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PICTURE GALLERIES
A selection of beautiful caving pictures...
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GALLERIES
 The
photographer in action...
Almost all pictures have been made by me: Paul De Bie.
In the past, with a simple Pentax reflex camera and a 28
mm wide angle lens. Most of the slides were lit using "M3" magnesium
flashbulbs and
Kodak Ektachrome 160T film. All close-ups (e.g. the
cave pearls pictures) were lit using electronic flashes.
Since 2003 I only use digital equipment and electronic
flashes. The more recent pictures in the picture galleries
(such as the "Aude" pics) are digital pictures. Right now
I'm using a Canon Powershot G6.
Thanks
goes to...
 Many people! All alone you cannot make any decent cave
pictures. You need people to help you, to carry stuff, to
use the flashlights. You need photo models, and above all:
you need people that are prepared to wait patiently while
you are making your photos! I express my gratitude to all
people who helped me, my caving friends and team mates from SC Avalon.
But one person I am especially grateful: my partner
and wife Annette Van
Houtte. An exceptionally talented and
passionate speleologist, who has followed me in each caving
trip I ever made, no matter how deep and difficult it was.
And most of the time, she had to carry my flashlights
around! You will see here on many of my pictures.
Thanks, dear!
Use of my pictures
My pictures have been used to illustrate books, calendars,
websites, folders, posters and so on. Depending on the
purpose (commercial or not) I might or I might not do this
for free. Of course the pictures here on the website
are very reduced and compressed versions of the originals.
If you want to use, or buy pictures, please ask me:
pauldb@skynet.be
Overview of the Picture galleries
| Ardèche-Gard |
A series of nice pictures taken in the very decorated caves
of the French Ardèche and Gard departments. |
| Aude |
The French Aude department hides many breathtaking aragonite
caves. |
| Aude-Herault |
Pictures of our stay in April 2006, where we visited
beautiful caves |
| Badalona |
A more than 1100 meter deep through-trip in the Systema
Badalona (B1-B15) in Spain |
| Bretaye |
Avalon's first major discovery, and still one of the most
spectacular Belgian caves
More information about
this cave. |
| Emotions |
Another big Avalon discovery: the beautiful Grotte des
Emotions.
More information about this cave. |
| Gouffre Berger |
A trip to the bottom of the world famous and over 1000 m
deep Gouffre Berger (France) |
| NicePics1 |
A collection of nice caving pictures |
| Pearls |
Cave pearls are really little jewels: a series of beautiful
macro-pictures |
| Waerimont |
Our biggest discovery (4400 m long) and a beautiful Belgian
cave.
More information about this cave. |
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