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Very nice! How do you like the 50/1.8? Personally I am always astounded by its image quality.

New strobes are coming... For a long time have I been worried about the fate of Phottix as a brand, and as a result, of the fate of the Phottix lighting equipment I own: 2 Indra500 studio strobes, 2 Mitros Plus cobra flashes, one Odin II flash controller, and a wide assortment of light...

The Romanesque church that looked like a castle (2023) Such is countryside driving nowadays: most of the time, you don’t even bother to look at a road map, you just program your destination into the GPS system and go wherever the lady in the speakers tells you to go. And thus it was that...

The Cistercian abbey church of Silvacane in Provence (2022) Nikon Z7 II, Micro-Nikkor 45mm, ƒ/2.8 PC-E tilt-shift macro lens, manual focus, FTZ II adapter. Gitzo tripod, Benro geared head. Natural light.

A Mediæval castle with all creature comforts (2016) The Mediæval castle of Montbrun, in the province of Limousin (central France), was built during the 1100s, and substantially remodeled in the 15th century. It is ideally located next to a nice lake and in the middle of a very nice park...

Oh Johnny, Johnny ! (2019) Recording that song by Jeanne Mas on the Revox. [Youtube video clip here] Nikon Z7, Nikkor Z 35mm, ƒ/1.8 S lens. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1geared head. Natural light, single exposure.

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The nowhere church with the gorgeous stalls (2023) Sometimes, my work as a pro bono photographer for the Fondation pour la Sauvegarde de l’Art Français sends me to unlikely places to make unlikely discoveries. In that foundation, I belong to the “Patrons’ Club” (Cercle des Mécènes), which...

The cloister of the Cistercian abbey of Sénanque in Provence (2022) Nikon Z7 II, Nikkor 19mm, ƒ/4 PC-E tilt-shift lens, manual focus, FTZ II adapter. Gitzo tripod, Benro geared head.

Birthday present (2019) Cornelian and gold Cartier cufflinks from the 1980s. The attach and detach mechanism was so cleverly designed and engineered...! Not many opportunities to wear them these days. They were a present from my Mom for my 30th birthday. Nikon Z7, Micro-Nikkor 105mm ƒ/2.8 G VR...

It’s interesting you should say that. I go the exact opposite way, precisely because I don’t need that have a deep depth of field in each shot, as I will be taking lots of them anyway, so I will end up having in sharp focus everything I want, regardless of how deep or shallow the DoF in each of...

Thank you Robin! Tuscany is indeed a lovely place. And I’m not even going to begin talking about the food... :love: Two nights in a trullo (2015) In July and August 2015, we spent a few weeks touring the southern Italian provinces of Basilicata, Puglia and Campania. The town of Alberobello...

Wow! Seven winners, now, that's something! Glad to be among them, and congrats to the other six! Well done! :p

Wow ! I am astonished! I mean, how does one "repair" a lens without the professional, exclusive, very expensive and impossible to use without proper training lab optical equipment? To make sure the elements are still properly aligned after the "repair"? I looked at the manual for the Plena, and...

A Tuscany landscape (2012) Nikon D3s, Nikkor 70-200mm, ƒ/2.8 G VR II lens, handheld.

More about the Saint-Gilles abbey church (2022) To complete the story of the Benedictine abbey church of Saint-Gilles, and in particular the discussion we had about the crypt photos I posted above, here is a panorama photograph of the eastern part of that very large church. The built-up part...

The Saint-Martin-de-Londres Romanesque church (2022) A lovely church in the eponymous village in southern France, old province of Languedoc. The name “Londres” has nothing to do with London; it comes from loundro, which means “stagnating water” in local Occitan language, and refers to a large...

Lagavulin (2019) Lighting a dark bottle is always very challenging... Nikon Z7, Micro-Nikkor 105mm, ƒ/2.8 G VR lens, FTZ adapter. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Flash lighting. Single exposure.

Ha ha! At first I couldn't understand what your message was about, I had to read twice :LOL: