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Photographs and photography of France including Mont St Michel, Plateau de Valensole, lavender in Provence, the Pyrenees, sunflowers, Normandy and Brittany.

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Allemagne-en-Provence France-0503
Photographed in the small town of Allemagne-en-Provence, this street scene shows an elderly lady walking down the narrow lane followed by a man on a bright summers day in Provence. Rustic shutters and doors together with flowers and ivy compliment the image.
Keywords: Allemagne, Provence, narrow, street, typically, French, France, Provence

Allemagne-en-Provence France-0505
The simplicity of the faded shutters and door together with the three steps and upturned flower pot caught my eye in Allemagne-en-Provence, France.
Keywords: blue, shutter, door, typical, faded, Allemagne, Provence, France

Allemagne-en-Provence France-0510
In the town of Allemagne-en-Provence I came across an old, locked up house with it's faded blue shutters which are characteristic of this part of Provence.
Keywords: blue, shutters, old, quaint, Allemagne, Provence

Chateau Allemagne-en-Provence-0515-Edit
In the town of Allemagne-en-Provence in the south of France stands the Château d'Allemagne-en-Provence. With a softening light and a dramatic sky the Château d'Allemagne-en-Provence dominates as you enter the town.
Keywords: Chateau, Allemagne, en, Provence, France, German, Castle, French

Col de Marie-Blanque, Pyrenees, France-6513
Starting from the small hamlet of Escot in the western Pyrenees the N134 climbs just over nine kilometers to the top of the pass named the Col de Marie Blanc. This view looks down into the Aspe Valley over the autumn colours of the forest. In the foreground the bracken has turned golden and a holly tree is laden with red berries.
Keywords: Holly, tree, autumnal, colours, mists, scenic, valley, Pyrenees, Aquitane, Aspe, Valley, France, French ,

Col de Marie-Blanque, Pyrenees France-6487
A lone tree stands on the side of a hill in the French Pyrenees on the Col de Marie Blanc. The early morning mists are just starting to recede revealing the slope the lone tree is standing on.
Keywords: Mists, foggy, lone, tree, moody, atmospheric, swirling, Pyrenees, France, French

Col de Marie-Blanque, Pyrenees France-6499
High on the Col de Marie Blanc in the western Pyrenees of France a lone tree stands on the side of the hill. In the background are the first hints of autumnal colours and gently drifting uphill is an early morning mist.
Keywords: Lone, single, tree, forest, mists, Pyrenees, Aquitane, France, French

Col de Marie Blanc, Pyrenees France-6485
From close to the summit of the Col de Marie Blanc on the N134 you look down the valley and out towards the Aspe Valley. Early morning mists are just dispersing and the blues in the sky are being highlighted by the diffused light from the early morning sun.
Keywords: Pine, trees, mountains, Pyrenees, Aquitane, Aspe, Valley, France, French ,

Gorges du Verdon Provence - France.0781
Photographed high up in the Gorges du Verdon, surrounded by trees and with a waterfall behind it stands the deserted house of the local road mender. A reminder of bygone days when life was simpler and lived at a slower pace.
Keywords: Gorges, du, Verdon, Provence, France, cliff, waterfall, trees, lone, house

Gorges du Verdon Provence France 0742
Taken from the road this photograph shows the Gorges du Verdon just after sunrise. This huge natural canyon is reputed to be the second largest in the world. Located close to Moustiers-Sainte-Marie it is certainly dramatic.
Keywords: Gorges, du, Verdon, canyon, largest, Europe, France, vast, mountains, river

Grignan, Provence France 0631
The famous hilltop village of Grignan in Provence, France surrounded on it's western side by a field of French lavender. Grignan is famous to all French schoolchildren through the letters of Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, The Marquise de Sévigné to her mother in Paris.
Keywords: Lavender, Grignan, Provence, Chateau, Adhémar, Monteil, medieval, historic, Marquise, de, Sévigné

Lavender, Valensole Provence France-0099
Photographed near Valensole in Provence, France this photograph concentrates predominantly on one uniform line of lavender surrounded by freshly tilled earth.
Keywords: Lavender, close, up, rows, uniform, parallel, Valensole, Provence, France.

