The village square, Saint-Maurice, a photo from Languedoc-Roussillon, South

Photographer's Note

October 29th, 2012
Saint-Maurice-Navacelles 340277 34520
Hérault Languedoc-Roussillon
43.846 3.518 580 m

The village square, Saint-Maurice-Navacelles

One view.
Another view.

The Saint-Maurice-Navacelles village square on LARZAC CAUSSE, the parish church of the Assumption, built in 1874, the castle 13th 17th 19th centuries.

_ The CAUSSE of LARZAC is vastest and southernmost of "GRANDS CAUSSES", large causses. Its 1000 km ² of plateau rise from 600 to 900 meters. It is limited to the North-East by Dourbie river which separates it from "Causse Noir", in the North-West the Tarn river separates it from the plateau of Lévézou, in the west it stops with the depression of Roquefort. Its surface is strewn with famous sites with the military orders, Knights of the Order of the Temple and Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem.

_ The GRANDS CAUSSES, in the south of the Massif Central, are delimited in north by the plateau of "Aubrac", in the east by the Cévennes, the south by the plain of the "lodévois", in the west by the plateau of "Lévézou". These are plateaus limestones whose altitude varies from 700 to 1250 meters of altitude, and of surface going up to 1000 km². The "Grands Causses" are formed by important "Causses of Larzac" (1000 km²), of "Sauveterre" (550 km²), "Méjean" (330 km²), and "Noir" (200 km²), but also of the causses "Comtal", "Rouge" and of "Sévérac", and many small peripheral causses like causses of "Mende", "Blandas", "Changefèges", "Bégon", etc… No waterway circulates on the surface of the plates, because the rainwater infiltrates in the karstic, generating networks of many swallow-holes and caves, to re-appear in the valleys. Geology of causses and the cévennes.

_ The VIS has its source in the mountains of the Aigoual, near Saint-Guiral Mount, under the pass of the "Homme Mort", in the municipality of Arrigas, in the Gard department. She disappears into the ground near the Larcy mill after crossing Alzon, while its flow reached 50 l/s. About 15 km later, she resurfaced in a resurgence in Vissec at "moulin de Lafoux" with a flow from 1200 to 2500 l/s. Its tributaries are mostly underground. The Vis constantly eroding the basement, causing landslides underground capable of interrupting its course of hours or days, as in 1779, 1890, 1927 and 1961. His exploration is difficult and dangerous in water at 11° and a very strong current. The Vis has a course in surface in impressive gorges up to 300 m deep dug in the limestone plateau, which the Causse du Larzac, crossing the imposing site of the Cirque de Navacelles. After crossing a watershed of 481 km², and a course of 57.8 km, it flows into the river Hérault in Ganges. The Vis description.

SAINT-MAURICE-NAVACELLES is a french commune, located in the department of the Herault of the Languedoc-Roussillon area, populated of 157 inhabitants in 2009, divided out of 68.6 km², that is to say 2.3 hab./km².

The municipality of Saint-Maurice-Navacelles, results from the fusion of the 3 communes Saint-Maurice, Navacelles et Madières.

My images of Saint-Maurice-Navacelles.
My images of Causse du larzac.
My images of the Vis Valley.

Copyright © All rights reserved. The use or the reproduction, on any media, for profit or not profit, of my photographs, including my photographs published in workshop, the notes or the texts, is prohibited without my written authorization. Joel Berthonneau.

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Fis2 (73646) 2013-01-10 6:19

Witaj Joel!
A very nice place.
Interesting architecture.
Good light and sharpness.
Well done.
Have a nice afyernoon
Krzysztof

Nicou (98775) 2013-01-10 6:22

Hello Joël,

la jeune avec la trott donne encore de la beauté à l'image, quelle vue quelle perspective superbe image de cette église tout en latérla, le bel escalier et la barrière superbe.

bravo et amitié
Nicou

TopGeo (38000) 2013-01-10 6:27

Hello Joel! Beautiful picture, full of light and with extraordinary quality, brilliant composition, very good sharpness, colour, tones and amazing old architecture A work interesting in a perfect sky!. Bravo
Best regards
Georgios

gildasjan (38442) 2013-01-10 6:53

Bonjour Joël
Bien vue la trottinette dans cette composition à l'architecture si caractéristique.J'apprécie le placement du personnage en bas à gauche,ce qui laisse de l'espace à son déplacement.
Bonne soirée et bonne année 2013 avec du retard
Amicalement
gildas

cargus (6556) 2013-01-10 8:49

An beautiful architectural scene,sharpness exposure and natural colors are excellent!...Well done.!!
Regards
Adrian

Zucca (4226) 2013-01-10 12:40

Bonsoir Joël,

Je n'ai pas vraiment la même aisance sur la trottinette que la jeune fille ;0) Beau point de vue sur l'église et le château, depuis cette place baignée de soleil.

