“Serene Clarée”
The river Clarée alternates between cascading stretches and grassy plateaus where its flow becomes gentler.
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/serene-claree/
📅 16 October 2023
📸 Fujifilm X-H2s + 10-24mm
🎛️ ISO 160, ƒ/8, 15 s
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“In the middle of the Clarée stream”
The Clarée valley in the Hautes-Alpes, near Montgenèvre and Briançon and close to the Franco-Italian border, is a listed natural site offering exceptional landscapes, unspoilt nature and heritage.
It is crossed by the…
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/in-the-middle-of-the-claree-stream/
📅 16 October 2023
📸 Fujifilm X-H2s + 10-24mm
🎛️ ISO 80, ƒ/13, 1/20 s
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“A beautiful autumn in the Clarée Valley”
The Haute Vallée de la Clarée is a wild and magnificent setting above the village of Névache, in the Cerces massif (Hautes-Alpes). It's particularly beautiful in autumn, when the larch forests take on shimmering…
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/a-beautiful-autumn-in-the-claree-valley/
📅 16 October 2023
📸 Fujifilm X-H2s + 10-24mm
🎛️ ISO 100, ƒ/7.1, 1/18 s
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“Flowing Clarée in front of La Main de Crépin”
Here, the Moutet stream flows into the Clarée, which continues down the valley towards Névache, towards the Durance.
The Durance is a much weaker torrent than its tributaries the Clarée and the Guisane, which…
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/flowing-claree-in-front-of-la-main-de-crepin/
📅 16 October 2023
📸 Fujifilm X-H2s + 10-24mm
🎛️ ISO 100, ƒ/10, 1/7 s
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“La Main de Crépin mountain peak”
With its high limestone walls and sharp peaks, the Cerces massif lives up to its nickname of France's little Dolomites.
La Main de Crépin once boasted five peaks giving the appearance of a hand, but two of them have…
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/la-main-de-crepin-mountain-peak/
📅 16 October 2023
📸 Fujifilm X-H2s + 10-24mm
🎛️ ISO 100, ƒ/8, 1/15 s
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“Lac de la Cula”
Nestled in a small depression, protected from the wind, Lac de la Cula is a quiet, little-frequented spot.
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/lac-de-la-cula/
📅 17 October 2023
📸 Fujifilm X-H2s + 10-24mm
🎛️ ISO 100, ƒ/8, 1/20 s
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“Still water of Lac de la Cula”
Long exposure is a well-known technique that has been used since the early days of photography.
As well as adding light, long exposure also creates special effects by changing the way we normally see things that move.
This…
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/still-water-of-lac-de-la-cula/
📅 17 October 2023
📸 Fujifilm X-H2s + 10-24mm
🎛️ ISO 100, ƒ/8, 120 s
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“Dry branchs of dwarf juniper”
This is the dwarf subspecies of the common juniper, found at altitude on rocky outcrops and mountain meadows. This recumbent shrub forms dense mats at ground level. This feature enables it to resist wind, but also to benefit…
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/dry-branchs-of-dwarf-juniper/
📅 17 October 2023
📸 Fujifilm X-H2s + 10-24mm
🎛️ ISO 100, ƒ/8, 1/5 s
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“European larch trees dressed for autumn”
These European larch are an exception among their kind. They shed their needles in autumn, which turn yellow, red and brown before dropping. It is the only conifer in Europe to do this.
It is sometimes called the…
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/european-larch-trees-dressed-for-autumn/
📅 18 October 2023
📸 Fujifilm X-H2s + 10-24mm
🎛️ ISO 100, ƒ/8, 1/50 s
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“The path to reach the sky is sometimes twisted”
This European larch is an exception among its kind. It sheds its needles in autumn, which turn yellow, red and brown before dropping. It is the only conifer in Europe to do this.
It is sometimes called the…
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/the-path-to-reach-the-sky-is-sometimes-twisted/
📅 18 October 2023
📸 Fujifilm X-H2s + 10-24mm
🎛️ ISO 100, ƒ/8, 1/40 s
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“Majestic Larix”
Larches are deciduous conifers in the genus Larix, of the family Pinaceae.
