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Solo aid climber adfrift on the Nose of The Captain. They've just finished the Great Roof Pitch and are hauling the Pig. Taken from the Meadow. Shot used on the front cover of BMC Summit 46.
ChrisJD - 02/Sep/07Report Chris - Was this the 100-400 with converter combination you've talked about before?
AndrewHuddart - 03/Sep/07Report Hi Hindu. Yep 100-400 with 1.4x teleconv. Used tripod and the lens has IS, which both helped.
ChrisJD - 03/Sep/07Report I remember seeing this on the front cover of Summit and being suitably stunned then - the scale of it is just mind blowing.
bluebrad - 03/Sep/07Report The cool thing is you can actually see the climber on the high res verion of this: <a href='http://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.html?id=57634'>http://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.html?id=57634</a>
ChrisJD - 03/Sep/07Report Congratulations! This photo was chosen as Photo of the Week, based on votes by registered users over the past 7 days.
Charles Arthur - UKC - 09/Sep/07Report I see it! but I just don't see how it's No 1!! Gotta be the WORST No 1 i've seen!!!
Padraig - 09/Sep/07Report Love the solitude this photo shows. If you can't look at this photo and the full one of El Cap and see how amazing it is then there's something wrong with you.
TimS - 09/Sep/07Report Hey Padraig. Having interacted with you before on UKC I know your opinion is actually worth diddly squat. Looks like UKC agree. Have a nice day.
ChrisJD - 09/Sep/07Report Im with Padraig, its a nice shot but the composition doesnt warrant #1. It looks as though anyone could have took it. US catalogue material, I think not!
antpayne2003 - 12/Sep/07Report Well it's already made the front cover of BMC Summit 46 and was very well received (as it has been on UKC). Can't please everyone I suppose. And the point of photography is that "anyone" can take great shots, so don't understand your comment.
ChrisJD - 12/Sep/07Report Nothing personal Chris! You have some really awesome photos in your gallery - I just dont think this one is one of the best
antpayne2003 - 13/Sep/07Report 'Twas not Chris' fault that people think it is a good photo, he just submitted it, and we voted.
Jim C - 19/Sep/07Report I think this is a pretty stunning pic. I love the way that the features on the rock are almost scale indpendent - it could be any size until you see the climber - then you realise its huge and at the same time (s)he looks very lonely! Nice one mate
johnhowell - 19/Sep/07Report I neither know nor care about the technical merits of this photo - it's just a brilliant subject and it evokes such a sense of scale, solitude and self dependence (even though the Valley was probably crawling with folk!). Excellent.
chrisireland - 23/Sep/07Report