Lavender flowers, Valensole France-0094
Photographed near Valensole in Provence, France a ladybird crawls along the flower covered stem of a lavender plant in the warm sunshine. The ladybird and immediate lavender being in focus and the remaining lavender being in soft focus.
Keywords: Lavender, soft, focus, ladybird, sunlight, Valensole, Provence, France, French

Lightening Strike Sisteron, Alpes de-Haute Provence France-9993
On a hot muggy afternoon at Sisteron in Provence, France a bolt of lightening strikes the hilltop above the town of Sisteron. Known as the Gateway to Provence, Sisteron has been inhabited for over four thousand years.
Keywords: Lightening, bolt, strike, Sisteron, hilltop, old, medieval, town, Provence, France, French

Mont St Michel, Normandy France-6296
Close to Avranches on the coast of Normandy in France stands the world famous Mont St Michel. I had searched the previous day to find a different type of image and on the salt marshes to the west of Mont St Michel I found an old dilapidated wooden shack. The last soft light of the day highlighting both Mont St Michel and the wooden shack provides an interesting contrast.
Keywords: Mont, St, Michel, historic, famous, old, wooden, shack, sunset, contrast, Avranches, Normandy, France

Mont St Michel, Normandy France-6323
This long exposure photograph of the Mont St Michel was taken low down by the Couesnon River. As a UNESCO World Heritage Site the St Michel Monastery perched on it's mount are world famous.
Keywords: Mont, St, Michel, Normandy, famous, long, exposure, world, heritage, France

Mont St Michel Normandy, France
Close to Avranches on the coast of Normandy in France
stands the world famous Mont St Michel. I had searched the previous day to find a different type of image and on the salt marshes to the west of Mont St Michel I found an old dilapidated wooden shack. The last soft light of the day highlighting both Mont St Michel and the wooden shack provides an interesting contrast.
Keywords: Mont, St, Michel, old, wooden, dilapidated, shack, contrast, soft, light, salt, marshes, Normandy, France

Moustiers - Sainte - Marie Provence France 0738
Photographed at just before midnight in midsummer Moustiers Sainte Marie in Provence, France is overlooked by the Chapelle Notre Dame de Beauvoir and it's famous star slug by a chain between two limestone cliffs.
Keywords: Moustiers, Sainte, Marie, midnight, religious, Provence, France, church, hilltop

Moustiers Sainte Marie Provence 0647
The town of Moustiers Sainte Marie sits below the limestone cliffs which tower above it in Provence, France. Above the town in the last soft light of the day sits the Chapelle Notre Dame de Beauvoir.
Keywords: Moustiers, Sainte, Marie, Chapelle, Notre, Dame, de, Beauvoir, Provence, France, French, landscape

Moustier Sainte Marie Provence France 0703-Edit
An old French barn photographed just outside Moustiers Sainte Marie in the early morning sunlight, looking towards the Gorges du Verdon in the far distance.
Keywords: Moustier, Sainte, Marie, Gorges, du, Verdon, old, barn early, morning, Provence, France

Olive Groves, Valensole Provence France-0348
Up above Valensole on the Plateau de Valesole stands this grove of olive trees and around the base of the trunk of this particular tree are a number of red poppies. The low morning sun casts a shadow from each tree throughout the whole olive grove.
Keywords: Olive, groves, trees, poppies, poppy, red, Valensole, Plateau, Provence, France

Orthez, Pyrénées-Atlantiques France-6468
At nearly midnight late one night while driving to southern Spain this 14th century bridge and it's central tower caught my eye at Orthez in south western France. The next two days were spent waiting for the rain to stop, finally it did in the late afternoon and a twenty second burst of light appeared. The sun then disappeared and grey became the dominant colour again.
Keywords: Orthez, bridge, old, historic, medieval, tower, typically, French, river, houses

oustiers Sainte Marie Provence France 0684
The Chapelle Notre Dame de Beauvoir sits between two limestone cliffs overlooking the town of Moustiers Sainte Marie in Provence, France.
Keywords: Moustiers, Sainte, Marie, Chapelle, Notre, Dame, de, Beauvoir, Provence, France, twilight

