Gavarnie1, a photo from Midi-Pyrenees, South

Photographer's Note

A beautifull day's hike in the Cirque de Gavarnie included an unplanned crossing of a cold creek, because of the path's bridge having been wiped out by strong meltwater currents the previous spring. For those interested, note the folds in the strata in the cliff face in the middle of the image. The formation of the Pyrennee mountain chain included much shortening of the earth's crust (caused by tectonic plate movements). This shortening is either expressed as shallow faults of folds of the type observed here.

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MIG13 (0) 2006-05-13 23:00

Nice pic, Richard! Great composition and colours! I like to see the ice melting... Thanks for sharing! Miguel.

Gari (251) 2006-05-13 23:01

Hola Richard.Cierto que es un buen lugar para disfrutar.La variedad de elementos,su composicion y colorido son muy agradables.Saludos.

Izobretenik (1268) 2006-05-13 23:05

Belle image mais au final, je la trouve plutot classique. L'impression generale est certes tres sympa mais il manque selon moi quelque chose qui rendrait la photo plus vivante, plus expressive.

Izo

mbyrski (55) 2006-05-14 2:59

Nice pic. Good compsition
Mariusz

johnnymag (490) 2006-05-15 17:39

Hi Richard,
great shot, lots of depth and colour. Well composed. Love the differing colours in the rocks in the fg.
Regards
John

PixelTerror (0) 2006-05-17 5:04

Bonjour Richard,
Quelles conditions de reve pour aller se ballader en montagne, ca fait envie un ciel et une luminosite comme ca :-)
Le resultat c'est bien sur des couleurs et des contrastes impeccables, et de sympathiques touches de blanc apportees par les cascades et les plaques de neige residuelle. C'est peut etre pas un point de vue a couper le souffle, mais juste la beaute de la montagne.
Bonne journee,
Jean-Yves