That's what you can see if you do some summer walk in my region : a huge herd of fluffy sheep grazing on our french volcanoes ( La Chaîne des Puys ).
This late june sunset was quite the perfect moment to capture them and the silhouette of volcanoes in the background, with a beautiful warm light and a nice display of clouds.

Image taken from : Petit Puy de Dôme, France

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Vallée de Lutour, French Pyrenees - August 2012.





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Its pretty hard to describe this, and witnessing it was just out of this world.
And also it is extremely rare that the northern lights has so much red-shift to it.

Sorry for posting so much lately, but I could not resist to upload this one, its just the strongest streak of aurora I have ever seen.


Post processing: Contrast +30, shadows -28, whites -12, blacks -5, Clarity +25, noise reduction +25, sharpening +10.
Added unsharp mask for the mountains in the background in photoshop.

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I love that place

Captured this one looking back up the North East Gorge Stream towards Mount Sibbald. Basically it was in the oppposite direction to my last post. The story from that post translates to this shot as well...it was awesome! Its the gift that keeps on giving from one fantastic gentlemen (TimP) and the other 2 crazies (Daz and Dex) that joined in the gift!! I really do love going back and looking through all my shots from that amazing 4 days, as it not only energizes the photography spirit inside of me, it reminds me of great times, great friends and laughs.

Thanks for looking and hope all are well.

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Lencois Maranhenses Sand Dunes, Brazil.
The pastel colors of twilight are absorbed by the soft white sands of the dunes.

Walking along, through a canyon so very far away, a slight bit of light caught my eye. It was gold and soft and beamed from a hole in the canyon wall. My head went in, my eyes went up, and off I went through the rabbit hole...

Comments would be much appreciated. I am not sure if it is too dark or not. I was going for mystery, but I may have just left too little detail.

This is a 12-image composite for focus blending and accurate exposure.

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So after a long, fun and adventurous 4 wheel drive, including the crossing of the North East Gorge Stream, we stopped at this location at the north end of Lake Tekapo for Sunset. The mountains were incredible and the feeling was pumped! Found this comp with some hairy little critters sitting in front of me. Something different for a change...no water!

Hope everyone has a smashing weekend.

Stay Safe!

Les Hauts Plateaux du Vercors is a wild and beautiful place. The signs at the entrance sets the tone: water scarce, map and compass required. I almost get lost last year.

It is a bumpy landscape whose marks are not obvious to identify. It is the reign of the short grass and small typical trees.

Here the Montagnette Summit is trying to get noticed among the mountains and any other bumps while taking the morning light. It seems almost insignificant over there in this beautiful landscape behind this expanse of white flowers.

I went there to do timelapse but the connector of the interferometer dropped me. On the other hand I would not make this picture because it would monopolize the DSLR.

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Sunset in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

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Beachy head lighthouse in the snow a few years ago. This is an edited version (original here [link] ) and I'm mainly interested in critiques/suggestions about the editing, and if it's much of an improvement. But any comments are very welcome!

It's been ages since I have been behind a camera. The sunrise/set times disagree with my work hours.

I managed to have a very brief stop at Frog Firle in East Sussex. The river Cuckmere can be seen meandering its way through the valley below.

HDR panoramic. 28 image stitch in 2 rows. 3 exposures per image. Total of 84 jpgs.

So how about some unseen Iceland shots to announce my new workshops next year?

A wave, rushing back into the ocean, formed countless stripes and a focusing formation on the black beach of Jökulsárlón.
The image was shot during my first (of 2) 'Land of Ice' 2013 workshop- the glacier beach is one of its main features.

If you wish to visit and shoot these awesome locations under my dedicated guidance, please check out my upcoming 'Land of Ice' (south Iceland) and 'Winter Paradise' (northern Iceland) photography workshops next January!

You're welcome to follow me on my facebook page, where you can get a first look at my images, as well as get all the info about my work, photo tours and other news.

Canon 5D3
Canon 16-35 f/2.8 II
Lee filters
Jökulsárlón, Iceland

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Sunset at the end of winter from the "Puy de la Tache" in France. We can see in the background the Guéry lake. I used a LEE 0.9 gnd hard for this photo.

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<sub>Sunrise along the Great Ocean Road at Johanna Surf Beach - The Otways, Australia.
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Last weekend Daniel and I decided to venture up the coast on the Great Ocean Road (most beautiful drive!) and camped at a secluded surf beach in the Otway National Park area. And yes the water was that blue! Was really nice

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Another view of the mountains, this time focused on the nearer ones

I wanna sell this photo its of the moutains in vermont make an offer

Pick out your own little island.
Gosau, Austria

The aurora bursts over Finnbybergan January 2012.
This is a capture I did with my previous camera, a Nikon D7000. I figured out I wanted to go back in time to see if I could salvage something from my earlier captures of the aurora.

Have a nice weekend, everyone, and thank you guys so much for your support

Looks like this will be the last aurora shot of the season ( unless some nice solar flare erupts on the sun within the next few days ), been quite a lot of northern lights shots this winter, but on the other hand it has been quite eventful for the avid skychaser.

Hope you guys like this.

Shot with Nikon d800, 14 mm, iso 1250, 3 seconds.
Straumfjord, troms county, northern Norway.
*fixed some slight noise.

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There really are no good angles to shoot Tasman Lake from the overlook (that I could find), but under the right light the valley is quite mysterious.

