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Subject: Re: [OM] Second Switzerland installment
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 06:26:37 +0000
What a lovely place, Mike; thanks for those photos.

I’m not sure that flash would have been suitable with that shot, but you could 
raise the shadows a tiny bit.

Chris

> On 5 Feb 17, at 19:33, Mike Gordon via olympus <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> 
> One of our last hiking destinations was Lobhornhütte--one of the mountain 
> huts.  We planned to have lunch there.
> It was rather warm on the way up, until we got more elevation that is. 
> Here are my hiking companions on the way:
> 
> http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-jTVmf2T/A 
> <http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-jTVmf2T/A>
> 
> 
> Here we were about a mile or so  away:
> 
> http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-DkhL57c/A 
> <http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-DkhL57c/A>
> 
> View from the picnic table at the hut:
> 
> http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-q7F289C/A 
> <http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-q7F289C/A>
> 
> We were short on Swiss francs--arghhh.  She kindly accepted dollars, phew.  
> Best barley soup I have ever tasted.  I was out of steam and could not abide 
> another meal of trail mix.
> Recharged and rested we started down and were rewarded with this view:
> 
> http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-x6r4Kqg/A: 
> <http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-x6r4Kqg/A:>
> 
> 
> 
> Here is one shot from Mürren.  We saw a ton of paragliders and they ran a 
> twin paraglider business in Interlaken that was hopping.
> 
> http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-jCcZP98/A 
> <http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-jCcZP98/A>
> 
> Marnie shot from Stampa near Soglio--more shots to process from that cam and 
> a few more film shots.
> http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-J89zg7F/A 
> <http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-J89zg7F/A>
> 
> A few from Soglio:
> 
> http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-cX3Rfvn/A 
> <http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-cX3Rfvn/A>
> http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-f35LBqZ/A 
> <http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-f35LBqZ/A>
> http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-rSV6bhJ/A 
> <http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-rSV6bhJ/A>
> http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-N4TJLdw/A 
> <http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-N4TJLdw/A>      Dr. Flash 
> would have scolded me  to use a bit a fill flash-- would have filled the eye 
> sockets and provided a nice catchlight. 
> 
> I did bring a Flutterby kit and there are some spectacular Swiss critters.  I 
> had only a very limited knowledge of what was flying and where.  After the 
> long days on the trails had no takers
> to go with me chasing critters.  I vowed not to return w/o a decent shot or 
> dusk whatever came first.  Only one usable shot of a fairly common one--not 
> very cooperative as it was warm and they were very skittish.
> 
> http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-qm3ZPHK/A 
> <http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-qm3ZPHK/A>
> 
> I returned to find the twins appearing rather stressed:
> http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-ntTnLXM/A 
> <http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-ntTnLXM/A>
> I am not very good at such activities while traveling, but suspect that may 
> improve with time.

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