Light on the estuary, Charron Photo

Photographer’s Note

April 17, 2009
Charron 170091 17230
Charente-Maritime Poitou-Charentes
46.283 -1.100 3 m

Light on the estuary. Pavé harbour in Charron.

One sight.
Other sight.

In the local typical light, the estuary of the coastal river Sèvre Niortaise, which is thrown in bay of l'Aiguillon, and the boats of the producers of blue mussels, the mytiliculteurs.

Sévre Niortaise river is a coastal river of 158 km course, which takes its source close to Sepvret in Deux-Sèvres, crosses Niort, then goes down in the marsh from Poitou which it feeds, before throwing in the Atlantic Ocean in Aiguillon bay. Sèvre Niortaise river and Sèvre Nantaise river, gave their name to the department of Deux-Sèvres.

The sea occupied there is 8000 years all the golf of Pictons.
The Marais Poitevin, Marsh From Poitou, old Gulf of Poitou, gulf of Pictons, extends on the plains from the Vendée in north, the plain of Niort in Deux-Sèvres in the east and the plain of Aunis in Charente-Maritime in the south. The 95000 hectares of the Poitevin Marsh, were built by the marine currents and the alluvia brought by the rivers and rivers. Since the Neolithic era, the resources were exploited there. Salt, fishing, the breeding were developed there until the time Gallo Romaine. With the Middle Ages began from great work of draining and installation under the impulse of the abbeys, like benedictine abbey of Maillezais. They continued in particular under king Henri IV at the 17th century, and at the 19th century. It was necessary and it is still necessary, to contain the effects of the sea and to often evacuate surface waters of a marsh to the lower part of the open seas.
On the whole thousands of kilometers of channels of all sizes, drains, ditches, conches, were dug.

The marshes are divided into two, the desiccated marshes of 47,000 hectares, and wet the marshes known as Venice Verte of 29,000 hectares. 19000 hectares partially desiccated should be added.
Le marais poitevin.

Charron is a french commune, located in the department of the Charente-Maritime of the Poitou-Charentes area, populated of 1650 Charronnais, distributed on 36 km², that is to say 46 hab./km .

In Bank of bay of l'Aiguillon, in limit of of the districts of Charente-Maritime and of Vendée, Charron is part of the Park Inter Regional of Marsh of Poitou, "Marais Poitevin".

Charron has one of the best sunning of the Atlantic facade.
The sunning of the Charente and Vendean Atlantic littoral is the second of France, often compared to that of the Côte d'Azur.

It is the principal production centre of moulds of mussel beds of the area, on the estran of the Aiguillon. the mytiliculteurs use approximately 60 boats and produce 10.000 t/an.
The harbour "port du Pavé", is one of the most important center of forwarding of the mussel on mussel bed.
The breeding of the mussel of mussel beds is done on high piles of oak, the mussel beds, fixed in the zone of swinging of the tides which are discovered with low tide.

My images of Charron

snunney, Charo, Clementi, paura, pierrefonds, fanni has marked this note useful

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besnard (31362) 2009-06-19 3:44

Bonjour Joël
Une belle luminosité qui rend la mer argentée. Les nuages sont élégants et complètent bien le tableau.
Je te souhaite une bonne journée.
Nicole

snunney (35880) 2009-06-19 3:54

Hello Joël,
A lovely view over the estuary captured under a magnificent sky. I very much like the soft light and tones. The image has a very pleasing atmosphere and is very easy on the eyes.

burraburra (952) 2009-06-19 4:28

Hello Joel,
Wonderful picture of boats at horizon level.
DOF is great. Beautiful blue sky with developing dark clouds.
Small waves lapping at the shoreline.
Very pleasant POV. Great notes.
Well done :)
Graham.

dta (6622) 2009-06-19 4:47

Bonjour Joel ,
Ces nuages sont de toute beauté . Ils n'annoncent sans doute rien de bon , mais la lumière associée est magnifique . J'aime bien le point de vue bas . On a l'impression d'être au bord de la plage , les pieds dans l'eau .
Amicalement

gildasjan (24255) 2009-06-19 7:31

Bonjour Joel
Le ciel fait tout dans cette image avec un rendu agréable de toutes teintes de la composition.Sans la petite déferlante au premier plan,la ligne d'horizon cadrée plus bas aurait aussi donner un aspect intéressant au cadrage(mettons 1/4)
Bonne soirée à toi
Amicalement
gildas

bracasha75 (22543) 2009-06-19 10:17

Salut Joel
Very nicescene on open sea but the sky and cloud take the win
Excellent composition
TFS
Cheers,Braca

Charo (32234) 2009-06-19 13:19

Salut Joël,
Preciosa captura con un cielo absolutamente bellísimo. El contraste con el agua terrosa es magnífico. Una gran perspectiva con excelente luz.
Los WS tambien están estupendos.
Amicalement,
Charo

Clementi (45929) 2009-06-19 13:43

Ciao Joel,
spettacolare il cielo con queste nuvole che sembrano dipinte, la parte bassa della foto è un pò meno spettacolare.
Giorgio

paura (39632) 2009-06-19 15:40

Joël,
A composição está uma beleza. O céu, com lindas e bem definidas cores e formas majestosas de nuvens, um portento. Lindo trabalho fotográfico.

