An image from the first days of march.
I was walking through the mountains of Haut Jura Natural Park to visit a new waterfall and i had to cross this special forest. I just stopped a few minutes for some photos.
Images of french Jura, done in Jura department and in Haut Jura Natural Park which covers parts of 3 departments Ain, Doubs and Jura.
Mossy forest in Haut Jura natural park
An image from the first days of march.
I was walking through the mountains of Haut Jura Natural Park to visit a new waterfall and i had to cross this special forest. I just stopped a few minutes for some photos.
Les Bouchoux - Haut Jura Natural Park
On march 3, i went for an exploration drive in Haut Jura Natural Park.
I was surprised to discover that, excepted in Valserine valley, all the snow was gone.
The tour started when i left home before dawn. I drove through Valserine valley until Mijoux village. Then i took the mountain road to Lajoux and Bellecombe.
A little road i wanted to visit was still closed because the snow had not been cleaned since the beginning of winter. I walked on the first kilometers, and explored a little bit the surrounding forest.
Then i went back to my car and drove to Septmoncel, stopped to visit some new streams and took the car again to another place near Saint-Claude where i could make a nice walk through a beautiful forest to Horse tail waterfall or Cascade de la Queue de Cheval in french.
Back once more to the car, i drove to Saint-Claude where i stopped just a short time to visit the cathedral.
The afternoon was beginning when i left the cathedral to take the road through an unknown part of the Park. This road sent me near the village of Les Bouchoux.
Once more, i left the car, explored some forests and finally climbed a little hill for a few images of te village itself.
Some other and smaller mountains roads drove me back to Mijoux and Valserine valley. Finally, i was back home about one hour after night fall.
20 images from this day were recently added on my french website. You can have a look here.
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
Another view of these beautiful ice stalactites hanging hover the cold water of Valserine river.
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
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
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.
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.
Snow on Jura forest
I've uploaded yesterday 24 new images of snow in Valserine valley.
Most of them where done on the left side of the valley and are so from Ain department. This one was done with a long lens and these trees are on the other side of Valserine river, they are so in Jura department.
Snow on the branches
We have spent the end of 2011 with our friends living in the heart of Valserine valley. While it was raining for more than one week around my home, their house and the landscape all around were under a huge amount of snow.
I just retreived my office and computers this morning and couldn't wait to wish you a wonderful new year with this abstract image done with no other effect than camera shake during the exposure.
Autumn dusk in Valserine forest
The weather conditions are still awful here and i'm still processing and posting some images done sooner in the autumn.
Autumn in Valserine forest
An image from the last days of october.
I've stopped there a few days ago and all the leaves are gone. The weather is really cold in Haut Jura Natural Park now and i've ever seen one car accident because of the frosty roads. In a few weeks, the place will probably be under the snow.
Dark silhouettes in the golden forest
Very nice autumn light in Valserine forest.
The camera shake technics removed many distracting details and just kept light and shapes.
Flaming autumn in Valserine forest
Two days ago, i returned to Valserine forest to get a little more of the beautiful autumn colours before all the leaves are gone.
Between some more typical forest images, i took the time to play a little more with my camera shake technics.
Last week end we went to visit some friends living in Haut Jura Natural Park. The main purpose of such times is obviously not photography but they live in a really beautiful place, just a few steps from Valserine forest and i can't imagine going there without a camera.
My friend is a wood sculptor and we spent the saturday evening looking at his recent work, at my images, commenting each others ...
On sunday morning we both woke up early. He went to his workshop and i took my camera for a little walk in the forest.
It was a nice, quiet misty morning. I had spent the night speaking with a good friend and i was walking alone in an amazing natural forest. So it was a very beautiful moment.
As you may know, its difficult to have a really free mind and instead of contemplating the amazing forest around me, i was looking for autumn colours.
So i probably missed a lot a photo opportunities before i told me you're in a pine forest and their autumn colours are green not orange.
Then i started to look around me differently, to breath the morning mist and finally seated on an old mossy tree stump. After this short stop i continued my walk during a least two hours and got a few nice images.
This one is the result of a light tonemapping done with Picturenaut on a HDR image produced from 7 exposures.
Stream cascading in Jura forest near Septmoncel
One more view of this little stream cascading in the forest of Haut Jura Natural Park near Septmoncel.
Rural landscape under the clouds on Bellecombe plateau
Despite of the cloudy sky, that's a summer image from august.
It was done during one of my first explorations on Bellecombe plateau and perfectly illustrates the atmosphere in which people often live here.
Water falling against the moss near Septmoncel
We are back to a few weeks ago with this closeup of the waterfall on the syncline fold near Septmoncel in Haut Jura Natural Park.
Friday 6 April 2012
Mossy forest in Haut Jura Natural Park
An image from the first days of march.
I was walking through the mountains of Haut Jura Natural Park to visit a new waterfall and i had to cross this special forest. I just stopped a few minutes for some photos.
