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Jakov Minić

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Re: Portraits from here to elsewhere...
« Reply #15 on: September 10, 2015, 10:57:10 »
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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Re: Portraits from here to elsewhere...
« Reply #16 on: September 10, 2015, 11:04:25 »
Quote from: Erik Lund on September 10, 2015, 10:50:04
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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Re: Portraits from here to elsewhere...
« Reply #17 on: September 10, 2015, 11:10:56 »
Quote from: Jakov Minić on September 10, 2015, 10:57:10
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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Re: Portraits from here to elsewhere...
« Reply #18 on: September 10, 2015, 14:32:52 »
Nice shots and gentle sense of humor. Keep them coming!
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Re: Portraits from here to elsewhere...
« Reply #19 on: September 10, 2015, 15:18:26 »
Quote from: psilo on September 10, 2015, 14:32:52
Nice shots and gentle sense of humor. Keep them coming!

Thanks... :-)
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Re: Portraits from here to elsewhere...
« Reply #20 on: September 10, 2015, 15:22:48 »
Some others, as when architects take the sun in the Luxembourg garden...!


Jean MOULYS... by ArchiVue, sur Flickr, 85mm f/1.8 AF-D and D3x.
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Re: Portraits from here to elsewhere...
« Reply #21 on: September 10, 2015, 15:26:29 »
Then there is the "siesta" time... :-)


Petite sieste... by ArchiVue, sur Flickr, 85mm f/2 AI and D200.
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Re: Portraits from here to elsewhere...
« Reply #22 on: September 10, 2015, 15:30:38 »
Or the old school director, still telling stories to the now grown up pupils... :-)


Le conteur... by ArchiVue, sur Flickr, 35mm f/2 O.C and D200.
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Re: Portraits from here to elsewhere...
« Reply #23 on: September 10, 2015, 16:13:38 »
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.

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Re: Portraits from here to elsewhere...
« Reply #24 on: September 10, 2015, 16:24:22 »
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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Re: Portraits from here to elsewhere...
« Reply #25 on: September 10, 2015, 18:02:52 »
Quote from: Gary on September 10, 2015, 16:13:38
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.

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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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Re: Portraits from here to elsewhere...
« Reply #26 on: September 10, 2015, 18:09:22 »
Great portraits, Jacques.  I agree with Gary.  Your impressive portraits tell a story.
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Re: Portraits from here to elsewhere...
« Reply #27 on: September 10, 2015, 18:09:47 »
Quote from: Almass on September 10, 2015, 16:24:22
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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Re: Portraits from here to elsewhere...
« Reply #28 on: September 10, 2015, 18:18:46 »
Quote from: John Geerts on September 10, 2015, 18:09:22
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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Re: Portraits from here to elsewhere...
« Reply #29 on: September 10, 2015, 18:34:55 »
The Café terrace is also the good place to argue about whose catch is bigger, even if it's on a tiny weeny camera... :-)


La photo partagée... by ArchiVue, sur Flickr, 28mm f/2.8 AI-s and DF.
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