01BERTRAND BODIN Hardware used Canon EOS-1Ds digital camera 70–200mm zoom lens, 14mm wide angle lens Waterfalls of Ice Benbo tripod Manfrotto 302 panoramic head PC with 3GHz Pentium 4 processor and 1 GB of RAM 19-in. Iiyama monitor Software used Photoshop CS Left-hand photo The two middle photos Right-hand photo A s an example of an Hautes-Alpes mountain valley, I chose the Fressinière Valley in Ecrins National Park, the mid- winter gathering place of an international group of mountaineers called the Ice Climbing Ecrins. My idea was to show a world of ice where frozen waterfalls were part of the landscape. I scouted the location carefully, because I wanted to include a recognizable mountain to help identify the locale; I chose the Tête de Gramuzat, which appears between two of the icefalls. I took advantage of the fact that the valley gets no direct sun in January, which emphasizes the
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