The joy of a twitter search for Chartreuse

I just love the surreal mixture of messages you get on twitter in response to a search query. I have a search-column configured in hootsuite to give me the results of a search for “Grenoble OR Chartreuse OR Belledonne OR Vercors OR Alps -Bieber”.  

I get all the news about Grenoble, along with weather alerts, and notifications of when the peasants are revolting in Villeneuve; along with discussions on the best cocktails using Chartreuse; what people are buying in the color Chartreuse; something technical about ALPS which I still don’t understand; and occasionally people enjoying the mountains that surround my home in Grenoble.

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Panoramic photography experimentation

I’ve just posted results of my initial tests with the Manfrotto MN-303 pano head, AutoPano Giga and krpano to the pano page on my site.

It includes two shots from the Cabaret Frappe Installations du Feu in Grenoble, one from the top of Charmont Som, and two from Place Verdun.  

Click on the images on the pano page to expand full-browser views of the panos, and explore around with the mouse.  

I’ve also posted a couple of static versions to the Alps and Grenoble sections of my Images section, along with a bonus thundercloud shot (below) from the top of Charmont Som, just as the sun was setting.  

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