skiing down [Photo of the Day]
Uploaded: September 11, 2008 22:24:40
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
Stefania Barbier September 11, 2008
Roxanne M. Bubarmember 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!! #6444066Maria Warren September 12, 2008
very cool action photo nice job #6444214Kirsten Kiki Kjaer September 12, 2008
WOW! Awesome action shot and scenery, Stefania. The colors and clarity are fantastic!!! #6444240Paul E. Earl September 12, 2008
Wonderful image!! Looks a bit scary to me! #6444264Mukesh Srivastava September 12, 2008
Excellent composition, lighting and wonderful action shot, Stef!!!! #6444274Teresa 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!! #6444282KARU 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? #6444320Tiia Vissak September 12, 2008
a great action shot! #6444362Ray Clarke September 12, 2008
Great PoV and action capture Stef.!!!(R) #6444369Ray Clarke September 12, 2008
Great PoV and action capture Stef.!!!(R) #6444370Yulianto Soeroso September 12, 2008
wow never see this plae ..Andes so far from me ,i don't know when I try this hehehe #6444379Avril Young September 12, 2008
wow excellent POV and action shot...that snow is so white and clear...stunning work and capture Stef! #6444419Carol Sawyer September 12, 2008
Outstanding action capture and POV, Stefania!! #6444632Ujjwal Mukherjee September 12, 2008
Terrific capture,Stef! #6444668Joy Rector September 12, 2008
beautiful #6444868Laurence Saliba September 12, 2008
Fantastic capture Stefania!!!! #6444927Stephanie Frey September 12, 2008
Great capture! Exposure is perfect! #6445506Renata Gusciora September 12, 2008
Superb timing,wonderful capture,Stefania! #6445563Deb Koskovich September 12, 2008
WOW, what a pov, Stefania! You're a brave soul :) #6445980Bojan Bencic September 12, 2008
Xtreme shot, Stefania. I don't know how you got down from there, but I am impressed. #6446036Lorna 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! :) #6446167Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna September 12, 2008
OH WOW!!!!! I get quezzy just looking at this awesome image, Stefania!!!!! What an incredible shot!!!!! ♫ k #6446250Reynaldo 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! #6446472Mike Clime September 12, 2008
Awesome action shot, Stefania! #6446693Brett Dolsen September 12, 2008
Awesome action composition Stefania!!Brett #6446763Denny 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 #6446907Joseph N. DiGilio September 12, 2008
Terrific shot. Talk about POV. Beautiful composition, detail, clarity and color. Well done.Patricia Ronan September 12, 2008
Terrific capture Stefania, beautiful image:)JO ANN CLEVELAND September 12, 2008
Wowza Stef! this is awesome, great pov, colors, everything! Love itjo ann c. #6447337
Patrick Rouzes September 12, 2008
Spectacular tones, detail,clarity, pov, comp & lighting here,Stefania!!! #6447659Sherran Andersen September 13, 2008
Cool action shot Stefania. Great timing, colours, lighting and comp. Sherran #6451700Gail Vitikacs September 14, 2008
AMAZING in so many ways! WOW! #6454321Bill Knaps September 14, 2008
A great action shot Stefania. Bill #6455362Stefania Barbier September 15, 2008
thak you all for your comments,!!! and yes, I went down by that same trail with my skis on... :-) #6455678Jean B. Hall September 15, 2008
Tremendous action shot with wonderful composition. I am in awe of these peaks! #6455758Stefania Barbier September 15, 2008
thank you Jean! #6455772Hendrik Storme September 15, 2008
Gorgeous in any way Stefania!!! #6458140Stefania Barbier September 15, 2008
thank you Hendrik! #6458151Sheryl 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!!! #6459818Stefania Barbier September 26, 2008
thank you Sheryl! #6518460Renee Doyle December 30, 2010
WTG Stef!!! HUGE congrats on this awesome POTD!!!! #9132073Michelle 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! #9132083Ken Smith December 30, 2010
Way to go, Stef! Whoo hoo! Congrats and I hope you guys had a great Christmas! #9132093Anita Hogue December 30, 2010
WOW, amazing capture, Stefania! Congratulations on your POTD! #9132096Jean-Pierre Ducondi December 30, 2010
Awesome POTD Stefania. Big congrats.Bojan Bencic December 30, 2010
Fantastic POV - that looks scary, Stefania. Congratulations on your spectacular POTD! #9132116Mary Timman December 30, 2010
Congratulations on your POTD!Tiia Vissak December 30, 2010
Congratulations! #9132129Kathryn 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. #9132149Jennifer L. Alder December 30, 2010
Big congrats, Stef, on this wonderful POTD! Yay you :) #9132176Janet McNeil December 30, 2010
Congratulations on this beautiful POTD!! #9132184Anna Diederich December 30, 2010
Congratulations on your fabulous POTD! #9132197Joy Rector December 30, 2010
congrats on the POTD #9132211Dennis Behm December 30, 2010
Congratulations on your POTD! #9132225Linda D. Lester December 30, 2010
