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The priory of Rosans (2022) Ruined Benedictine priory in a village of Upper Provence. Look at the thickness of those walls! It was nevertheless destroyed during the Wars of Religion between Catholics and Protestants, which in France lasted roughly from 1550 to 1650. The photo is not very good...

A self-satisfied Samson (2022) Historied capital in the Benedictine abbey of Moissac, southwestern France: Samson defeating the Lion, sculpted around 1100. I simply love the easiness with which Samson casually breaks the lion’s back with his foot while keeping its jaw open with both hands, all...

Wifi, but still hifi... (2019) While I readily embrace the positive aspects of modern technology, I do not follow it in its misguided ways, like tricking the young ones into believing that MP3 canned muzak is a faithful way to reproduce the original sound. I stick to high-fidelity reproduction...

Saint Donat in Provence (2022) Standing all alone on its hilltop in Upper Provence, Saint-Donat is a Romanesque church built around 1030 on the site of Donat’s hermitage, also his place of death. A pilgrimage appeared and grew around the locale. Built on a basilican floor plan with one central...

Thanks! Orchid (2021) Nikon Z7, Micro-Nikkor 105mm, ƒ/2.8 G VR macro lens, FTZ adapter. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Flash lighting. Single exposure.

Poker dice (2021) Learned poker dice as a teen at Club Med in Italy in the 1970s and quickly got pretty decent at it. What poker players proudly call “bluffing” is just flat-out lying, so I guess I was a passable liar back then... :rolleyes: Used to play for drinks at the bar (I was hooked on...

Those are very cool night sky photos, Peter, well done!

Well, there is indeed a lot to learn and experience in what you describe, so welcome and let's get started! :geek:

A Summer in Sardinia (2015) The peninsula of Sinis on the western coast of the island of Sardinia features, on its inner side where the Mediterranean is always peaceful, the ancient Phœnician port city of Tharros, which was later taken over by the Greeks, then the Romans. Its unique location...

Nice light indeed ! (y)

The Saint-Trophime Cathedral in Arles (2022) Still in the cathedral church of Arles, this is a photograph of an amazingly sculpted sarcophagus from the times of early Christendom during the Late Antiquity in Provence (around Year 300). This one I took with the lens tilted 2.5 degrees...

Closeup of a nice piece of gear (2021) Leofoto VH–30R two–way panoramic head, a very good head, almost as good as the Acratech at a fraction of the price. I use it, in combination with a leveling base, for general/landscape photography, and I do not do enough of that these days to justify the...

Cloister of Gellone (2022) Same abbey as above, this time in the cloister and with the 45mm lens. This archaic column and capital, typical of early Carolingian (± 800+) or even late Merovingian (my personal bet, if I dare say, would be 600–700), attests to the fact that some parts of it are...

Phew! Finally got it in... We are tired... Time to go to bed! (2025) Nikon Z7 II, Nikkor Z 85mm, ƒ/1.8 S lens. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Flash lighting. Single exposure. Photograph post-processed with Nik Software’s ColorEfex Pro 4.

Orientalism (2019) Still life composition of raw silk scarf, 19th century ivory netsuke (kimono button) and wakizashi (short saber) handle from Japan, and 17th century Chinese lacquered box. Background is an old map of the city known today as Beijing. This was a focus-stacked image, and as...

Great crane photos!

A Summer in Rome (2012) The dome of Saint Peter’s at sunset, seen from my favorite spot... :geek: Nikon D3s, Nikkor 70-200mm, ƒ/2.8 G lens, handheld.

The Saint-Trophime Cathedral in Arles (2022) Clearly inspired by Roman architecture and sculpture, the cathedral church of Arles (southern France) was built from around 1100. Its world-famous portal (well, famous in the world of Mediævalists, that is...), shown below, is from around 1180...

Snow-peaked mountains? (2020) No. Runny camembert cheese by Le Rustique, one of my favorite brands! Nikon Z7, Micro-Nikkor 105mm ƒ/2.8 macro lens, FTZ adapter. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Flash lighting. Composite shot made up of 30 focus-stacked exposures, set automatically...

Abbey church of Gellone (2022) Located in the remote village of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert (the name itself says how remote it is...!) in southern France, the Benedictine abbey of Gellone was founded around 800 by Guillaume (William), former Count of Toulouse and a close friend to Emperor...