Got to heat the drums

Through the forest

ICM (Intentional Camera Movement) picture taken in the Fontainebleau forest, near Paris, France. Technically, it can be mostly split twofold : the first picture is the trail through the forest and the second one, higher up above at the sky, through the trees.

She dreams at the Dune

Taken at the Cap Ferret, France, showing the famous Dune du Pyla (“Pyla sand dune”).

Sunset at the Bay

Taken in a boat from Cap Ferret to Arcachon.

The fisherman

Taken at the Biscarosse beach, in the Landes, France.

Sunset skies

Clouds during sunset, taken in Lorraine, France.

Welcoming hands

A sunset over the Seine river. Taken at the ridge trail near Chérence, in the GR2 trail.

Thoughts

Someone in the Paris subway (line 10).

Perspective

View from the 2nd floor of the Eiffel Tower, aiming at the Trocadéro Palace and La Défense business district.

How long ? Too long

Taken in the Charles de Gaulle – Étoile RER station, in Paris.

The Walking Consumers

Sometimes, you just take a picture, not having the slightest idea how it will look at the end. This is one of them, mostly due to the shadows and people posture. Oh and btw, this daring critique of consumerism was taken on my expensive japanese camera… 🙂

Sunday…

This is one of the amazing murals at Derry, Northern Ireland, UK. It pictures a young kid with a molotov in his hand and a gas mask. It is derived from one of the most famous pictures of Bloody Sunday.

Dunlewy

Same story as “Poisoned Glen” : ” you don’t usually get a nice sunset in August in Ireland, so when you know you’re going to have, you rush to the nearest viewpoint and smash your camera shutter.” Still, I hate panoramas.

Poisoned Glen

You don’t usually get a nice sunset in August in Ireland, so when you know you’re going to have, you rush to the nearest viewpoint and smash your camera shutter. Not much more backstory.

Lackavrea

Could have just titled it “Connemara is beautiful”, because that’s what it shows. Not much more to say. This is a picture of the Lackavrea hill, near Lough Corrib, Co Galway, Ireland. Taken from the MGWR trackbed, near Maam Cross.

Local weather of Connacht

My best picture of Ireland in my opinion, because it represents everything I felt there. It was taken in the descent from Leenaun Hill, Co Galway, Ireland. After spending 2 hours in the Maumturks ridge, under high winds and low clouds, the weather cleared during the descent, and became quite irish : local thick rainy clouds and small sunshines.

She will be at sea

Continuing on my addiction to landlocked boats, this picture was taken in Galway, Ireland, at low tide. Just wait a tiny sunshine after 30 minutes below the rain and you’ll get this texture !

Black cloud

90% of the pictures I took in Ireland could have been named “black cloud(s)”, but I guess this one was the most worthy of this title. Taken near the cliffs of Moher, at Doolin pier, Co Clare, Ireland.

Mcgillicuddy’s

A view from the path to Torc Mountain, just above Killarney, Co Kerry, Ireland. These are among the highest mountains in Ireland, including the famous Carrauntohill, highest peak of the country.

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Dull sky sometimes lead to interesting pictures. In this case, I quite liked the tree and the clouds, coupled with the nice “Windows XP” hills !

The picture was taken near the Lac de Chalain in the Jura mountains, France.

Sky full of stars

Attempt at astrophotography. Still have a lot of work to compose in the dark and post-process correctly.

Un village français

Town street in Dordogne, France.

Dunlop

Old house in Dordogne, France.

Crime Alley

A random person looking at posters in the Batman exhibition (Angoulême festival).

Endless death

Photo of the Douaumont ossuary, at the cemetery. The fog was dense and natural at the time of the picture, thus giving an effect of an endless continuity of tombstones.

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Haunted and desolated

Picture taken at the Fort de Vaux, near Verdun, France. All craters are due to bombing during WWI, since the fort was witness to an endless battle where the French army resisted during five days the assaults of the German.

She could have been one of them

Taken at the port of Arcachon, France.

Time stands still

Picture taken at the ice skating park of Arcachon, France, during Christmas time.

Literal reflections

Reflections in a puddle, near the Camicas forest in Arcachon, France.

Destroyer of Worlds

Heavy woodcutter in the Pyla beach, near Arcachon, France.

