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Vieux Lille, July 2nd
« on: July 02, 2015, 21:56:32 »


Df, 105/2.5

From this album, also using a 20/2.8 AIS : http://_airy_.prosite.com/443918/7078060/gallery/vieux-lille-un-2-juillet
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Re: Vieux Lille, July 2nd
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2015, 22:17:02 »
Showing the potential of the 105/2.5 + Df combination, splendid. The two of them are synergistic and I have for the last years pondered whether the 105 was one of the reasons the Nikon team came up with the idea of a camera for it, the one we now know as the Df.

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Re: Vieux Lille, July 2nd
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2015, 22:20:25 »
One of the best photos I have seen in a  long time. Maybe you do not have time to play the organ. BUT: You have time and talent to tell the story of this woman's life in the fraction of a second. Plus you set her into a context that in itself has quite a story to tell. Applause!
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Re: Vieux Lille, July 2nd
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2015, 23:11:29 »
Björn (sorry, my keyboard has a Swedish accent), I remember your mentioning the special "pairing" between that camera and that precise lens. I noticed the same, they are like pop and mom. In addition, the 105 nearly always frames what I'd like to have; that FL seems to zoom on my sight or vision.

Frank, I indeed took two frames and chose the one with the lady at the edge. I envisaged to rotate the pic in PP to correct the tilt, but her feet would have been partly cut off, and that was a No-No. In addition, she seems to walk down the slope, which somehow makes the shortcoming acceptable, if not intentional. The coffeehouse is strange, "Sarthe" is a remote province, and the 6-digit phone number dates back to God knows when (more than 30 years). It is a somewhat run-down, "alternative" café that exsudes a smell of bohème rather than alcoholism, so it is rather nice a place. The café was the original subject indeed, but a passing lady changed the game. The girl from Ipanema, downtown version...

Maybe the pic is a tad too dark. Very slight blueish cast on my monitor, but it fits (the scene was in the shadow).

Thanks both for your observations, you guys seem to X-ray me and my "production". As a matter of fact, I treated myself with a walk after having worked from home - the chaotic train circulation led me to stay here and work as usual.

And a wink to Ron "Scubadiver", THE specialist for such shots...
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Re: Vieux Lille, July 2nd
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2015, 23:31:08 »
take some time off from Société nationale des chemins de fer français and come to Bonn. lets x-ray this little ridiculous city to its bone ....
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Re: Vieux Lille, July 2nd
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2015, 00:04:13 »
With pleasure :)

Maybe Madame & myself could enjoy a Rheinschifffahrt ...
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Re: Vieux Lille, July 2nd
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2015, 04:06:43 »
Very pleasant and intriguing series Airy!

The image posted here looks chic and conveys your personal esprit.  I love the contrast of red brick wall and blue shutter in another image, too.  And the broken windowpane shot reminds me of Marcel Duchamp.
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Re: Vieux Lille, July 2nd
« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2015, 09:42:40 »
Sorry again, I had to change the URL... not only NG, but also my own photo repository is in a beta phase, and I cannot edit the initial post and do not want to annoy the administrators.



Edit: the URL in the initial post is identical to this one .......

Airy's reply : indeed; my changing the site url did not change the picture address. But I could not check beforehand, as editing of the original post was closed.
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Re: Vieux Lille, July 2nd
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2015, 09:50:32 »
Tell me in advance when you plan your holiday and we will have time to enjoy. A little planning is unavoidable as we are four here...
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Re: Vieux Lille, July 2nd
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2015, 09:54:47 »
Aha - a mini-NG come-together is underway ... please do show us all the results obtained from such an event.

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Re: Vieux Lille, July 2nd
« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2015, 10:07:18 »
Of course I like to shoot empty glasses of wine. But there might be more interesting outcomes for sure. Pipe organ porn comes to mind.
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Re: Vieux Lille, July 2nd
« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2015, 10:12:28 »
I prefer to drink wine out of glasses, not organ pipes
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Re: Vieux Lille, July 2nd
« Reply #12 on: July 03, 2015, 15:19:07 »
Ah... You managed to find some great spots in our northern city of Lille ! It's been some time I haven't been there since the last "Braderie" and those mountains of mussel's shells and french fries with beer... :-)

I would second the saying that the DF and the 105mm f/2.5 are made to be paired ! After my 28mm f/2.8 Ais series I expected to have one on the 105/2.5, but more on Paris and my usual venues ! I went to the Bièvres photo fair this year just to get myself that lens as it was missing in my collection of MF lenses and managed to find one in great condition (AIs) for cheap!

Maybe we crossed each other in the crowd of the fair ?
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Re: Vieux Lille, July 2nd
« Reply #13 on: July 03, 2015, 15:27:50 »
Apropos. I ca. See both picts
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Re: Vieux Lille, July 2nd
« Reply #14 on: July 03, 2015, 15:32:20 »
I would second the saying that the DF and the 105mm f/2.5 are made to be paired ! After my 28mm f/2.8 Ais series I expected to have one on the 105/2.5, but more on Paris and my usual venues ! I went to the Bièvres photo fair this year just to get myself that lens as it was missing in my collection of MF lenses and managed to find one in great condition (AIs) for cheap!

Maybe we crossed each other in the crowd of the fair ?

That's dubious, but I you see a guy with a Df and 105/2.5 in Paris (or possibly a Zeiss 50/2), say hello to him, it may be me.
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