Way to go....awesome POTD!!! #9132251Patti Coblentz December 30, 2010
Congratulations on your POTD, Stefania...an amazing image!! #9132277David Phalen December 30, 2010
BIG Congrats on a spectacular POTD!! #9132302Freddy Bland December 30, 2010
Awesome capture and POTD! Congratulations, Stefania! #9132329Courtenay Vanderbilt December 30, 2010
Super POTD, Stefania! Congratulations! #9132389Lorna 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!!!!! :)Donna La Mattino Pagakis December 30, 2010
Incredible view Stefania, a beautiful POTD! Congratulations! #9132506Cathy Barrows December 30, 2010
Congrats on your wonderful POTD...how did you get to where are you shooting from #9132513Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna December 30, 2010
WTG on this WONDERFUL POTD, Stefania! :-) k #9132536Richard 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!!! <>< #9132574Stephen Zacker December 30, 2010
Fantastic capture. Congratulations Stef #9132608Michelle L. Frick December 30, 2010
Congratulations Stefania on your brilliant POTD!! What a gorgeous setting and capture! #9132621Connie J. Cleveland December 30, 2010
Great Shot, beautiful views.. would be shaking too bad to get a clear photo... Wonderful Job #9132630Nancyj E. Hovey December 30, 2010
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N SMary Beth Aiello December 30, 2010
Magnificient, Stef. Just outstanding. Huge congrats on this super POTD. #9132654Debra R. Harder December 30, 2010
This is really spectacular, Stef!! Huge congratulations on your EXCELLENT POTD!!! Deb #9132667Erica Murphy December 30, 2010
What a GREAT shot Stefania!!! Congratulations on your POTD! #9132668Melissa G. Meiselman December 30, 2010
Congratulations on your POTD! #9132769Patricia Seidler December 30, 2010
Congratulations Stefania on your POTD! #9132826Chris 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:)!!Melissa McCabe December 30, 2010
Congrats on POTD : ) -mm #9132881Katarina Mansson December 30, 2010
Congratulations on your excellent action POTD Stefania! #9132902Rona 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! #9133005Laurence Saliba December 30, 2010
Congratulations on this wonderful capture and POTD Stefania!!!! #9133260Michael G. Marshall December 30, 2010
Wonderful image, Stefania! Congratulations on your POTD! Michael #9133326Ivan Chacon December 30, 2010
Congratulations on your POTD,excellent image! :) #9133327JO 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!
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Daniella Puente December 30, 2010
Stef, congrats on this amazing action capture!Phyllis H. Burchett December 30, 2010
Amazing shot Stefania, congrats on your POTD! #9133498Lisa J. Boulden December 30, 2010
Outstanding, Stef!Janice M. LeCocq December 30, 2010
Add my congrats!!! Fabulous...really shows the challenge of the slope...wish I were still skiing! #9133744Jeff Robinson December 30, 2010
Congrats Stefania on this Well Deserved POTD!! Jeff #9133755Raymond Pauly December 30, 2010
Hey, Stef! Wonderful image here! Congratulations on your POTD! Happy New Year to you and yours! #9133874Cindy Bendush December 30, 2010
Terrific action shot and POTD Stef -- congratulations! #9134147Robert K. Bemus December 30, 2010
Wonderful capture, Stefania-- congratulations!! And you think surfers are crazy...haha #9134164Carlton Ward December 30, 2010
Fantastic capture Stefania & Congratulations on being selected POTD :) #9134170Mary K. Robison December 31, 2010
EXCELLENT, Stef!Michael Umbreit December 31, 2010
Stefania - Congratulations on your POTD!! - Mike #9135258Jean-Pierre Ducondi December 31, 2010
A very Happy New Year to you and your family Stefania.Rony Sagy December 31, 2010
Wonderful capture, Stefania. Happy New Year. #9135459Aimee S. McMaster December 31, 2010
....congratulations on your POTD Stef....awesome! New Year's Blessings! #9135562Bunny 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! #9135675MELODIE 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!!! :-)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! #9138041Deborah 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! #9141548Becky J. Parkinson January 04, 2011
Congratulations, Stefania, on this wonderful POTD!! #9141566Stefania Barbier January 04, 2011
thank you so much everyone! #9143564Ellen Hodges February 03, 2011
Huge congrats on a fabulous POTD, Stef!!! A big WOW!! #9211025Stefania Barbier February 03, 2011
thank you Ellen! #9211521Nancy (Peaches) Harker March 11, 2011
HUGE Congrats on your AWESOME POTD #9285748Stefania Barbier March 12, 2011
thank you Peaches! #9288033Bunny 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!!!! #9345013Nancy L. Green September 14, 2011
GREAT action here Stef, VERY well done my friend!! <>< #9671531Stefania Barbier September 14, 2011
Nancy, Bunny: thank you! #9671582Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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