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Sainte Roseline wishes you Happy New Year (2021) Again in the high-key style, an artsy-fartsy shot of a bottle of Sainte Roseline “Lampe de Méduse” rosé wine from Provence (better than Brad and Angie’s!). Nikon Z7, Nikkor Z MC 105mm, ƒ/2.8 VR S macro lens. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss geared head...

A Summer in Rome (2012) The Bernini colonnade on Saint Peter’s Square. Nikon D3s, Nikkor 85mm, ƒ/1.4 G lens, handheld.

We’re working on it! :unsure:

I... ahem... well... never shoot HDR. :rolleyes: 😱

A cathedral from before Year 1000 (2022) The Notre-Dame of Nazareth Cathedral has been standing in the Provençal city of Vaison-la-Romaine since late Carolingian times, before Year 1000. Most of its outside structure dates back from that ancient period. It is, to my knowledge, the oldest...

Surgical (2020) The inner workings of my Leatherman Surge multi-tool. 5:1 (roughly) macro shot. Nikon Z7, Laowa 100mm ƒ/2.8 2× macro lens, manual focus, Novoflex BALPRO T/S bellows. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Flash lighting. Composite shot made up of 12 focus-stacked...

My last Nikon acquisition: a pair of reading glasses refitted with Nikon optical lenses. Below is the nice authenticity card I got. :geek: Now, is that brand loyalty, or is it brand loyalty? :p

The Benedictine abbey church of Conques (2017) The Mediæval village of Conques (southwestern France) is all about Saint Faith (sainte Foy), a young Christian martyr put to death in 303. When miracles began to happen around her sepulture, a first sanctuary was built in the 5th century to...

So am I, believe me...! Sometimes I even wonder about, maybe not some actual help, but at least some inspiration from “Above”...

All kinds of white (2020) White yoghurt, white China cup, white backdrop, white of the silver spoon... The idea was to try and render all those different nuances. Nikon Z7, Nikkor Z 85mm, ƒ/1.8 S lens. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Flash lighting, single exposure.

The Mediæval castle of Levroux, in the province of Limousin (central France), 2016. Nikon D810, Nikkor 24mm, ƒ/1.4 G lens, handheld.

The abbey of Montmajour in Provence (2022) Nadir photograph of the cul-de-four vaulting over the apse in the Romanesque abbey church of Montmajour. For this shot I had to lower the tripod as much as it could go, just a few centimeters off the ground. Even with the orientating back LCD screen on...

Deep valleys (2020) Approx. 10:1 macro shot of a coral rock. Nikon Z7, Laowa 100mm ƒ/2.8 2× macro lens, Novoflex BALPRO T/S bellows. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Flash lighting. Composite shot made up of 8 focus-stacked exposures, set manually using a Novoflex Castel XQ II...

Parting ways with an old friend (2020) This is the caption I wrote when I uploaded this photo to Flickr: One last parting portrait of a now departed friend: the trusty 200~400mm ƒ/4 VR Nikkor lens which I had acquired in March 2007 and used, first for birds, wildlife and aviation, then for...

Welcome from France !

I very rarely use shutter speed priority but I just tried with my Z7 II to ascertain whether it does, in that mode, the same thing it does in aperture priority, and it does, i.e., it remembers the last setting it was on when switched off, and goes back to it. For example, I set it to S mode and...

A Summer in Rome (2012) During my last visit in Rome in 2012, I had the great privilege of being given a private tour of places in the Vatican that are normally out-of-bounds to visitors. During that tour I caught a glimpse of the Vatican’s... tennis court! To the right is the wall that marks...

Another tripod is coming ! For some time, I have been thinking about doing a bit more studio photography. For that, I already have all the equipment I need, except that I always wanted a big tripod with a rack and pinion central column. My big Gitzo is splendid but doesn’t have a central...

Couldn’t you recover the highlights in Photoshop? They don’t look too badly blown out... I would rather have framed the bird somewhat more to the left to give it some breathing space in the direction it’s flying.

The abbey of Montmajour in Provence (2022) Near the Provençal city of Arles, there once was a very large marsh, a bit like those in nearby Camargue, from which emerged one solitary hill, which by contrast with the very flat land around, was named by the Romans Mons majoris (the “Major Mount”)...