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The Red Manor (2015) The manor of Trévarez in central Brittany is often referred to as “the Red Manor”, for obvious reasons. It is a neo-Gothic affair built from 1893 by a wealthy Breton politician with all and every creature comforts known at the time: elevators, central heating, running hot...

One last bee (2020) Nikon Z7, Micro-Nikkor 105mm, ƒ/2.8 G VR lens, FTZ adapter. Flash lighting, handheld.

Yes, you are quite right ! ... and now... Have a guess ! (2022) What gave it away? The absolute stark nakedness of it all, or the sheer perfection of the masonry? Well, you guessed right, this is indeed one of ’em most austere Cistercian abbey churches, more precisely the one in Le Thoronet...

Boils even when watched! (2020) Our Riviera & Bar electric kettle is the one single appliance that gets the most everyday use in the kitchen! Some days (not often, but it happens) we don’t even switch on the cooking table as we have a light cold meal of leftovers, or eat out, or have food...

Thanks a lot! Makes all the difference.

A hiding place for customs officers (2015) Throughout Brittany and since the Middle Ages, beaches and other parts of the coast easily accessible to man and goods were heavily watched (or supposed to be). Small stone houses like this one were built, hidden behind rocks so as to not betray their...

Oh, the padding was fine by me, it's the semi-rigidity of the padded section that didn't sit too well. And yes, I have for a long time contemplated the possibility to use my softest-best-of-all-times-preferred shoulder strap, the Eddycam elk hide pictured below, on Anchors. I'm sure I will do it...

Welcome indeed! Can't help you with the Godox, as I'm a Phottix user myself. That said, they may be more similar than they sound. :sneaky:

Ah, the unparalleled poetry of the carbonfiber patterns... :p

The cathedral of Fréjus (2022) The coastal city of Fréjus is part of the French Riviera, on the Mediterranean coast. Historically, it was the place of a bishopric, today Fréjus shares it with the much larger city of Toulon, where the actual seat of the bishop has been moved. In Fréjus there...

A walk in the park (2021) The second fortnight of March 2021 was unusually warm, with record–breaking high temperatures all over France. Then, the cold came back at the beginning of April, with record–breaking low temperatures mere days afterwards. This caused a lot of damage on fragile plants...

We have a Chef in the kitchen (2020) Our Kenwood “Chef Premier” food processor. Nikon Z7, Nikkor Z “Nifty Fifty” 50mm ƒ/1.8 S lens. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Flash lighting. Composite shot made up of 6 focus-stacked exposures, set automatically using the built-in function...

Today’s acquisition is this Ulanzi FM-01 Filmog Ace fog machine. This nifty little gizmo is supposed to produce haze, fog or smoke based on the various tips you place on it. I procured it as part of a renewed effort to tackle some tabletop/pack shot/studio photography before the season of...

Next stop: America (2015) Pen Hat beach in Brittany. Nikon D810, Carl Zeiss Distagon 15mm, ƒ/2.8 T* ZF.2 lens, manual focus, handheld.

Busy bee (2020) Another busy guy that was nice enough to stay more or less still long enough for me to take a shot... Nikon Z7, Micro-Nikkor 105mm, ƒ/2.8 G VR macro lens, FTZ adapter. Handheld, natural light.

Geared head (2020) The top of my “heavy” tripod with the Arca-Swiss head I use mostly indoors. I see from the EXIF I shot this at 1/400 second, which means I most likely handheld it with the flashes set on high-speed sync. Nikon Z7, Micro-Nikkor 105mm, ƒ/2.8 G VR macro lens, FTZ adapter. Flash...

Firefox as well. I use KUSO EXIF Viewer but it is an independent program. I don’t think I have anything embedded with Firefox to read EXIF.

The Mediæval castle of Beynac, Périgord (2017) Built from the 1100s and substantially remodeled over the centuries, the Mediæval castle of Beynac in the Périgord region is one of the best preserved and most famous of the whole southwestern France. Listed as a Historic Landmark in 1944, its...

Another priory church the size of a cathedral (2022) Not only the Saint-Étienne (Saint Stephen in English) church in the town of Nevers (central France) is super-large for a priory (another of those priories of Cluny, like La Charité pictured above), it is also the very first time in History...

A humble Cabbage White on the lavender, however a resounding success (yay! the eye is in focus!) for a novice macrophotographer like me. :rolleyes: Nikon Z7, Micro-Nikkor 105mm, ƒ/2.8 G VR macro lens, FTZ II adapter. Handheld.