Ilot Saint-Michel, Study n5. May 2025
Photographie par Franck Bellœil (France)

Still shot on the same day as the previous photo but 20mn earlier. It was still dark. The sun was below the horizon and the only light available was the reflected light from the sky. I really liked the way the clouds were mirroring the inverted image of what was going on in my composition with the rocks and the sea, creating a kind of zigzagging composition that, I hope, complements the perspective created by the rocks, diminishing in size as you go upward in the picture. Let me know what you think of it...

Ilot Saint-Michel in Erquy, Brittany, France. It's a small island where a tiny chapel was built in the 19th Century. My idea was to find as many compositions as possible, at different time of the day, at different season, and under different conditions (high tide/low tide, cloudy /sunny, sunrise /sunset etc …) in black and White, using long exposure to remove distractions if necessary.

Tripod, 24-70mm , Canon R5

ISO 400, 24 mm, 30s exposure @f/11