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Images => People, Portraits, Street, PJ & Cityscapes => Topic started by: Jacques Pochoy on September 09, 2015, 23:21:25
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I'll start with the usual Café picture of a typical Parisien... :-)
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2859/10809818673_5cc9007449_c.jpg)
Les infos du jour... (https://flic.kr/p/hte9u2) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 50mm f/1.8 G and D3x.
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Or maybe the waitress of the same café, hiding behind her arms...
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3816/12303284403_51efe25198_c.jpg)Peek-a-boo... (https://flic.kr/p/jKcxPa) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr 50mm f/2 Ai and D200.
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Or again, at the sunny terrace of the café, a hard-working student... :-)
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3725/11003198676_c71b19427a_c.jpg)
Au travail... (https://flic.kr/p/hLjgC1) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 50mm f/1.8 G and D3x.
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You can also find the "Space Invader" variety of fashionable student... :-)
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2829/11076287113_a3c8165378_c.jpg)
Space invader... (https://flic.kr/p/hSLSgt) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 85mm f/1.8 AF-D and D3x.
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Very expressive the first one. The person controls the room. Great graphics.
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Well done.
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I love the second one! It feels like the person needs a break...
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Very expressive the first one. The person controls the room. Great graphics.
Thank you... :-) We often "own" the café that is our forward Headquarter, each of us at different times has it's "I'm at home" moments... :-)
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Well done.
Thanks Gary... :-)
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I love the second one! It feels like the person needs a break...
Ha...! She did indeed need one... :-) Now the café has changed again, with new persons and owners. I've followed many changes in that café since I was seventeen... :-)
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I do have some chances to get some architectural world celebrities in my viewfinder... ! The russian Alexander Brodsky.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7418/10809562395_656b40a036_c.jpg)
Alexander BRODSKY... (https://flic.kr/p/htcQir) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 and D3x with SB 900.
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Or famed artists such as Vittorio Acconci...
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7442/10645445156_e75c4731cc_c.jpg)
Vitto ACCONCI... (https://flic.kr/p/hdGFXS) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 and D3x.
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Some British nationals as Peter Cook...
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4767/40174278642_09ee83a752_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24d4FoA) Politesse de rue... (https://flic.kr/p/24d4FoA)
by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr , 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5 on D70.
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Or some "french philosopher" as Paul Virilio, also a good friend and fellow teacher... :-)
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3725/10645456786_bf1baf9fa8_c.jpg)
Paul VIRILIO... (https://flic.kr/p/hdGKqo) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 50mm f/1.8 AF-D on D700.
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Fantastic images!
Love the crisp with just the right amount of depth of field
First shot has a strange look of the out of focus man to the left side
Peter Cook I would crop square...
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Jacques, all of them are lovely portraits and it's nice to see that you have achieved them with various lenses.
The eyes of the "space invader" are amazingly sharp!
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Fantastic images!
Love the crisp with just the right amount of depth of field
First shot has a strange look of the out of focus man to the left side
Peter Cook I would crop square...
Thank you... :-)
I guess the OOF man was looking at the tenant who was a show all by herself... :-) I wondered about the square crop, but sometimes I'm stubborn and keep the original framing, at other times I play the game of cropping every shot, square, thus modifying the output while having to choose which part of the rectangle I keep in the square. Here it's evident of course... :-)
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Jacques, all of them are lovely portraits and it's nice to see that you have achieved them with various lenses.
The eyes of the "space invader" are amazingly sharp!
Thanks a lot... :-)
The good old 85mm f/1.8 AF-D can be a great lens when it's AF doesn't overshoot ! And the D3x is a super camera paired with the SB 900 for low light events. Nowadays I do prefer the versatility of the Df though. Lenses are the difficult part, I tend to prefer primes and even the older AI and AI-S MF ones (smaller and just as efficient). But when there are some "open" events, the 24-85mm can be quite helpful !
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Nice shots and gentle sense of humor. Keep them coming!
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Nice shots and gentle sense of humor. Keep them coming!
Thanks... :-)
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Some others, as when architects take the sun in the Luxembourg garden...!
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7360/10645441376_c131b53e8f_c.jpg)
Jean MOULYS... (https://flic.kr/p/hdGEQG) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 85mm f/1.8 AF-D and D3x.
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Then there is the "siesta" time... :-)
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2889/12303112815_fb4cb3c12c_c.jpg)
Petite sieste... (https://flic.kr/p/jKbENK) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 85mm f/2 AI and D200.
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Or the old school director, still telling stories to the now grown up pupils... :-)
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5504/14144289026_87d3b17289_c.jpg)
Le conteur... (https://flic.kr/p/nxTbmb) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 35mm f/2 O.C and D200.
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Firstly, I am taken back by the IQ. I don't even see the imagery, I see the sharpness and the grays and blacks. After I recover from the high quality, I see so much character in these shots. You are making as much as a social/community statement as you are a photographic statement. Thank you for sharing.
G
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Ahhh. the Café image reminds me of the French "Laissez Faire".
I prefer a thousand times the airy French Café to the gloomy English pub.....Yuk!
Pastis or Beer?
