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  1. Blue439

    Post your macro photos here

    A napoléon Super-macro shot of a detail of a 20-franc gold coin from 1911. Such gold coins were first known in France as louis d’or, as most of the last French kings were names Louis, and under the monarchy, the profile of the king would be engraved on the heads side. Then, they became...
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    Post Your Tabletop photography, pack shot and still life

    Dessert, anyone? Chocolate éclair and raspberry tartlets. You understand now why I do very little food photography? I tend to devour the hero subject before I can even shoot it! This sort of photography is best done on a very full stomach, even if it feels less comfortable —oh, and editing...
  3. Blue439

    F Mount Lenses on Z Camera

    I have used F-mount lenses on a Z7, then a Z7 II, without any optical, mechanical or electric/electronic problem. I did because for some time, there were no Z-mount equivalents on the market. In fact, I still do use my three F-mount tilt-shifts, as Nikon hasn’t seen fit to offer such lenses in...
  4. Blue439

    Dominique’s old stones (mostly)

    Grassy hedge on a sand dune, Brittany (western France). Playing with a tilt-shift lens (2013). Nikon D3S, Nikkor 24mm, ƒ/3.5D PC-E tilt-shift lens, handheld.
  5. Blue439

    Post your church shots

    A ghostly church Still partly shrouded in mist, the ghost–like ruins of the Romanesque priory church of Notre–Dame d’Aleyrac (Drôme region, southeastern France) slowly emerge into the morning light. A sight I will never forget (2014). Listed in 1904 as Historic Landmark. Nikon D3S, Nikkor...
  6. Blue439

    Post Your Tabletop photography, pack shot and still life

    The odd one out Yikes! There is an intruder in my flat-lay of cherry tomatoes! Can you spot it? Nikon Z7, Micro-Nikkor 105mm, ƒ/2.8 G VR lens, FTZ II adapter. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Artificial lighting, single exposure.
  7. Blue439

    Post Your Black and Whites Photos!!

    Mediæval sculpture like it was done yesterday! We are in the Romanesque abbey church of Souillac, southwestern France, and the inside of the western façade is amazing. Inside? Yes, and no one knows for sure why. Was that sculpture always meant to be there and beheld by the faithful as they...
  8. Blue439

    Zebra Composition

    Cute, albeit possibly not overly sharp...
  9. Blue439

    Dominique’s old stones (mostly)

    The Path to Compostela A Mediæval street leading out of a fortified Mediæval village and into the unknown wild... This is the exact same multi–secular view the pilgrims had (and still have!) when, en route to worship Saint James the Great (or “the Elder”, to disambiguate him from James the...
  10. Blue439

    Post your latest purchases.

    Darn...! I succumbed. :love: :p
  11. Blue439

    Dominique’s old stones (mostly)

    On this day that will, I’m afraid, be remembered as a sad day for democracy, I have chosen to show this photograph of a sad, empty beach in Brittany, with dark, heavy clouds portentous of upcoming storms...
  12. Blue439

    Post your latest purchases.

    All right. I have been struck again by a violent bout of NAS (Nikon Acquisition Syndrom, as you know). This time, it concerns a truly lovely piece of glass, the Nikkor Z 135mm, ƒ/1.8 S Plena. I have had three 135s before, first the older Nikon Nikkor 135mm f/2 D with “Defocus Control” which I...
  13. Blue439

    Post your latest purchases.

    Understood. Still, if what you get fails you whenever you “occasionally” use it, you will not be happy...
  14. Blue439

    Post Your Tabletop photography, pack shot and still life

    Le rouge et le noir “Red and black”, that was the Stendhal–inspired theme in October 2020 in my Flickr theme group. Not feeling overly literary at that point, I tried to make ordinary daily tools look a bit sexy and appealing... Nikon Z7, Nikkor Z 50mm ƒ/1.8 S lens. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss...
  15. Blue439

    Post Your Black and Whites Photos!!

    There are very few Romanesque cathedrals left in France. Most of them were replaced by Gothic ones. The one in the city of Le Puy-en-Velay in the province of Auvergne (central France) is a unique beauty featuring Oriental influences and fortunately not too badly restored in the 19th century...
  16. Blue439

    Dominique’s old stones (mostly)

    More secrets of Paris Right off a busy city street, you walk through a wide and tall metal gate that blocks all sounds when it closes and you walk into a small shaded courtyard to find this charming, Mansard-roofed house, which may be not very bright inside but otherwise a pleasure to live...
  17. Blue439

    Post your men/ladies at work

    That I know not, Peter. It was too hot, I just snapped a humorous instant (I’m sure the guy worked just as hard as the ladies, I just happened to catch him not doing anything for a moment) and sneaked away to the nearest café for a cold drink... :sneaky: It does seem to me that that wall the...
  18. Blue439

    Post your church shots

    The Romanesque cloister of the abbey of Moissac (Aquitaine, southwestern France). Built during the early 1100s. You can see that construction uses both brick and stone, and that’s because we’re very close to the large city of Toulouse, where brick could always be produced in large quantities...
  19. Blue439

    Post your macro photos here

    A Breton vareuse by Le Glazik Although you only see a very small part of the garment, as this is supposed to be a macro shot, I know I have to explain. First, a vareuse is the garment made of heavy cotton (sometimes of wool) that sailors pull over their heads to wear on the upper part of the...
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