Plateauu de Valensole, Valensole Provence France 0289
A photograph taken up above Valensole on the Plateau de Valensole just prior to sunrise looking along the lines of lavender, one of which has a few bright red poppies at the end of the row.
Keywords: Plateau, de, Valensole, Lavender, poppies, sunrise, Provence, France, French

Plateau de Valensole, Alpes de Haute Provence France-0108
Close to Valensole in the Alpes de Haute Provence this huge field of lavender with row after row of lavender runs towards the horizon and a dramatic sunset with a wonderfully lit sky.
Keywords: Lavender, dramatic, sunset, amazing, sky, rows, lines, Valensole, Provence, France, Alpes, de, Haute

Plateau de Valensole, Valensole Provence,France.-0161
Photographed near Valensole in Provence, three symmetrical rows of lavender run uphill towards the horizon to meet a cloudless blue sky.
Keywords: Lavender, rows, blue, sky, Plateau, de, Valensole, Provence, France

Plateau de Valensole, Valensole Provence, France-9997
Photographed just outside the town of Valensole in Provence a large field of wheat sways gently in the soft breeze. In the distance a deserted farmhouse stands neglected amongst a group of trees. This simple scene acting as a reminder about the changes in rural French life.
Keywords: Wheat, field, bright, sunshine, blue, sky, deserted, farmhouse, trees, Valensole, Provence, France

Plateau de Valensole, Valensole Provence-0026
Just outside the town of Valensole in Provence a farm track winds its way alongside a field of wheat ripening in the hot sun prior to a thunderstorm. A dead tree trunk stands beside the track as a reminder of the ongoing cycle of life.
Keywords: Wheat, field, crop dead, tree, trunk, farm, track, Valensole, Provence, France

Plateau de Valensole, Valensole Provence-0054
Close to the town of Valensole in Provence stands this tumbled down old barn surrounded by a crop of wheat, while in the background is the ever present lavender that the area is famous for. In the sky clouds are just starting to build which will eventually develop into a large thunderstorm.
Keywords: Wheat, field, crop, old, barn, ruined, lavender, blue, sky, Valensole, Provence, France, French

Plateau de Valensole, Valensole Provence France-0160
Close to Valensole on the Plateau de Valensole stands this old barn surrounded by lavender plants and being overgrown by trees. The soft morning light warms the stone of the barn as the sky starts to lose it's early morning pink tinge.
Keywords: Lavender, rows, sunrise, old, barn, soft, light, Valensole, Provence, France

Plateau de Valensole, Valensole Provence France-0167
An early morning photograph taken just after sunrise near Valensole in Provence, France. Multiple neat rows of lavender run in lines towards an abandoned old barn which is being overgrown by trees. The soft light of the sun plays on the stone of the barn while the sky is blue and cloudless.
Keywords: Lavender fields Alba Landscapes, Old Barn Valensole France

Plateau de Valensole, Valensole Provence France-0304
Up above the town of Valensole on the Plateau de Valensole in Provence I found an old barn overgrown with trees and surrounded on three sides by a field of lavender. This early morning photograph shows the lavender, barn, sky and the clouds, which are still tinged with pink from the sunrise.
Keywords: Lavender, old, barn, ruined, rustic, Valensole, Provence, France, French

Plateau de Valensole, Valensole Provence France-0362
Photographed near Valensole in Provence, a lone tree heavily covered in mistletoe stands beside a farm track at the edge of a wheat field. In the foreground a clump of yellow flowers mingle with the crop of wheat.
Keywords: Lone, single, tree, mistletoe, farm, track, wheat, field, blue, sky, Valensole, Provence, France

Plateau de Valensole, Valensole Provence France 0295
Up above the town of Valensole on the Plateau de Valensole in Provence I found an old barn overgrown with trees and surrounded on three sides by a field of lavender. This early morning photograph shows the lavender, barn, sky and in particular the clouds still tinged with pink from the sunrise.
Keywords: Plateau, de, Valensole, Lavender, old, barn, early, morning, Provence, France

