NikonGear'23
Images => People, Portraits, Street, PJ & Cityscapes => Topic started by: Airy on August 26, 2018, 17:37:03
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Summicron R and Reflex Nikkor 500 went downtown. I guess I do not need to tell which is which.
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and three more. Paradise does not seem to be accessible any more. Sigh.
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Great series ... ;)
I don't recognize the building in upheaval ?( I don't recognize the Belfry either)! But I mostly know Five Cail and Lomme around Le Blan-Lafont and of course Portzy's "Ski shoe" :o
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The "enucleated" building is the former academy of medecine. The belfry framed by a window arcade is that of St Michel church. The university has been transferred to Villeneuve d'Ascq, I think, decades ago, and the old buildings were rented out to various administrations, including the British cultural centre until about ten years ago. The whole was in a very bad condition. Now they're turning the whole into a mix of apartments, hotel, offices, and an arts gallery.
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Summicron R and Reflex Nikkor 500 went downtown. I guess I do not need to tell which is which.
I'd rather enjoy the way you use these extremely different lens without making their characters obvious. I'm attracted to the contemplative images.
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Well, at the time of selecting the pics for this series, I did not really think it over but you are right.
There are some similarities between the wide open Summicron and the Reflex Nikkor : some vignetting, moderate constrat, and in both cases a very clean image (low distortion, low CA...).
The two 500 pics here are the closed café and the painted fish ; in the absence of fore- or background, the lens does not get betrayed by its bokeh. I could not have framed the two with the Summicron because of the distance (fish) or the danger of standing in the middle of a street (café), but this cannot be guessed by the viewer.
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The "enucleated" building is the former academy of medecine. The belfry framed by a window arcade is that of St Michel church. The university has been transferred to Villeneuve d'Ascq, I think, decades ago, and the old buildings were rented out to various administrations, including the British cultural centre until about ten years ago. The whole was in a very bad condition. Now they're turning the whole into a mix of apartments, hotel, offices, and an arts gallery.
Merci... :)
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Thank you for the details. I have to confess that my guess was not 100% accurate. :)
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de rien. Time to have another try and meeting somewhere around Filles du Calvaire ?
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Thank you for the details. I have to confess that my guess was not 100% accurate. :)
which confirms your observation about the similarities between those two lenses.
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which confirms your observation about the similarities between those two lenses.
...or your characteristic, though discreet, photographic style.
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gosh, I have a style now ?! is there a cure ?
;)
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gosh, I have a style now ?! is there a cure ?
;)
When you are inspired to release the shutter, your character will shine through the images. 8)
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not part of the series: one more shot with the Reflex Nikkor. You may recognize the building reflected in the first shot of the series.
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Same building, seen by the Summicron: