ianbramham
Senior Member
I was lucky enough to visit the medieval abbey and church of Mont St. Michel this summer.
The abbey is built on a rocky island just off the coast in northern France and the buildings are about 1,000 years old give or take a few hundred years!.....the place is heavily fortified and was unsuccessfully besieged several times in the 15th century.
We spent the night in a medieval timber framed and timber shingle roofed hotel on the island so I was able to take plenty of photos some of which I have posted here on the forum before.
The first morning that we arrived it was misty with heavy rain falling and I managed to get this shot thanks to the waterproofing of my D700 and 16-35vr lens - the most difficullt part was keeping the raindrops off the front of the lens.
On the full resolution version of this photo you can see the tiny figures of people walking along the causeway on the right of the photo together with the umbrellas thay are carrying.
Ian
http://ianbramham.com/
http://ianbramham.aminus3.com/ (Photoblog)
The abbey is built on a rocky island just off the coast in northern France and the buildings are about 1,000 years old give or take a few hundred years!.....the place is heavily fortified and was unsuccessfully besieged several times in the 15th century.
We spent the night in a medieval timber framed and timber shingle roofed hotel on the island so I was able to take plenty of photos some of which I have posted here on the forum before.
The first morning that we arrived it was misty with heavy rain falling and I managed to get this shot thanks to the waterproofing of my D700 and 16-35vr lens - the most difficullt part was keeping the raindrops off the front of the lens.
On the full resolution version of this photo you can see the tiny figures of people walking along the causeway on the right of the photo together with the umbrellas thay are carrying.
Ian
http://ianbramham.com/
http://ianbramham.aminus3.com/ (Photoblog)
