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The highest village in Europe (2016) There are hamlets that are at a still higher altitude, but Saint–Véran, at 2,042 meters, is the highest full village in Europe, complete with town hall, school and church. It is, unsurprisingly, located in a département (the French equivalent of a county)...

A feature film set from the 11th century (2020) The magnificently atmospheric nave of the abbey church of Mègemont in Auvergne. Scenes for The Crimson Rivers, Part II feature film were shot here. The owners did not charge filmmaker Luc Besson for the use of the building, and so he paid for a...

Colorchecker Passport (2019) The X-Rite tool that I use almost all the time when shooting indoors (or outdoors with flash) for color calibration and accuracy. I also have the Datacolor Spydercheckr, which is essentially a larger version of this, but I use the Passport more often. Nikon Z7...

The Van Gogh bridge (2010) This bridge, over a narrow canal near the city of Arles (southern France), is officially named the Langlois Bridge, after its inventor and builder. Van Gogh painted it from several different angles. It is now a Historic Landmark and the site around it is protected so...

Devil’s Tower (2019) In July 2019, we took a three-week trip to Portugal, one week on the mainland and two weeks in a rented house on the island of Madeira, in the middle of the Atlantic. That was our last “normal” Summer vacation before the Chinese virus hit in 2020 and we had to cancel our...

A countryside chapel altar (2021) An enormous stone slab serving as the altar in a humble Year 1000 countryside chapel near Lyon, France. Nikon Z7, Nikkor Z “Nifty Fifty” 50mm, ƒ/1.8 S lens, handheld.

A hint of a bellows (2019) Another try at low-key flash lighting, this rime showing (?) the Novoflex bellows with a Z7 camera and an 85/1.8 S lens. Too dark, this time, maybe, huh? Nikon D850, Micro-Nikkor 60mm, ƒ/2.8 D macro lens. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Multi-flash...

Do you feel lucky today? (2016) More than 100 meters above the valley floor, the Châtelet bridge crosses the valley of the Ubaye River in the eponymous valley of the French Alps. It is single-lane, 3 meters wide only with a low parapet, and is the only road access to the village of Fouillouse...

This new post-processing makes it more interesting, with a more mysterious general tone. That is good. I would disappear the very materialistic and modern construction cranes that do nothing to enhance the dreamy atmosphere you are trying to create.

Saint-Bartholomew church in Farges-lès-Mâcon (2022) Today I am taking you to another small village in southern Burgundy, Farges-lès-Mâcon, to visit the Saint Bartholomew parish church, built between 1050 and 1100 and which depended from the abbey of Tournus. The similarities between the...

Soldiers asleep (2016) This Romanesque historied capital from around 1100 depicts the Roman soldiers asleep by Jesus’s tomb, on Holy Saturday. It is in the abbey church of Mozac in Auvergne (central France). There is this trait in human nature that can be recognized throughout History and...

The sharpness is excellent. I know you post this to the black-and-white section, but it looks like it definitely does have very muted colors or tints...?

Thanks Bill !

Rotring 800 mechanical pencil (2018) This dates back from the time I was exploring very low-key flash lighting, a domain I still find extremely interesting, as it leaves so much more to the imagination... Nikon D850, Micro-Nikkor 60mm, ƒ/2.8 D macro lens. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1...

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A very strange Italian beach (2015) Not for me, thanks very much ! Eeeks. :eek: Nikon D810, Nikkor 24mm, ƒ/1.4 G lens, handheld.

An enormous fortified church in a very small village (2020) The grandiose ruins of the Saint-Hippolyte fortified church in the village of Bonnay in Burgundy. The village, numbering barely more than 300 souls, was never proportionate to the size of the church. The location, a hilltop that makes...

A bunch of Faber Castells (2019) A box of assorted Faber Castell Pitt artist pens I bought for my wife. We discovered last year that, when the ambient temperature is too high, they change color and become utterly unusable. However, when the thermometer goes down again, they go back to their...

Salers (2017) The small town of Salers in Auvergne (central France) has this lovely late Mediæval town square with a couple of very nice period houses. The region of Salers is famous for the eponymous breed of cows that are raised for their excellent and tasty meat. Nikon D810, Carl Zeiss...

Oh. OK. I sense some irritation. It was not my intention to fluster nor to annoy, but I will from now on refrain from commenting.