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Briançon

Come in...
Lonely
by Michel Couprie

Porte de Pignerol, Briançon, Hautes-Alpes Lens: Sigma 10-20 f/4-5.6 (click to see all my photos with this lens) See a (preffered!) new B&W version here.

Lac Cristallin after sunset
Lac Cristallin after sunset
by StephAnna Guertler

Photo panoramique une heure après le coucher de soleil. Un livre, un thé chaud et beaucoup de calme...

Main entrance
Lonely
by Michel Couprie

A new processing for this night shot of Briançon, Hautes Alpes; France, that I took last winter. This majestic gate is the main entrance to the fortress designed by Vauban, achitect and military engineer under the regn of Louis XIV. Lens: Sigma 10-20 f/4-5.6 (click to see all my photos with this lens)

Pont d'Asfeld
Pont d'Asfeld
by Michel Couprie

Asfeld bridge, Briançon, Hautes Alpes, France

Lens: EF 35 f/1.4L (click to see all my photos with this lens)

Shades of white
Shades of white
by Michel Couprie

1/320s f/5.0 50mm ISO 100 Lens: EF 50 f/1.2L (click to see all my photos with this lens) Processing: the mountain in the background was indeed there, but not visible at the time I took the main picture because of the snow falling. I used another mountain view. The tricky part was to add snow flakes to this part of the image. I picked some in the main pic and multiplied them.

Lever du jour
Lever du jour
by StephAnna Guertler

Après un nuit paisible (mais peu de sommeil) le lever du soleil avec un bon café.

France - Alps - Col du Galibier & Curvy road
France - Alps - Col du Galibier & Curvy road

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Lac Cristallin
Lac Cristallin after sunset
by StephAnna Guertler

Le lac Cristallin sur le Plateau d'Emparis était ma première destination de mon escapade montagnarde. Quelques jours là-haut et on redeviens homme (je me réfère à la barbe et l'odeur :-)) Photo nocturne au crépuscule su soir. 24mm, 30s, f/3.5, ISO 100)

Let the sunshine in
Let the sunshine in
by Michel Couprie

One of the gates that protect the fortress of Briançon (French Alps), designed by Vauban, achitect and military engineer under the regn of Louis XIV. Lens: Sigma 10-20 f/4-5.6 (click to see all my photos with this lens)

La Caponnière
La Caponnière
by Michel Couprie

It took me quite a while to shoot this one, I made several exposures in prevision of an HDR, and I tried several points of view. During this time, a man went out of the restaurant and approached me. He stood behind the tripod and threw a glance in the same direction as the lens, then he said : "ça va être très bien" (it's gonna be nice). I replied "I hope so...", but I wasn't really sure at this time, because the light was really poor, orange everywhere but on the door and the bell tower. This led me naturally to a B&W version, and I just kept colors in the two well-colored spots.

Before/after versions on plus.google.com/photos/115659986912099322773/albums/57419... Lens: Sigma 10-20 f/4-5.6 (click to see all my photos with this lens) f/14.0 13mm ISO 100

Fortress with a view
Fortress with a view
by Michel Couprie

One of the walls of the fortress of Briançon (French Alps), designed by Vauban, achitect and military engineer under the regn of Louis XIV.

Lens: EF 35 f/1.4L (click to see all my photos with this lens)

End of the World in Vars
End of the World in Vars

If this is how the supposed end of the world looks like, it can happen every day if you ask me! :))

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Lonely
Lonely
by Michel Couprie

This majestic gate is the main entrance to the fortress designed by Vauban, achitect and military engineer under the regn of Louis XIV.

Lens: EF 35 f/1.4L (click to see all my photos with this lens)

Come in...
Lonely
by Michel Couprie

This is a new processing, in black and white this time, of a picture that I made a few months ago (see below) during a night shooting session in Briançon, France. I like it much better in this form... This majestic gate is the main entrance to the fortress designed by Vauban, achitect and military engineer under the regn of Louis XIV. Lens: Sigma 10-20 f/4-5.6 (click to see all my photos with this lens)

Collégiale de Briançon
Collégiale de Briançon
by Michel Couprie

Morning blue hour - a bit cold, but so beautiful! ;-)

This is a "manual HDR", the blending of two shots taken at different exposure times using PS layers.

Lens: EF 50mm f/1.8 II (click to see all my photos with this lens)

Citadel
Citadel
by Michel Couprie

I found this nice view of the citadel of Briançon a long time ago, but I was always waiting for great lighting conditions to shoot it. This morning, the light was quite good, but a kind of haze reduced the contrast a lot... So I had to play with LightRoom and PS to get a more punchy image. I also repainted one of the houses, they all have nice pastel colors except one... Can you guess which one? Lens: EF 100 f/2.8L IS macro (click to see all my photos with this lens) 100mm f/6.3 1/250s ISO 100 See the before/after versions on this site.

France - Alps - Lonely tree on the way to Col du Galibier
France - Alps - Col du Galibier & Curvy road

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Most notably Michel Couprie and StephAnna Guertler.