Ice stage, a photo from Rhone Alpes, South

Photographer's Note

This picture was taken on a misty and windy day at the top of Moucherotte in Grenoble. The Hôtel du Moucherotte was built few years ago, for the olympic games, I guess, in 68. Then it was abandonned and it starts to break apart. On that particular day, in 94, the weather was so bad, that we had to enter in it, to warm a bit. The scenery was quite strange with that heater and that finger pointing on it. I did the picture while being completely frozen with a very basic camera (Konica POP) and then, it was scanned by Laurent (les picaros) few days ago.
I hope all mountain photographers of Grenoble that are on TE will like to remember this very strange place, this hotel watching the city, from the top of Moucherotte.

I reposted the picture after a bit of increase of sharpness and light.

avene, johnfreeman, Alyx, wag oznaczył to zdjęcie jeko użyteczne

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corniste (4280) 2008-02-01 10:30

Bonjour Géraldine,

Tout ce gel dans un immeuble! je croyais cela peut-ętre possible au Canada, mais pas ici, en France! Cela valait bien une photo.

Bonne soirée

avene (12675) 2008-02-01 10:32

hello Geraldine,
don't tell me that's ice on the walls and the heater?! incredible view, hard to believe it's France, not the North Pole. I like a lot the straigh on approach you've chosen for this shot, no need for complicate compositions here, the textures and the spooky blue light is all that is needed for a captivating shot.
stay warm :)
Kristine

johnfreeman (2274) 2008-02-01 11:17

Hi Geraldine,
What a fascinating and apocalyptic image, looks like a scene from an ice age or a nuclear winter... I really like the way the light filters in from the side and the texture and colour of the ice are superb (I assume this is ice!). The frozen radiator is also a nice touch!
Brrr!
John

baclama (19214) 2008-02-02 12:07

coucou,
je prefere celle lŕ...tres impressionnant,presque un film de fiction!
ça valait le coup de la retravailler...
bises
vero

Prisley (1485) 2008-02-03 13:40

Salut Geraldine,
C'est l'intéreieur de ton frigo que tu nous fais partager? Il serait temps d'aller ravitailler un peu les troupes au supermarché du coin ;-)
Voilŕ une scčne bien inhabituelle et presque poétique genre "grandeur et décadence". Le givre sur les murs ressemble presque ŕ du coton...
Superbe!
Pris.

smarcell (19965) 2008-02-04 0:15

Very funny and interesting ! The heater covered with ice in particular.
Stefano

carlab (2097) 2008-02-04 6:43

incredibile!!! it's really amazing, I can't believe...
ciao, carla

euryan (8442) 2008-02-04 14:29

This is so strange and beautiful looking. I really like the cold feel with the monochromatic color scheme. Such an unusual place! I'm glad you were able to capture it. Looking at the original version I'm not able to decide which one I like better.

Cpamoi (10391) 2008-03-25 12:32

Hello,
et bien quand tu parles de conditions extręmes..je vois que tu connais bien le domaine ;o)
tout simplement incroyable!

Raphaël

marietom (34611) 2008-04-04 1:22

Salut Géraldine,

Tiens, je l'avais loupée, celle-ci, elle est superbe, et particuličrement bien trouvée ! J'adore ta compo.
Bonne soirée
Marie

wag (659) 2008-10-27 2:10

Hello Geraldine, the white balance and POV are wonderful, really nice work, especily the heater makes strange and when frozen more cool atmosphere, tfs.

Peter