Mascarene Islands

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Langevin River, Reunion Island.

The light was very harsh (it was almost noon), so I had to use Digital Blending with 7 exposures to get a decent lighting. I used a ND400 filter for the water, which gave me a shutter speed of 76 seconds at f/22.

Reunion - Mauritius 2009 | Digital Blending | Earth - Water - Sky

A slightly re-worked version of a shot I posted previously. A distracting tree was removed on the left, and I blurred the sky to smooth it.

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Sky on fire over the beautiful coral pond Panorama (6 shots) taken with the Nikon D850 and Nikkor 19mm Tilt Shift, full resolution over 200 Megapixels.

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My first Milky Way of the year, shot in the south hemisphere, Reunion Island. People from the north hemisphere will have to wait a little more. What you see on the horizon are the first colors and light of sunrise. Very quickly the Milky Way will fade away.

Along the rugged coastline of Réunion Island you can find some lovely tidal pool with beautiful corals.

The beautiful and dramatic south coast of Reunion Island.

A lovely black sand beach. Reunion Island

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Another shot I can remove from my to-do list in Reunion Island. Heavy rain last night on this part of the island, so the reward was those ephemeral waterfalls on this lovely black sand beach. Panorama shot with the Nikkor 19mm Tilt Shift, lens shifted left to right. Filter used: NiSi S5 | ND64

I see a dragon's head where the lady is standing, don't you think so? The beautiful rugged volcanic coastline of Reunion Island.

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This place used to be a thermal bath, now it has been relocated upstream.

UNESCO : Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island Date of Inscription: 2010 Criteria: (vii)(x)

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There were ideal conditions that night: clear skies, and enough moonlight on my back to light the landscape, but not strong enough to weaken the Milky Way. Panorama shot with the Nikon D850 & Nikkor 19mm Tilt Shift.

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One of those waterfalls created by heavy rain which only last for a few days. Ti Sable, Reunion Island.

The dramatic and dynamic coastline of Réunion Island

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As they called the south coast of Reunion Island. A very beautiful and rugged coastline. This photo is a combination of 6 different shots I took at different shutter speeds, with and without using ND filters (CPL, GND16, ND64, ND1000).

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The rough volcanic coastline of Reunion Island allows the formation of natural creeks and sea water pools, with some of them having beautiful wildlife.

Panorama shot with the Nikon D850 & Nikkor 19mm Tilt Shift.

An otherworldly location in the south coast of Réunion Island.

A secluded small waterfall in Reunion Island.

A beautiful canyon located in Réunion Island.

One of the numerous cave waterfalls located in Reunion Island

Pointe au Sel, Reunion Island. Nikon D850 | Nikkor 16mm f/2.8 Fisheye Once again my fisheye lens was very handy to capture the full rift. Trying to do a panorama with a conventional lens would have been very challenging! I took over 200 exposures of the same composition at multiple shutter speeds and apertures to finally selected 5 to blend them.

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The dramatic rocky coastline of Reunion Island sometimes hide those beautiful coral ponds.

Very wide panorama, 155 Megapixels.

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The beautiful rugged south coast of Reunion Island and a very rough sea that day.

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Grand Étang ("Big Pond"), Reunion Island.

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South coast of Réunion Island.

Big waves crashing and creating those temporary sea cascade, south coast of Reunion Island

Grand Etang, Reunion Island.

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Cirque de Mafate, Réunion Island.

Shot from the Piton de Neiges, Reunion Island. This is the highest point of the Indian Ocean, culminating at 3070 meters.

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Shot from the location called 'Le Maido' (elevation 2000 meters) in Reunion Island. The light below the sea of clouds is coming from the coastal city of Saint Paul. Thanks to that sea of clouds, it prevents light pollution to shoot the Milky Way. Panorama (168 Megapixels) shot with the Nikon D850 and Nikkor 19mm Tilt Shift, ISO 10,000, f/4 15s