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probably the in the top 5 days of my life, and defaintely number 1 for skiing.

my d70 proved to work well, despite the several
bastings in snow, ridiculous temperatures and conditions.

More at http://darb.net/japan-2006/

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Darb. (me!)

Man I would give anything to see that much snow.
Great series of action shots Brad. Really captures the feeling of excitement and exhilaration.

Some bloody fantastic photos here Darb, man makes me want to jump on a plane and find some snow, it looks like so much fun. The D70 looks like it's handling the condtions well.

Good work Darb - nice series of shots!
What lens/lenses were u using here?

cheers, trust me it was an absolute ball making them ... gave andrew a quick lesson in d70 use, he didnt do toooo badly (some of the pics of me are heavily cropped.)

its actually a no go zone, so theres a bit of risk involved, but the guys i went with (under their wing) knwo the area very well, know what, where and why bits can be dangerous etc.

Was using a tamron 28-300 piece of crap ! It did pretty well.

two that i left out at the time (i was obsessed with the shots which had tight frames ...) wider angle shots that andrew took of me (extremely brief lesson in dSLR use) ... the first one of these two i actually now think is the best shot of the lot (of me that is) as it actually shows a bit of the terrain too.

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nice shots!

Sorry, where is this? Sort of looks like Utah or Colorado?

Cool shots.

Edit: Nevermind. Japan.

yeh, japan. Northern island of hokkaido. Lots of rooly cold wet storms race across from siberia / eastern russia and smash into Niseko.

That looks like really deep powder Nice shots Darb. The fact that you were having fun is very evident