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VERTICAL CLIMB


VERTICAL CLIMB
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Copyright: Bulent Atalay (batalay) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3711 W: 208 N: 5194] (15832)
Genre: Lieux
Média: Couleur
Date de prise de vue: 2000-06-10
Catégories: Nature
Appareil photographique: Nikon N90, Nikkor 70-210 f4.5-5.6
Versions: version originale
Date de soumission: 2006-10-28 9:23
Vue: 1237
Points: 8
[Ligne directrice - Note] Note du photographe
Near the end of the last Ice Age, about 9000 years ago, immense ice sheets still covered Europe. The cliffs of Meteora in Central Greece were carved by the scouring action of the glaciers dragging boulders across the region. This is also the same geological process that created the fjords in Norway, and the cliffs and valleys of Yosemite Valley in California, as well as the Alps in Switzerland.

In the year 2000 I was giving lectures on the cruise ship, Silver Wind, when the ship docked on the coast of Central Greece. We made our way to Meteora and hired a driver to take us up to one of the Monasteries, a site used in the filming of the 1981 James Bond film, 'For Your Eyes Only.'

On the TE-site I've seen much more beautiful views of Meteora, displaying variegated colors in the stone and illuminated by oblique light. (Indeed I recommend to other TE-viewers to seek them out. Just type in "Meteora" in the Search) What makes this particular image unusual — shocking — is what I discovered while looking at a facing cliffwall with a pair of binaculars. A pair of individuals — seen ant-like — in a narrow cleft, making their way up the vertical wall. Obviously individuals abound who like to take risk — jump out of planes with skimpy parachutes, jump off bridges with bungy cords, but free-climbing endless vertical cliffs is beyond my comprhension.

I shot the film with a Nikon-N90, using a 70-210 mm Nikkor AF lens, and recently scanned it. No cropping and color correction was needed, as the image reflects the actual site just as I saw it. The only reason I remember the precise date was because it was my birthday.
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A arturo: Vertical...batalay 1 03-07 01:17
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  • joso Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 751 W: 213 N: 257] (1782)
  • [2006-10-28 9:56]
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Read with mich pleasure the note. Started to search, finaly found them.
TE has (among others)two sides/aspects: the photo as photo, then the info.
Here I don't need to speak about the photo, as the quality/quantity of the info I got is worth to forget the quality of the photo. Hope to be understood, despite my english.

I practised - long time ago - alpinism, and this picture evoces long-forgottened-thought feelings...

thanks
János

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  • sufi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1764 W: 187 N: 1555] (9476)
  • [2006-10-29 6:24]

Merhaba Bülent...
Ilginc bir bakis acisi ve cok güzel bir kompozisyon... Ayni zamanda ilginc bir olusum... Yesil tonlar, ayrintilar ve dikey kadraj harika...
Ellerine saglik...
Saglicakla kal..
Salim.

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  • isabib Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 360 W: 16 N: 172] (1947)
  • [2006-10-29 16:27]

Hi Bulent,

A very informative note. After reading the note, it made more interested on whats on the top and bottom of this rock. :) TFS!

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  • arturo Gold Star Critiquer [C: 345 W: 57 N: 17] (31)
  • [2007-03-06 9:15]
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Hi Bulent,

funny that we have named our images from Meteora using the same word - "vertical" - in the title...i thought that these rocks were shaped much earlier, interesting to know it was also during the Ice Age...what i have found really cool about this image are the erosion marks clearly seen...as per the vertical climbers...well...i am sure they had their adrenaline kick;-)...i have heard about the guy called Ueli Steck from Switzerland...he does some amazing solo vertical things...cheers, arturo

Dear Mr. Atalay,
i am glad you have visited my country and Meteora. Thank you for your kind comments and for leaving points to my photo

Thank You

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