With no particular place to go would not be completely truthful, but in between the particular places to which I had to go there were the opportunities to take pictures. The landscapes in the South Vendee never cease to amaze me with their lack of traditional spectactularity. They are like a plain looking woman who looks breathtaking in pictures. I think the more pastoral landscapes could only be rendered in paint if justice were to be done to them. I baked what appears to be a wonderful prune and bitter chocolate cake last night, from a recipe by David Leibovitz – an American in Paris. It looks too difficult to photograph which is why I have published these landscapes of the industrial face of the Vendee.
Oh brilliant shots, Rog !! Love them!
Many thanks Richard. Hope you’re having some good sailing:)
The sky looks lie it has been painted or someone has stuck cotton wool balls up there!
It wasn’t easy keeping that cotton wool in place:)
So THAT’S what it looks like when you’re not speeding through on the train!
Love those clouds…
Certainly does:)
Something too difficult for you to photograph? Ah, well. The photos you subbed do calm me.
I have just eaten a slice of the cake, and I’m going to give it a go:)
The beautiful scenery you’ve captured is the reason why I take the backroads and byways when I’m running errands while in Michigan. I really enjoy views — and photos — like this.
I feel that there is an American look to these pictures – that might just be fanciful:)
It’s like a Michigan landscape – it just needs a Dutch barn
I’ll knock one up tomorrow:)
A little model made of matchsticks, painted red. Comp it in with Photoshop
I’m starting to light matches now:)
Lovely landscape shots – you get such a huge sky with the flat wheat fields. The cake sounds good too.
The cake has turned out well:)
That first one should be a postcard!
Thanks Greg. It’s a sound thought.
There is, as you say above, a real American feel to these shots. Have you seen Terrence Malick’s old film, Days of Heaven? I think it may actually have been filmed in Canada, but was supposed to look like Texas. These photos remind me of that. Beautiful!
I’ve never seen the film butI just watched some sequences on the net. It looks a beautifully shot film and I’m delighted with your compliment:)
What beautiful images. They are so scenic. Gorgeous!
Many thanks for checking out my blog – glad you liked the pictures:)
Great landscape shots. Spectacular shots even though you think its not a spectacular landscape. Would like to see the prune and chocolate tart.
The prune and chocolate is nearly ready to roll of the press:)
Beautiful!!! It brings me back memories of the photography course I took with you last year!! And those cloudy skies remind me when you used to say that landscape pictures are better with cloudy skies rather than clear skies!!
Thanks for that. The sky makes a landscape work, that’s for sure:)
The skyscapes are pretty wonderful too, Roger! Love these, and your ‘plain woman’ description,
The skies are wonderful here. Be nice to see the blue a bit more often this year.
When in doubt take photos of something entirely different! I find the industrial farming in France is rather grim and frightening, but the colours in your photos are so rich it certainly makes up for it
Many thanks for that:)
My brother-in-law is a wonderful artist… Hard for me to look at the top photo and not imagine it in oils Very lovely Roger. (and so glad we got to see that rich bittersweet chocolate prune cake after all!)
Thank you very much for such a compliment:)