One aspect which used to fascinate me at the Café, was the presence of hard boiled eggs on the counter. Luv it but never had any ;)
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Firstly, I am taken back by the IQ. I don't even see the imagery, I see the sharpness and the grays and blacks. After I recover from the high quality, I see so much character in these shots. You are making as much as a social/community statement as you are a photographic statement. Thank you for sharing.
G
Er.. Um... Me think that after such praise from a "real" photographer I won't be able to put my boots back on !!!! :-) Let's just say that this is really what I like to do when I have a camera :-)
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Great portraits, Jacques. I agree with Gary. Your impressive portraits tell a story.
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Ahhh. the Café image reminds me of the French "Lessez Faire".
I prefer a thousand times the airy French Café to the gloomy English pub.....Yuk!
Pastis or Beer?
One aspect which used to fascinate me at the Café, was the presence of hard boiled eggs on the counter. Luv it but never had any ;)
Well the English pub with it's dart players, mini-dresses, and brown ale is a whole thing by itself... :-) Pastis is more for when the sun really get hots and the Mediterranean sea not far. Common red wine makes it for the Parisian terrace !
Those eggs are still there, boiled for the day and better the "croissant" if you need a bit of protein... :-)
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Great portraits, Jacques. I agree with Gary. Your impressive portraits tell a story.
Thanks a lot... :-) Well, when I shoot empty streets or urban details, I try to follow Eugène Atget and for people, Robert Doisneau more then H.C-B. Maybe that's why I like so much B&W... :-)
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The Café terrace is also the good place to argue about whose catch is bigger, even if it's on a tiny weeny camera... :-)
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2898/14393303941_d77b9359f8_c.jpg)
La photo partagée... (https://flic.kr/p/nVTrNM) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 28mm f/2.8 AI-s and DF.
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Or another "hard" working student... :-)
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3931/15412635035_74f6e591c0_c.jpg)
Karim... (https://flic.kr/p/ptXMqP) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 50mm f/1.8 G and Df.
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Or, again, the red-haired one... :-)
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2848/10809570065_91b47dacf0_c.jpg)
Sourire... (https://flic.kr/p/htcSzF) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 85mm f/1.8 AF-D and Df.
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The Café terrace ...
How about a shot, or a painting, of the "Cafe Terrace at Night".
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How about a shot, or a painting, of the "Cafe Terrace at Night".
Ah..! I'll try to find one but this "Café des Arts" is more of a day café (closes at 21h00) and after the sun sets, I'm usually at home... :-)
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Some can be of the "facepalm" sort... :-)
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7440/12652352485_aac2214331_c.jpg)
Encore lui...! (https://flic.kr/p/kh3BAn) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 50mm f/1.8 G and D3x.
Or...
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5499/12303705676_3fb447b46a_c.jpg)
Derrière la main... (https://flic.kr/p/jKeH3u) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 35mm f/2 0.C and D200.
Some other uses other means to keep the cold out...
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7037/13932865035_d0f06f3cef_c.jpg)
Ursula... (https://flic.kr/p/neczmX) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr 50mm f/1.8 G and Df.
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Beautiful portraits again, Jacques.
The sharpness is amazing.
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Jacques, a really interesting , and good :) , series you have going. Interesting mixture of eye contact and candids. Really makes me want to hang out in a cosmopolitan city for a change to rural Goa. A few days in the cafes of Paris would work for me ;) . I do miss the weekend jaunts to Paris, Amsterdam and Bruges :( . Funny strange that I do not miss London and a weekend in Mumbai just isn't the same.
Nice to see the D3X at work and you're making the 24-85vr look very good :)
All the best
Tom
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Beautiful portraits again, Jacques.
The sharpness is amazing.
Thanks... :-) Several have mentioned the sharpness... Must I understand it's bit too much ???
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Jacques, a really interesting , and good :) , series you have going. Interesting mixture of eye contact and candids. Really makes me want to hang out in a cosmopolitan city for a change to rural Goa. A few days in the cafes of Paris would work for me ;) . I do miss the weekend jaunts to Paris, Amsterdam and Bruges :( . Funny strange that I do not miss London and a weekend in Mumbai just isn't the same.
Nice to see the D3X at work and you're making the 24-85vr look very good :)
All the best
Tom
I do have fond memories of Bombay (now Mumbai), the marine drive and al :-) I do think you can get those portraits wherever you happen to be. As a matter of fact, most of my pictures are shot between my workplace and home, a quarter of an hour walk process, the café is always the same one (lunch) and so on !
I guess people get used (I would say "tamed") by the guy with a camera, as it's like glued in my hand (the satchel is for transportation on the motorbike :-)
The 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 VR AF-S G is quite useful. Small enough, light enough, sharp enough, with a proper range for cities. I hesitated with the 24-120mm f/4 but found it too big and heavier for a constant use. I might get the 70-200mm f/4 one of these days to have the further reach I may need !
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Ah..! I'll try to find one but this "Café des Arts" is more of a day café (closes at 21h00) and after the sun sets, I'm usually at home... :-)
http://www.parisprovencevangogh.com/arles/van-goghs-cafe-terrace-at-night-where-is-it
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http://www.parisprovencevangogh.com/arles/van-goghs-cafe-terrace-at-night-where-is-it
Unless in a very touristic place, our cafés empties at night, as most have to work early in the morning... :-(
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7117/13239285695_6b5e17c1f5_c.jpg)
Café du soir... (https://flic.kr/p/maUNot) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 and D3x.
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Unless in a very touristic place, our cafés empties at night, as most have to work early in the morning... :-(
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7117/13239285695_6b5e17c1f5_c.jpg)
Café du soir... (https://flic.kr/p/maUNot) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 and D3x.
I remember being rudely awaken by the local cafe, crashing together all the spent wine bottles into an empty dumpster ... every morning.
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I remember being rudely awaken by the local cafe, crashing together all the spent wine bottles into an empty dumpster ... every morning.
Yep...! The hard life living next to a café :-) Garbage people used to work at 6.00 A.M. usually waking up everybody with the noise of the bins and the special vehicles. But nowadays they work at offices hours, meaning that most of the traffic in small streets grinds to a halt in the morning !
Glass is dropped in special bins that makes those bottles break to pieces for recycling and, thus waking up the whole neighborhood ! But the good point is that you don't really need a watch, those urban noises will tell you what time it is... :-)
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I love the "natural" and spontaneous look in the portraits - nicely captured
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I love the "natural" and spontaneous look in the portraits - nicely captured
Thanks a lot... :-) They are so used to see me with a camera that they don't care anymore !!!
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A great friend, a photographer and artist, alas gone too soon !
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3767/10645454086_574729f45b_c.jpg)
Guy VACHERET... (https://flic.kr/p/hdGJBQ) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 85mm f/1.8 AF-D and D3x.
Or the "whispering" one...
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5502/11003193976_4c48e218ce_c.jpg)
Confidences... (https://flic.kr/p/hLjfdY) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 105mm f/2.8 AF-S Micro VR and D3x.
In another location, Honfleur, by the sea, some children playing at fishing make believe...
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7390/10809824473_0e87d5b3f6_c.jpg)
A la pêche à la baleine bleue... (https://flic.kr/p/htebd2) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 85mm f/1.8 AF-D and D3x.
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Jacques, you must be using a flash for all these shots.
Can you tell us how you use it, because it seems as if you are not using, and that is what we would like to learn.
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Jacques, you must be using a flash for all these shots.
Can you tell us how you use it, because it seems as if you are not using, and that is what we would like to learn.
Most of the 3Dx pictures in interior are with the SB 900. The flash is on TTl-BL, and the white card is fully extended while the flash head is turned toward the ceiling (or the sky, as what counts is the reflexion on the card). While I know I shouldn't, I'm often in Auto-ISO mode on the camera, so sometimes I have surprises !
Flash wise, it's just as simple as that... :-) Apart that with a D3x, a SB 900 and a 105mm f/2.8 VR, I feel like Weegee and his flash bulbs on his Speed Graphic camera...
With the Df I don't use the flash (I haven't yet taken out the small plastic protection of the flash shoe :-) ) and everything is much lighter !
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The last image looks like a Norman Rockwell painting. It is timeless and innocent and joyous. I will remember that image for a long time.
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Thanks a lot... :-) Well, when I shoot empty streets or urban details, I try to follow Eugène Atget and for people, Robert Doisneau more then H.C-B. Maybe that's why I like so much B&W... :-)
I agree, Atget's and Doisneau's work is also more my taste. Your excellent portraits do remind me of the French period of the dutch photographer Ed van der Elsken but it's also a kind of nostalgia for Paris I presume. ;) Is your 'Home-Café' in the vicinity of Jardin de Luxembourg?
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The last image looks like a Norman Rockwell painting. It is timeless and innocent and joyous. I will remember that image for a long time.
Thank you very much ! It's one of my favorites too ! As some of my other favorites, it was taken casually, without real carefulness as I was heading to my rented car at my daughter's marriage :-) It's only after that I thought it was a little gem, out of time ! :-)
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Hi Jacques
Keep posting and I may as well start to like Paris (I have been living very near for the last 15 years, and work in the 17th district a few days every week).
Thank you!
Olivier
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I agree, Atget's and Doisneau's work is also more my taste. Your excellent portraits do remind me of the French period of the dutch photographer Ed van der Elsken but it's also a kind of nostalgia for Paris I presume. ;) Is your 'Home-Café' in the vicinity of Jardin de Luxembourg?
Thank you for making me discover a photographer I didn't know about !!! The St Germain des Prés period, the Amsterdam one, the relationship with Weegee, I'll try to find dome good books or catalogues (He was exposed at the VU gallery some time ago)!
My home is next to the Luxembourg garden and my workplace and Café is more on the Montparnasse side.. :-)
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Hi Jacques
Keep posting and I may as well start to like Paris (I have been living very near for the last 15 years, and work in the 17th district a few days every week).
Thank you!
