The old church of Venasque

Posted on November 13th, 2014

At my last stay in France, I was in a region called Provence. It looks a bit like the Tuscany in Italy, except they are talking french, it’s anyway near the italian border.
However, I visited some nice old villages among others the village of Venasque. A small place on the top of a hill with narrow alleys and an old church, which was built in the 17. century and called like the famous dome in Paris, Notre Dame.
I used my Feisol tripod on the maximum height of about 2 meters and took a bracket series for an HDR image. The tripod is no more as stable on this height and it bounces a bit, therefore I used the 10s timer to wait until the camera was stable again. The usage of the camera at this height, gives me the possibility to level the camera horizontal to avoid angular lines, more or less.

The backyard

Posted on September 30th, 2014

In the Provence you can find a lot of small, medieval and picturesq villages, just as Venasqe.
A beautiful little place on the top of a hill, with narrow alleys and tight ways. But also the residents here don’t want to miss a car. And at the latest now you know, why here in France so many small cars on the roads are.
In such a garage there is no space for a S-Class Benz and if, then you will never ever can leave your garage through the narrow alleys. Maybe you can build a garage for your Benz at the foot of  the hill and take the last piece with a Peugeot 108.