Silhouette in the mist
by Dominique Dubied
Title
Silhouette in the mist
Artist
Dominique Dubied
Medium
Photograph - Photography Photographs
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Mont St Michel, France
Mont Saint-Michel is a rocky island in the midst of vast sandbanks in Normandy, France. A beautiful site but very, very touristic.
To avoid the crowd and to use advantage of the early morning light, I suggested to my family to go there before sunrise.
This meant to get up at 4am and drive about one hour to get there. I was pretty sure they would not be keen on the idea, but what a surprise for me when they said: OK, let's go!
We arrived by night on the huge parking lot (4200 spaces!) that was empty at that time (only 2 cars were there including mine). I was imaginating how this parking lot would look like 3 or 4 hours later...
When we saw from afar the Mont St-Michel in the mist, we could not believe our eyes! What a scenery : the island was standing above the mist as it was floating in the air.
Only a few people were there appreciating the beautiful scene.
When we went back 3 hours later, magic had disapeared: the sun was already harsh, the island had become ordinary, and most of all, the crowd had started to invade the site.
Gosh... what a good idea it was to get up early that day!
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September 20th, 2014
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