The Eiger is one of the most impressive mountains in the Alps. Its Northface is a more or less vertical wall of 1’800 meters height. The top reaches nearly 4’000 meters above sea level.
Let me share some “behind the shot” info: On this beautiful day in January I was skiing and wanted to try my new Leica D-Lux 8 which I bought for this purpose. It is a relatively small compact camera with a finder and light enough to bring along the slopes. This one finally comes in a proper magnesium housing with massively improved software and handling compared to the previous version. It is one of the very few compact cameras that allows to attach filters in front of the lens. Here I took a 43 mm circular polarizer from URTH. The camera has a 4/3” CMOS sensor with effective 17 MP. To max out the quality, I ran the picture by Lightroom using the new KI enabled denoise feature to deliver this really nice finish.
Okay, now back on the slopes: Also an impressive mountain next by is the “Schreckhorn” with its fantastic ridge (4’078 meters above see level). Skiing down to Grindelwald gives a nice view into the valley, just before the shadow from the Eiger takes the sunlight away.
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