Pain de Sucre waterfall on Vézéronce river

Pain de Sucre waterfall on Vézéronce river

 

An image from yesterday while i was exploring Vézéronce river near Surjoux in Ain department.

This river is a small one with just a few kilometers long but goes to the Rhône which is one of the main rivers in France (it starts in Switzerland and finishes the mediterranean sea)

This waterfall is just a few hundreds meters far from the junction between the two rivers. Access is really short and easy and i guess it's a famous place for family walks.

I know there is at least one more fall above this one but i couldn't find any path through the cliffs. I asked to someone living just near. He answered that he wasn't sure about the path and that it should be dangerous.
I think i need to have a closer look to my map.

Autumn forest around the Rhône river

Autumn forest around the Rhône river

 

An image from one month ago during my most recent visit to Parnant and Rhône rivers.

Glandieu waterfall

Glandieu waterfall

 

A reminder from June done during my very short visit to this waterfall.

Spring water in Valserine forest

Spring water in Valserine forest

 

An image from May in Haut Jura Natural Park.
This mountain stream runs all over the year through the forest but spring is probably its most beautiful season.

A wider view of this place can be seen here.

Long exposure on Glandieu waterfall

Long exposure on Glandieu waterfall

 

One more image from this serie i did in the first week of May.
Once more, i used my Hoya ND 400 filter for the long exposure in full daylight.

LINKS :
My waterfalls, rivers and streams photo gallery.
All my images done with the Hoya ND 400 filter.

Glandieu waterfall at springtime

Glandieu waterfall at springtime

 

I've just posted on my french website all the images i've done last week around this waterfall.
After the detail published here a few days ago, i now share a wider view of the fall.

LINKS :
My waterfalls, rivers and stream photo gallery.
All my images about Glandieu waterfall.

Mist on the forest

Autumn mist on Valserine forest

 

An image from September 2011 with the first autumn mist rising on the mountain forest of Valserine valley.
I rarely process my photos in black and white but i had a good feeling with this one ...

LINKS :
My forest photo gallery.
All my images about Valserine valley.

Glandieu waterfall

Glandieu waterfall

 

Glandieu waterfall is a famous and beautiful waterfall in Ain department.
Here, waters from Gland river makes a big jump (a little more than 30 meters i think) before their last run to meet the Rhône river.

I have recently discovered this waterfall on a map and went there yesterday in the late afternoon to make some photos before the dry season.
This image only shows a detail from the upper part of the fall and is the first i processed today.

Endless stream in Valserine forest

Endless stream in Valserine forest

 

One more from these few days in Haut Jura Natural Park about one week ago.

I know this noname stream for about one year and after the really rainy springtime we had here, i thought conditions were good for a few pictures.
Arrived on the place a little soon in the afternoon, i went for a walk through the beautiful forest, waiting for the sun to be lower on the horizon and came back when the light started to be good.

LINKS :

My waterfalls, rivers and streams photo gallery.
All my images about Valserine valley.

Misty morning on the Rhone river

Misty morning on the Rhône river

 

An image from about one week ago, done from an old bridge (Pont de Grésin) crossing the Rhône river between Ain and Haute Savoie departments.

Springtime in Valserine forest

Springtime in Valserine forest - Haut Jura Natural Park

 

A few days old image from Haut Jura Natural Park.
The forest contains both deciduous and coniferous trees and this photo is a good illustration of how they blend and contrast.

LINKS :

My french forests photo gallery.
All my images about Valserine valley.

Rhone river running through the springtime forest

Rhône river running through the springtime forest

 

A green image from this morning.

I returned this morning to Parnant river. I left the place where i had done images about one week ago, walked to the Rhône river and followed it by a little path through the forest.
I walked to an old bridge named Pont de Grésin, stopped there for a few pictures and then explored the forest all around.

This photo was done from the bridge.

 

I've recently read that a famous french writer compared this part of the river to a Mississipi without crocodiles. I can't say if the comparison was right but at least there are no crocodiles !

White landscape in Valserine valley

Snow on Valserine valley - Hau Jura Natural Park

An other image from the days i spent in Valserine valley at the end of 2011.

I returned a few days in Haut Jura Natural Park about one week ago. All the snow is now gone and springtime is rainy and cold. I mostly spent my time exploring some new places between Lajoux, Saint Claude and Longchaumois and i hope to be ready for some new images for the next decent weather period.

I'm currently working hard on some new features for my main website and i'm very late in processing and publishing new images but i found a short time to post 8 new photos of Nernier 2 days ago.

Winter dusk on Valserine river

Winter dusk on Valserine river

An image from the middle of januray. Before the big cold wave which now freezes the europe but this valley is always very cold.

More images of this place and day where added on my french website on january 28.
You can have a look here.

Icy bells in Valserine river

Icy bells in Valserine river

Another view of these beautiful ice stalactites hanging hover the cold water of Valserine river.

Snowstorm impression in Valserine forest

Snowstorm in Valserine forest

An image from the last days of 2011 is spent in Haut Jura Natural Park.
Very similar to this one posted on january 5 and also done with shaking the camera during the exposure.
I don't know which one i prefer ...

Cold and powerful water in Valserine river

Cold and powerful water in Valserine river

That's a place of Valserine river i've left unexplored until last week.
Access between snow, rocks and ice in a strong slope was not exactly easy but at least i spent a nice time there and came back with 2 or 3 interesting images.
This one comes from a HDR work done with 5 exposures processed mostly with Picturenaut.

Icy bells in Valserine river

Icy bells in Valserine river

Last year, i did many images of ice stalactites in Fornant river just near my home.
As this year the winter is not cold enough for such photos here, i went yesterday to Valserine valley in Haut Jura Natural Park. That's a very cold place and i spent there the afternoon until late dusk. I could make many images of the cold and powerful river including landscapes and a few closeups like this one.

These closeups where done with the tripod head really low over the water surface and while i was preparing all the stuff for a good composition, my remote shutter release had a little bath and stopped working. I was able to continue my work with the camera integrated self timer but i was a little worry for the next hours because the self timer is really not the solution for very long exposures. Fortunately, about one hour later my shutter release was dry and worked perfectly again.

Winter in Valserine valley

Winter in Valserine valley

Snowstorm impression in Valserine forest

Snowstorm in Valserine forest

One more of these few days in Haut Jura Natural Park at the end of last year.

From the house where we were staying, i had to walk in the deep fresh snow to come to this place. After all these years spent in Provence, i forgot how difficult but funny it could be. My tripod helped me more than once and not only to make images ...

That said, this photo was done hand held with moving the camera during the exposure and i really love this effect here.

Note :I've added this afternoon one new gallery dedicated to snow images on my french website.