The North Face, a photo from Bern, West

Photographer's Note

From the Grindelwald - Bonera - Alpiglen - Eigergletscher hiking trail:

I feel that the Eiger's North Face is more formidable & massive looking than what I can portray here. I wish there is something here to compare & give a sense of magnitude to the Eiger. This shot was taken from the foot of the Eiger at the widest angle of my lens. The path between Alpiglen and Eigergletscher gets really close to the Eiger's sheer cliffs. If you want a shorter hike (3hr 30min) you can start from Alpiglen to Kleiner Scheidegg via Eigergletscher or the other way round. Worth your while if you are in the area!

ktanska, Hellas, evanrizo, jarvmobile, jlbrthnn, IgorDeleze, rabani, Henryk_Bilor, lilimih33, danos, jmcl, kiwi_explorer, MLINES, Vato_Law, robertosalguero has marked this note useful

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marjan (7) 2007-05-15 7:30

hi Latiff, good shot , excelent coloures and position with nice composition
Marjan

ktanska (44714) 2007-05-15 7:38

Hi Latiff,
Here you are really close to the mountain face and it gives quite a different view than from Kleine Scheidegg. It's massive. Direction of light is optimal showing both shadow and sunshine. I hope I'll also take that trail some day.
Kari

Hellas (7123) 2007-05-15 7:51

Hi Latiff,
this trail seems to be interesting. Wonderful and vivid colours all around. The P O V is good. Well, back to digital! Keep posting! Regards,
Athanasios.

evanrizo (462) 2007-05-15 7:56

Hi Latiff, this is a superb image, a majestic view.
All work great here, contrasts,light, colors and scharpness.
Cheers
Evan

jarvmobile (571) 2007-05-15 8:01

Well it definitely looks forbidding in this shot. The colours of the ground and sky contrast well with the rock.

Shana (3260) 2007-05-15 8:02

Bonjour,

tr鋊 belle image, belle montagne, bien cadr� et tr鋊 net.

Excellente soir嶪, Shana

ben4321 (9875) 2007-05-15 8:02

It must be an awesome sight, but it's hard to get a sense of scale here. It's difficult to tell whether the rock face is a few hundred feet tall or thousands. If you had managed to include a person or another recognisable feature such as a tree then it would have been easier to put things into context.
Maybe that wasn't possible, and even without any reference for scale, it's still quite a dramatic image, taken in excellent light.
I like how the rock face is framed between the blue sky above and the brown hillside below.

Cheers,
Ben

jlbrthnn (76043) 2007-05-15 10:50

Hello Latiff,
Eiger is a famous mountain, very impressive. I like your framing with three colours, foreground, mountain and sky. Bravo.
Codially
Jo螔

IgorDeleze (585) 2007-05-15 15:00

HEllo Latiff,
Amazing close up of this incredible north face!
Great point of view and nice lighting.
Greetings.
Igor

barni (15751) 2007-05-16 6:44

Hello Latiff
Beautiful mountain.
Colors are perfect.
Regards
Christophe

danyy (0) 2007-05-16 18:44

Voil� un bon casse-t皻e pour les alpinistes.
Je parie que la face nord est la plus difficile.
Une photo bien cadr嶪 dans des couleurs superbes, j'adore le ciel. Les blancs sont bien rendus.

Best regards.
Daniel.

Giorgio (11279) 2007-05-17 2:57

- Very good mountain landscape with this impressive rock the light cloudy sky is superb, wel done!
giorgio

Henryk_Bilor (20803) 2007-05-17 16:14

Hi Latiff
Wow, impressive wall slightly covered with snow. Great perspective and lovely sky as the background.
Regards

lilimih33 (9918) 2007-05-17 20:06

Hello Latiff!
Very beautiful colours and light in your picture!
Good clarity and lively perspective!
Excellent done!
Lili

vincz (19113) 2007-05-18 6:24

Very impressive picture with this so massive mountain. i like the 3 different layers, yellow of the ground, grey of the mountian, blue of the sky. Very intense. Well done.

jmcl (14535) 2007-05-18 14:08

Hi Latiff,

The detail of the stone face is great .. the starkness of the stone is amplified by the vibrant sky and foreground .. beautiful and powerful.

take care,

John

danos (110407) 2007-05-19 3:34

Hello latiff,
very impressive this Mt,with great colours and lights.The background of the sky makes a good contrast with the rocky mountain.Your perspective and the POV are excellent.Well done.
Have a nice weekend,Danos

kiwi_explorer (12209) 2007-05-20 5:48

Hi Latiff,
Superb image quality ... sharp and balanced contrast. Well captured and composed ... excellent work! tfs
Cheers,
Renier

maximage (15537) 2007-05-21 15:58

Bonsoir Latiff,
Super image de cette fameuse face nord de l'Eiger.
Une face extr瘱ement difficile et dangereuse qui a cout� la vie � de nombreux alpinistes.
Belles couleurs et beaux contrastes.
Amiti廥.
max

MLINES (12516) 2007-05-23 1:55

Hi Latiff. Excellent alpine shot you present here. It sure looks a tough climb and maybe unstable? Wonderful clarity and textures show up well. That blue sky is superb, something i struggle to achieve. TFS. Murray.

shevchenko (20560) 2007-05-24 0:58

Hi Latiff,
Amazing, giant landscape shoot, good contrast, clear and sharp image.
Ally

Vato_Law (12732) 2007-05-24 16:29

Hello Latiff,
Wonderful viewo fo this massive piece of rocks well lightned and this way also the textures are really brought up.
The contrasts between the colours of the ground, rocks and sky are really nice.
Cheers,
Paulo

robertosalguero (292) 2007-06-17 4:02

Impressive north face of this well respected mountain. The sheer cliffs and the snow traces on the face increase the dramatic danger associated with climbing this side of the mountain. Good image with nice details and good light. Your note is also very interesting. Thanks Latiff.

Roberto