Monday 26 March 2012
Bouchoux village in the mountains of Haut Jura Natural Park
On march 3, i went for an exploration drive in Haut Jura Natural Park.
I was surprised to discover that, excepted in Valserine valley, all the snow was gone.
The tour started when i left home before dawn. I drove through Valserine valley until Mijoux village. Then i took the mountain road to Lajoux and Bellecombe.
A little road i wanted to visit was still closed because the snow had not been cleaned since the beginning of winter. I walked on the first kilometers, and explored a little bit the surrounding forest.
Then i went back to my car and drove to Septmoncel, stopped to visit some new streams and took the car again to another place near Saint-Claude where i could make a nice walk through a beautiful forest to Horse tail waterfall or Cascade de la Queue de Cheval in french.
Back once more to the car, i drove to Saint-Claude where i stopped just a short time to visit the cathedral.
The afternoon was beginning when i left the cathedral to take the road through an unknown part of the Park. This road sent me near the village of Les Bouchoux.
Once more, i left the car, explored some forests and finally climbed a little hill for a few images of te village itself.
Some other and smaller mountains roads drove me back to Mijoux and Valserine valley. Finally, i was back home about one hour after night fall.
20 images from this day were recently added on my french website. You can have a look here.
Tuesday 14 February 2012
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.
Thursday 2 February 2012
Icy bells in Valserine river
Another view of these beautiful ice stalactites hanging hover the cold water of Valserine river.
Friday 27 January 2012
Snowstorm impression 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 ...
Tuesday 24 January 2012
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.
Thursday 19 January 2012
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.
Tuesday 10 January 2012
Thursday 5 January 2012
Snowstorm impression 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.
Wednesday 4 January 2012
Snow on the coniferous trees of Jura forest
I've uploaded yesterday 24 new images of snow in Valserine valley.
Most of them where done on the left side of the valley and are so from Ain department. This one was done with a long lens and these trees are on the other side of Valserine river, they are so in Jura department.
Monday 2 January 2012
Snow on the branches
We have spent the end of 2011 with our friends living in the heart of Valserine valley. While it was raining for more than one week around my home, their house and the landscape all around were under a huge amount of snow.
I just retreived my office and computers this morning and couldn't wait to wish you a wonderful new year with this abstract image done with no other effect than camera shake during the exposure.
Wednesday 14 December 2011
Autumn dusk in Valserine forest
The weather conditions are still awful here and i'm still processing and posting some images done sooner in the autumn.
Sunday 20 November 2011
Autumn landscape in Valserine forest
An image from the last days of october.
I've stopped there a few days ago and all the leaves are gone. The weather is really cold in Haut Jura Natural Park now and i've ever seen one car accident because of the frosty roads. In a few weeks, the place will probably be under the snow.
Thursday 3 November 2011
Dark silhouettes in the golden forest
Very nice autumn light in Valserine forest.
The camera shake technics removed many distracting details and just kept light and shapes.
Wednesday 2 November 2011
Saturday 29 October 2011
Flaming autumn
Two days ago, i returned to Valserine forest to get a little more of the beautiful autumn colours before all the leaves are gone.
Between some more typical forest images, i took the time to play a little more with my camera shake technics.
Friday 28 October 2011
Weekly commented photo # 43 - Autumn mist in Valserine forest
Last week end we went to visit some friends living in Haut Jura Natural Park. The main purpose of such times is obviously not photography but they live in a really beautiful place, just a few steps from Valserine forest and i can't imagine going there without a camera.
My friend is a wood sculptor and we spent the saturday evening looking at his recent work, at my images, commenting each others ...
On sunday morning we both woke up early. He went to his workshop and i took my camera for a little walk in the forest.
It was a nice, quiet misty morning. I had spent the night speaking with a good friend and i was walking alone in an amazing natural forest. So it was a very beautiful moment.
As you may know, its difficult to have a really free mind and instead of contemplating the amazing forest around me, i was looking for autumn colours.
So i probably missed a lot a photo opportunities before i told me you're in a pine forest and their autumn colours are green not orange.
Then i started to look around me differently, to breath the morning mist and finally seated on an old mossy tree stump. After this short stop i continued my walk during a least two hours and got a few nice images.
This one is the result of a light tonemapping done with Picturenaut on a HDR image produced from 7 exposures.
Thursday 13 October 2011
Little stream cascading in the forest of Haut Jura Natural Park
One more view of this little stream cascading in the forest of Haut Jura Natural Park near Septmoncel.
Monday 10 October 2011
Rural landscape under the clouds in Haut Jura Natural Park
Despite of the cloudy sky, that's a summer image from august.
It was done during one of my first explorations on Bellecombe plateau and perfectly illustrates the atmosphere in which people often live here.
Thursday 6 October 2011
Falling water
We are back to a few weeks ago with this closeup of the waterfall on the syncline fold near Septmoncel in Haut Jura Natural Park.
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