Plateau de Valensole Valensole, Provence FranceValensole-0213
On the Plateau de Valensole near the town of Valensole in Provence, the sunset one particular evening gave an amazing display of several different very intense colours over the period of about forty five minutes as the colour temperature changed continually.
Keywords: Lavender, field, sunset, Plateau, de, Valensole, Provence, France, French

Plateau du Valensole Provence France-0542
On the vast Plateau du Valensole lavender can be found in abundance. Field after field there are rows of lavender often stretching as far as the eye can see. This field between Valensole and Riez was complimented on this particular evening with a sky lit by the setting sun.
Keywords: Valensole, Plateau, du, lavender, fields, sunset, France, Provence, sky

Poitou Charentes, Les Trois Canons 6367
At a tiny hamlet on the west coast of France facing out into the Bay of Biscay you can find Les Trois Canons. The area is noted for it's many mussel farms. This photograph was taken just after a long night of a torrential downpour, the rocks and the old wooden posts leading the eye out towards the horizon.
Keywords: Seascape, rocks, old, wooden, posts, moody, sky, Bay, Biscay, France

Sunflowers, Provence, France 0587
Detailed image of a sunflower head photographed close up in Provence, France. The vivid yellows of the sunflower head complimenting the blue of the sky and the green of the leaves and stem.
Keywords: Sunflowers, heads, seeds, yellow, vivid, blue, Provence, France

Sunflowers Provence, France 0591
Sunflowers photographed close up showing an individual mature sunflower head in bright yellow with a clear blue French sky in the background.
Keywords: Sunflowers, heads, seeds, yellow, vivid, blue, Provence, France

Sunflower Heads, Provence France 0583
Sunflower heads photographed in Provence, France on a bright mid-summers day. The vivid yellow sunflower heads are set offset against a background of green foliage and stems.
Keywords: Sunflowers, heads, seeds, yellow, vivid, green, leaves, foliage, Provence, France

Sunset Plateau de Valensole, Provence France-0114
On the Plateau de Valensole near to the town of Valensole, this was one of the most spectacular sunsets and displays of colour I've ever seen. A huge field of lavender topped off with a stunning sunset and an amazing sky.
Keywords: Lavender, dramatic, sunset, amazing, sky, rows, lines, Valensole, Provence, France, Alpes, de, Haute

Valensole Provence France-0434
A sleepy Sunday morning in the town of Valensole in Provence, France. An elderly gentleman strolls home along the narrow street having just visited a nearby cafe.
Keywords: Valensole, Provence, narrow, lone, man, early, morning. France, French

Wheat crop Plateau de Valensole,Provence-0051
Ears of wheat waft softly in the breeze on the Plateau de Valensole near the town of Valensole in Alpes de Haute Provence, France. In the background a pastel blue sky completes the simple scene.
Keywords: Wheat, ears, softly, waft, sway, blue, sky, summer, Valensole, Provence, France

Wheat field & Lavender Valensole Provence France-0072
Photographed near Valensole in Provence, France a lone tree stands surrounded by a crop of wheat with the rising sun casting shadows over the crop. In the distance is the distinctive colour of a lavender crop and in the far distance the familiar hazy start to another hot day in Provence.
Keywords: Lavender, wheat, lone, tree, sunlight, soft, light, early, morning, Valensole, Provence, France

White Horse, Valensole Provence, France-0415
A curious, young, pure white foal typical of the white horses of the Camargue wanders up to inspect the camera at Valensole in Provence in the soft light of the early morning.
Keywords: White, horse, foal, Camargue, typical, foliage, Valensole, Provence, France, French

White Horse, Valensole Provence France-0419
At Valensole in Provence a young, pure white foal wanders up close curious to see the camera and tripod. This young foal is typical of the white horses of the Camargue even though it was photographed on the Plateau de Valensole.
Keywords: White, horse, foal, Camargue, typical, foliage, Valensole, Provence, France, French

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