She should be at sea 2

Second picture of a grounded boat in the Arcachon bay, this time at sunrise.

Beaugrenelle 2

View of the Beaugrenelle towers from underneath.

Semi-wheel

Ferris wheel in Nancy, France, in the Place de la Carrière (Quarry Square).

Arc de Triomphe ?

View of the Tour Eiffel, from the Trocadero on the other side of the Seine.

Kvalvika

View of Kvalvika (“whale’s beach”) and the Ryten mount above it.

Lofoten

View from the Hoven mountain in the Lofoten, Norway.

Lysefjord

View of the famous fjord taken from near the Preikestolen, in Norway.

Left to rot

Abandoned car in Cotentin peninsula, Normandy, France.

Montbrun

Montbrun castle in Dordogne, France.

Aim for the sky

Paraglider in the Beauges mountains, France.

Victory of Autumn

Picture taken in the Beauges mountains, France.

Goatfell

Glenrosa valley and the Goatfell seen from the mountain slopes. Arran, Scotland.

Arran

Brodick, and the south of Arran seen from the Goatfell slopes, in Scotland.

Stones of yore

Machrie Moor stones in Arran, Scotland.

En route !

Ferry from Ardrossan to Brodick, Arran, Scotland.

Water and rock

Lac des Truites (Lake of Trouts) in the Vosges mountains, France.

Where modern meets old

Sound and light show in the Nancy, France, city hall, seen from the Stanislas Square.

Full of life

Street view of Habana, Cuba.

Gran Teatro

Gran Teatro de la Habana (Great Theatre of Havana, Cuba).

Two statues

Street performer (and a real statue) in the streets of Havana, Cuba.

Paradise waters

Private beach in the south of Cuba.

I see you

Street performer in Havana, Cuba.

Teotihuacán

View from the bottom of the Pirámide del Sol (Sun’s Pyramid) in Teotihuacán, Mexico. No matter how wide the focal length, it is impossible to transcribe how crushing this is pyramid is.

Monkeys are taking over Fanta

Monkey drinking Fanta in Dambulla, Sri Lanka. (this photo was not sponsored in any way…)

Light on the red

Autumn view of the Beauges mountains, France (blue slope on the Aillons ski station).

T’as d’beaux yeux, tu sais ?

Famous staring monkey in Sri Lanka.

Hot breath

Fire breather in Sri Lanka.

Got to heat the drums

Traditional drummer in Sri Lanka.

Cleaning the net

Negombo fish market in Sri Lanka.

Checking train schedules

People waiting at a train station in Ella, Sri Lanka.

Crushing sea

Waves crushing on the shore in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

You spin me round

Ferris wheel in La Rochelle, France.

Green Venice

House nearby the “Marais Poitevin” (Poitevin Marsh).

Who you looking at ?

Just plain cows, in the “Marais Poitevin” (Poitevin Marsh).

Cours de la Libération

View of Grenoble and the Cours de la Libération (Liberation Avenue), taken from up the Bastille.

Sunset over the city

Picture taken in Ronda, Spain, in Andalucía.

Jaén

Panorama of Jaén taken from the Castillo de Santa Catalina.

Bazar india

Street of Granada, Spain.

Plaza de España

Famous Plaza de España (Spain Square) in Seville, Spain. It was built in 1928 for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929.

Bambi !

Mule deer at the zoo in Lyon, France (inside the “Parc de la Tête d’Or”).

Soldier, report !

Street performer in the streets of Lyon, France.

At the end of the tunnel

Street in Lyon, France.

Aliens exist

Graffiti near the “colline de Fourvière” (Fourvière hill) in Lyon, France.

Alsacian Venice

The Launch river in Colmar, France, during the christmas market period.

Have i put enough paint ?

Street performer in Colmar, France, during the christmas market period.

Lots in a small shop

Street vendor during the “marché de Noël” (christmas market) in Strasbourg, France.

Eternal sunset

Taken in Finland, during the long sunsets of summer nights.

The lost Mona Lisa

Taken from the show “Main basse sur la Joconde” in the Parc Astérix, France.

On m’appelle Marcel

Taken from the show “Main basse sur la Joconde” in the Parc Astérix, France.