BEEHIVE
SOUTH OF GRUYERES, SWITZERLAND
Image Number 33
Gruyeres, in South-West Switzerland is celebrated not simply for its cheese, but because the area is a wonderland of traditional Swiss farms. At first, Atticus Webb thought this wooden house was a dovecote and was surprised to learn from a villager that it was a beehive. It is mounted on a stone bearing the date 1828.
TECHNICAL NOTES
The image was taken with a tripod-mounted Phase One 645 Camera at ISO 35. The aperture was F12 with an exposure of 1/50 second. 150 mm Schneider-Kreuznach lens with leaf shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ180 80 megapixel digital back. Shadow areas have been opened using Capture One.