Olivier
Thanks, but I guess that I could live in any city and still find details or people to take pictures of :-) Sure, Paris is great and it's cafés are often microcosms of the districts they are in, but you can find that in most European cities. And the 17è arrondissement is certainly not my favorite vs the 19è which has a much younger population, new artists, new trendy cafés and the "Buttes Chaumont" garden :-)
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Of course, the ladies have priority... :-)
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7407/12372024565_a1082274c0_c.jpg)
Portrait impromptu... (https://flic.kr/p/jRgRSn) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr 85mm f/2 AI and D200.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7412/11019002263_bc071d7642_c.jpg)
Coup de théâtre... (https://flic.kr/p/hMHgtD) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 35mm f/2 AF-D and D3x.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5527/11003261134_e989a42a8d_c.jpg)
Après l'examen... (https://flic.kr/p/hLjAbS) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 35mm f/2 AF-D and D3x.
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Adorable ! Especially the first one.
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Adorable ! Especially the first one.
That was a surprise shot ! She was asking me why I was using such an old and battered MF lens, I answered that it was much easier to shoot with it then with the heavier AF ones and raised the camera, turned the focus ring and pressed the shutter in a second, and was just as surprised as she was at the results (I was expecting it to be blurred because I was a bit too near)... :-)
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Well, I don't discriminate with guys either... :-)
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3811/13795438133_d9effcd3e4_c.jpg)
Thomas... (https://flic.kr/p/n24e8B) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 50mm f/1.8 G AF-S and Df.
Nor couples in various situations...
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3794/13875233743_c52f5220c7_c.jpg)
Repéré... (https://flic.kr/p/n97czZ) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 50mm f/1.8 G AF-S and Df.
Or again...
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/775/20757012093_28e0648fc7_c.jpg)
Ras le bol... (https://flic.kr/p/xCe7wR) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5 and D70.
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Love your style...
But why "Ras le bol"? If my meager French doesn't fail me totally this translates to "fed up"?
cheers
afx
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Love your style...
But why "Ras le bol"? If my meager French doesn't fail me totally this translates to "fed up"?
cheers
afx
That's what the young lady was thinking, as in fact, she didn't really know the guy... :-)
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That's what the young lady was thinking, as in fact, she didn't really know the guy... :-)
Ah, yes that explains it.
thx
afx
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That's what the young lady was thinking, as in fact, she didn't really know the guy... :-)
LOL ... that is great! I am up and about to take my first sip of coffee and I see more uncompromised portraits and I'm thinking ... what a great way to start my day.
I have sip my first taste of hot coffee for the day and I still think this thread is a great way to start my day. The newspaper is taking second place.
(Colombian Supremo in a French Press ;) )
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LOL ... that is great! I am up and about to take my first sip of coffee and I see more uncompromised portraits and I'm thinking ... what a great way to start my day.
I have sip my first taste of hot coffee for the day and I still think this thread is a great way to start my day. The newspaper is taking second place.
(Colombian Supremo in a French Press ;) )
That's very kind of you... :-) I've quitted coffee for the "décaféiné" as my cardiologist was frowning at the liters I used to take, but do click on NG Revival to see what happened in the night. World news seem tragically everyday alike, while fresh pictures and comments are just "refreshing"... :-)
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Many more wonderful timeless moody personal vibrating colorful black and white shots.
Especially I like the shots of the kids by the pond, the artist framed in his own threads and the shots of women who look directly into the camera to make a strong connection.
Most of the people seem to really feel well in front of your lens.
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That's very kind of you... :-) I've quitted coffee for the "décaféiné" as my cardiologist was frowning at the liters I used to take, but do click on NG Revival to see what happened in the night. World news seem tragically everyday alike, while fresh pictures and comments are just "refreshing"... :-)
No coffee ... that must be painful.
Je n'ai jamais eu l'Cafe sans cafeine. Comment il le gout? Existe-il des differences?
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No coffee ... that must be painful.
Je n'ai jamais eu l'Cafe sans cafeine. Comment il le gout? Existe-il des differences?
Like a war time ersatz... :-(
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Like a war time ersatz... :-(
ooohhhh ... that isn't any good. Then it is painful. Then when you come over no coffee, just wine.
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Many more wonderful timeless moody personal vibrating colorful black and white shots.
Especially I like the shots of the kids by the pond, the artist framed in his own threads and the shots of women who look directly into the camera to make a strong connection.
Most of the people seem to really feel well in front of your lens.
Thank you... :-) I'm usually with the camera in hand, wherever I go, so people are used seeing me with a camera, shooting the coffee cup, the waitress or themselves.
This is something I discovered with a 6x6 Bronica with a look-down viewfinder, the bigger the camera but the smaller the lens, and people get used to it as you are not "hiding" behind a tele or a sneaky spy camera. The time you take setting everything while chatting and gulping wine or coffee, makes for great smiles or at least some natural postures... :-)
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ooohhhh ... that isn't any good. Then it is painful. Then when you come over no coffee, just wine.
Well I can have two or three cups a day... :-) But more might be dangerous, alas !
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Thank you... :-) I'm usually with the camera in hand, wherever I go, so people are used seeing me with a camera, shooting the coffee cup, the waitress or themselves.
