.jpg 4. http://img6...

Just one tip though. Imho you sometimes overdid the noisefilter, best seen in pics 5, 11 and 12 (watch the trees for example). Agreed, I know it's debatable :) - 5 and 12 - it was really to save the pics as such, initially they were really blurry and heavily cropped, even in 900x600 still unaccepta...