On the French-Italian border, Bouchet Pass / French-Italian border / Queyras. Landscape photograph by Jeff GRAPHY, winner of the Shoot The Frame Landscape photography award, April 2024

Winner Landscape · April 2024

On the French-Italian border

The Moon, the Milky Way, Monviso lit by the Moon, a sea of ​​clouds, a large scree, the Nino Sardi refuge half buried by snow: the perfect cocktail to feel closer to what nature has to tell us. This night in March 2022, I decided to go to a historic Franco-Italian pass: the Bouchet pass. Before going there, I had looked at the satellite images to find out if a sea of ​​clouds was present on the Italian side. There seemed to be a large band of clouds. Indeed, once the 8km walk with the 880m of D+ done, the reward was there. Even if it gradually dissipated, the presence of the sea of ​​clouds provided an inexplicable emotion. This expanse of clouds under my feet, with the mountains that give the impression of floating. Just for me, alone, under the stars, facing -10°C and almost makes me forget the night descent, with the headlamp... Indescribable feeling that I sincerely wish you to experience. And you ? How far would you go to experience incredible things? EXIFS: ✅ Unfiltered Canon 6D + Samyang 24mm f/1.4 lens on simple tripod. ✅ Floor: 19 tiles. Each tile is a single exposure of 30 seconds at ISO 1600 and f/2.8. ✅ Sky: 19 tiles. Each tile is a single exposure of 10 seconds at 6400 and f/2.8. ✅ Location: Col Bouchet (2626m altitude) / Franco-Italian border.