• Etretat • Photo

Photographer’s Note

Taken exactly one year ago, the sunrise above the famous cliffs of Etretat.
I arrived in Etretat the day before in the afternoon, superb blue sky, sun, just some clouds hiding the sun at sunset, but perfect blue hour on the illuminated cliffs in the late evening. I made about 500 pictures that day…
After a short night, I woke up at 4 to catch the sunrise, but the sky was grey… However, I climbed up to the cliffs and at least a very small part in the east was blue, so I could have at least some nice colors in the sky, no light at all on the cliffs.
The day went then all grey, even with some rain, I could try out the pictures from the day before, deleting 300 snapshots…

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Clementi (42833) 2009-05-27 23:17

Ciao Didier,
difficulty to find words in front of this show of the nature. fortunate you that you have seen it and thank you for having suggest it.
have a nice day
Giorgio

bakes888 (18055) 2009-05-27 23:29

Hi Didier. Great photo. Nice subtle colours and textures in the skies. Well composed with well chosen vertical format. Good work and thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

yquem46 (7736) 2009-05-28 0:12

Un grand classique sous une tès belle lumière
Belle ligne d'horizon rose
Bravo
patrick

smarcell (14069) 2009-05-28 0:28

I have never visited this area, and I think I should do it.
A very quiet atmosphere, and a wild place. Very good colors of the incoming sunrise.
I like the control of the exposure, without any post production trick like hdr or similar, which make fake pictures (very much loved by many people, but just fake pictures, like cartoons)

Bartleby (4650) 2009-05-28 3:10

Salut Didier,
des belles teintes qui varient subtilement ici. C'est ce que j'aime bien.

philippe

PixelTerror (85994) 2009-05-28 3:25

Salut Didier,
La perspective est sympa mais c'est pas ma preferee de tes series, c'est tres sombre et pourtant la je suis sur le notebook.
Bonne journee JY

Yves-triga (3194) 2009-05-28 4:44

salut mon pti didier,
tu nous reviens avec une belle capture de fin de journée.
un beau pov donnant le vertige.
beau travail.
yves

nwoehnl (118) 2009-05-28 6:47

Wieder mal eine sehr schöne Landschaftsaufnahme von Dir, Didier. Das Morgenlicht bringt eine besondere Stimmung mit den Farben und den sehr subtilen Details. Guter Bildaufbau mit einem klug ausgewählten vertikalen Format.

Floydian (30970) 2009-05-28 6:49

You were lucky my friend...it was the day i arrived and probably after this the light was over...i remember well...we had lots of rain and grey weather together :-(

Love your pov with that strong line along the beach. A classic image, but it works everytimne i see one...a good one of course ;-)

Take care,

Henk

BoisBarb (9029) 2009-05-28 8:12

Salut Didier,
Une merveille de la nature que tu as su parfaitement mettre en valeur avec cette lumière crépusculaire
@+
Gilles

xavshot (61841) 2009-05-28 12:34

Bonsoir Didier
Quand je suis allé à cet endroit je ne faisais pas encore de photo... et je dois dire que si j'avais pu en faire une j'aurai aimé faire celle-là. Superbe cadrage et belle lumière. Très agréable.
Xavier

BelCan75 (2416) 2009-05-28 20:26

Hello Didier,

A wonderful view with lots of depth and such a beautiful horizon in the distance. I like the green hills in the foreground, the cliff in the water and the beautiful colours in the sky. Great work!

Greetings,
Ann

gary91 (15319) 2009-05-28 22:51

Salut Didier,
Très belle composition avec la lumière juste bien.
J'apprécie ce traitement tout en douceur qui conserve bien ces impressions de petit matin.
Une très belle image.
Bonne journée à toi.
Amicalement, Christian

Photo65Net (43084) 2009-05-29 3:48

Salut Didier,
Une pose longue bienvenue, et une belle dynamique d'image.
J'aime beaucoup la finesse des teintes du ciel.
Bonne journée,
JB.

Sistercosmo (2499) 2009-05-29 11:26

Hi Didier,
well, good thing you climbed up there and I'm glad that you had luck with the weather. Otherwise we would have missed this fantastic shot! I just love the way you captured the light on the horizon.
Take good care,
Linda

isabela_sor (41903) 2009-05-29 12:40 [Comment]

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cbrman (18679) 2009-05-29 14:02

Hello Didier,

Superbe ambiance matinale sur ces falaises.
Beaucoup de douceur à la surface de l'eau. Cela vaut la peine de se lever tôt.
A+

Dominique

jhm (81659) 2009-06-02 4:16

Bonjour Didier,

I like the pink colours to the horizon.
Excellent perspective through the long cliffs, this care for depth these leads us very far to the background.
Nice composition and pleasant picture for look at.
Very well done, TFS.

Amicalement,
John.

Elaine_Blath (6170) 2009-06-03 5:56

Hello Didier,

fantastic colour tones thanks to 2 seconds, great atmosphere...well done!

take care, Ivana

ephemere33 (9727) 2009-06-04 11:26

Etretat toujours un regal pour les yeux, les miens du moins, j'adore ce coin et le connait par coeur...pas de gannivelles à côté de la pointe, pas vu, rire...belle prise de vue de cet éléphant,tu etais monté pres du golf ...en plein vent...j'apprécie cette tombée de nuit dans le mélange de couleur...bien vu et merci pour le partage...amicalement Bi

azaf1 (15541) 2009-06-05 9:55

That blue and the open horizons are just perfect, Didier. They create a nice feeling of piece and quiet.Really impressive view

regards
Argiris

Silvio1953 (40711) 2009-06-07 6:21

Ciao Didier, fascinating subset on wonderful cliffs, fantastic colors, great atmosphere, very well done, have a good Sunday, ciao Silvio

MarcT (20981) 2009-06-11 7:58

Salut Didier,
Elle m'en rappelle une autre... Jolie lumière crépusculaire.
A samedi ainsi
Amitiés
Marc

darek1978 (11097) 2009-06-16 15:25

Hi Didier,
The composition is fantastic, well balanced and very eyecatching. I can't imagine a better hour and POV.
The colours are really like a painting. I'm very impressed. Congratulations!
Best regards,
Darek