Inspiring Photo: skiing down #6945876

skiing down

Uploaded: September 11, 2008 22:24:40

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La Parva - Chilean Andes

Exif: F Number: 6.3, Exposure Bias Value: 0.33, ExposureTime: 1/1000 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 100, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 200.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II

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Stefania Barbier September 11, 2008

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member since: 4/14/2005 Spectacular pov, image and capture.
9/11/2008 6:28:19 AM

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Robert K. Bemus September 11, 2008

A great "thirds" action comp, Stefania!! #6444066

Maria Warren September 12, 2008

very cool action photo nice job #6444214

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer September 12, 2008

WOW! Awesome action shot and scenery, Stefania. The colors and clarity are fantastic!!! #6444240

Paul E. Earl September 12, 2008

Wonderful image!! Looks a bit scary to me! #6444264

Mukesh Srivastava September 12, 2008

Excellent composition, lighting and wonderful action shot, Stef!!!! #6444274

Teresa Burnett September 12, 2008

Now this is really gorgeous Stefania!! Wonderful composition, clarity and colors, and what amazing detail and scenery!! However, I have to admit, it would scare the liver out of me to be doing that!! LOL!! #6444282

KARU WIJESUNDARA. A.N.P.A.S. September 12, 2008

GREAT CAPTURE AND THE PRESENTATION HERE.

KARU. #6444285

Barbara Waldoch September 12, 2008

Terrific capture, Stef! Are you on skis with the camera as well? #6444320

Tiia Vissak September 12, 2008

a great action shot! #6444362

Ray Clarke September 12, 2008

Great PoV and action capture Stef.!!!(R) #6444369

Ray Clarke September 12, 2008

Great PoV and action capture Stef.!!!(R) #6444370

Yulianto Soeroso September 12, 2008

wow never see this plae ..Andes so far from me ,i don't know when I try this hehehe #6444379

Avril Young September 12, 2008

wow excellent POV and action shot...that snow is so white and clear...stunning work and capture Stef! #6444419

Carol Sawyer September 12, 2008

Outstanding action capture and POV, Stefania!! #6444632

Ujjwal Mukherjee September 12, 2008

Terrific capture,Stef! #6444668

Joy Rector September 12, 2008

beautiful #6444868

Laurence Saliba September 12, 2008

Fantastic capture Stefania!!!! #6444927

Stephanie Frey September 12, 2008

Great capture! Exposure is perfect! #6445506

Renata Gusciora September 12, 2008

Superb timing,wonderful capture,Stefania! #6445563

Deb Koskovich September 12, 2008

WOW, what a pov, Stefania! You're a brave soul :) #6445980

Bojan Bencic September 12, 2008

Xtreme shot, Stefania. I don't know how you got down from there, but I am impressed. #6446036

Lorna Shutter September 12, 2008

Wow! I thought it looked great in the thumbnail, but it looks even more incredible in the large image! Amazing capture, Stefania! Your work is wonderful! ... and this image looks like a winner to me! :) #6446167

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna September 12, 2008

OH WOW!!!!! I get quezzy just looking at this awesome image, Stefania!!!!! What an incredible shot!!!!! ♫ k #6446250

Reynaldo D. Reyes September 12, 2008

Fantastic comp and action shot. You must have been on the slopes too to get this close. Great photography Stefania! #6446472

Mike Clime September 12, 2008

Awesome action shot, Stefania! #6446693

Brett Dolsen September 12, 2008

Awesome action composition Stefania!!Brett #6446763

Denny E. Barnes September 12, 2008

Excellent, Stefania! Great action, color, detail, POV and composition! Very beautifully done!! And which helicopter did you say plucked you off that mountain..LOL.. ....Denny #6446907

Joseph N. DiGilio September 12, 2008

Terrific shot. Talk about POV. Beautiful composition, detail, clarity and color. Well done.
Is this run considered a quadruple black diamond, Stefanie? How did you get up there? How did you get down? I know you ski but this is thril seeker stuff. I thought you were reserved and demure? Guess not! #6447297

Patricia Ronan September 12, 2008

Terrific capture Stefania, beautiful image:)
#6447312

JO ANN CLEVELAND September 12, 2008

Wowza Stef! this is awesome, great pov, colors, everything! Love it

jo ann c. #6447337

Patrick Rouzes September 12, 2008

Spectacular tones, detail,clarity, pov, comp & lighting here,Stefania!!! #6447659

Sherran Andersen September 13, 2008

Cool action shot Stefania. Great timing, colours, lighting and comp. Sherran #6451700

Gail Vitikacs September 14, 2008

AMAZING in so many ways! WOW! #6454321

Bill Knaps September 14, 2008

A great action shot Stefania. Bill #6455362

Stefania Barbier September 15, 2008

thak you all for your comments,!!! and yes, I went down by that same trail with my skis on... :-) #6455678

Jean B. Hall September 15, 2008

Tremendous action shot with wonderful composition. I am in awe of these peaks! #6455758

Stefania Barbier September 15, 2008

thank you Jean! #6455772

Hendrik Storme September 15, 2008

Gorgeous in any way Stefania!!! #6458140

Stefania Barbier September 15, 2008

thank you Hendrik! #6458151

Sheryl A. Hudson September 15, 2008

WoW !!!!!! Great action shot and beautiful scenery! That is some mountain I don't think I'd be up there without skies let along with!!! #6459818

Stefania Barbier September 26, 2008

thank you Sheryl! #6518460

Renee Doyle December 30, 2010

WTG Stef!!! HUGE congrats on this awesome POTD!!!! #9132073

Michelle Alton December 30, 2010

Somehow I missed the debut of this amazing capture, Stefania. Wow! I am "gob-smacked!" Congratulations on this POTD...I see a bright golden future for this image! #9132083

Ken Smith December 30, 2010

Way to go, Stef! Whoo hoo! Congrats and I hope you guys had a great Christmas! #9132093

Anita Hogue December 30, 2010

WOW, amazing capture, Stefania! Congratulations on your POTD! #9132096

Jean-Pierre Ducondi December 30, 2010

Awesome POTD Stefania. Big congrats.
JP #9132111

Bojan Bencic December 30, 2010

Fantastic POV - that looks scary, Stefania. Congratulations on your spectacular POTD! #9132116

Mary Timman December 30, 2010

Congratulations on your POTD!
This is fabulous. Almost 3D. You can almost want to look over the sides of the mountain!..well, I said ALMOST...NOT #9132126

Tiia Vissak December 30, 2010

Congratulations! #9132129

Kathryn Wesserling December 30, 2010

OMGosh! Can we say, "Intrepid!"??? (both the skier and Stefania.) What a stunning moment and image. Congratulations for a fabulous POTD. #9132149

Jennifer L. Alder December 30, 2010

Big congrats, Stef, on this wonderful POTD! Yay you :) #9132176

Janet McNeil December 30, 2010

Congratulations on this beautiful POTD!! #9132184

Anna Diederich December 30, 2010

Congratulations on your fabulous POTD! #9132197

Joy Rector December 30, 2010

congrats on the POTD #9132211

Dennis Behm December 30, 2010

Congratulations on your POTD! #9132225

Linda D. Lester December 30, 2010

Way to go....awesome POTD!!! #9132251

Patti Coblentz December 30, 2010

Congratulations on your POTD, Stefania...an amazing image!! #9132277

David Phalen December 30, 2010

BIG Congrats on a spectacular POTD!! #9132302

Freddy Bland December 30, 2010

Awesome capture and POTD! Congratulations, Stefania! #9132329

Courtenay Vanderbilt December 30, 2010

Super POTD, Stefania! Congratulations! #9132389

Lorna Shutter December 30, 2010

I still can't believe you went down by that same trail with your skiis on!!! You are one brave woman, my friend!!! Glad you made it down to the bottom so that you could post this wonderful image!!! CONGRATULATIONS on your well-deserved POTD award!!!!! :)

Hope you're enjoying the holidays!!! :) #9132436

Donna La Mattino Pagakis December 30, 2010

Incredible view Stefania, a beautiful POTD! Congratulations! #9132506

Cathy Barrows December 30, 2010

Congrats on your wonderful POTD...how did you get to where are you shooting from #9132513

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna December 30, 2010

WTG on this WONDERFUL POTD, Stefania! :-) k #9132536

Richard D. Love December 30, 2010

Congratulations, Stef. Just another of your spectacular images.

Rick #9132572

Nancy L. Green December 30, 2010

CONGRATULATIONS Stef, this is WONDERFUL!!! <>< #9132574

Stephen Zacker December 30, 2010

Fantastic capture. Congratulations Stef #9132608

Michelle L. Frick December 30, 2010

Congratulations Stefania on your brilliant POTD!! What a gorgeous setting and capture! #9132621

Connie J. Cleveland December 30, 2010

Great Shot, beautiful views.. would be shaking too bad to get a clear photo... Wonderful Job #9132630

Nancyj E. Hovey December 30, 2010

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
on your very deserving POTD! #9132638

Mary Beth Aiello December 30, 2010

Magnificient, Stef. Just outstanding. Huge congrats on this super POTD. #9132654

Debra R. Harder December 30, 2010

This is really spectacular, Stef!! Huge congratulations on your EXCELLENT POTD!!! Deb #9132667

Erica Murphy December 30, 2010

What a GREAT shot Stefania!!! Congratulations on your POTD! #9132668

Melissa G. Meiselman December 30, 2010

Congratulations on your POTD! #9132769

Patricia Seidler December 30, 2010

Congratulations Stefania on your POTD! #9132826

Chris Henning December 30, 2010

Very cool, Stef!! I'm so impressed you had your camera on the side of that mountain:) I would crash and break my camera:)!!
Congrats on your POTD! #9132879

Melissa McCabe December 30, 2010

Congrats on POTD : ) -mm #9132881

Katarina Mansson December 30, 2010

Congratulations on your excellent action POTD Stefania! #9132902

Rona L. Schwarz December 30, 2010

Fantastic action capture, Stef! Wonderful detail, clarity and POV. Looks like a marvelous place to ski, but like, Chris, I wouldn't have the nerve to do it with my big camera! Congrats on an outstanding POTD! #9133005

Laurence Saliba December 30, 2010

Congratulations on this wonderful capture and POTD Stefania!!!! #9133260

Michael G. Marshall December 30, 2010

Wonderful image, Stefania! Congratulations on your POTD! Michael #9133326

Ivan Chacon December 30, 2010

Congratulations on your POTD,excellent image! :) #9133327

JO ANN CLEVELAND December 30, 2010

Super capture, scary looking though for me! Whew! Brave man....now where were you located??

Congrats on this outstanding POTD Stef!

jo ann c. #9133407

Daniella Puente December 30, 2010

Stef, congrats on this amazing action capture!
Hope you and the family have a wonderful and full of love New Year :))) HUGS :) #9133435

Phyllis H. Burchett December 30, 2010

Amazing shot Stefania, congrats on your POTD! #9133498

Lisa J. Boulden December 30, 2010

Outstanding, Stef!
Big congratulations!
~♥~lisa #9133547

Janice M. LeCocq December 30, 2010

Add my congrats!!! Fabulous...really shows the challenge of the slope...wish I were still skiing! #9133744

Jeff Robinson December 30, 2010

Congrats Stefania on this Well Deserved POTD!! Jeff #9133755

Raymond Pauly December 30, 2010

Hey, Stef! Wonderful image here! Congratulations on your POTD! Happy New Year to you and yours! #9133874

Cindy Bendush December 30, 2010

Terrific action shot and POTD Stef -- congratulations! #9134147

Robert K. Bemus December 30, 2010

Wonderful capture, Stefania-- congratulations!! And you think surfers are crazy...haha #9134164

Carlton Ward December 30, 2010

Fantastic capture Stefania & Congratulations on being selected POTD :) #9134170

Mary K. Robison December 31, 2010

EXCELLENT, Stef!
Congratulations to you and the life-risking skier for your POTD!
Happy New Year to you and yours! #9134525

Michael Umbreit December 31, 2010

Stefania - Congratulations on your POTD!! - Mike #9135258

Jean-Pierre Ducondi December 31, 2010

A very Happy New Year to you and your family Stefania.
Cheers,
JP #9135260

Rony Sagy December 31, 2010

Wonderful capture, Stefania. Happy New Year. #9135459

Aimee S. McMaster December 31, 2010

....congratulations on your POTD Stef....awesome! New Year's Blessings! #9135562

Bunny Snow December 31, 2010

You are not only a wonderful photographer with a good idea for composition, diagonals --action, and tonality, but looks like you are an expert skier, as well. That's a very steep run! #9135675

MELODIE C. ROBERTS January 01, 2011

I KNOW what an athlete you are so this perspective doesn't surprise me ;0)

Happy New Year Stef!!

Congrats on a GREAT POTD!!! #9136318

Max Aureli January 01, 2011

You and your snow!!! :-)
Great shot Stefania and congratulations on the POTD!!
Happy New Year!! :-) #9136436

Usman M. Bajwa January 01, 2011

Great action shot and pov, Stef. CONGRATZ on the POTD and HNY!!

UB. #9137138

Evy Johansen January 01, 2011

Congratulations on your beautiful POTD, Stefania! #9138041

Deborah C. Lewinson January 02, 2011

Hardy congrats on your POTD for this fabulous image, Stef!

Best wishes for 2011!
Debby #9138743

Mariann Kovats January 03, 2011

Fantastic capture! Congrats on your POTD! #9141548

Becky J. Parkinson January 04, 2011

Congratulations, Stefania, on this wonderful POTD!! #9141566

Stefania Barbier January 04, 2011

thank you so much everyone! #9143564

Ellen Hodges February 03, 2011

Huge congrats on a fabulous POTD, Stef!!! A big WOW!! #9211025

Stefania Barbier February 03, 2011

thank you Ellen! #9211521

Nancy (Peaches) Harker March 11, 2011

HUGE Congrats on your AWESOME POTD #9285748

Stefania Barbier March 12, 2011

thank you Peaches! #9288033

Bunny Snow April 11, 2011

Fantastically composed image. Perfect exposure and DD. Awesome detail in the snow with contrasty background. Wonderful portrayal of sensation, and what's even more amazing is that you skied down that with your camera gear. Not only are you an excellent photographer, and excellent at DD, but an expert skier, as well. Awesome!!!! #9345013

Nancy L. Green September 14, 2011

GREAT action here Stef, VERY well done my friend!! <>< #9671531

Stefania Barbier September 14, 2011

Nancy, Bunny: thank you! #9671582

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