Bonne soirée,

Sylvain

npecanhuk (54221) 2013-01-10 13:46

Salut Joël!
C'est un endroit très beau!
C'est une photo très jolie, agréable et charmante!
La netteté, la gestion de la lumière, les couleurs, le pdv choisi et la compo sont excellents!
J'aime beaucoup la présence de la jeune fille et de la trottinette!
Merci du partage,
Amitiés,
Neyvan

nikkitta (6144) 2013-01-10 15:21

Salut Joel

Pas de chateau mais une square avec une egise de cote et une fillete qui roule vite
Belles couleurs du ciel et les rouges toits
Bravo et bon commmencement de l ann 2013
Maria

pierrefonds (48675) 2013-01-10 16:25

Bonsoir Joël,

La grandeur de la place donne de la profondeur à la composition. La présence de l'enfant donne de la vie à la scène. La prise de vue permet de voir les détails et les couleurs des immeubles. La qualité de la lumière embellie les couleurs de l'image. Bonne soirée.

Pierre

kato (7086) 2013-01-10 18:26

Hello Joel,

You're capturing well this village sqare by a good angle and excellent tone/clarity, so it's interesting and impressive to see the village with old architectures included the parish church and wall. It's impressive in stone-made architecres, too. It's harmonized well with blue sky. And, a boy skating on sqaure draws out a good impact in this image as well as his long shadow.

Kind regards,
mikio

bukitgolfb301 (30401) 2013-01-10 18:58

Hi Bonjoir dear Joel, here and there!

Wow another great and wonderful shot! I like your tademark of blue/white color contast image very much.
I just know your contry also has such a fantastic tourist spot, I have to visit this Summer. You present the best framewrok and composition via sharp focusing as usual. Thanks for your sharing and have a good last working day!

Takero from cold Tokyo

jjcordier (63074) 2013-01-10 23:07

Joël
Je me demande s'il reste encore un village dans le coin que tu ne nous as pas fait découvrir? Trois bonnes et intéressantes photos de celui-là.
Est-ce que les trottinettes électriques à 4 roues existent, ça serait peut-être bien pour mes balades photographiques -)
Amicalement
JJ

Graal (89434) 2013-01-10 23:28

Bonjour Joel,
nice presentation of village. Nice composition here with the child on left side. Good complementary WS and informations. Photos are well done.
Have a nice day.
Aleksander

saxo042 (31862) 2013-01-11 1:17

Hi Joël,
A beautiful day with a clear blue sky! A very pretty little church here and a very pleasant street view. The included person adds life and action to the scene. I like the note too!
Kind regards
Gunnar

pajaran (36906) 2013-01-11 12:56

Dobro vece.
Vrlo interesantan i dobar tekst o mestu, sa datim podacima, i istorijom ...
Dobra ostrina snimka, kontrast, lepe boje.
Dobra kompozicija, lepe fotografije u radionici.
Lepa arhitektura.
Prijatno vece i sve najbolje za vikend.
Srecno.
Paja.

Good evening.
Very interesting and good article on the site, the given data, and history ...
Good image sharpness, contrast, beautiful color.
Good composition, beautiful pictures in the workshop.
Beautiful architecture.
Good evening and all the best for the weekend.
Good luck.
Paja.

ChrisJ (87654) 2013-01-12 3:50

Hello Joël,

A wonderful saturated blue sky that forms a marvellous backdrop to the stone building at right. The girl on the scooter animates the scene & provides scale. Good sharpness & punchy light contrasts. Well composed using the rule of thirds. Tfs!

cornejo (18714) 2013-01-12 12:07

Salut Joel, j'aime cette image belle et intéressante de la fille avec le scooter par le carré de ce lieu magique et intéressant. Une image bien composée et intéressante encadrée. Un bon emploi et intéressant bien fait, bravo mon ami. Merci de partager votre beau travail.

Bonne nuit et bon dimanche.
Salutations du sud de l'Espagne.
Angel.

Silvio1953 (99199) 2013-01-13 1:47

Ciao Joel, great perspective on lovely village and beautiful church, I like insertion of playing girl, excellent clarity, splendid light and wonderful colors, very well done, my friend, have a good Sunday, ciao Silvio

josepmarin (55209) 2013-01-14 2:18

Bonjour, cher ami Joël,
le bleu intense du ciel est un rideau de fond magnifique pour créer un beau contraste avec l'architecture de l'église et des maisons dans ce joli village.
Une grande gestion de la lumière et de la qualité chromatique, à un travail excellent.
Bien amicalement,
Josep

mkamionka (24808) 2013-01-18 9:22

Bojour Joel,
lovely little church. Very original way to present it. I like the total asymmetry here with still perfectly straight perspective. The intense blue sky makes a nice addition here. Lovely place, excellent work,
M

dta (52250) 2013-01-18 9:57

Bonjour Joel ,
sympa l'irruption de la petite fille en trottinette , qui apporte du dynamisme sur cette belle place à l'intéressante architecture caussenarde .
Amicalement