Photographer's Note
The Drus are a famous mountain of the Alps, in the clump of the Mont Blanc, between the glaciers d'Argentière and Mer de Glace, and together with l'Aiguille Verte.
His height is modest, compared with other peaks that are closely together. The Drus are formed by two peaks, the Great Dru, of 3.754 meters, and the Petit Dru, of 3.733 meters, separated by a gap to 3.698 meters.
The latter, the Petit, is a spectacular granite needle visible from many places of Arve's valley (in Chamonix-Mont Blanc's municipality) and very soon it attracted the attention of the fans of a new sport: the mountain climbing.
This way so, the first ascension of the Petit Dru did it on the part of Prosper Payot, Jean Charlet-Straton, and Frédéric Folliguet, in 1879 , a milestone of the most important merit in that moment.
Routes of climbing have an gradation Extremely difficult (degree VI) and Very difficult Superior (degree V). In the base of the mountain, in the slope of Mer de Glace and accessible from the station of Montenvers's tourist railroad, is the small refuge of The Charpoua, which preserves nowadays the environment that had to have when it was constructed, in the times of the first mountain-climbers.
Roger Frison-Roche, guide of mountain, explorer and novelist, it located in this refuge his popular work The first one of the rope team, and in the Petit Dru the drama frees itself so with wisdom reported in this novel.
This photo of the Petit Dru is taken precisely from Montenvers, and allows admiring the slender profile of this beautiful mountain.
This mountain inspired the name for my dog, to whom we are called DRU in his honor. I put a WS with his photo in order that you know it.
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P-S-I-G
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(25536) 2006-03-11 8:47
Salut Josep,
Ce pic se dresse bien droit et impressionne. Une belle photo de haute montagne.
Bon week-end,
Fabrice
CRATEOS
(7278) 2006-03-11 10:22
The hard rock.. grey very wild and mysterious..surrunded by the sun light..is a little in the foto..perfect catsing here!!!!.the pure rock ....his power giving to the foto also..Great jumb GNGRS!!!!Nikiforos
(the frame today is very charming!!! and delicius i soud say)
TeresaT
(10806) 2006-03-11 10:36
Hi Josep
Another great landscape of a mountain.
The perpective you choose is very effective because like this we have an idea of the size of this mountain.
Well done
Regards
Teresa
xavshot
(69835) 2006-03-11 11:18
Bonsoir Josep,
une très belle photo des Drus. J'aime bien le POV qui rend bien le pic que fait cette montagne. C'est un vrai piège pour les nuages ; on les voit qui commencent à s'accrocher au rocher.
Bravo pour ce post
amicalement
Xavier
markstaples
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(15670) 2006-03-11 11:41
Nicely composed Josep. You can almost feel the texture of the mountain rock. Nice details. Thanks for sharing.
Mark
plimrn
(21344) 2006-03-11 14:42
Hi Josep,
Your compositions show your love of mountains. The cool tones of grey, blue and white, the sharply barren rocks with the clouds blowing past all make a photo that send a chill up one's spine from the cold. The note supports this view. Did you climb here? From the workshop photo in the compare mode, one can see why you named your dog DRU.
:) P
Giorgio
(11279) 2006-03-12 2:25
- Beau POV pour cette image bien composée, j'aime l'ambiance colorimètrique presque monochrome, bien vu !
giorgio
atus
(15878) 2006-03-12 9:44
Hello Josep,
great shot here of the Alps. Very good POV/compo, sharpness and definition.Very nice colors and exhaustive note,too. Compliments!
Attila
lukas
(2067) 2006-03-12 14:27
Josep
Beautiful picture of this wonderful place on earth!
Nice shot.
Luc
fayeulle
(27827) 2006-03-13 1:46
Salut Josep
Les Drus c'est un vrai exploit de grimper celà. Tout à fait en dehors de ma portée. Mais photographier de ce point de vue m'est possible, lol !
Tres bon scan.
JP
andante
(7092) 2006-03-13 9:20
Josep, una vista sumamente impresionante de la montaña, solo puedo imaginar lo dificil que debe ser escalarla. Dru debe sentirme muy orgulloso del origen de su nombre. Muy buena imagen,
coco
(30439) 2006-03-15 16:39
Hola Josep.
Pese a que se nota el escaneado, eso no le quita que sea un buen disparo.
Buena composición y buen momento.
Carlos.
saguzar
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(862) 2006-03-18 9:13
Hola Josep,
Muy bonita foto de montaña, me hace recordar a mis vacaciones en el mar cuando fuimos a ver Narnia, esa aguja parece sacada de un cuento, no me imaginaba montañas así. la composicion y los detalles son buenos.
Saludos
Hernán
Janice
(4403) 2006-03-24 21:54
Hi Josep, first, I like to meet your Dru - cute dog wanting to go walking. He stands up very well looking out at the weather.
Second, what a super looking mountain. What very sharp and pointed peaks it has. Good POV, and sharp details and contrasts. Well done.
Janice
MLINES
(12516) 2006-03-24 23:39
Josep, Good mountain range scenery with useful note about what we are seeing.Good for TE. Thanks.
izmirli
(3989) 2008-04-19 3:36
merhaba my friend josep
magnificent landscape.magnificent interesting mountains.well done.
friendly greetings from Istanbul.
gürkan akçakır.
jafadabret
(56501) 2008-11-19 7:16
Bonjour Josep.
Cette photo n'a pas l'éclat des photos réalisées maintenant mais elle est tout de même bien faite avec ces montagnes d'une grande beauté. Le minéral ici a des formes brisées qui inspirent le respect. Le petit chien fait de son mieux pour se dresser aussi fièrement que son homonyme.
Amicalement,
Jacques
paura
(25802) 2009-12-17 14:22
Josep,
As montanhas são muito lindas. Interessante é que essas faces com arestas bem definidas, algulosas, não existem aqui.
Abraço
Paulo
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Copyright: Josep Marin (josepmarin)
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(59385) - Genre: Lugares
- Medium: Cor
- Date Taken: 1992-09-00
- Categories: Natureza
- Camera: FUJICA ST 705, Super-Foto Zoom 35-70mm, Fujichrome 100 ASA
- Versão da Foto: Versão Original, Workshop
- Tema(s): Mont Blanc, My old analogical photos [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2006-03-11 8:31
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