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This is LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS!!!! I discovered this website by accident a few weeks ago. Amazing! My thanks to all the wonderful folks who contribute these fantastic views of the universe. Onward and Upward!

So I guess he just set the timer on the camera and ran up there. :lol2: Why didn't he wait for his girlfriend to join him? Is that a beer in his left hand?

A spectacular shot. It looks like a wizard on the mountain conjuring a frightful fireworks display. If I am understanding the caption correctly, the photographer actually had to climb that peak 3 days in a row to get it?

[quote="geckzilla"][quote="Mactavish"][quote="daddyo"]Amazing picture, I wonder how he got up there?[/quote]

Photoshop[/quote]
The photographer has taken numerous photos of himself in precarious locations. He did mention using 3 different exposures ([url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/apojapo/13297070714/]here[/url]) for this one, but there's no reason to think he wasn't on the mountain.[/quote]

Plus the fact that the photographer used a 14mm lens - not [usually] for the faint of heart.
Great image!

Fantastic shot Max, thank you.

A beautiful, compelling image! So I really want to know more about this. In the Flickr discussion, the poster Max R writes a bit about the photography: "The aurora was very active for about 25 sec and moved from the right to the left. I had noise reduction set to off in order to keep shoot without having to wait for 10 seconds to let the camera process the photo. In photoshop I used all 3 photos and used each of them (manually) for one part of the shot. You could compare it when a rainbow is partly visible but during 20 seconds you can see it from right to left (though I have never done this ''trick'' with a rainbow though). When using only 1 shot without merging the other 2 it doesn’t look any good in combination with the mountain."

But I can't find exactly where the peak is, nor where the camera was, and really want to know what kind of climb it was, etc. There is a lot of photoshop metadata visible if you unhide the EXIF section, but no coordinates, and the author hasn't responded to a query on Flikr. The "Date and Time (Digitized)" is 2014:03:20 22:54:36+01:00 but I'm guessing that refers to producing the Photoshop rendered image, not the originals. And I'd love to see the original images.

Does anyone know any more?

[quote="Boomer12k"]On the left side of the mountain...you can see climbing prints....one determined dude...[/quote]
Perfect slope there, but I see no sign of the toboggan for the return ride.

[quote="daddyo"]Amazing picture, I wonder how he got up there?[/quote]


On the left side of the mountain...you can see climbing prints....one determined dude...

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Awesome....a rather BRISK climb to say the least....but worth it...

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Hmmm, I can't pick the stars, the mountain peaks, nor the aspect. It's not easy being green. :mrgreen:

[quote="Mactavish"][quote="daddyo"]Amazing picture, I wonder how he got up there?[/quote]

Photoshop[/quote]
Nah it's gotta be a plastic figure! :lol2:

[quote="Mactavish"][quote="daddyo"]Amazing picture, I wonder how he got up there?[/quote]

Photoshop[/quote]
The photographer has taken numerous photos of himself in precarious locations. He did mention using 3 different exposures ([url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/apojapo/13297070714/]here[/url]) for this one, but there's no reason to think he wasn't on the mountain.

[quote="daddyo"]Amazing picture, I wonder how he got up there?[/quote]

Photoshop

I was wondering the same thing. I can't tell if it's all snow or if it's hardened into a more icy substance. I think it is hard ice and I also think I see marks on the left side of the precipice where boots or a tool punctured the ice to allow the climber up.

Amazing picture, I wonder how he got up there?

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