This is something I discovered with a 6x6 Bronica with a look-down viewfinder, the bigger the camera but the smaller the lens, and people get used to it as you are not "hiding" behind a tele or a sneaky spy camera. The time you take setting everything while chatting and gulping wine or coffee, makes for great smiles or at least some natural postures... :-)
Yesterday I have been baking waffles by the church (some charity sale of kid's clothes) the X100T always round my neck. 194 left after deleting 2/3
I feel the X100T is perfect for people shots. She is completly unintrusive yet the image qualitiy is in the 6x6-film-quality if you learn how to process raw properly.
People are not really distraced, she is very fast, only the Autofocus I did not manage yet to finally understand, so I loose some shots which are great expressionwise to OOF. Pity. Have to dig deeper into technicalities.
Keep pictures coming. If you like I can also point to one or two I was not as satisfied with and tell you why.
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Yesterday I have been baking waffles by the church (some charity sale of kid's clothes) the X100T always round my neck. 194 left after deleting 2/3
I feel the X100T is perfect for people shots. She is completly unintrusive yet the image qualitiy is in the 6x6-film-quality if you learn how to process raw properly.
People are not really distraced, she is very fast, only the Autofocus I did not manage yet to finally understand, so I loose some shots which are great expressionwise to OOF. Pity. Have to dig deeper into technicalities.
Keep pictures coming. If you like I can also point to one or two I was not as satisfied with and tell you why.
Next time try going there with a still camera (the wooden one with tripod), you might be surprised by the "natural" look you'll have from people wondering what that contraption could be... :-)
At the Bièvres Photo fair, some guy proposed Daguerrotype portrait, he shot and developed under your eyes (bag for darkroom), the results were incredible... :-)
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Well I can have two or three cups a day... :-) But more might be dangerous, alas !
A reprieve ... okay then. A mug of French Press to start the day and in the afternoon an espresso with a chat.
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Great fun. Now I consider to take the Sinar to the next Kindergarden event
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Great fun. Now I consider to take the Sinar to the next Kindergarden event
LOL ...
http://static.flickr.com/1113/3169218605_d2095eab6f.jpg
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LOL ...
http://static.flickr.com/1113/3169218605_d2095eab6f.jpg
Magnesium Flash? In the Kindergarden? In super security aware Germany? It makes for a hearty laugh...
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Magnesium Flash? In the Kindergarden? In super security aware Germany? It makes for a hearty laugh...
Bulbs could be just as dangerous, but won't trigger security... :-)
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A surprised architect who was lost in thought... :-)
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5568/14967584689_18ce4ae165_c.jpg)
Sébastien... (https://flic.kr/p/oNCMsZ) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 85mm f/2 AI and Df.
No need pointing fingers... I can "draw" faster... :-)
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2830/10809559566_c546529717_c.jpg)
Vous...! (https://flic.kr/p/htcPsE) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 60mm f/2.8 AF-D Micro and D3x.
The local "Andy Capp" at the school's bar... :-)
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2832/11003192786_7c16e27a16_c.jpg)
Grimace... (https://flic.kr/p/hLjeSs) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 35mm f/2 AF-D and D3x.
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This one is a "wink" to Gary and an ongoing dialogue with Elsa... :-)
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5539/11018872086_5c638fe80e_c.jpg)
Tout une époque... (https://flic.kr/p/hMGAMd) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 50mm f.1.8 AF-S G and D3x.
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Gary doesn't have that much hair - and my comment remains - really great images!
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Gary doesn't have that much hair - and my comment remains - really great images!
LOL... :-)
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Wow, these are really good! In the first one I like how the guy in the back seems to be in his "nothing box".
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Really great.
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The 19è which has a much younger population, new artists, new trendy cafés and the "Buttes Chaumont" garden :-)
Ah, my favourite park !! The most beautiful designed Park in the world and perfectly as decor in one of Eric Rohmer's masterpieces: 'La Femme de l'aviateur'. ;)
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Wow, these are really good! In the first one I like how the guy in the back seems to be in his "nothing box".
Exactly... :-) I guess he was trying to digest what he ate :-)
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Really great.
Thanks a lot, a kind comment from a master of portraits (in colors) :-)
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Ah, my favourite park !! The most beautiful designed Park in the world and perfectly as decor in one of Eric Rohmer's masterpieces: 'La Femme de l'aviateur'. ;)
Quite right, I live next to the "Luxembourg" but my daughter and grand daughter are just next to the "Buttes", so it's my grand daughter's "garden, I guess... :-)
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Vitorio Acconci portrait is really good.
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Vitorio Acconci portrait is really good.
Thank you... :-) I had him stuck in a student's spider web as a result of his workshop... ;-)
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The couple in "Hippie" camouflage stands out for me again.
Another example of the knockout resolution and clarity the cheap 1.8/50G can deliver.
WOW. keep the coming!
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Jacques - I like every single of your portrait shots. "Café picture of a typical Parisien" is my fav. I never shot portraits except few family shots, but your photos motivates me to learn and start shooting.
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The couple in "Hippie" camouflage stands out for me again.
Another example of the knockout resolution and clarity the cheap 1.8/50G can deliver.
WOW. keep the coming!
Yes...!!! An extraordinary little lens, cheap, light, good AF with MF possibilities (without searching for some of/on button)... :-) The first lens I bought when it hit the shelves !
