Holiday in France 4 - into the Alps
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Driving south from Langres we came at last into the mountains. We were booked to have dinner with some friends of ours who live in Montchavin, a ski village in the Vanoise. Derek, Steff and their two children Emily and Jacob live in a chalet at the highest point in Montchavin and have a stunning view over Les Arcs and the Tarentaise valley with the Mont Blanc massif providing a backdrop. We were a little early to meet them so we stopped by a bridge next to the river and I did a couple of ICM shots. I was then captivated by a view which turned out to be a real chocolate box number. The rest of the photos are pictures of the scene from outside Derek's house, taken around sunrise the next day using a 24-70mm and a 70-200mm lenses, including a panorama stitched from 7 pictures. Mont Blanc was usually shrouded in cloud but peeped out for the panorama. I have included a couple of monochrome conversions.