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Marais Poitevin

The Marais Poitevin is a large area of marshland in western France, a remnant of the former Gulf of Poitou (the name meaning "Poitou's Marsh", "Marsh of Poitou ...
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The Marais Poitevin is a large area of marshland in western France, a remnant of the former Gulf of Poitou (the name meaning "Poitou's Marsh", "Marsh of Poitou region"). It consists for two thirds of a western zone near the sea called the "dry marsh" (or "dried marsh"), used for farming and breeding, and for one third of an eastern zone called the "wet marsh", a maze of islets criss-crossed by picturesque canals now used for touristic rowboating and nicknamed The Green Venice (la Venise Verte).
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malc
 
malc August 03, 2014
Excellent capture my friend!
hlambourn
 
hlambourn November 20, 2014
Great composition, colour and shadow detail. If you have some photo editing software, I would have taken out the four end of the boats half way up the image on the left hand side. Apart from that. great shot
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mafe November 20, 2014
Good job!
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