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Jacques - I like every single of your portrait shots. "Café picture of a typical Parisien" is my fav. I never shot portraits except few family shots, but your photos motivates me to learn and start shooting.
Thanks a lot... :-) You live in a country where you have a lot of portrait possibilities, you should really try, it's all about "taming" the crowd ! :-)
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In fact, one can take portraits of passer-by in transportations, like this Turkish lady welcoming me on the Bosphorus...
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7343/14160503251_415024f1dc_c.jpg)
La voisine de traversée... (https://flic.kr/p/nzjhgM) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 AF-S VR and Df.
Or people you know by sight in a café...
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7404/11152745855_7e0116fcaa_c.jpg)
Sourire... (https://flic.kr/p/hZwJMD) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 50mm f/1.8 AF-S G and D3x.
Or seing them regularly at some street corner... :-)
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2842/11003263814_132ecd82d2_c.jpg)
La surprise... (https://flic.kr/p/hLjAZ5) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 35mm f/2 AF-D and D3x.
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Will your friends recognize you if you are ... sans appareil photo?
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Will your friends recognize you if you are ... sans appareil photo?
Ah, so true... :-) It happens but then I'm alway looking around thinking I've forgotten something, my wallet, my phone, whatever ! My friends usually remind me that it's my camera :-)
The trouble about friends or family, is that they expect me to take pictures of birthdays and such, while I'm more interested in the chair or the view of the rooftops by the window ! Anyhow they are not allowed to "chimp" on my camera, nor use it as my settings (AF-on and such) disturb them, and the results will be when I have "developed" the raw files, which, as negatives, can take months... So they give up and take me and my camera just as I am... :-)
Of course it has blended on my children, one daughter has a PhD in Philosophy (Aesthetics), is a photographer and a iconographer (she has to eat), the second daughter is a movie director for short movies (awards) and works a a producer, and the boy is still studying on digital communication and pictures... The whole lot might build up a company one of these days... :-)
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Wow, you managed to spoil a whole generation...
*ROTFL*
All the other factors I know so well. Should show more. Currently I do not show anything here but developed RAW ... earlier I did post Camera JPEGs, which are not too bad in my book, but, standards are so high here... but RAW development needs so much time...
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Wow, you managed to spoil a whole generation...
*ROTFL*
All the other factors I know so well. Should show more. Currently I do not show anything here but developed RAW ... earlier I did post Camera JPEGs, which are not too bad in my book, but, standards are so high here... but RAW development needs so much time...
LOL... i won't even hint at how many student I did spoil as a teacher... :-) In the same time there is some pleasure being in the wet or dry darkroom and see the "magic" of chemistry (or software) ! :-)
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Freezing a moment in time... If even for a fraction of a second is pure magic.
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Jacques - you have a real knack for portraits!
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I really like the portraits !
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In fact, one can take portraits of passer-by in transportations, like this Turkish lady welcoming me on the Bosphorus...
This can be very tricky in my country! Even if you ask for permission, most of the people don't like being photographed. :-\
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This can be very tricky in my country! Even if you ask for permission, most of the people don't like being photographed. :-\
I think it has always been tricky everywhere. But some places have always been trickier than others. But it was less tricky in the film only days as there were less cameras. The trick is too to do it enough so that you develop a sixth sense as to how a person will react. (Okay ... I've use trick, tricky and trickier ... that should do it.)
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This can be very tricky in my country! Even if you ask for permission, most of the people don't like being photographed. :-\
Bap Aree Bap...! :-)
I've seen a Chinese student, in some very up thigh muslims districts in Istanbul, taking pictures of veiled ladies, under their noses, surrounded by suspicious men, and he got away with laughters... :-) It's a matter of feeling as said Gary...!
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Jacques - you have a real knack for portraits!
Some are in flowers, other in birds in flight, some in landscapes... I guess I'm in portraits and in static empty streets... :-)
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I really like the portraits !
Thanks a lot... :-)
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Bap Aree Bap...! :-)
LOL ;D
I've seen a Chinese student, ......q and he got away with laughters... :-) It's a matter of feeling as said Gary...!
Point duly noted.
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A few more... Of more silent persons... :-)
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7303/11076221514_1823e1e1d5_c.jpg)
Méditation... (https://flic.kr/p/hSLwLs) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 85mm f:1.8 AF-D and D3x.
You can think... And smile at the same time :-)
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7422/11152775606_548f26e733_c.jpg)
Illuminé de soleil... (https://flic.kr/p/hZwTCA) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 105mm f/2.8 AF-S VR and D3x.
Or show your best profile... :-)
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7451/11003323293_61d9a0cb28_c.jpg)
Concentré... (https://flic.kr/p/hLjUEz) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 50mm f/1.8 AF-S and D3x.
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Beyond the globally very high level of your photography (great eye, perfect timing, positive interaction with people around you...), what strikes me is how well you deal with high contrast scenes, and how good looking these sunny days are. I am sure we all know how hard it is.
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what a great set of images
i can look at them again and again
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Beyond the globally very high level of your photography (great eye, perfect timing, positive interaction with people around you...), what stikes me is how well you deal with high contrast scenes, and how good looking these sunny days are. I am sure we all know how hard it is.
