One more rainy day, an abstract version

Hazel tree flowers in the rain

 

Another image from yesterday still about the same subject : These hazel tree flowers hanging in the rain.
The motion blur is really due to vertical panning applied to the camera during the exposure.

Light on the autumn leaves

Light on the autumn leaves

Autumn flames

Autumn flames

 

Colorful autumn leaves blurred by camera movements during the exposure.

In the deep forest

In the deep forest

 

An image from last week while i was walking through the forest of Col de la Forclaz.
I found one place with decideous trees in the foreground and old white pine tree trunks in the background. After one or two classic images for my stock, i spent a little time playing with camera shake to blend colors and lines.

Autumn flow

Autumn flow

 

Autumn leaves and grass in my garden, blended by camera movements during exposure.

Looks like autumn will come soon

First autumn colors

 

An image from this morning ...

Wheather is cold, rainy and windy. Leaves from the trees in my garden start to change their colors and fall ...

First summer colors

First summer colors in my garden

 

Some beautiful orange flowers in my garden the first day of summer.

Springtime greenery in the forest

Springtime greenery in the forest

 

An "abstract" image done during some recent explorations of the forest along the Rhône river near Pont de Grésin.

Springtime

Apple tree in full bloom at springtime

Abstract landscape along Fornant river

Abstract landscape along Fornant river

 

A more classic view of this scene can be seen here.

Something different

White ghosts in Fornant river

Winter impression

Winter impression

On february 1, by a really cold and windy morning without any exciting light or atmosphere i was walking in the rural landscape around my home, just breathing the air and freezing my hands.

I stopped in front of these little trees growing along the path and spent some time, playing with them and my camera.

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 ...

Wood detail

Detail of a colorful and textured piece of wood

From a piece of wood i was about to burn in the stove this morning before i had a closer look at its colours and texture. The image makes me think to the sandstone of some american canyons.

I think i have to work a little more on that wood before it heats us :)

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.

Snow on the branches

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

Autumn

A little reminder from a few months ago with this abstract view of some colorful leaves in the autumn forest.
Done with moving the camera during the exposure.

Autumn leaves

Autumn leaves

An image from the first days of the month when i was playing to shake my camera in the autumn colours.

Autumn grasses

Autumn grasses

Weekly commented photo # 44 - Autumn impression

Autumn impression

As you may have noticed, with the autumn cames to me the mood for creating some abstract images.
I can't explain exactly why but that's certainly because i spent many and many hours in summer to some long and early drives to Haut Jura Natural Park.

At the end of september i needed something more tranquil and decided to work on the beautiful fall colours in the forest and trees around my home.
Of course i couldn't resist to a few visit to Valserine forest but most of the time i could work without taking my car.

Spending a long time photographing only a very small and close area can become boring if you stuck with classical scenes and don't try something different.
So i started to think in terms of colours, textures and shapes, blending them with moving my camera during the exposure or with multi exposures.

As usual, the more you practice, the more the things become interesting.
With the time i started to devine which subject and which movements are the most likely to give the result i expect. Although sometimes the final image is still a total surprise but that's one of the pleasures of photography.

This photo was created yesterday evening in a little wood between my home and Fornant river.
I got a few other ones with such colours and textures and two or three with some trunk silhouettes nicely swiped by the camera movements.