Ian Bramham's Photoblog
The Cross
Posted by Ian Bramham (Manchester, United Kingdom) on 26 August 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
This is the first of many photos that I took while on holiday with my family in France....it's a photo taken near La Chapelle de Valentine high up in the Auvergne mountains overlooking the Vallée de la Santoire .
I'm posting a photo of the Chapel itself tomorrow.
Like what you see here and are interested in photographic composition?.....the blog section of my website now has a complete set of 5 articles covering my personal approach to the subject: Ian Bramham Photography - Blog
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@Ted: Thanks Ted!
@Mirko Herzner: Thanks very much Mirko....it's great to be back.
@dj.tigersprout: Thanks very much!....this was a lovely spot to take a few photos.
@Ana Lúcia: Thanks Ana!
@Margie: Thanks Margie!
@peter: Thanks Peter...it was a dramatic spot.
@Peter Mannfolk: Thanks Peter....that's a lovely thing to say.
@Catalin: Thanks very much Catalin!
@Behrooz Sangani: Thanks very much Behrooz!
@Vink: Thanks Vink!
@Alfredo J. Martiz J.: Thanks Alfredo!...I hope you aren't dissapointed by the photo of the chapel tomorrow.
@paulski: Thanks very much Paulski!
@Michael Skorulski: Thanks Michael...the Auvergne is a truly beautiful part of France!
@Bill Ault: Thanks Bill...that's very kind of you!
@Viewfinder: Thanks Glenn....as you know, this Sigma 10-20 lens is my favourite for landscape photos.
@Laurie: Thanks Laurie!
@IanSmith: Thanks very much Ian...it's great to hear from you. Im really pleased that you like the composition. I nearly filled two 4GB memory cards in the 2 weeks we were away so although a lot of them are family photos I'm hopeful that there will be a few images that will be good enough to use here on the blog.
@dan: Thanks Dan....the Auvergne is a beautiful place!
@yz: Thanks yz!
@Paolo: Thanks Paolo...sometimes you just get lucky :-)
@Rui: Thanks very much Rui!
@kdl212: Thanks!....in answer to your question this was a very simple conversion using Photoshop CS3. The original photo was taken using an extreme wide angle lens and photographs taken with it often show a variation in the colour of skies from deep blue furthest from the sun to a very pale blue or clear sky closer to the sun.
The bluest parts of the sky on this photo are the deep black parts.
@Sun.~: Thanks Sun!
@Putter: Thanks Putter!
@Stefan: Thanks Stefan!
@Nia Bail: Thanks.....I use the older f4-5.6 version.
Nikon D40
1/800 second
F/8.0
ISO 200
15 mm (35mm equiv.)
