My Glass is Half Full…you?
f/18 ISO 200 1/40 -0.67 ev 18-200@200mm
Life is TOO SHORT to travel around with a half empty glass all you life.
Cassis, French Riviera
f/11 ISO 200 1/400 18-200@70mm
Another pic from the French village of Cassis on the French Riviera. Cassis is a village situated east of Marseille in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region of southern France. Read more about Cassis here.
Stones and Cobbles in Provence, France
f/4.5, ISO 200 1/50 10-24mm@22
Please refer to the first “Stones and Cobbles in Provence, France” blog entry for a description of this series.
This is another shot from Vaison-la Romaine, France. I edited it with Silver Efex Pro, then touched it up in Aperture.
This is the last of the images from the “Stones and Cobbles in Provence, France” blog entry series. I have additional images from these locations that don’t fit this category, so stay tuned for more. This is an absolutely stunning place to visit, and I would be glad to answer any travel questions that you may have as well.
Stones and Cobbles in Provence, France
f/4 ISO 200 1/60 18-200@20f/5.6 ISO 200 1/800 10-24mm@15f/8 ISO 200 1/250 10-24mm@15
Please refer to the first “Stones and Cobbles in Provence, France” blog entry for a description of this series.
Stones and Cobbles in Provence, France
f/6.3, ISO 200 1/160 18-200@34.
Please refer to the first “Stones and Cobbles in Provence, France” blog entry for a description of this series.
This is another shot from Vaison-la Romaine, France. I edited it with Silver Efex Pro, then touched it up in Aperture.
Stones and Cobbles in Provence, France
f/6.3 ISO 200 1/400 10-24mm@24
Please refer to the first “Stones and Cobbles in Provence, France” blog entry for a description of this series.
Stones and Cobbles in Provence, France
f/11 ISO 160 4s 10-24mm@12
Please refer to the first “Stones and Cobbles in Provence, France” entry for a description of this series.
Stones and Cobbles in Provence, France
f/7.1 ISO 200 1/2200 18-200mm@30
Please refer to the first “Stones and Cobbles in Provence, France” blog entry for a description of this series.
Stones and Cobbles in Provence, France
f/7 ISO 200 1/80 10-24mm@14
Please refer to the first “Stones and Cobbles in Provence, France” blog entry for a description of this series.
This image is an HDR from the village of Lacoste. Three handheld images were bracketed at 2 f stops and then merged with Photomatix and fine-tuned with Aperture.
Stones and Cobbles in Provence, France
f/6.3 ISO 200 10-24mm@19
Please refer to the first “Stones and Cobbles in Provence, France” blog entry for a description of this series.
This is another shot from Gordes, France. I edited it with Silver Efex Pro, then touched it up in Aperture.
Stones and Cobbles in Provence, France
f/6.3 ISO 200 1/125 10-24@13
Happy New Year to ALL!
Recently I took a trip with my family to the Provence region in Southern France. While there, we spent a bit of time visiting many of the hill-top villages in the Luberon countryside. The Lubron is a spectacular collection of vineyards and orchards, fascinating perched hill-top villages, and outstanding rolling vistas which has inspired artists such as Van Gogh and Cezanne. The region is famous for its comfortable and easy way of life as well as its rich history.
The stone architecture of the hilltop villages was fabulous, so of course I returned home with hundreds of photos. I will try to post a few of the shots today in a series I will call “Stones and Cobbles”. When possible, I will try to recall the exact village where the image was captured.
This first one is an HDR image from the village of Gordes. It was captured as 3 handheld images and merged with Photomatix Pro, then touched up with Aperture.
Monday Blues, French Riviera style…
It is Monday and I am at work. I can think of a few other places I would rather be right now….
This shot was taken on a warm fall evening from the patio of the Chateau de Cassis, high atop the cliffs in the French village of Cassis on the French Riviera. Cassis is a village situated east of Marseille in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region of southern France.
Cassis makes for a wonderful alternative or much needed break from the larger and more tourist infested Mediterranean coastal destinations of Marseille, Cannes, and Nice. In addition, it makes a PERFECT jumping off point for driving adventures in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region of southern France. Stay tuned for more pics form the coast and from deeper in the Provence region! Have a nice Monday…
Plains of Provence from Les Baux-de-Provence
This is the view looking west over the beautiful plains of the Provence Valley region in southern France. This shot was taken from the ruined castle of Les Baux-de-Provence and its spectacular position on a rocky outcroping in the Alpilles mountains. This view has been enjoyed for millenia, and human habitation has been documented here dating back as far as 6000 BC. The town flourished in the Middle Ages and reached its Golden Age during the Renaissance , only to have the castle and portions of the village destroyed during a revolution in the 1600s.
This is an HDR image that was created from three handheld images bracketed by 2 stops. I deviated a little from my normal workflow by tweaking the midrange image wjth Aperture BEFORE merging the three images with Photomatix. My usual workflow is to merge and process the images with Photomatix first, then fine-tune the merged image with Aperture. My reasoning was that the merged image that was edited in Photomatix was NOT a RAW image, thus now had LESS dynamic range, making it less amenable to color and tonal adjustments in Photomatix as well as in Aperture once it was re-imported back for final adjustments. I was much happier with this version than another version that I processed normally.
For all of you HDR protographers, please let me know if you have experienced similar workflow variability and results, and also if your workflow differs friom mine. I am relatively new to HDR, and still trying to figure out the details.
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