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“Oddly vintage”

Visiting the Mont-Saint-Michel, the Roman Theatre of Orange and Notre-Dame de Paris in less than 12 hours is a piece of cake! Just slip on your seven-league boots and whisk the kids off to France Miniature.

https://www.visitparisregion.com/en/france-miniature

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/oddly-vintage/

📅 14 August 2013

📸 Canon 5D II + 100mm macro
🎛️ ISO 100, ƒ/2.8, 1/500 s

#Miniature #Photography #Canon #5DMarkII

Miniature scene with toy car near a small bridge and a model of a castle turret surrounded by greenery.

“À l'épée Royale”

Visiting the Mont-Saint-Michel, the Roman Theatre of Orange and Notre-Dame de Paris in less than 12 hours is a piece of cake! Just slip on your seven-league boots and whisk the kids off to France Miniature.

https://www.visitparisregion.com/en/france-miniature

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/a-l-epee-royale/

📅 14 August 2013

📸 Canon 5D II + 100mm macro
🎛️ ISO 100, ƒ/5.6, 1/400 s

#Miniature #Photography #Canon #5DMarkII

Aerial view of a miniature model depicting European-style buildings, with a focus on a white building with a yellow awning labeled “L'épée Royale” and miniature cars parked nearby.

“Wet bee after the rain”

This bee is covered by water after the rain, waiting to get dry on a flower.

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/wet-bee-after-the-rain/

📅 7 August 2013

📸 Canon 5D II + 100mm macro
🎛️ ISO 800, ƒ/4.5, 1/160 s

#Animals #Arthropods #Insects #Bees #Photography #Canon #5DMarkII

A bee on a purple flower with dew drops on its wings.

“La Manneporte from the Pointe de la Courtine, in Étretat”

Étretat, in the Normandy region of Northwestern France, is best known for its chalk cliffs, including three natural arches and a pointed formation called L'Aiguille or the Needle, which rises 70 metres (230 ft) above the sea.

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/la-manneporte-from-the-pointe-de-la-courtine-in-etretat/

📅 28 July 2013

📸 Canon 5D II + 24-70mm
🎛️ ISO 100, ƒ/2.8, 1/3200 s

#TravelPhotography #Europe #France #Normandie #SeineMaritime #Photography #Canon #5DMarkII

Photo of Étretat cliffs, from the Pointe de la Courtine

“A nut shell in Étretat”

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/a-nut-shell-in-etretat/

📅 28 July 2013

📸 Canon 5D II + 24-70mm
🎛️ ISO 100, ƒ/2.8, 1/3200 s

#TravelPhotography #Europe #France #Normandie #SeineMaritime #Photography #Canon #5DMarkII

Coastal cliffs with a natural arch formation over turquoise waters, with a pink-roofed boat floating near the shore.

“Le Guilvinec by night”

Guilvinec or Le Guilvinec (Breton: Ar Gelveneg) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/le-guilvinec-by-night/

📅 8 May 2013

📸 Canon 5D II + 24-70mm
🎛️ ISO 400, ƒ/11, 30 s

#TravelPhotography #Europe #France #Bretagne #Finistere #Photography #Canon #5DMarkII

Photo of the Atlantic coast at Guilvinec, with rocks uncovered at low tide, and glimmers of the town in the distance.

“Le Roof”

Le Roof is a restaurant on stilts, with a room open to the lagoon. Above the water, at the end of the jetty, it welcomes people in a wooden decor with a contemporary style. At lunch or dinner, the spectacle of the sea, the fish and the reflection of the sun is splendid. Some evenings, dolphins come and party…

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/le-roof/

📅 3 April 2013

📸 Canon 5D II + 24-70mm
🎛️ ISO 100, ƒ/7.1, 1/400 s

#TravelPhotography #Oceania #NewCaledonia #Photography #Canon #5DMarkII

A tropical beach with a palm tree, sandy shore, calm blue sea, and a pier with a thatched-roof structure extending into the water. There are a few people enjoying the beach. The sky is clear with some clouds.

“Sainte-Marie bay from Ouen Toro”

Ouen Toro is a hill on the southernmost tip of the Nouméa peninsula in New Caledonia. It rises to an altitude of 132 meters and covers 63 hectares.

The hill overlooks the bay of Sainte-Marie, which belongs to the commune of Nouméa, capital of New Caledonia.

There are three Sainte-Marie…

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/sainte-marie-bay-from-ouen-toro/

📅 1 April 2013

📸 Canon 5D II + 24-70mm
🎛️ ISO 100, ƒ/13, 1/40 s

#TravelPhotography #Oceania #NewCaledonia #Photography #Canon #5DMarkII

A panoramic view featuring a coastline with several small islands in the ocean, surrounded by lush greenery and distant mountains under a cloudy sky.

“Tiny islet Îlot Leroue in New Caledonia lagoon”

Îlot Leroue is a tiny islet bordered by a coral reef, located in New Caledonia's large southern lagoon.

It's an entirely natural site, less frequented than other islets closer to Nouméa. Snorkelers will particularly appreciate the preserved reef drop-off, where…

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/tiny-islet-ilot-leroue-in-new-caledonia-lagoon/

📅 31 March 2013

📸 Canon 5D II + 70-300mm
🎛️ ISO 100, ƒ/4.5, 1/2000 s

#TravelPhotography #Oceania #NewCaledonia #Photography #Canon #5DMarkII

A serene coastal scene featuring clear, calm water leading to a sandy beach lined with greenery, and distant islands visible under a blue sky with scattered clouds.

