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St. Anton (again)

I’ve got the clock ticking down on our hotel WiFi here, so I’ll try to make this quick!  We’ve been in St. Anton for a few days, seeing the sights and slopes.  Some more pictures should eventually make their way to Flickr, but here are a few that I managed to sort out and upload (click through for bigger versions):

A view from the ride up to the Valluga (the highest point in the Arlberg):

Looking down on some birds from the top:

I found this up at the top (!):

Sunset (and moonrise) in St. Anton:

A bit foggy today, but we managed:

The forecast for tomorrow: SNOW!  Not sure if we’ll be able to ski (visibility was pretty bad the other day, could be worse tomorrow), but on Monday they’re saying we’re gonna get bright sunshine.  I’m hoping for some drool-worthy shots from Lech.  Stay tuned!

A new camera!

While waiting for my car to warm up during the snowstorm last week, I was messing around with my new Olympus TG-2 and noticed these perfect snowflakes hitting my windshield.  I thought I’d try out the “super macro” mode on the camera, so I crammed it up against the inside of the backlit windshield and this is what I got… (click through for all sizes)

There’s definitely some chromatic abberation (especially in the third photo; you can see some green/purple fringes on the edges of the ice), but not bad for about 30 seconds from the inside of a car.  Of course, I can’t go scuba diving with my SLR…