paolo de faveri 1 Posted August 31, 2009 Hi everyone, I'm just back from a short vacation to the Verdon Gorges in southern France, where I spent a few relaxing days. I had the chance nonetheless to take a few photographs of this incredibly beautiful region. The canyon of the Verdon river is nothing but a must-visit place for anyone living in EU and for anyone planning to visit France from abroad. It's 60 kms long and 700-800 meters deeps, with huge vertical sandstone and limestone walls and fantastic spots at every corner. I took this picture at dawn a couple of days ago, from atop the highest cliff of the canyon, at about 1300 meters of altitude. This is a stitch of 7 vertical takes, so don't forget to check out the larger size for much better details. Your c&c are as always highly appreciated, thanks in advance for your time. Details: Eos 50D, Tokina ATX-Pro 12-24 f4, GND 8x + GND 4x, tripod. Link to comment
danieleb 0 Posted August 31, 2009 incredibile!! che panorama stupendo....uno dei più belli che abbia mai visto. ben fatto. ciao daniele Link to comment
whydangle 0 Posted August 31, 2009 Paolo, good to see you posting again. I need a regular fix of healthy landscape photography, either my own or someone else's and you always churn out spectacular stuff. Thanks for feeding my soul. This is extraordinary. Everything came together for you, the fog below and the rich color in the sky. I am used to seeing panos with the horizon closer to the middle. You have the horizon very near the top, which is very appropriate, yet makes me wonder how you managed to place it there. It is almost as if you placed the camera facing downward somewhat and then panned through the various exposures. Well done!!! Link to comment
alones 2 Posted August 31, 2009 This is a real WOW nature photo ............... Stunning !!! Link to comment
k-lys 0 Posted August 31, 2009 Damned... Your picture gives me the idea to go there. After all, it's only 300 km. I have no excuse. Thx! Link to comment
james barrett 0 Posted September 1, 2009 What a view! Fantastic shot, very nicely done Link to comment
rlopezmoral 1 Posted September 1, 2009 Excellent work, Paolo ... and incredible & beautiful landscape. Best regards. Link to comment
john_langley2 0 Posted September 2, 2009 Great capture indeed . Love the fog patterns,light and the distant mountain peaks !! Thanks for the location tip -I have 1 year left here in Euro , before returning to Canada. Link to comment
javier_soto2 0 Posted September 2, 2009 El color tan magnifico y ese encuadre tan abierto convierten a esta foto en unica... muchas felicidades Link to comment
michaelseewald 237 Posted September 6, 2009 Perfect circular composition, and one I try and teach the students "One goes in and does not come out!". Superb, one could not do better here if they tried... well, maybe a bald eagle on the bottom right rock- oh, and looking into the scene too. :/). This one replaces a great shot of me holding a big bass on my desktop, so you KNOW it's great. Link to comment
myredshift 0 Posted October 21, 2009 Ciao Paolo, luogo straordinario, le nuvole danno immediatamente l'idea dell'altezza, mi piace il punto di ripresa.. davvero una foto e un viaggio incredibile! Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted November 18, 2009 great one palolo. you have got it all in this shot. 7 stitches. wow. what does GND X4 mean if i may ask. is that a 0.4 neutral density graduated filter? ... excuse my lack of understanding. i have a set of hightech grads, and if i tried to take this i would probably end up with flare and ghosting from the direct sun. what make grads do you use P. Link to comment
paolo de faveri 1 Posted November 19, 2009 Thanks Jonathan for your comment. A 4x filter is just another way to refer to a .6 filter. 4x means that the light hitting the film - or sensor - will be dimmed by a factor 4, which means two full stops. You're right about flares and ghosting, it's always a issue with grad filters, no matter what brand you use, when shooting directly into the sun. In this case though I took the picture at dawn, and when the sun is so low above the horizon flares are often very small, if any. In this particular case the mist also added a lot in reducing the issue. If my memory doesn't fail, there was only one very small green flare just below the sun, that I cloned off of course. Regards, Paolo Link to comment
inge johnsson 0 Posted November 22, 2009 This is of course a fantastic landscape image with lots of drama, but I must say that looks very strange with the sun at the far horizon and yet the nearby rocks are illuminated from the other direction. Or maybe that is just a little bit overdone dodging/warming? Link to comment
paolo de faveri 1 Posted November 23, 2009 Inge, thanks for your comment, that's highly appreciated. I get your point, but please consider that this is a panorama made by stitching 7 vertical pictures. The field of view here spans almost 180°, so those rocks "seem" to get the light from another direction, but actually the only source of direct light is the sun. This is more or less what you get with a fish-eye lens, barrel distortions apart, of course. I played with dodging a bit of course, but nonetheless the balance between highlights and shadows is totally natural, and quite close to what the real scene looked like. Paolo Link to comment
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