Growing from 20 to 45 metres tall, they are native to the cooler regions of the northern hemisphere, where they are found in lowland forests in the high latitudes,…
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/majestic-larix/
📅 18 October 2023
📸 Fujifilm X-H2s + 10-24mm
🎛️ ISO 100, ƒ/8, 1/25 s
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“The magnificent Fontcouverte cascade”
The magnificent Fontcouverte cascade on La Clarée river, near Névache, is a protected site. The cascade takes its name from a miraculous spring that was partly hidden and covered by a bush: “the covered fountain”.
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/the-magnificent-fontcouverte-cascade/
📅 18 October 2023
📸 Fujifilm X-H2s + 10-24mm
🎛️ ISO 100, ƒ/11, 1/3 s
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“The Fontcouverte cascade first tier”
The magnificent Fontcouverte cascade on La Clarée river, near Névache, is a protected site. The cascade takes its name from a miraculous spring that was partly hidden and covered by a bush: “the covered fountain”.
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/the-fontcouverte-cascade-first-tier/
📅 18 October 2023
📸 Fujifilm X-H2s + 10-24mm
🎛️ ISO 100, ƒ/8, 1/7 s
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“The Fontcouverte cascade second tier”
The magnificent Fontcouverte cascade on La Clarée river, near Névache, is a protected site. The cascade takes its name from a miraculous spring that was partly hidden and covered by a bush: “the covered fountain”.
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/the-fontcouverte-cascade-second-tier/
📅 18 October 2023
📸 Fujifilm X-H2s + 10-24mm
🎛️ ISO 100, ƒ/8, 1/8 s
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“Gentiana delphinensis”
This gentian is endemic to the Dauphiné region of France. It is very similar to Gentiana verna but differs in that its leaves are lanceolate, acute and relatively long.
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/gentiana-delphinensis/
📅 19 October 2023
📸 Fujifilm X-H2s + 10-24mm
🎛️ ISO 1600, ƒ/11, 1/40 s
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“Ruisseau du Chardonnet”
The Chardonnet stream is a tributary of the Clarée River.
Not far from here, a steep path crosses the scree of the Queyrellin ridge between Côte Martine and Les Rifs and leads down to a series of chalets and a small chapel, back in…
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/ruisseau-du-chardonnet/
📅 19 October 2023
📸 Fujifilm X-H2s + 10-24mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/8, 1/12 s
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“Waterfall on the Chardonnet”
The Chardonnet stream is a tributary of the Clarée River.
Not far from here, a steep path crosses the scree of the Queyrellin ridge between Côte Martine and Les Rifs and leads down to a series of chalets and a small chapel,…
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/waterfall-on-the-chardonnet/
📅 19 October 2023
📸 Fujifilm X-H2s + 10-24mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/11, 1/3 s
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“Oak Jays love to shell their own peanuts”
Rather shy, the Oak Jay is impossible to confuse. It sports rufous buff plumage with white and black wings, and beautiful blue feathers with black streaks. Its black whiskers are clearly visible, and its wings appear very rounded. Its white rump can be seen in flight.
The Jay feeds on…
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/oak-jays-love-to-shell-their-own-peanuts/
📅 3 December 2023
📸 Fujifilm X-H2s + 100-400mm
🎛️ ISO 800, ƒ/7.1, 1/250 s
“Male European green woodpecker in the grass”
The European green woodpecker spends much of its time feeding on ants on the ground and does not often 'drum' on trees like other woodpecker species.
Both sexes are green above and pale yellowish green below, with yellow rump and red crown and nape; the moustachial stripe has a red centre…
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/male-european-green-woodpecker-in-the-grass/
📅 20 January 2024
📸 Fujifilm X-H2s + 100-400mm
🎛️ ISO 800, ƒ/9, 1/320 s
“Common starling on a branch”
The common starling, also known as the European starling in North America and simply as the starling in Great Britain and Ireland, is a medium-sized passerine bird.
It has glossy black plumage with a metallic sheen, which is speckled with white at some times of year.
A highly social species, starlings…
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/common-starling-on-a-branch/
📅 13 March 2024
📸 Fujifilm X-H2s + 100-400mm
🎛️ ISO 1600, ƒ/5.6, 1/1000 s
