Alpine Lakes around Grenoble

Since moving to Grenoble I’ve been doing some hiking in the Alps, and occasionally stumbling across some of the georgeous alpine lakes of the area. As I was looking for new potential locations to hike to, a friend from the photoclub at work started doing a lot of alpine lake photography - and I started making a note of some of the places he visited, along with lakes that I’d visited, and a few I’d spotted on Google Earth and Panoramio.

I’ve now captured a Google My Map of >50 of these… Click through to the full post to see the map or grab a copy in Google Earth

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Tour de France - cycling photography

Saturday was my first time shooting cycling, and the first time in 6 years of Grenoble living that I’d decided to go shoot the Tour as it passed through, so I’m interested in any and all feedback on the images via the album on Google+, or in the comments below.

I really had a hard time getting the camera to give me an accurate focus - no doubt because I’m using a micro four-thirds camera - the Panasonic G2 - and it just can’t match some of the more expensive SLRs on focus speed. I had the best luck when I pre-focused on a spot on the ground, then set to manual and waited for the riders to pass. Head-on shots seemed to look the most dramatic, although I had to be careful how close I got to the action…

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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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