Amicalement

Paulo

jjcordier (25468) 2009-06-19 22:01

Joël
Superbe photo! Ce ciel est absolument fantastique et la luminosité de l'image splendide. Les 3 photos sont belles mais c'est pour celle là que j'ai le plus gros coup de cœur.
Amicalement
JJ

Graal (59144) 2009-06-19 23:48

Bonjour Joel,
nice 3 images, I like this oceanscape by Charron. Amazing light and clouds. An interesting note with the google map and links. Solid photojob.
Gr., Aleksander

amaryllis (18012) 2009-06-20 5:27

Bonjour Joel

une belle lumière sur cet estuaire avec ces bateaux de pêcheurs comme perspective et un ciel qui est un régal pour la photo
une note vraiment intéressante avec tous les liens
merci de ce partage et de l'historique
bon week end
juliette

marcan44 (3211) 2009-06-20 9:30

Salut Joel,
vivendo in una città di mare so che non sempre il colore del mare è bellissimo come in questa tua foto.
Venti, cielo e correnti molte volte lo fanno apparire così.
La grande tua idea in questo scatto credo sia stata quella di raffrontare questo mare non eccezionale con un cielo a dir poco stupendo con questa coltre di nuvole bellissime.
Un lavoro che apprezzo moltissimo anche per l'ottima esposizione e nitidezza.
Un caro saluto e buona domenica
Amicalement
Mario

Focales (514) 2009-06-20 9:46

Hello Joël,
J'aime beaucoup les tons de cette petite vague chargée de sable et la ligne marine de l'horizon sur laquelle s'attardent de bien jolis nuages moutonneux. Une belle photo de mer.

Cricri (44153) 2009-06-20 11:09

Bonjour Joel
Spectaculaire ce ciel, une capture magnifique des lumières qui perce ces gros nuages blancs, joli la prise les pieds dans l'eau:-)
Amitiés
cricri

ElAprendiz (7370) 2009-06-20 21:47

Hola Joel:

Impresionante cielo....!

El encuadre perfecto y la regla de los tercios, para equilibrar el horizonte, muy bien establecida; inmejorables tonalidades y gran profundidad de campo.

Excelente, John

ghilain (1714) 2009-06-21 2:28

Bonjour Joël,

Cette photo me ravit. Un merveilleux ciel nuageux, des tons entre le bleu et l'ocre clair. Une lumière bien présente.
Merci pour cette photo

brigitte

Nicou (46257) 2009-06-21 7:57

Hello Joël,

Quelle vue sur cette mer, ces nuages avec des romes grandiose, des arrondi et cett grosse formequi fait comme un châpeau, les bâteaux de pêche typique, fabuleuse compo.

Mercie et belle soireé

Nicou

pierrefonds (26835) 2009-06-22 14:57

Bonsoir Joë,

Ce ciel nuageux est impressionnant. La prise de vue dirge nottre regard vers les bateaux et vers l'horizon ce qui donne de la profondeur à la photo. La lumière fait ressortir les différentes teintes de couleurs de l'image. Bonne soirée.

Pierre

fanni (9045) 2009-06-22 23:18

Hello again, Joël,
the sky in this photo is very picturesque and creates a very special atmosphere in this shot. The difference between the colour of the sky and the colour of the water is amazing! (As a rule, the colour of the water somehow is similar to the colour of the sky)
Very well composed image, with these distant boats... I have checked the other two Workshop photos, and I really can't say which of the three photos all together I like better :) At least, in all of them I can almost smell and feel the sea air and hear the sound of the waves.

I am curious about one thing: it is the slight curvature of the horizon line. Is it because of the lens distortion?..

NB: I have found a broken link in the Note to this photo - in the passage beginning with "The marshes are divided into two, the desiccated marshes of 47,000 hectares.... " - The link named "Le marais poitevin" doesn't work, it says the photo does not exist. Please check it out!
Best regards,
Elena

chrisnet (20378) 2009-08-29 12:29

Bonsoir Joël,
Petit retour en arrière dans ta galerie pour complimenter cette photo dont le ciel a lui tout seul est un fabuleux spectacle. Je me demande si je n'aurais pas coupé un morceau de la mer au premier plan pour lui donner encore plus d'impact encore. J'aime beaucoup.
Amitiés
Christian