Rotmoosferner Glacier #1

This is the image I like best from this series. As the eye scans the photo, I invariably end up front center, following the path of the river. Printing the upper reaches of the river a tad lighter would give the eye more visual path to follow.

Thanks for the suggestion Peter. How would I do that? Just dodge with a bit of card on a stick? Or maybe just print at a softer grade?

This image has nice drama and scope. I like it best, also. Great series of photographs, Svendedin.

Thank you Michael. I have more to print but that will have to wait until next weekend. I haven't really even looked at the 35mm films yet.

Don't rush it for the image count, but that the image counts. I like Peter's comment on the river. Maybe a bit dodge along the river bed - a la Ansel's dodging of the two trees in Clearing Winter Storm. Maybe triangulate from the bottom, narrowing the penumbra up to the apex. This is really a fantastic view! And you do this every year? Oh, my jealous heart!

At least once every year, usually twice. Sometimes hotels, sometimes more humble lodgings. Well people go off to all manner of far flung, exotic places for holidays and spend fortunes at the latest "must see" destinations. This is a 2 hour flight to Innsbruck and a 90 minute drive (and a 5 hour hike). Almost on my doorstep really. I do it for health reasons too; 10 days of hard exercise in the fresh air is a good tonic against polluted cities. Photography gives a good excuse to pause for breath (it's high altitude) but also forces me to really look at the scene and that is worth more than anything.

@Svenedin I think the contrast is perfect. I would just dodge the cloud shadow in the central area a bit. A beautiful image of a grand landscape !

@ Peter. I'll have a go. I'm not expert in dodging but I'll try just waving my hand around for part of the exposure time.

You have given me an idea for the picture of the saddle showing the hiking trail. That might look better if the trail was slightly lighter to draw the viewer into the picture. I'll report back in due course and if the prints turn out better I'll post them for comparison.