Trees in the Snow (Crystal Vision) – Vosges Mountains, France – PHILIPPE SAINTE-LAUDY   11 comments


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Trees in the Snow (Crystal Vision) - Vosges Mountains, France – PHILIPPE SAINTE-LAUDY

Today is one of those fairytale images. You know the ones where you expect to see little elves running around. If they have a dark vibe then we tend to think of them as “Lord of the Rings” images. This one has a very clean and clear feeling. That sky color is so nice it could be a Crayola crayon color. What do you guys think? Please read Philippe’ s story below and then visit his spectacular site at http://www.naturephotographie.com/.

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Enter Michael:

A photo taken in France in the Vosges mountains. We are at 1000 meters altitude and it freezes!  A polarizing filter enhances the colors and the angle of shooting highlights the frozen trees.  I overexposed by one stop to get a good snow white. I also chose a small aperture for good depth of field.

 Camera: Nikon D300

Lens: Sigma 10/20mm

Shutter speed: 1/250

Aperture: f/11

ISO: 100

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Posted January 13, 2013 by PhotoBotos.com in FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHERS, France

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11 responses to Trees in the Snow (Crystal Vision) – Vosges Mountains, France – PHILIPPE SAINTE-LAUDY

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  1. I very much like the look of this scene – it has hints of a full-spectrum infrared shot – although I see that it was done with visible light only.

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    Robert
    March 23, 2013 at 08:46

  2. Fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Don Hamilton Jr.
    January 25, 2013 at 16:17

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  5. Another Tolkienesque image here on PhotoBotos.com… thanks to Philippe for sharing it! And thanks to you on PB for making such photos further available… :D

    http://rakkav.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/last-week-on-photobotos-com-2013-01-06-2013-01-12/

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    John Wheeler (Johanan Rakkav)
    January 13, 2013 at 15:37

  6. Absolutely breath-taking!

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    Suzanne Rogers
    January 13, 2013 at 11:38

  7. A magical and delightful photo.

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    swabby429
    January 13, 2013 at 08:01

  8. Sorry, I don’t get Tolkien in this; more C S Lewis…Hollywood version, of course. About to log off and nip into my wardrobe right now.

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    Mike Georges
    January 13, 2013 at 07:28

    • Well, yeah, but LOTR really didn’t spend a lot of time in snowy woods whereas TCON began there… and both sets of films were largely shot in New Zealand anyway. :D For a Tolkien fan this might be more of a reminder of the Elder Days, as it is for me.

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      John Wheeler (Johanan Rakkav)
      January 13, 2013 at 15:39

  9. One word: “Beautiful”

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    Ahmet Özcan
    January 13, 2013 at 07:27

  10. I swear I did see an elf or two – gorgeous!

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    Gclare
    January 13, 2013 at 06:43

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