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A hedgehog stepped into the studio! It was full of dirt and brought all sorts of Nature things with him and spread them all over my nice white boards! Nikon Z7, Nikkor Z 50mm, ƒ/1.8 S lens. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Artificial lighting, single exposure.

The snapping is, from a strictly legal standpoint, not a problem. Anyone or anything that’s on public land, or is visible from there, is fair game. It’s the publishing that creates the (potential) problem. If you keep your snaps to yourself, you’re in the clear. If people see a street camera and...

Congratulations, you have a good eye! Where they splash onto the shore, the wavelets scream long exposure, and indeed that is what the EXIF also say. However, most of the rest of the photo seems fairly sharp and shot at a speed quick enough to freeze the movement of the waves... This photo is a...

A Breton sunset... Trévignon Point, southern Brittany, August 2016. Now, there is a trick about this photo, something that isn’t right... Can you find what it is? ;) Nikon D810, Nikkor 24mm, ƒ/1.4 G lens.

Nice dark background! We don’t have environmental home controls, therefore still have moisture absorbents... :giggle:

During my senior year in high school, I began to play whist with some friends, and soon thereafter graduated to bridge, which I played madly all during my student years. The game is immensely challenging and loads of fun to play, even if your hand is not too good. The coded dialogue of the...

Well, I am no good at street photography, for several reasons: 1. I don’t like to sneak and steal pictures, it is not in my nature to do such things and I think it is often unfair to the person(s) photographed without their knowing. Plus, being of a legal background, I am very aware of the 21st...

The Mediæval castle of Montmorin in Auvergne (central France), 2016 —no Disneyland, this is the real thing, mostly from the 1100s. Nikon D810, Nikkor 24mm, ƒ/1.4 G lens, handheld.

It’s not so much the smartphones that are the problem, but the content they show: in effect, the dreaded “social media”, the veritable plague of our times!

K&F Concept is a good German brand. Not as good as Heliopan, but still good. The magnetic ones sound fun to use. I have never tried them myself, as the variety of lenses I use leads me to use NiSi filter holders and square, slide-in filters:

The Montmartre cemetery, April 2018. Nikon D850, Nikkor 35mm, ƒ/1.4 G lens, handheld.

Thank you guys for your appreciation! Here is the small and squat Saint Peter church of Extravache in the French Alps, a pre-Romanesque church built in the 900s. It is partly in ruin and is said to have succeeded another church which existed here since the 1st century and was built by disciples...

Thanks, Dawg ! ;) Legion of Honor medal, detail The Legion of Honor is the highest French decoration. This one was awarded to my great-grandfather during World War I. The ribbon was replaced, I believe, during the 1980s, but the medal itself shows its age here and there. It is the 1870...

Nikon R1 C1 macro flash kit This is a photo of the Nikon flash kit for macrophotography, showing the SU-800 “commander” unit and the two SB-R200 flashes that attach onto a special circular mount around the lens’s front. You can also see on the left the reflectors that can be used to angle the...

The Saint Hillary church in the village of Melle (Saintonge province, western France) is a beautiful Romanesque church from the early 1100s. What I am showing today, however, is part of the polished marble “installation” done in the choir by Matthieu Lehanneur, the French artist who recently...

Thanks a lot for your interest, although I have to say it embarrasses me: I have thousands of photos of Venice, most of them of details or places that would mean absolutely nothing to people who do not already know the city quite well, and even if I limited myself to the rest of the photos, I...

Dead in the water. The fishing boat cemetery of Le Magouer on the Étel River in Brittany (2016). Nikon D810, Nikkor 24mm, ƒ/1.4 G. Handheld.

Loyasse cemetery in Lyons. Nikon D810, Nikkor 35mm, ƒ/1.4 G lens. Handheld.

The top of the Gour Noir rock in Auvergne (central France) was a place where druidic ceremonies were conducted. Around Year 900, Benedictine monks searching for a locale to establish a priory, selected this place, both because it offered some degree of natural protection against assailants...

Having fun with the bellows... Aristocratic Montblanc fountain pen and humble Pentel Sign felt-tip pen. The reproduction ratio was approximately 8:1 on this photo, and the necessary depth of field was achieved by tilting the front and back standards of the bellows, as the general photography...