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27th July 2005 : Mont Saint Michel
Well Im back after an fantastic two week break on mainland europe. We drove down to Dover, over to France, a zig-zag down through France, across into Italy, up through Switzerland and Austria into southern Germany, then back across into France to finally cross back into England after two weeks on tour. In fact I wrote down where we went, and after 1300 shots, its hard to believe we did it in two weeks. That included spending a relaxing 3 days chilling on Lake Como in Italy.
Anyway, this is a shot of Mont St Michel in Northern France where we spent the 1st night of the trip. Our hotel balcony looked out onto the Mont, although this was shot from the road going to it a few hundred metres from the hotel. Of course after a superb meal (that also overlooked the Mont) and washed down with a nice bottle of local wine.
This is the first of 2 Im posting, tommorrows is a closer night shot of the Mont, didnt really take to the day shots I took, they were good, just seen far too many of them.
Camera : Nikon D70
Lens : Nikon 18-70mm F3.5-4.5G ED
Focal Length : 18mm
15sec F16
ISO 200
Categories: Sky] Special locations] Sunsets / Dawns]
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Comments
nice. nice nice!
frisky? on 28th July 2005 @ 3:10am
sweet jeezus. this is magical.
zac on 28th July 2005 @ 5:06am
I think it's beautiful. Am planning to get a Nikon D70s and seeing how these pictures turned out, I am even more psyched to get it!!
Ling on 28th July 2005 @ 5:38am
Great Shot and contrast in the horizon.
Shahram on 28th July 2005 @ 5:38am
Superb view of the Mont. Glad you're back! Looks and sounds like you had a fantastic time.
owen on 28th July 2005 @ 7:56am
Good to see you back, Paul. oh man! this was worth the wait :) Stunning shot. Love the colours, the composition and the subject. Did you go to Lugano? (my favourite place by the Swiss/Italian border)
ChrisK on 28th July 2005 @ 8:28am
hehe, stopped for a coffee around that area, we stayed in Menaggio on Como.
paul on 28th July 2005 @ 8:57am
Sounds like a wonderful trip; glad you had a good time. As for Mont Saint Michel, I've always wanted to go; I've thought of it as a wonderful place since I was a kid, and the magical qualities of this tidal island are caught well here. Lovely shot.
Alastair on 28th July 2005 @ 9:35am
That sounds like fun! I'm envious. Very cool shot. I love the colors.
RainKing on 28th July 2005 @ 10:10am
Welcome back mate, sounds like a great trip, this shot is ace, i love the colours in the sky and the composition is spot on.
SteveO on 28th July 2005 @ 11:20am
Can't wait to see all the pictures you took on your trip. This is an excellent start! Such a wide angle, and I agree with SteveO about the composition: superb!
Arjan on 28th July 2005 @ 11:44am
Great composition. I was there last year (during daytime though). A very Harry Potter shot... looking forward to all the shots you took. Welcome back Paul!
Ioannis on 28th July 2005 @ 12:39pm
Magical! Both the Mont & the sky.
naz on 28th July 2005 @ 2:04pm
WOW. Fisrt I want to say that i really miss your post the days you did not post at all. Second thing is. I am sooooo gelous. I hope I have the change to be in Germany some time during the 2006. And after all this looks like a fairy tale picture. I am sure there's a very good serie about ot came.
Adriana on 28th July 2005 @ 9:29pm
Brings back memories when I visited it (twice) as a child. A wonderful place as shown here.
Mystery Me on 29th July 2005 @ 12:04am
Wow! Beautiful image, lovely colours, great composition. what more could you want?
Neil on 29th July 2005 @ 12:09am
Wow. Just gorgeous. The colors here are amazing.
orange on 29th July 2005 @ 2:03am
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