France Lavender field in Valensole
In Valensole are many beautiful lavender fields. This one offers a nice background with those trees, making it a perfect spot for sunset photography. . It is close to the Angelvin lavender shop SW of Valensole on Route de Manosque.
Photography Tips
Use the trees and the lines of the fields to give your photos more depth. A visit to the plateau is especially worthwhile from mid-June to mid-July. Use a tripod! I took six shots at f8 at various focal distances with a Zeiss Apo Sonnar T 135 / 2.0 on my alpha7 riii and processed the raw stack with Helicon Focus to get this depth of view. Come to this place an hour before sunset or so. The colors of the flowers then change every 15 min.
Travel Information
There is a small unpaved parking across the road where you can park for free. Be careful when crossing the road, some of the motorists are paying more attention to the fields than to any crossing photographers...
Spot Type
Outdoor
Crowd Factor
Lots of people
Best Timing
Sunrise in summer
Sunrise & Sunset
06:57 - 18:36
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Photo Themes
beauty
Dawn
dusk
Fields
flowers
Landscape
Lavender
Lavender fields
model
Natural Landscape
nature
Provence
rolling hills
southern france
Sunrise
Valensole
Locations
Provence
Valensole
South France
Plateau de Valensole
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