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Sprig of lilly of the valley

A landscape photographer and nature lover... — Tue, 01 May 2012 07:58:09 +0000

Like every year, the 1st of may May (labor day) is an opportunity to offer or be offered a nice sprig of lily of the valley to brings good luck.

All pictures of sprigs of lillies of the valley (mainly wild lillies of the valley photographed in the undergrowth of forests in France) are accessible from this album: pictures of lillies of the valley

A sprig of wild lily of the valley, in silhouette through a leaf.

A red squirrel and its nuts

A landscape photographer and nature lover... — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 23:00:11 +0000

A nice red squirrel handing a nut. Picture shot last week in Vincennes woods, near Paris (France).

To add this squirrel to your desktop background : left click on the picture below to display the HD picture in a new window, then right click on the new window and follow menu options to download wallpaper to your computer.

A red squirrel

Happy Easter :)

A landscape photographer and nature lover... — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 16:32:56 +0000

This sweet rabbit isn’t in chocolate

Happy Easter !

First flowering trees

A landscape photographer and nature lover... — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:00:01 +0000

Trees are now all flowering! For sure, we’re in spring !

To display the HD wallpaper for this flowering tree, left click on picture below. All other pictures of trees in flowers are available in this album : Trees flowering

This is spring, trees are flowering !

A new spring equinox

A landscape photographer and nature lover... — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 04:14:14 +0000

Today is the beginning for a new and colorful spring season !

Facebook fan page : NatureLandscapePhotos

A landscape photographer and nature lover... — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:58:17 +0000

The Fan Page of Landscape-Photo.net is can now be reached directly with the shortcut “NatureLandscapePhotos” :

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A rainbow under the waterfall of Rouget

A landscape photographer and nature lover... — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:41:11 +0000

Here is a panoramic stitching made from thirty photographs, which gives this beautiful view of the base of the waterfall of Rouget, in Haute-Savoie, and the beautiful rainbow created by sunlight through its spray…

A rainbow under the waterfall of Rouget

A pine forest at the foot of the sand dune of Pyla

A landscape photographer and nature lover... — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:58:27 +0000

The sand dune of Pyla, carried by wind from the Atlantic Ocean, moves inexorably on the Pine Forest, and eventually, gradually adding layers.

A forest covered with sand of dune of Pyla, west of France (Atlantic coast)

Rape field and contrasting shades

A landscape photographer and nature lover... — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:18:24 +0000

Here is a photo shot in May 2010, in countryside near Paris, France. This was a field or rape, with in background a dark grey cloudy sky just after rain. A graphic picture I really like, as it is a very simple composition with its two contrasting shades.

Rape field and grey cloudy sky

The best landscape photos of 2011

A landscape photographer and nature lover... — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:53:46 +0000

Here’s a little retrospective of some of the most beautiful natural or urban landscapes that I had the chance to photograph in 2011.

Dune landscape: Tip of the Espiguette. Nice big stretch of sand and dunes near Port Camargue and Grau du Roi (south of France), which found an almost wild when winter arrives and this natural site is found deserted by tourists and holidaymakers …

Flamingos, beautiful birds and protected species that nest in by thousands in the natural park of the Camargue (south of France).

Shooting landscapes, is also photographing the seasons: spring, with flowers and foliage of first green leaves…

… or the fall, probably the most photogenic season with its bright warm colors …

… and sometimes misty landscapes in the forest in the cool of the morning.

The human intervention on the landscape has not every time a negative impact. Thus, the artificial lake Salagou, originally created in the 60′s, for needs for irrigation, is a beautiful place, where the blue sky reflected on the surface of the lake contrasts with a bright red ground, the Ruffe, a color typical of this clay soil saturated with iron oxide which covers the plains region of Herault (south of France)…

Mountain scenery: beautiful winding roads that pass through preserved natural parks. Alternation of valleys, peaks and forests, photographed in the Austrian Alps. A very nice idea for those who want to take a breath of fresh air in the Alps during the summer, far from crowded beaches and the seaside resorts …

There are some landscapes that can be described as heavenly. I was able to return this year to photograph the lakes and waterfalls of Plitvice, Croatia. This is certainly one of the natural sites worth seeing at least once in his life. This alternation of tens of turquoise lakes and many waterfalls, can at times give the impression to the visitor to have found a paradise on earth.

Landscapes of the East: the beautiful Istanbul, on the border of Europe and Asia, a megalopolis surprising and inevitable, that amazes by its colors and contrasts, between mosques, bazards, shopping, and intense maritime activity on the Bosphorus.

Romantic Landscape: Who has not dreamed of a gondola ride on the many canals of Venice? Venice, an almost mythical city. Although the streets are crowded with tourists in high season, atmosphere in this city can not be found anywhere else. All the monuments are as splendid as each other, from the beautiful Rialto Bridge to the legendary St. Mark’s Square …

From the canals of Venice, we turn to those of Amsterdam: this is not the same climate, nor the same atmosphere, but Amsterdam is nevertheless a unique city. Visit it by walking … and cycling.

Urban landscapes in black and white: a street in Paris, photographed on the slopes of Montmartre hill. A typical image of romantic Paris, who walks around on the stairs and pedestrian streets, with old lampposts and rooftops of Paris in the background …