[Tobers]

Having fun in Val D'Isere at the moment. Here's a couple of pics from the freestyle competition they had here yesterday. I was trying fill flash in anger for the first time. Very tricky balancing the exposure against the sky.

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2

More when I get back.

Tobers

[onefivenine]

Apres ski boring over there? Or shall we confirm you as a forum addict?

Great action shots! Looking forward to more

[Tobers]

posting whilst imbibing après ski refreshments. Wifi is a great thing :-)

[Gordon @ Convergent AV]

Well having had to avoid a 20 mile tail back on M25 on way to work this morning I can say J E A L O U S !

[onefivenine]

I'm too jealous for words.
It's freezing cold over here - and not in a good way!
Enjoy!

[stevegreen]

I can hardly recognise you with those goggles on

[julian_fraser]

I love #1, great shot all round!

[Tobers]

Just got back so here's a few more...

#3 my boy

#4 detail of the chalet opposite

#5 Philippe my microlite pilot for the day

#6 Looking a tad mogully

#7 Looking down on Val d'Isere

#8 Amazing views €80 well spent

#9 Some more freestyle action to finish off...

#10

#11

#12

#13 and lastly, this guy again...

Superb week. Excellent skiing albeit on hard well worn snow. The camera didn't miss a beat either - faultless.

Tobers

[Liquid101]

Nice shots Tobers - but you'd have to pay me 8000 Euros to go up in one of those things. I've been up in twin engine Cessnas, and almost split my knuckles open..... I was clenching my fist that hard

Still, amazing view, and great photographs.

[Gordon @ Convergent AV]

Man that looks so beautiful 7.

9 is superb as well.

[onefivenine]

Cracking action shots - #13 is ace!

[mwncidur]

Superb shots Tobers, I like the arieal shot and #9 is great.

[T0MAT01]

I like the tones and textures in number 4, and the framing too even though it wouldn't normally be 'my kind of shot'.

You must have had a great time capturing 6 & 7! Very nice shots all round Tobers.

[tdodd]

Shooting ski stuff is a grin I've only done it once but found using manual exposure (sunny 16 rule as a starting point and then tweaking from there) really helped simplify things as it didn't matter what proportions of snow/sky/skier were in the shot - the exposure was the same every time.

I made it nice and easy for myself by ensuring the sun was blasting my subjects as well as the scene as a whole. I guess backlit subjects and fill flash is a lot more tricky to get right. I don't seem to have much luck with the exposures whenever I use my flash gun

[Holowlegs]

Hi ya


Very nice set off shots.


Fancy a bit off microlite myself this year. Was a choice between that and paragliding of a mountain last year, so jumped of a mountain. But if we go back to Turkey this year have told the wife its microlite this year.

Cheers Holo

[bowenjones]

A great set of shots there Tobers. I especially like shot 12, good choice of composition with the rocky backdrop on that one. No. 7 makes me feel a bit queezy mind you , excellent pic though