Merci...! The captor of the D3x is quite extraordinary in that matter of contrasts... The only trouble is to stay at very low ISO's ! Of course I play with curves too... :-)
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what a great set of images
i can look at them again and again
Thank you for you kind comment... It makes my day :-)
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The "in the eyes" sort... Of charming young ladies of course... :-)
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5486/10809568116_255939fc84_c.jpg)
Dans les yeux... (https://flic.kr/p/htcS15) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 85mm f:1.8 AF-D and D3x.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7325/11152742675_fb6ce9a106_c.jpg)
Fin de jury... (https://flic.kr/p/hZwHQP) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 35mm f/2 AF-D and D3x.
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2862/12372188643_95a48c63cb_c.jpg)
La photographe... (https://flic.kr/p/jRhGDi) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 35mm f/2 AF-D and D3x.
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Flash wise, it's just as simple as that... :-) Apart that with a D3x, a SB 900 and a 105mm f/2.8 VR, I feel like Weegee and his flash bulbs on his Speed Graphic camera...
I had a Busch Pressman once and combined it with a Metz 60 something plus battery package. Very cool setup
but 5€ per click....
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Aaaahhh ... the ladies. Viva la France.
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I had a Busch Pressman once and combined it with a Metz 60 something plus battery package. Very cool setup
but 5€ per click....
Ha... 4x5 films gets you great and detailed pictures, but, as you say, one must be either rich or shoot with great care :-) Sped graphics and Busch Pressman can be bought "almost" new at the Bièvres Photo Fair near Paris, every year in the first WE of June. People gather form all over Europe and even from Japan... :-)
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Aaaahhh ... the ladies. Viva la France.
I had a hunch those would have your favors... :-)
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I had a hunch those would have you favors... :-)
ooohhhh ... la-la, la-la, la-la.
Seriously, these are quite nice. As with your other images, I detect that your shooting style has a disarming charm. ;)
I appreciate that these are not shot from the hip.
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ooohhhh ... la-la, la-la, la-la.
Seriously, this are quite nice. As with your other images, I detect that your shooting style has a disarming charm. ;)
I appreciate that these are not shot from the hip.
Er... No ! Nothing better then a direct approach... :-)
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Er... No ! Nothing better then a direct approach... :-)
Yes, and you disarm the subject into a smile with your charm.
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Yes, and you disarm the subject into a smile with your charm.
LOL... ;D
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This times it about some more older guys (about my age :-) )...
A Swiss architect.
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3695/10645631653_ea1fbe771d_c.jpg)
Chilpéric... (https://flic.kr/p/hdHDpk) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 50mm f/2 AI and D200.
A sustainable one...
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5458/13648183465_7b6a726d7b_c.jpg)
Philippe MADEC... (https://flic.kr/p/mN3vs2) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 AF-S G VR and D3x.
and one lighted only by the screens in a presentation...
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3691/13942157854_3cd7a2c17f_c.jpg)
A la lumière des écrans... (https://flic.kr/p/nf2cMY) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 AF-S G VR and Df.
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I prefer the 'mademoiselles' but these are super too ;)
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I prefer the 'mademoiselles' but these are super too ;)
OK, I'll find another batch of "Mademoiselles"... LOL :-)
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Ha... 4x5 films gets you great and detailed pictures, but, as you say, one must be either rich or shoot with great care :-) Sped graphics and Busch Pressman can be bought "almost" new at the Bièvres Photo Fair near Paris, every year in the first WE of June. People gather form all over Europe and even from Japan... :-)
I would like to use these cameras with a cheapo 4x5 qinch chip setup. That way each pixel could be 50µm x 50µm and we still get a lot of resolution plus all the DR and Speed we could ever wish for.
lets see:
4 x 5 is 102mm x 127mm and with 50µm-Piuxels we get 20 per mm, so the resolution would be 2040 x 2540 qpixels. no, not enough
then lets take 20µm-pixels, which makes for 5100 x 6350 qpixels ... much better
We can use all the old low res 4x5 glass with that setup, even the wide angles!
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I would like to use these cameras with a cheapo 4x5 qinch chip setup. That way each pixel could be 50µm x 50µm and we still get a lot of resolution plus all the DR and Speed we could ever wish for.
lets see:
4 x 5 is 102mm x 127mm and with 50µm-Piuxels we get 20 per mm, so the resolution would be 2040 x 2540 qpixels. no, not enough
then lets take 20µm-pixels, which makes for 5100 x 6350 qpixels ... much better
We can use all the old low res 4x5 glass with that setup, even the wide angles!
Well the new Canon captor could be of some use then... :-)
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male #1 in reply #106 reminds me of a roommate in a temporary flat in the 1980ies. His name was "Lars van Gent" or something along these lines...
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Well the new Canon captor could be of some use then... :-)
refrain from mentioning the name of the incarnate evil .... hahaha .... no, honestly, there was a lot of stuff in the C* prtfolio once that could get me interested, but not anymore. Did they loose it or do they have something up their sleeve?
