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The Greek temples of Selinunte in Sicily (2008). Nikon D3, Nikkor 24-70mm, ƒ/2.8 G.

The same little guy on the lavender. Same camera and lens.

Thank you all very much for your opinion! :giggle:

This is the “pack shot” (aka product photography) side of tabletop. I enjoy it very much, it’s very stimulating to try and make a great-looking product look even better. Now, for tripods, I made the usual mistakes everyone makes and started cheap, before I finally invested in Gitzos about 15...

More adversity... How to dismount with grace in full flight... :love: Nikon D3, Nikkor 200-400mm, ƒ/4 G VR II, handheld. A little rain is not going to stop us, now, is it? Nikon D3, Nikkor 70-200mm, ƒ/2.8 G VR II lens, handheld.

Partridge in the marina at dawn:

The little beach near Porto Flavia on the western coast of Sardinia, with the enormous Pan de Zucchero (“Sugar Loaf”) rock —which I personally dub “The Crouching Lion“. This is a 60-second exposure with ND1000, ND grad and polarizing filters attached on the lens. The filter system I used at the...

“Hide and Seek” White Cabbage butterfly on lavender in front of the house. Nikon D810, Micro-Nikkor 105mm, ƒ/2.8 G VR macro lens. Handheld.

“Frisson” McKenzie & Childs bracelet on an 1860 French dictionary. The bracelet was of course wiped as best I could, but still the gold-plating shows scuffs and traces that I couldn’t make go away. Most everything that McKenzie & Childs (of NYC) do is amazing and lovely, but the jewellery is...

Thank you! Here is another small photo of it. It is mostly covered with rust, but on the bottom left, you can still vaguely discern the blue-gray original color:

The most beautiful church in Sardinia. This early Romanesque/Byzantine church is paleo-Christian and dedicated to Saint John the Baptist (its Italian name San Giovanni di Sinis). It was built around Year 550 in an area previously occupied by a Punic necropolis. It was subsequently enlarged...

Will do if I manage to find it again (it’s from 2019...), thanks !

Adversity III... This attitude may look precarious and ill-fated, but it is actually perfectly kosher and adequate to help the horse keep its balance after a jump-up. Nikon D3, Nikkor 70-200mm, ƒ/2.8 G VR II lens. Handheld. This situation, however, is not kosher at all and what happens...

As often in the Mediterranean, the breeze tends to die down as the afternoon whiles away, and the crew on Moonbeam have deployed all the sails they can to reach the port in time for the apéritif... ;)

The very picturesque and romantic ruins of the Mediæval castle known as “The Towers of Merle” (central France). In fact, it was two castle built side by side by the same family. Nikon D3S, Nikkor 70-200mm, ƒ/2.8 G VR II lens. Handheld, natural light.

Thank you, it is very nice ! :giggle:

One of my themed groups on Flickr once had a theme, “War Stories”. I chose to construe that theme very literally and shoot mementoes of World War I, “The Great War” as they called it before we became smart enough and began to number them. Aside from the book about that war and the burlap...

A black-and-white woody landscape near our house. Do you think, in a case like this where things are quite fuzzy all over, the black-and-white makes it easier to “read” the photo, or complicates things instead? I cannot decide. Nikon Z7, Nikkor Z 35mm, ƒ/1.8 S lens. Handheld.

Hi Jeff, I (almost) never do portrait. Usually, my subjects do not move, so single-point focus on the back button is my default setting. That same mode will serve you well if your subject is posed and does not move at all. If it does, then, having almost no experience at all at portrait, I...

An unfortunate dead bee I found on the terrace one morning. The original photo is about 4:1 and was achieved with the use of a bellows. The depth of field I required was extremely difficult to obtain, owing to the reproduction ratio, and was reached by tilting the front and back ends of the...