ardeche and verdon Where eagles dare

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.

Beautifully executed!

Great shot! Compliments! CL

Very powerful nature photo , Excellent !!!

A great view of this amazing landscape. Weel composed and good light management. Karl

Hi Paolo, great shot! 7/6 anon :)

 

Luca (Mesco)

 

 

Beautiful composition. My compliments! Regards, ~~~~~~Linda

very impressive photo.

Fantastica, bravissimo!

spectacular view and wonderful photo Paolo.

A superb point of view here, and the colours are vivid!

Cheers!

This is fantastic and great photography Paolo. Wonderful capture and composition with amazing light, colours and dof. The golden sky together with the clouds floating around the high mountains is just sheer beauty. Congratulations my friend to this piece of masterclass photography. Also thank you for your background story, very interesting as always. Take good care and all the best from Jannica

Paolo, another perfect image to raise the bar for the rest of us.

This is unbelievably fabulous! One of your best shots ever! I cannot get over the detail and the sense of depth; and a terrific composition to boot. Perfect processing and presentation. This is a superb photograph, packed with emotion and imagination. Well done, my friend! Just brilliant! This gets the double 7s, and goes straight into my Faves!

 

Cheers! Chris

Beautiful.  Distinct proof that there is absolutely no substitute for determination and being at the right place at the right time.

Well done pano and beautiful spot well captured. My only niggle would be that the ND filters might be a tad too dark. The foreground rocks brigher than the sky near the sun doesn't jive with my brain. I'd either lighten the sky a bit, or darken the foreground and clouds. The composition is excellent.