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refrain from mentioning the name of the incarnate evil .... hahaha .... no, honestly, there was a lot of stuff in the C* prtfolio once that could get me interested, but not anymore. Did they loose it or do they have something up their sleeve?
Oh well I used the FTb QL and some others before jumping to Nikon... :-) I was speaking of the 250 Megabyte sensor... ;D
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Still some more portraits, with some ladies... :-)
The young architect at the café...
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3801/10809817233_7ac32691a4_c.jpg)
Marc... (https://flic.kr/p/hte94c) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 35mm f/2 AF-D and D3x.
The first conference of a promising architect...
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2881/11999079443_e0295f896c_c.jpg)
Emilie... (https://flic.kr/p/jhjqh4) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 50mm f/1.8 AF-S G and D3x.
Or a more confirmed one...
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3924/14978039065_19ae96cec0_c.jpg)
Dans la lumière... (https://flic.kr/p/oPynbR) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 50mm f/1.8 AF-S G and Df.
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The last one. dreamy glow in her eyes and the background adds to the impression of sheer beauty...
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Yes. Beautifull ;)
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Jacques, your captures add a humanistic depth of character to a flat, 2 dimensional image.
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Frank and John : True... :-) But shot in a very mundane context !!!
Gary: You're teasing again... :-)
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I think Gary it trying to be honest with you. That is a rare occasion so many exceptionally talented people in one place...
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A few more, as this individual who had a typical french face of the 19th century...
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7414/12303287863_8f22da84c7_c.jpg)
Joseph... (https://flic.kr/p/jKcyQP) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 60mm f/2.8 AF-D Micro and D70.
Or this one in a pensive mood...
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3928/15225875339_0b94cd331b_c.jpg)
Pensif... (https://flic.kr/p/pcsAh4) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 85mm f/2 AI and Df.
And the last (but not the least :-) ), to end, this gallery of portraits, a "selfie" !!!
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2939/14210211187_7e6579f641_c.jpg)
Reflet... (https://flic.kr/p/nDH3Ha) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr, 50mm f/2 AI and Df.
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really, the last one?
That would be a pity...
Thank you for the portrait gallery, it was very enjoyable
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Thank you for sharing. Inspiring work ... your presentations has made me want to go out and shoot.
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Jacques, it has been a great series of your friends, acquaintances and others you've come in contact with. Sorry to see it end. May be start shooting for a new one ;) . There was another JAK, famous Cartoonist in London. He drank in the Queen's Elm, just up the road from the Chelsea Arts Club.
He used to pay for his tipples by giving Sean Tracy (the Publican ) caricatures of the regulars (many of whom were very well known writers, artists, actors). When Sean died his daughter gave one of a large group drinking at the Bar, to Tessa, the lady that owned "The Little House Club" in Shepherds Market. She put it up for Auction, for Aids , at the annual May Fair. I stopped bidding at 3,000 pounds . Sir Clive Sinclair eventually won at 25,000 (and he was in the drawing :)... so , maybe.....
All the best,
Tom
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really, the last one?
That would be a pity...
Thank you for the portrait gallery, it was very enjoyable
The last in this gallery post... :-) I must stop before it gets boring...!!!
I'll have other posts in time... :-)
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Thank you for sharing. Inspiring work ... your presentations has made me want to go out and shoot.
Now that's a great result ! I'm very happy if I've motivated you to move a bit... With a camera :-)
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Jacques, it has been a great series of your friends, acquaintances and others you've come in contact with. Sorry to see it end. May be start shooting for a new one ;) . There was another JAK, famous Cartoonist in London. He drank in the Queen's Elm, just up the road from the Chelsea Arts Club.
He used to pay for his tipples by giving Sean Tracy (the Publican ) caricatures of the regulars (many of whom were very well known writers, artists, actors). When Sean died his daughter gave one of a large group drinking at the Bar, to Tessa, the lady that owned "The Little House Club" in Shepherds Market. She put it up for Auction, for Aids , at the annual May Fair. I stopped bidding at 3,000 pounds . Sir Clive Sinclair eventually won at 25,000 (and he was in the drawing :)... so , maybe.....
All the best,
Tom
Ah, ah... Nice story :-) I'll try to find the pub next time I go to London ! Also my pictures are nowhere as valuable as hand drawn cartoons ! :-(
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very lovely crisp images.
(the haloing on Peter Cook is a bit offputting.)
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very lovely crisp images.
(the haloing on Peter Cook is a bit offputting.)
Thank you... :-)
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Great portatis. Too many of them to respond individually. Love to meet you. Soon. With Gary and/or my/your/his Kids. Whatever. Bring Airy too.
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Great portatis. Too many of them to respond individually. Love to meet you. Soon. With Gary and/or my/your/his Kids. Whatever. Bring Airy too.
Getting Gary out of his beloved California (and his wine) will be a hard task... I must wait a bit till my head gets mended up, and Airy seems busy with "divine light" falling over Lille (not to speak of the wonderful fair (braderie) they just had with tons of mussels and french fries ! :-) I guess we'll move "Am Rhein" when ice will melt, around spring somehow... :-)
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OK. I will not move. Just making this place more sustainable (see blog) as I go.