At the Top of the World

Posted by
Ian Bramham (Manchester, United Kingdom) on 3 April 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

The aptly named 'Le Panoramic' restaurant at the top of La Saulire mountain in the French alps at an altitude of 9,000ft

NIKON D40 1/400 second F/11.0 ISO 200 15 mm (35mm equiv.)

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Comments (21)

kostas from thessaloniki, Greece

Nice view!

3 Apr 2008 7:28am

Stefan from Thiersee, Austria

nice place, fine pic!

3 Apr 2008 7:47am

MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany

Super pan shot, "top of the world" hits the bull's eye!

3 Apr 2008 9:40am

Samuelw from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

beautiful framing....looks like camera's dont matter

3 Apr 2008 10:56am

alun lambert from elton, United Kingdom

great image. my kind of place.

3 Apr 2008 11:14am

Dimitrios from ATHENS, Greece

brilliant frame

3 Apr 2008 2:40pm

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

Again, I bow to you and your photographer's eye and skills!

3 Apr 2008 2:57pm

Daroru from Amagasaki, Japan

Good lord what a shot, and location! How was the food?

3 Apr 2008 3:29pm

El Jefe from Almeria, Spain

Woww, really a great panorama.
Saludos

3 Apr 2008 3:59pm

NJ & SB Photography from Spain

Excellent composition and colors! I like its perspective as well.

3 Apr 2008 4:08pm

danthro from Suburbia, United States

Wow. beautiful. great composition and light and all the other stuff too. i bet that restaurant has one heck of a view.

3 Apr 2008 5:40pm

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Amazing! I wish I can be there in person to see it.

3 Apr 2008 5:44pm

paulski from Muncie, United States

beautiful; love the range in this shot...

3 Apr 2008 8:07pm

GJC from Kyoto, Japan

Really like how you've composed this, which emphasizes the height of the place and the views all around. Very well seen.

3 Apr 2008 10:33pm

amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada

Holy cripes that's amazing!! Absolutely amazing view/vista.... Excellent, Ian!!!

4 Apr 2008 1:38am

Bonj from Jefferson City, United States

Great vantage point for this shot. Nice job.

4 Apr 2008 3:15am

Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia

A dramatic and beautifully composed image!

4 Apr 2008 11:57am

tom from Frankfurt, Germany

Beautiful landscape.

4 Apr 2008 7:03pm

Japanalia from Yokohama, Japan

Beautiful angle here, it lets us admire the refuge and imagine what is below it!

5 Apr 2008 7:51am

doublekkphotogrphy from West Richland, United States

beautiful photo

7 Apr 2008 7:21am

Stu from Kyoto, Japan

What a stunning vista Ian. That wide angle lens really shows off the setting well. Great colours too.

8 Apr 2008 2:14pm

next day →

NIKON D40
1/400 second
F/11.0
ISO 200
15 mm (35mm equiv.)

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