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BESSE-EN-OISAN, FRANCE

Image Number 23

The tiny village of Besse en Oisan clings to the mountains on the French Italian border between Grenoble and Briancon.  Although the village probably has fewer than 300 inhabitants, Its "home page" on the internet carries the ronde:                              

Le plus beau de tous les villages du monde,
C'est celui ou nous faisions la ronde,
Le plus beau de tous les villages de France,
C'est celui, ou j'ai passé mon enfance
(The most beautiful village in the world, is the one of our song.  The most beautiful of all the villages in France is the one in which I spent my youth.)

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a tripod-mounted Phase One 645 Camera at ISO 200.  The aperture was F8 with an exposure of 1/1250 second.  45 mm Phase One wide angle lens.   The image was captured on a Phase One IQ180 80 megapixel digital back.  The shadow areas have been opened using Capture One.