I went hiking in southern France

Lyrt · Post by **Lyrt** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:32 pm

Nothing fancy, just where I was on Sunday:

fallingwickets · Post by **fallingwickets** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:18 am

Where was the first picture taken? The location looks amazing....perfect for beers and kisses. Yikes, Yukio, your pictures are driving some of us mad

Clive

Griswold · Post by **Griswold** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 7:37 am

Love to be fishing where the guy in the first pic is. Looks an ideal spot.

Great pics by the way.

Lyrt · Post by **Lyrt** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:46 am

Clive, it was shot in Villetelle, southern France, by the Vidourle riverside.
Peter, thank you!

rafikz · Post by **rafikz** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:47 pm

Lyrt wrote:This week I went hiking with friends in one of the few places in southern France where you can still get lost and flee society.

First we went to a place where nature takes back. It may not be obvious, but in some photographs the trees literally grow on rocks.

Then we went to a very, very small village nearby:

Finally, yesterday, we went visiting the ruins of an old castle. The atheist I am may now believe God exists. I also got fed up with hdr and did not use it for the following series of photographs:

The same with washed-out colours:

Just gorgeous, and scary at the same time

I wouldn't go there at night

Lyrt · Post by **Lyrt** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:23 pm

I went in another part of southern France to visit friends. I was not particularly awed by the scenery, but the (somewhat) private beach was nice.

Scenery from the ruins of the Castellas castle.

The ruins.

Long shutter speed for the beach.

Normal shutter speed if you want a point of comparison.

fallingwickets · Post by **fallingwickets** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:14 am

Yukio

nice to see you out and about! Thanks for sharing your photos

Clive

IanM · Post by **IanM** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:14 am

These are very nice. Did you HDR any of them? A couple have that look about them, and it works in a good way.

Ian

IanM · Post by **IanM** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:19 am

Sorry! Ignore my question regarding HDR. I've just read the rest of the posts and you have already comfirmed it.

Cracking shots, and something that I intend to have a go at myself.

Ian

Lyrt · Post by **Lyrt** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:46 am

Hey Clive, thank you. I’m fine and I’m glad to see the usual suspects are still haunting SMF.

Ian, thank you very much. In the last batch of photographs I have posted, only the second one is a HDR. I used it so the old stones and the sky could be visible. For those interested, here are two of the shots I used for it:

And I just used a ND filter for the sea.

Lyrt · Post by **Lyrt** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 3:24 pm

I went visiting friends in another part of southern France (Aveyron and Tarn).

ryrelav · Post by **ryrelav** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 4:05 pm

Yukio,
You are a PRO!!!!

jww · Post by **jww** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:03 am

Nice work -- what equipment is everyone using for their shots? We have already heard before from Ian, and I have an Olympus e-620 with 14-42 & 40-150 lenses -- but still working on shots worth posting.

Chaps · Post by **Chaps** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:44 pm

Yukio,

I just showed my wife your wonderful photos and all she could do was just gasp. She and I are in awe of your pictures. They take us away to beautiful places and make us smile. Thank you so much for sharing them with us.

Danny

Lyrt · Post by **Lyrt** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:16 pm

Danny, I’m glad you and your wife appreciate the photographs and I thank you for the compliments. I’ll continue posting them here.

(Would a moderator be kind enough to edit Rafikz’s post and remove his quoting my photographs?)

I took my car this morning with no map, no directions and I drove for 12 hours, occasionally stopping by to snap what I liked. I was totally stunned by the variety of landscapes I could see today.

fallingwickets · Post by **fallingwickets** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:39 am

Great pictures.....where are the ones of all the French hotties???

Clive

jww · Post by **jww** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 6:07 am

I like the mountain switchback shots -- you must be a very patient fellow sitting and waiting for them to be free of vehicles.

Lyrt · Post by **Lyrt** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 6:33 am

Hey Clive, thank you. You know, this is the least populated part of France. I would have to spend hours to get to see hotties there (note that I could easily find girls who were hotties in 1950).

Hey Wendell, thank you. You know, this is the least populated part of France. I would have to spend hours to get to see cars on those switchbacks.

fallingwickets · Post by **fallingwickets** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:52 pm

In the 10th picture, is the town a fishing town or something similar. I think i see beach sand?? I like that one the most

Chaps · Post by **Chaps** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:54 pm

Yukio,

Again...WOW!! Thanks for sharing, my friend. My wife and I want to come live with you:

Everyplace you photograph is magical.
BTW, what is the name of the town with all the blue roofs? It looked very cozy.

Danny :

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