Les Vendanges dans le Lavaux, The Grape Harvest in the vineyard of Lavaux, Switzerland (Suisse) - 60 HD photos

The Vendanges (Grape Harvest) are a unique moment of the Lavaux in Switzerland

The grape harvest in Lavaux happens every year around end of September and October in Switzerland, and it’s a beautiful and unique busy moment of the year for the Lavaux region. All the winemaker of Lavaux are busy more or less at the same moment, and it creates very intense senes in the vineyard, with hundreds of people harvesting the grapes. The grapes will be used to make white wine, which is quite famous actually in the region. It’s also a very festive moment, when lot of traditional celebrations are held in this region. But the most magic moment is probably the beautiful intense view on the lake, with dramatic perspective on the vineyard, the Leman Lake (Lac Léman, also called Geneva Lake), the Alps mountains chain in the background, and for sure on the front the grapes! We’ve been lucky enough to be invited by closest friends to help them harvesting this year on a weekend, and it was lot of fun and nice unforgettable moments! We started around 7am, which explains the very warm and nice light that the sunrise gave us, which was probably one of the few days where the Lavaux is so crystal clear! We had a long but enjoyable day, with lot of fun and nice talks in the middle of the vineyard! Enjoy the view!

All photos were shot with Canon EOS 5D MKII and Canon 24-70mm 2.8 L USM, all of them treated with Adobe Lightroom 4.2.

More photos of the Vendange (Grape Harvest) in Lavaux and the Geneva Lake available on JHGphoto.

The Vineyard Terraces of Lavaux / Les vignes du Lavaux, Vaud, Switzerland, Suisse, Schweiz - 25 HDR photos of the vineyard, with Canon 5D MKII, Canon 24-70mm 2.8 L & 16-35mm 2.8 L USM

Single RAW exposure HDR in Lavaux Vineyard Terraces, Switzerland (Suisse / Schweiz)

The vineyard of Lavaux are giving very nice results with HDR treatment, making it even more spectacular, especially in fall. I’m particularly fan of using single RAW, duplicating it in 3 exposures in Adobe Lightroom (-2.0 / 0 / +2.0 EV) and then treating it via Photomatix Pro, and finally back into Lightroom for final touchup. This process of single RAW HFR is pretty powerful now that cameras are having very detailed pixel resolution. At the same time, a single RAW exposure also enable you to make HDR of any photo you took, without need to have tripod.

The Lavaux Vineyard (Switzerland) in HDR, shot with Canon 5D MKII and Canon 16-35mm 2.8 L USM in single RAW exposure

Canon 5D MKII for HDR

The Canon EOS 5D MKII is actually a very powerful camera for making single RAW exposure of HDR, thanks to its 21Mpixels that enable you to make High Definition HDR while not getting too heavy on the highlights. However using a very good lens is a minimum, and going with L lenses would be a good advise. All the pictures below have been taken with Canon 5D MKII, Canon 16-35mm 2.8 L USM and Canon 24-70mm 2.8 L USM. Here is the original post of the Lavaux vineyard in original version.

25 HDR photos of the Lavaux Vineyard Terraces, Switzerland (Suisse / Schweiz) - HD

The Vineyard Terraces of Lavaux / Les vignes du Lavaux, Vaud, Switzerland, Suisse - A ballad in the UNESCO protected vineyard in Fall, with Canon 5D MKII, Canon 24-70mm 2.8 L & 16-35mm 2.8 L USM

The Lavaux Vineyard (Switzerland / Schweiz) Terraces are now protected by UNESCO - Les vignes du Lavaux, Vaud, Suisse

Last weekend was quite fantastic for a walking ballad in the beautiful landscape of Lavaux Vineyard (Les vignes du Lavaux). It was fall and the yellow and orange leafs were still on, shining like fire with the sun. Quite warm for fall, it was a real pleasure to walk in the Lavaux vineyard, with dramatic beautiful view on the Leman Lake (Geneva Lake). It’s actually a pleasure to make photo in the Lavaux, since any place give a very nice view on the vineyard. Definitely a recommended place to go if you pass by the Leman region, between Lausanne and Montreux. Most of the pictures below have been taken between St-Saphorin, Chexbres, Epesses, Dézaley and Rivaz, all small villages of Lavaux. The wine from the Lavaux is actually sold by local producer directly from their cave, and you can have “degustation” wine taste if you simply ask them! Wonderful place, and good white wine too! 

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View on the Lavaux Vineyard (Switzerland) close to Epesse and Riex

The Lavaux Vineyard Terraces are stretching for about 30 km along the south-facing northern shores of Lake Geneva from the Chateau de Chillon to the eastern outskirts of Lausanne in the Vaud region. There is some evidence that vines were grown in the area in Roman times, the present vine terraces can be traced back to the 11th century. 

Lavaux Vineyard Terraces (Geneva Lake, Léman region) shot with Canon 5D MKII, Canon 24-70mm 2.8 L USM and Canon 16-35mm 2.8 L USM - perfect camera and combo for postcard landscape photo

All shot have been done with Canon 5D MKII, Canon 24-70mm 2.8 L USM and Canon 16-35mm 2.8 L USM. I’ve done a bit of correction with Adobe Lightroom 3.0 to ensure the sky highlights get corrected (I didn’t have any polarising filter on the 16-35mm, which doesn’t help with such sunny conditions). I’m pretty happy of the result, let me know what you think and enjoy the beautiful views over “les vignes du Lavaux”. 

Full set of picture of the Lavaux vineyard is available here

70 HD postcard photos of Lavaux Vineyard Terraces, Suisse, Switzerland, Schweiz, Léman (Geneva Lake)

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One day in Vevey, Suisse - Photo portrait session with Canon 5D MKII 16-35mm 2.8 L II USM, 24-70mm 2.8 L USM and Speedlite 580 EXII in Switzerland

One day in Vevey - a city living for photography

The city of Vevey carries a lot of Photo exhibition and also the famous Photo Museum with nice collections in it. Today was finishing the “Images” free exhibition, with pretty famous photographers showing their work from all over the world, including some top famous professional and many award winners, as well as few animations with artists. 

Portrait Session with Canon 5D MKII, Canon 16-35mm 2.8 L USM, Canon 24-70mm 2.8 L USM and Speedlite 580 EXII

The photo portrait session has been a real pleasure, with the camera being ultra responsive and the lenses rendering very sharp result and brilliant colors. The Speedlite 580 EXII strobe flash is actually performing exceptionally well, with very delicate light when needed, giving a very nice lightning condition in this overcast day. It actually re-sync pretty fast and doesn’t have issue when shooting in continuous mode. 

The lenses have been mainly used at f/stop 2.8 most of the time, and this is delivering perfect sharp render. No major distortion, even for the wide angle 16-35mm, which is still giving this amazing wide shot while keeping the color spectrum as close as possible to reality, something I was not able to get with the Sigma 10-20mm

Birds in Vevey, Lac Léman, Switzerland (Suisse)

I went to a Photo Bourse in Vevey, Switzerland, and I found one of the very few remaining Minolta 28-70mm f2.8 G, a real masterpiece. I was walking back to my car when I saw a few birds facing the lake. I needed to test my lens, and the occasion was perfect. The results is sharp, with a very good and warm balance of colors. Hope you like it! 

Sony A700 + Minolta 28-70mm f2.8 G - Vevey, Switzerland