31 August 2006

River Shore



Location : Along river Versoix
Changes : Contrast, not much

30 August 2006

Horse Drinking



Location : Border between France and Switzerland
Changes : Contrast, very little.

29 August 2006

Franco-Swiss Border



Location : French-Swiss Border
Changes : Contrast, a little bit.

28 August 2006

La Versoix




Location : Noman's land between France and Switzerland.
Changes : Contrast, slightly

27 August 2006

Crossing the Border 2



Location : Noman's Land between France and Switzerland
Changes : Contrast, slightly

26 August 2006

Crossing the Border



Location : Canton de Vaud, Switzerland
Changes : Contrast, very slightly

25 August 2006

Champ de Blé



Location : Canton de Vaud, Switzerland
Changes : Contrast

24 August 2006

Héron Suisse



Location : Canton de Vaud, Switzerland
Changes : Contrast

23 August 2006

Contreforts du Jura



Location : Canton de Vaud, Switzerland
Changes : Contrast, a little bit.

Most of what is here is in fact in France.

22 August 2006

Down to the Versoix



Location : Canton de Vaud, Switzerland
Changes : none

The Swiss-French border is at the line of trees, in between which a river, the Versoix, flows.

21 August 2006

Road Trip to the Nearest Supermarket (start)




Location : Canton de Genève, Switzerland
Keywords : B&W, Landscape
Changes : On both, slight change of contrast.


These are the two shots of a long series of 66 shots taken on the same day. I called the series Road Trip to the Nearest Supermarket, all are in a light black & white without much changes done on them. Here I am publishing some of the series, in colour or B&W, as individual photos.

20 August 2006

A Strange Boat on the Léman



Location : Lac Léman, Geneva, Switzerland
Changes : Contrast

19 August 2006

Jet d'Eau



Location : Lac Léman, Geneva, Switzerland
Changes : none

18 August 2006

The Best View in the World



Location : Top of the Tower South, Cathédrale St Pierre, Geneva, Switzerland
Changes : Contrast

The view is wonderful, you can see most of the town and lake from the seat. Should I call it a seat. This is a throne !

17 August 2006

L'Accord



Location : Cathédrale St Pierre, Geneva, Switzerland
Changes : none

This is about the Southern Transept. It looked better maintained. The photo was taken through the window of a (looked) servicing door. The name of the bell is written.

16 August 2006

Under Roof 2



Location : Cathédrale St Pierre, Geneva, Switzerland
Changes : none

That is what it looks like above the cathedral's nave.

15 August 2006

Under Roof



Location : Cathédrale St Pierre, Geneva, Switzerland
Changes : Blurring, very little, too remove an excess of grain

This was taken from above the choir, between the ceiling of the cathedral and the roof.

14 August 2006

Pointing to the Skies



Location : Cathédrale St Pierre, Geneva, Switzerland
Changes : Contrast, slightly.

13 August 2006

Bells



Location : Cathédrale St Pierre, Geneva, Switzerland
Changes : Heavy saturations of the whites and saturation of the blacks

In the North Tower. The photo was taken through a dirty window. This is the reason for the expanse of white.

12 August 2006

Through an Acacia



Location : Geneva, Switzerland
Keywords : Tree, Landscape
Changes : none

Taken from a conference room on top of Uni Dufour. We were having an "Planet Observing School" there. The tree was growing inside the building.

11 August 2006

Store



Location : Observatoire de Genève, Sauverny, Switzerland
Changes : none

10 August 2006

Office2



Location : Observatoire de Genève, Sauverny, Switzerland
Changes : none

09 August 2006

Office



Location : Observatoire de Genève, Sauverny, Switzerland
Changes : Contrast a little bit

This photo and the next ones, were taken directly in black and white, when all of the others are in colour originally.

08 August 2006

Dream



Location : Observatoire de Genève, Sauverny, Switzerland
Changes : Contrast, very slightly

It was taken an evening just before I was leaving my office. I took many shots ; the two last were taken out of focus to see what would be the outcome.

07 August 2006

My Office at the Geneva Observatory



Location : Observatoire de Genève, Sauverny, Switzerland
Changes : Contrast

06 August 2006

Fourcalquier



Location : Observatoire de Haute-Provence, Provence, France
Changes : Contrast

05 August 2006

Ronaldo da Silva



Location : Observatoire de Haute-Provence, Provence, France
Changes : none

04 August 2006

Awaiting for the Night to Fall (aka: Life as an Astronomer is Hard)



Location : Observatoire de Haute-Provence, Provence, France
Changes : a little saturation of blacks

03 August 2006

The Fantastic Romantism of Nowadays Astronomical Observations



Location : Observatoire de Haute-Provence, Provence, France
Changes : none

02 August 2006

Le 152 est ouvert !


Location : Observatoire de Haute-Provence, Provence, France
Changes : Saturation of blacks, Contrast

01 August 2006

Console du 193



Location : Observatoire de Haute-Provence, Provence, France
Changes : Saturation of whites, and manipulation on the histogram