How far have you gone for a shot...?

[Marc Wilson]

Hi everyone,

On Monday I found myself 3000 metres up and skiing with my fully laden backpack for a whole day for a shot.
I'm not complaining here as it was brilliant.

Ten minutes after this one I ended up literally up to my knees and above in deep powder, with my tripod half buried in the snow, on a crazy angled slope, facing downhill, to get another shot...unfortunately my wife did not join me at that spot to be able to take a shot of me!
I'll happily admit I'm a good skier on the piste but in the powder...not the same at all...but the shot I got was certainly worth the effort...let's hope my exposure was right!

But it's got me to thinking...what is the furthest lengths (not literal distance from home!!) you have gone to to get that shot?

Marc

[scovell001]

Marc,

(nice image of Quille du Diable on your website by the way) I've just come back from Northwest Scotland, where I had to camp in the snowdrifts because the roads where closed. I then climbed Beinn Eighe at 4am with a head torch to photograph Liathach from Spidean Coire nan Clach at dawn. Its not quite 3000 meters, or a days skiing, but does it count?

(image from my mobile phone)

[Peter B]

but the shot I got was certainly worth the effort...let's hope my exposure was right!


Marc

Hate to tell you Marc, but you were looking through the wrong end of the camera ...........

[dave_whatever]

Marc,

(nice image of Quille du Diable on your website by the way) I've just come back from Northwest Scotland, where I had to camp in the snowdrifts because the roads where closed. I then climbed Beinn Eighe at 4am with a head torch to photograph Liathach from Spidean Coire nan Clach at dawn. Its not quite 3000 meters, or a days skiing, but does it count?

(image from my mobile phone)

All that effort and you only took a cameraphone eh.

[Marc Wilson]

but the shot I got was certainly worth the effort...let's hope my exposure was right!


Marc

Hate to tell you Marc, but you were looking through the wrong end of the camera ...........

Is that why everything is upside down and back to front?

[scovell001]

All that effort and you only took a cameraphone eh.

Do you really think I only took a camera phone?

I think not...........

[dave_whatever]

Don't worry, I knew that really

[Nigels]

I once carried my entire LF kit plus mountain walking gear from Zermatt village at 1600m to the summit of the Mettalhorn at 3420m. Thats another 1200ft more than taking it up Ben Nevis. I got this shot on the way back down...



Looking across the head of the Zermatt valley from half way up the Mettalhorn. The mountains (from left to right) are; Monte Rosa massif, Liskamm, Castor, Pollux and the Breithorn, all on the Swiss/Italian border in the Alps (Ebony RSW on Fuji Velvia 50, 90mm lens, 1/15 sec @ f/22)