Kaikoura
New Zealand

This was the last morning of our time in New Zealand this year. I wonder when we will be headed back? Perhaps to the North Island next trip . I can look back on our previous 2 years trips with fond memories not only of the landscapes but of charlotte's development.

A video of Charlotte's wanderings in New Zealand can be found here :
Charlotte walks New Zealand and Sydney

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Nous sommes tous en quête de quelque chose, parfois nous ne le savons pas nous même. Personnellement c'est la lumière, la belle lumière. On ne peut la commander, la contrôler... on ne peut que la désirer et l'attendre sans cesse en espérant être prêt au moment ou elle surgira!

We are all in quest of something, sometime we don't know ouself. Personnally, it is the light, the beautiful light. We can not request or control her... we can only desire and wait for every day wishing that we will be ready when she will appear!

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Saxon Switzerland
Spring 2012

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I love photos with the sun in it, best combined with a dramatic sky. This morning at Fanad Lighthouse in Donegal the conditions were just perfect. I waited more than an hour for this moment and then took many bracketed exposures at different f-stops to get a good sunstar and also to get the rest of the picture sharp and without flares.

Some heavy blending was needed in Photoshop to bring it all together, I recorded a little timelapse of the nearly one hour of exposure blending if you are interested -> [link]

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"Existential Divide" | Carrasqueira, Portugal

"One path never seems to be enough, but splitting the soul is not an option, as the missing part just won't return..."

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Photo made in the gorgeous Cais Palafítico in Carrasqueira (Portugal).

Aperture: f/8
Exposure: 30 seconds
ISO:100
3 stop ND grad filter + 10 stop ND filter
Tripod.
Remote Shutter Release

RAW conversion in Adobe Camera Raw. Colour balance and dodge/burn adjustments in photoshop.

South Coast NSW, Australia.

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South Coast NSW, Australia.

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25 Mile Creek, Lake Wakatipu
New Zealand

Finally, a new shot to share with you all!
Being stuck at home really sucks so it was good to get away for the Easter break! I've been carrying an injury for the last 3 1/2 weeks, so not a bad effort all things considered!
Hope you like this

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Gosau, Austria / 2012

The Gosaulacke, a puddle of variable size which only exists after snowmelt and heavy rains. Five vertical images HDR panorama.


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Slide scan #9. I uploaded a digital stitch of this scene a while back. Here's the film version.

Velvia 50.

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Woolshed Falls under the Milky Way, Australia. 7th of June 2013

I was driving back from another location last night when I saw the sign for these falls and even though I was already very tired I decided to check them out. I have been to these falls many times before but this was the first time I had been to them at night. I was pleasantly surprised to find the water level low enough to enable me to make my way into the middle of the falls to get a clear view of the Milky Way stretching overhead.

9 image vertical panorma. Longer exposures were used for the three foreground images to bring up more detail in the falls.



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So after a long, fun and adventurous 4 wheel drive, including the crossing of the North East Gorge Stream, we stopped at this location at the north end of Lake Tekapo for Sunset. The mountains were incredible and the feeling was pumped! Found this comp with some hairy little critters sitting in front of me. Something different for a change...no water!

Hope everyone has a smashing weekend.

Stay Safe!

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Sunset in Orvieto, Italy
8 x 3 portrait images HDR panorama

The lake only had very small wave activity today but was quite glassy after some rainfall this morning, to top it off high cloud was abundant but some low cloud on the mountains also provided some interesting contrasts.

Shot with my Samyang 8mm fish eye there were some amazing reflections to be had with the wavelets giving some interesting twisting to the them.

Location: Skiway Park, Oak Flats, NSW, Australia

music: Veil of Orpheus (Cy Twombly's) - Harold Budd (Bandits of Stature) [link]

Kaikoura
New Zealand

There are some dawns that are good, some great, some are just @#$@#$@$ and you stand there wondering if you are really on earth witnessing it.
This was one such dawn which I shared with 2 people beside me doing yoga! Not another photographer around which surprised me. This strange light would fade but lasted well into the morning to the east.

I've also recently finished our NZ trip video (*and sydney) - here's the high res version on youtube!
Aotearoa 2013 with everlook

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Amazing sunset occuring after a huge rain storm at Ploumanac'h, Côtes d'Armor (Brittany - France).

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Sunset at the end of winter from the "Puy de la Tache" in France. We can see in the background the Guéry lake. I used a LEE 0.9 gnd hard for this photo.

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near Laukaa - Finland

Saxon Switzerland
Spring 2013

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Spring 2013

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This picture was taken at the same time and, for sure, at the same place as this this photograph. Normally I doubt with me when it comes to upload a picture of the same place but I think this time it's worth of it (particularly because this is in landscape format).


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Summer 2011
Bernese Oberland, Switzerland

Gentle late summer morning at Bachalpsee in Switzerland. Over the picturesque lake rise a few of the highest peaks of the Bernese Oberland (from left): Wetterhorn (3701 m), Schreckhorn (4078 m), Finsteraarhorn (4274 m) and Gross Fiescherhorn (4049 m).

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A long-exposure at dusk of a wild river in Pagsanjan, Laguna, Philippines.

Shot with a hand held Singh-Ray Galen Rowell 2-stop soft-edged graduated neutral density filter shook slightly during the 25-second exposure to evenly hold back the sky.