Morkel Erasmus
01-03-2010, 03:51 PM
Hey everyone!
I am back from a refreshing trip to the lovely Cape province of South Africa. If you've ever been there, you'll know what I'm talking about. Seeing as it was a family holiday it would have been inconsiderate of me to plan the entire holiday around photography but I did manage to get some shooting done.
A while after our country was first colonised by Van Riebeeck and the Dutch, there came a contingent of French Settlers fleeing the French Revolution. They settled in the Cape and started doing what Frenchmen do best - woo our women and cultivate fine wine ;).
They were called the French Huguenots, and the town of Franschhoek was founded for them (it means "French Corner" in Dutch). Settled in a fertile valley between the Hottentots-Holland and Overberg mountain ranges, the viticulture here is in a class of its own. The little town boasts no more than 3 of the country's top 10 restaurants and numerous wine farms dot the landscape as far as the eye can see.
This view was captured from a mountain pass as you leave Franschhoek to travel further inland. It is a 3-image HDR processed in Photomatix to cut through the haze and handle the dynamic range.
Your comments are highly appreciated...
Techs:
Canon 1000D with 18-55mm IS lens @ 18mm
f16 @ ISO-100
3 exposures (-1,0,1)
tripod-mounted
I am back from a refreshing trip to the lovely Cape province of South Africa. If you've ever been there, you'll know what I'm talking about. Seeing as it was a family holiday it would have been inconsiderate of me to plan the entire holiday around photography but I did manage to get some shooting done.
A while after our country was first colonised by Van Riebeeck and the Dutch, there came a contingent of French Settlers fleeing the French Revolution. They settled in the Cape and started doing what Frenchmen do best - woo our women and cultivate fine wine ;).
They were called the French Huguenots, and the town of Franschhoek was founded for them (it means "French Corner" in Dutch). Settled in a fertile valley between the Hottentots-Holland and Overberg mountain ranges, the viticulture here is in a class of its own. The little town boasts no more than 3 of the country's top 10 restaurants and numerous wine farms dot the landscape as far as the eye can see.
This view was captured from a mountain pass as you leave Franschhoek to travel further inland. It is a 3-image HDR processed in Photomatix to cut through the haze and handle the dynamic range.
Your comments are highly appreciated...
Techs:
Canon 1000D with 18-55mm IS lens @ 18mm
f16 @ ISO-100
3 exposures (-1,0,1)
tripod-mounted