Another HDR at Bau Rouge beach

Cloudy morning at Bau Rouge beach

Another old file just processed.

Done from 2 exposures, processed with SilkyPix and Photomatix.
Original images are from september, a few minutes before the rainbow.

If you're interested in HDR photography, you can have a look at my Tips for HDR landscapes.

The little river with the little waterfall - HDR

The little river with the little waterfall

In the late autumn i like to visit this little river in the forest around my village.
We didn't had too much rain this autumn and i could stand up in the middle of the river bed and add a new point of view to my image collection.

This one was done from 3 exposures processed with Photomatix and Silkypix.

The chapel in the forest - HDR

Malière chapel - Provence

I've ever posted a very similar image and some words about this place here.

As you can devine, this one was done the same day but from 3 exposures processed with Photomatix. I love the rendition of the stone walls given by the tonemapping process.

A springtime reminder - Peaceful dusk at Bau Rouge beach

Peaceful dusk at Bau Rouge beach

That's an "old" shot from may, same day that the one posted here.

Autumn light in the forest

Autumn light in Provence forest

Same path that the one shown in this post.

Cloudy morning at Bau Rouge beach - HDR

Cloudy morning at Bau Rouge beach - Provence

An image from September, just finished to process.
Done from 3 exposures with Photomatix.

Same place and same day that this one and this one.

Note : My tips for HDR landscapes are here.

Playing with tonemapping on a tif file and a real HDR seascape

Mediterranean storm at Gigaro beach

When i processed the image of my previous post i wanted it to look natural.
The result was what i wanted but after a few days i found it really too flat for my eyes. So i processed the 48 bits tif file in Photomatix to add a little of tonemapping.
You can see the result just above. I prefer it to the previous image.

Just under, you can find a real HDR version of the same scene, also done with Photomatix but from 3 exposures.

Gigaro beach, the day after

Mediterranean storm on Gigaro beach

Some days the sea looks like the ocean.

End of the day at Gigaro beach - HDR

End of the day at Gigaro beach

It looks like i don't have posted any HDR image here for a long time.

This beach is a famous place in the Saint-Tropez area. I recently spent 2 days here. The first one was with a beautiful weather as you can see but the second one was really not the same ...

Autumn path in Provence forest

Autumn path in Provence forest

I've complained many times about the fact that most of the trees here are evergreen but now you can see that i'm a liar :) In the hudge forest we have here, some places are filled with chestnut trees and can offer some typical autumn images.

Autumn light on red rocks in Provence

Autumn landscape around the Rocher de Roquebrune

I just have to say Thank you to my soft GND filters :)

The other side of Bau Rouge beach

Morning light at Bau Rouge beach

Regular readers will easily recognize the cliff in the background.
Here we are still on Bau Rouge beach but not on the part of the beach where i usually go. This one is some hundreds of meters more to the west but we can't move from one part to another by feet while carrying some photographic equipment.
This place is less wild and looks more to a real beach than the other one. I hope i'll find a way to go still more to the west.

On the beach before the rain - HDR

Bau Rouge beach before the rain

A few time after the rainbow posted in my previous post.
And for the newest readers, you can have a look here at my tips for HDR landscapes, they also work for seascapes :)

Rainbow over the sea

Rainbow over the Mediterranean sea

I wake up a long time before dawn to make some images of a mountain around Toulon.
While driving i saw that the sky was really not the one i was expecting.
So i decided to change my destination and to go the the sea.

After some hours of typical images of cloudy dawn i was about to leave and go back when the rainbow appeared. Sometimes, photographers are just lucky :)

Golden rocks at the sea

Morning light around Le Port du Niel

Just around Le Port du Niel, same day than the one in the previous post but about one hour later.
This islands all around are called Golden Islands ...

A very soft dawn on the Mediterranean coast

Mediterranean dawn at Le Port du Niel

During the second part of august, we went twice to sleep at the sea. To park the van we choose the little pier of Le Port du Niel on the Presqu'île de Giens. That's a very peaceful place and you can't see it on these images but the coast all around is really wild and beautiful. I hope to return there before the end of summer for a more serious photographic work.

Morning light on Le Port du Niel

Colorful houses in Provence village - HDR

Rue Galilée in Collobrières - Provence

As many of you seem to like this kind of pictures, here's a new one :)

Same place and same day than this one.

Dusk on the Gapeau river

Dusk on the Gapeau river

The Gapeau runs to the sea not too far from my home. I was driving along the river one of the past evenings and found the light beautiful ...

Abstraction in the forest

Eucalyptus barks on forest ground

Another one of this cloudy day

Cloudy sky over Bau Rouge beach

Same place, same day but a few hours later than the one posted here.

I think i can give you some reasons about why i don't have posted anything here for about one week.
I had to change my main computer and i'm still in that task. Reinstalling softwares, rebuiliding monitor and printers profiles, checking files copies etc ...
I hope i'll be able to post something new before the end of the week.