MINERVE
FRANCE
IMAGE NUMBER 754
Minerve is a picturesque village 25 kilometres north-west of Narbonne in Languedoc-Roussillon, that is classed as one of the 'most beautiful villages of France'. The fortified medieval village, with many of the fortifications still in place, is perched on a naturally defended rocky peninsula high above a canyon in the barren Languedoc landscape - Minerve is above the gorge carved by the River Cesse before it disappears underground intoa natural tunnel.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
The image was taken with a tripod-mounted Phase One 645 Camera at ISO 200. Exposure of 1/500th of a second and at aperture f7.1. 150 mm Schneider Kreuznach telephoto lens with leaf shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ180 80 megapixel digital back.