INTO THE PYRENEES - PART 1

[Lakelandlass]

Part 1 is set mainly in and around St Jean Pied a Port in the Basque region of France. It is a quaint little town and is the traditional starting point for the Camino de Santiago de Compostela.

The Camino de Santiago de Compostela, also known as The Way of St James, is a collection of old pilgrimage routes which cover all Europe. They all have Santiago de Compostela in north-west Spain as their final destination. For more than 1000 years pilgrims have been walking along the Camino de Santiago.

We spent 3 nights in St Jean Pied a Port in September 2009 whilst exploring the surrounding countryside before travelling further into the Pyrenees.

This is the first part of a selection of photographs taken over the ensuing two weeks during which time we were travelling through mainly the French and occasionally the Spanish Pyrenees. The music I have used is Basque.

Bill at Beechbrook is again kindly hosting the show which can be found at www.beechbrook.com/pte

Maureen

[rick235]

Hi Maureen,

Once again a great show, well done.

[coopernatural]

Superb AV Maureen.

I score it 10 out of 10.

Look forward to the next installment.

Davy

[colin hill]

Hi Maureen,

Very good show. What I enjoy is that you have captured the life of the people and town and this is fantastic. I also enjoyed the vibrant colours of the buildings and flower boxes.

Thank you very much. I too look forward to your next installment.

Colin

[LumenLux]

Maureen, your presentation is a smooth and pleasant journey. Felt like I was dancing through the fields and the narrow streets. I like the rich colors and full coverage on my 1920x1200 monitor. Of course the superb photography supports the whole thing. Thanks for sharing.

[Gilio]

Thank you Maureen for this very nice presentation and I look it on my mitshubisi HC 7000

beamer fantastic colors and soundtrack.thank you.

[trailertrash]

Beautiful Maureen. I loved the progression to sunset. Beautiful photography.

[Lakelandlass]

Thanks to everyone for your comments.

When I took these pics I had no idea I was going to buy a 24" monitor so recently, when it came to processing and cropping to the 16:10 format it gave me a few problems in shots where I had photographed narrow streets,houses, etc, where I had already framed tightly in-camera. Consequently, I was not too happy with some of the results. However, I have now just to remember to leave a little space around the top/bottom.

Thanks again.

Maureen