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The Ragged Victorians at Morwellham Quay Victorian weekend.
Paint effect and textures are my own presets and those from On One Photo 10.
Thanks must go to the Ragged Victorians Living History Group.
Thank you for any comments
GOING AWAY NOTICE
I still have many photographs to upload from my trip to Brittany in early May, in particular a hopefully interesting series on the Romanesque abbey of Daoulas which I had never visited before. However, I will not begin this series today, as tomorrow I leave for a 10–day trip through France to photograph some of the most famous Romanesque abbeys and churches the country has to offer, not to mention some (doubtlessly) marvelous pre-Romanesque monuments.
It is mostly a personal trip, but also a commissioned one, as on my to-do list are the abbey churches of Souillac and of La Charité-sur-Loire, which are currently the object of crowdfunding campaigns via the “Mission Stéphane Bern” (www.missionbern.fr/), which is part of one of my foundations, the Fondation du Patrimoine.
During that trip, I will of course check my Flickr groups at least once a day, but there will be no uploads as the iPad I bring with me is not at all a good tool to do that. I will resume uploading the photos from Brittany upon my return, and that will give me time to process the shots taken during the trip.
Once again, I wish to thank very sincerely all of you who care to follow my stream and leave me faves and comments. I will be back soon and I hope I can continue to entertain you!
The Pointe Saint-Mathieu (Saint Matthew Point) is one of those westernmost tips Brittany extends into the Atlantic Ocean like thin, pointy or crooked fingers. For a long time, it fought with its sibling the Pointe du Raz for the title of “Last Land before America”, even though modern scientific tools now tell us that it is a third protuberance, and a much less vaunted one, that is actually the westernmost: the Pointe de Corsen, just a few kilometers north of Saint-Mathieu.
Regardless, Saint-Mathieu wins hands down in terms of real estate, as on this unlikely tip of land high above the ocean and battered by the wind were built, and can still be seen today: a lighthouse and a semaphore (those are not surprising), but also an abbey founded around Year 500 by Saint Tanguy, and a parish church originally built in the 600s...
That’s a lot of old stones, with even the lighthouse being one of the oldest (built in 1835) and listed as a Historic Landmark (the semaphore is modern and operated by the Navy). However, most of the stones that can be seen today are not quite so old: the abbey church and its grandiose ruins were built between 1157 and 1208 by Benedictine monks (with a lot of remodeling during the 14th and 15th centuries), and the parish church, which had fallen into ruin, was rebuilt in 1881. It can be seen on the right in this photo. A splendid Gothic double gate from the 1300s, which used to be that of the church, has also been rebuilt nearby, as I will show in further uploads.
Long Exposure shot of Crystal Pier, shot at Pacific Beach in San Diego, California.
This shot was taken during the shooting of the promotional video for Nik Software's Silver Efex Pro 2. Click here for the video If the link doesn't work, please select "USA" as your country on their website.
Some new features like Fine Structure, Soft contrast and amplify Whites and Blacks that I really love!
Also, my website is being restyled, it should go live this week. For more info, please visit my profile
As for this image: of course I used Silver Efex Pro.... what else;)
Technical info:
ND110 - 10 stops.
f/20
ISO100
34 mm
282s (4min42sec) exposure
Software:
Lightroom 3.0
PS CS5 - Silver Efex Pro
Other Post processing equipment:
Wacom Intuos 4 tablet for some accurate editing.
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Leica M9 & Noctilux-M 50mm
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Le Petit Phare de Saint-André de Kamouraska.
Par une journée venteuse et parfois pluvieuse. Moins d'une heure avant le coucher du soleil.
Nikon D700
Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8
Filtre neutre 5 stop singh Ray + polarisant circulaire.
Lightroom 3.3
Plug-in de Nik software
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Camera: Leica Camera AG M9
Exposure: 8 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Please view Large on Black. Shell Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California. Captured May 12, 2014. Captured with Canon EOS 5DIII, Canon EF16-5mm f4L IS USM at 27mm, f 11 @ (HDR 7 images) Montage, ISO 100. Tripod. Post Processing with CS5, NikSoftware ColorEfexPro 3.0 (Tonal Contrast), ColorEfexPro 4.0 (Image Borders), SilverEfexPro 2.0, Viveza 2.0, OnOne PhotoTools 2.6 and PhotoMatixPro 5.0.3
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Merit Award in Black and White Magazine 2013 Portfolio Contest. 2 page spread, page 88/89 August 2013 Portfolio Special Edition #98.
Single Image Award in Black and White Magazine 2014 sSingle Image Contest. Pages 92 & 221 Feb. 2014 Single Image Special Edition #101. I am very pleased to announce that for the third time in a little over a year I will once again be in Black & White Magazine. The internationally known magazine has honored me with a Portfolio Excellence Award and has featured 7 images in a 4-page spread in the 2014 August issue # 104. The spread is on pages 28, 29, 30 and 31.
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Gull Sitting Under a Cloud
I am back photographing one of my favorite rocks in Pismo Beach, California. The conditions (tides) were just right for it. Again this is one of my "Cloud Series."
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I needed some sunlight and found these beauties to play with Color Efex Pro 3.0 Ink.
Kevätvuohenjuuri (Doronicum orientale) Leopard's Bane
Explored
This is another shot from my stop in the South Side last night. There are a few imperfections I was unable to correct due to the lack of the right software. There's a light streak along the right side of walkway from a biker with a headlight on his bike and a few spots that look like little prisms when this is in color. They only appear when I'm taking long exposures and I have no idea what they are or how to avoid or correct them, so if anybody can tell me what they are I would appreciate the feedback. Other than those 2 little things, I'm really happy w/ how this came out.