“Crossing paths with a blue-lipped sea krait”

The fauna of New Caledonia is diverse, and for the most part endemic. Among the fifteen or so species of sea snake found in the lagoon, the sea krait is New Caledonia's most famous snake.

The sea krait is a snake that can be described as amphibious: it goes into the sea to…

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/crossing-paths-with-a-blue-lipped-sea-krait/

📅 31 March 2013

📸 Canon 5D II + 70-300mm
🎛️ ISO 125, ƒ/5, 1/250 s

#TravelPhotography #Oceania #NewCaledonia #Photography #Canon #5DMarkII

Photo taken above the surface of the sea, with the front part of a snake undulating in the water. The snake is striped black and blue.

“Sunset over New Caledonia Grand Sud”

Looking west towards the setting sun from the heights of the Grand Sud.

The Nouéma peninsula, main town of New Caledonia, can be seen in the distance.

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/sunset-over-new-caledonia-grand-sud/

📅 30 March 2013

📸 Canon 5D II + 24-70mm
🎛️ ISO 320, ƒ/5.6, 1/80 s

#TravelPhotography #Oceania #NewCaledonia #Photography #Canon #5DMarkII

A stunning sunset over a mountainous landscape, with vibrant colors in the sky and silhouetted peaks extending into the horizon, partially obscured by clouds.

“Prony: a corvette, a bay, a village”

The Prony Corvette was launched in 1847. It was a wooden ship with mixed sail and steam propulsion.

Stationed in Brazil and La Plata in 1850, then decommissioned, the Prony was assigned in 1853 to the naval division responsible for claiming the territory of New Caledonia for…

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/prony-a-corvette-a-bay-a-village/

📅 30 March 2013

📸 Canon 5D II + 24-70mm
🎛️ ISO 1600, ƒ/5.6, 1/25 s

#TravelPhotography #Oceania #NewCaledonia #Photography #Canon #5DMarkII

A rustic building surrounded by lush vegetation, featuring palm trees and ferns. The exterior has colorful murals, and there are informational boards nearby, with a painting of the Prony Corvette.

“A stream in Prony”

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/a-stream-in-prony/

📅 30 March 2013

📸 Canon 5D II + 24-70mm
🎛️ ISO 3200, ƒ/5.6, 1/8 s

#TravelPhotography #Oceania #NewCaledonia #Photography #Canon #5DMarkII

“Laterite landscape”

In the deep south of New Caledonia, laterite is a brick-red soil resulting from the weathering of an iron-bearing rock.

One hundred and twenty years of open-pit mining have left large, gaping, reddish wounds in the landscape, destroying the beauty of the landscapes, polluting rivers, water…

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/laterite-landscape/

📅 30 March 2013

📸 Canon 5D II + 24-70mm
🎛️ ISO 100, ƒ/10, 1/20 s

#TravelPhotography #Oceania #NewCaledonia #Photography #Canon #5DMarkII

“At the estuary of the Pirogues River”

Pirogues River is a major river of southwestern New Caledonia. It flows into the sea at Pirogues Bay.

The Pirogues River is one of the largest rivers in the Grand Sud, and one of Caledonians' favorite bathing spots.

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/at-the-estuary-of-the-pirogues-river/

📅 30 March 2013

📸 Canon 5D II + 24-70mm
🎛️ ISO 125, ƒ/10, 1/30 s

#TravelPhotography #Oceania #NewCaledonia #Photography #Canon #5DMarkII

A scenic view of red-hued mountains alongside a river, with lush green vegetation in the foreground and a blue sky dotted with clouds.

“Mangrove tree in south New Caledonia”

Mangroves are tropical trees or shrubs belonging to various species of angiosperms, able to thrive along marine shores in the tidal swing zone.

They have generally adopted viviparity to propagate: the seeds, rather than risking being drowned or asphyxiated, germinate on the tree…

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/mangrove-tree-in-south-new-caledonia/

📅 30 March 2013

📸 Canon 5D II + 24-70mm
🎛️ ISO 100, ƒ/2.8, 1/250 s

#TravelPhotography #Oceania #NewCaledonia #Photography #Canon #5DMarkII

A gnarled tree with exposed roots on a beach, with a backdrop of the ocean and scattered clouds in the sky.

“Looking south from La Siesta beach”

La Siesta beach is the very last beach in the commune of Le Mont-Dore, at the end of Plum Bay, on the road to the south of New Caledonia.

It's a brown-sand beach, bordered by a reef bed.

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/looking-south-from-la-siesta-beach/

📅 30 March 2013

📸 Canon 5D II + 24-70mm
🎛️ ISO 100, ƒ/2.8, 1/800 s

#TravelPhotography #Oceania #NewCaledonia #Photography #Canon #5DMarkII

A picturesque coastal landscape featuring a sandy shore with rocks and reflective water, under a partly cloudy sky. Mountains are visible in the background.

“First snow at sunset”

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/first-snow-at-sunset/

📅 8 December 2012

📸 Canon 5D II + 24-70mm
🎛️ ISO 50, ƒ/5, 1/100 s

#LandscapePhotography #Photography #Canon #5DMarkII

Photo of a country landscape with a snow-covered field and the setting sun in the background

“Long branded blue crow”

The long branded blue crow (Euploea algea), is a butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the Danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family.

This large, light-brown butterfly, with a wingspan of 60 to 70 mm depending on…

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/long-branded-blue-crow/

📅 29 November 2012

📸 Canon 5D II + 100mm macro
🎛️ ISO 1600, ƒ/5.6, 1/80 s

#Animals #Arthropods #Insects #ButterfliesAndMoths #Photography #Canon #5DMarkII