Backcountry skiing in Austria

Some from last week in Austria for C&C

This is a difficult winter season with little snow at low altitude, high temperatures and a high avalanche risk.

Thanks for your comments,

Steven

Skeeterbytes wrote:

doccy wrote:

Looks like some good snow there.

I find taking photos in these conditions really challenging - quite hard to make them pop/ look as good as they do in your minds eye.

Agree, it's always challenging. Hard to compose in bright sunlight, hard to set exposure to suit the vast contrast, hard to see through foggy viewfinders/glasses, hard to dial in the pola filter, hard to wake up frozen fingers. But I love the output when things come together

Good photos and yes, challenging conditions.

A question for Thin_ice: what white balance setting did you use?

I tend to use the "cloudy" or "shade" settings as auto can result in a blue tint in the shadows.

Stupot99 wrote:

Skeeterbytes wrote:

doccy wrote:

Looks like some good snow there.

I find taking photos in these conditions really challenging - quite hard to make them pop/ look as good as they do in your minds eye.

Agree, it's always challenging. Hard to compose in bright sunlight, hard to set exposure to suit the vast contrast, hard to see through foggy viewfinders/glasses, hard to dial in the pola filter, hard to wake up frozen fingers. But I love the output when things come together

Good photos and yes, challenging conditions.

A question for Thin_ice: what white balance setting did you use?

I tend to use the "cloudy" or "shade" settings as auto can result in a blue tint in the shadows.

auto WB, but i try to meter on anything else than snow. Only a handfull of the shots were to cold in my opinion.

Do you think the shadows in these suffer from blue tint due to auto WB fail?

steven

Nice!  They look like they could have been taken in the Colorado Rockies.

The first shot reminds me of my one and only challenge winner here at DPR: http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Entry.aspx?ID=811721

Thin_Ice wrote:

Stupot99 wrote:

Skeeterbytes wrote:

doccy wrote:

Looks like some good snow there.

I find taking photos in these conditions really challenging - quite hard to make them pop/ look as good as they do in your minds eye.

Agree, it's always challenging. Hard to compose in bright sunlight, hard to set exposure to suit the vast contrast, hard to see through foggy viewfinders/glasses, hard to dial in the pola filter, hard to wake up frozen fingers. But I love the output when things come together

Good photos and yes, challenging conditions.

A question for Thin_ice: what white balance setting did you use?

I tend to use the "cloudy" or "shade" settings as auto can result in a blue tint in the shadows.

auto WB, but i try to meter on anything else than snow. Only a handfull of the shots were to cold in my opinion.

Do you think the shadows in these suffer from blue tint due to auto WB fail?

steven

I think the shadows in the 3rd photo look natual, but look a little blue in the 1st and 2nd

cheers

Lovely work, especially the exposure on the snow

was hoping to see some skiing shots...

banosser wrote:

was hoping to see some skiing shots...

My kids  were to fast and the youngest one is going " gopro". I was under time pressure because of warm temperatures and the snow was getting a bit moist.

But you are right!  Next time I will do a tour planning that includes time and a safe spot to take shots of the descent.

Steven

Thx for the hint.  Next time i will try the cloud WB and also shoot RAW