the mystic mountain
by AxelLuther
regards
John
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Great shot, Axel, made by those brilliant clouds. I think this is the mountain often used in the Tour de France to sort out the men from the boys, so to speak.
Yes it is a regular if brutal and infamous fixture on the TDF. The great British cyclist Tom Simpson lost his life on it's slopes in the early 60's.
Aside from this it is a superb photograph.
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Great shot. HDR(Fusion)?Giulio 57
yep - HDR helped with the clouds
Colors are the lack of darkness
You find more of my pictures here: https://pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/axelluther or on my web page: www.axel-luther.com
Great shot, Axel, made by those brilliant clouds. I think this is the mountain often used in the Tour de France to sort out the men from the boys, so to speak.
Yes it is a regular if brutal and infamous fixture on the TDF. The great British cyclist Tom Simpson lost his life on it's slopes in the early 60's.
Aside from this it is a superb photograph.
For me this is one of the mystics of the mouintain - Tom Simpson died a view hundred meters below the summit - it then turned out that he was full of amphetamines and alcohol and this together with the hot weather caused his death by dehydration.
At the spot where he died you find a memorial and bikers from all over the world stop and honor him like a hero, but for me this is somehow strange! Simpson was the first official victim of doping - his death was more a suicide then a tragedy - he risked his health by playing unfair and when you look at the sport today, you get a feeling what he started 1967.
However - I don't want to judge this - it is just something that makes me wonder......
Colors are the lack of darkness
You find more of my pictures here: https://pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/axelluther or on my web page: www.axel-luther.com
How did we get onto this? My fault for hi-jacking your lovely picture which hasn't been enhanced by any drugs!
Andrew
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Hey - I püromise - the next photo has no risk to be hi-jacked
Colors are the lack of darkness
You find more of my pictures here: https://pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/axelluther or on my web page: www.axel-luther.com
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Andrew
"These places mean something and it's the job of a photographer to figure-out what the hell it is."
Robert Adams
"The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE."
Ernst Hass
My website: http://www.ephotozine.com/user/bwlchmawr-199050 http://s927.photobucket.com/home/ADC3440/index
https://www.flickr.com/photos/78898196@N05