Thanks for all your kind words.
I'm heading there in 2 weeks (First skiing of the season) do you have any advice you'd like to share about the equipment you took and locations you visited. What worked well, what didn't e.g filters, how did you handle the high altitude haze etc.
No special equipment, just an occasional polarizer to help blue skies.
Regarding haze, it isn't much of a problem in most of the mountain regions of Switzerland (at least the handful I've been to). There are relatively few cars and a lot of travel by train, so there's less pollution than most other places. For the mountain-ridge photos where I had to shoot somewhat into the sun so they looked washed out, I found that using the Shadow/Highlight feature in PS CS2 with the "increase midtone contrast" (or something like that) slider helped considerably.
I haven't been there in the winter, only the summer, so I'm not sure what locations would be best that time of year. All over the country, trains and lifts can take you high into the mountains in places with the most amazing views, so there's no need to search out isolated or obscure places for good photos; just get a local train/lift pass, grab your camera (and tripod, if you want), and ride the trains and lifts around. Of course, if you like hiking or skiing, there's plenty of either (depending on season) between the various train and lift stations. Of the several parts of the country I've visited, the Lauterbrunnen Valley is the most beautiful (in my opinion, anyway), but you've probably already figured that out by looking at my photos.
Were you asking specifically about Saas-Fee? Lifts everywhere. Trails everywhere between. Langfluh (which has a lift) has great glacier views. The lift plus underground funicular to Allalinhorn gets you very, very high with more great views. There are several more lifts to scenic places I don't remember the names of, but the two I just mentioned were the best (again, my opinion). The town is also delightfully quaint, very Swiss-feeling, less overtouristy than Zermatt.
Lisa
