Zermatt & Matterhorn in Fall, Cervin Valais, Switzerland / Suisse - 70 postcard photos of the most famous Swiss landscape scenery with Canon 5D MKII and Canon 16-35mm 2.8 L & 24-70mm 2.8 L
samedi, octobre 16, 2010 at 1:59PMZermatt are Matterhon (Cervin) are the icons of Switzerland postcards scenery in the Swiss Alps
The Matterhon is not necessarily the tallest mountain in Switzerland but it’s definitely the most iconic thanks to its beautiful pyramidal shape. Its French name is “Le Cervin”, is situated in Southern Valais and it’s the logo of the world famous chocolate “Toblerone”. The mountain is actually one of the most difficult to hike in the Alps. Massive and with some eternal snow on the top (4’478m), it looks really beautiful, especially from Zermatt ressort, one of the most famous mountain village of Switzerland. When coming to Zermatt, you need to let your car in one of the parking of the village of Täsh, and then you need to take the train which takes you directly to Zermatt ressort.
The town of zermatt is very beautiful, with lot of nice hotels and cafe, and even one Mc Donalds! There are 400kms of hiking tours all around the town and with impressive view on the Matterhorn. You can also shop through many luxury shops, and the fact that there are no cars is actually extremely nice, giving a very peaceful ambiance when you walk through the streets. Breath a fresh clean air!
Canon 5D MKII and Landscape scenery
I was very much impatient to test the 5D MKII within landscape situation, as the 21M pixels are for sure helping a lot in getting nice high resolution mountain postcards shots. I started with the Canon 16-35mm 2.8 L USM, and the lens performs very well but within Zermatt, the Matterhorn was quite far away and I had to switch rapidly to the Canon 24-70mm 2.8 L USM to be able to get the mountain correctly framed. I’m actually using the 24-70mm much more often than I’d thought, mainly due to the full frame resolution the 5D MKII is offering. It needs a bit of time to get used to.
I shot all the below pictures with Automatic White Balance (AWB), and Landscape Picture Sytle Mode. No HDR in this serie! Some of the portraits have been done with the exceptional Canon Speedlite 580 EX II to move away some of the shadows.
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Reader Comments (1)
Incredibly beautiful photos!