Location: Home, Angers, France
Changes: Contrast, blurring
28 December 2006
27 December 2006
Forward to the Past
Location: Home, Angers, France
Changes: Contrast, slightly
I had not realised that The Gimp was installed on my parents' computer, otherwise I would posted more. On Christmas Day, I somehow got an idea. My parents had this old camera. When I say old, it is old, maybe start of 19th century of something like that. It does not work anymore but the optics is still in "good" shape, meaning you can still see through. I applied my aunt's camera (Canon 3SIS) in front of the eyepiece of this antiquity and I got a few shots including today's.
13 December 2006
Rather Windy
Location: Bruce Embarkment, St Andrews
Changes : Contrast
Sorry for the intermitten posts, it depends heavily on week-end and on the workload and mood I have.
11 December 2006
Burning Leafs Gives Cool Shots
Location : viaduct walk, St Andrews, Scotland
CHanges : contrast, unsaturation of colours
08 December 2006
07 December 2006
Chinese Canvas
Location: Lade Braes, St Andrews, Scotland
Changes: contrast, colour inversion
I did a change that I never did before, I wonder whether it can be done in a darkroom...
06 December 2006
Basketball
Location: Sports Hall, St Andrews, Scotland
Changes: Contrast and a little of blurring
They were taken whike on a job for the Saint, to report on the basketball match played at home against another scottish university.
04 December 2006
The Pier
Location: Behind the cathedral, St Andrews, Scotland
Changes: Saturation of blacks, little bit of blurring
01 December 2006
The Witch's Rocks
Location: Cliffs by the cathedral, St Andrews, Scotland
Changes : saturation of blacks, contrast
It was a very misty day and being forced to go around St Andrews for I do not remember which errand, I started taking shots, only for a short while though since my batteries ran very quickly out.
30 November 2006
Towards Neverland
Location: cliffs by the cathedral, St Andrews, Scotland
Changes : constrast and a little of blurring
29 November 2006
Solaris
Location : Harbour, St Andrews, Scotland
Changes: Contrast of the whole picture, unsaturation of some colours
After nearly 3 weeks of interruption I can now resume uploading. There might be some further interruptions in the future which I hope will not be as long as this one was.
11 November 2006
Interlude
Due to computer failure, I am no longer able to record and process photos. Hopefully, I will be able to resume in a short while. Cross fingers.
08 November 2006
Astronomy Domine!
Location : Outer Space
Changes : Contrast, blurring
Dedicated to Maman, who usually doe not like my B&W photos and who particularly distastes abstract work.
Surprising? I won't tell where or how it was taken. The only indication is that it was not with my camera, but with another one, much more powerful.
Shared copyright with Thomas Robitaille.
The Quad
Location : From the top of the tower (if you are carefull, you can actually see my shadow.
Changes : Contrast, a bit
07 November 2006
Realm of Scotland
Location : From top of Sallies Tower, St Andrews, Scotland
Changes : Contrast, a lot, and cropping
06 November 2006
To the West
Location: Eastern end of St Andrews' cathedral, Scotland
Changes : Contrast, quite a lot and cropping.
I took this photo inspired by photo taken by a friend, Mari Hsu whose blog is on my links.
05 November 2006
04 November 2006
Crail's Lane
Location: Crail's Lane, St Andrews, Scotland
Changes: quite complex here.
I played a bit with different colour filters trying to make a nice colour picture. I took that photo because it was a little bit misty in that lane and a sunray was visible. I did all the changes trying to enhance it but did not manage. Instead, I got a strange coloured shot which when it was put in B&W gave what you have now. I shall try again.
03 November 2006
In the Eye of a Storm
Location : from the highest point in St Andrews, Scotland
Changes : over saturation of whites and blacks
02 November 2006
01 November 2006
The West Sands 03
Location : top of the tower (between yesterday's shot and this one, four days passed).
Changes : Contrast
31 October 2006
On the Way Down
Location : in the stairs of St Salvator's Tower, St andrews, Scotland
Changes : Almost none for the coloured one; saturation of blacks and whites plus blurring for the B&W.
30 October 2006
29 October 2006
28 October 2006
Fishing Above the Roofs
Location : From the top of St Salvator's tower, St Andrews, Scotland
Changes : Contrast
27 October 2006
26 October 2006
College Street
Location : From the South Window of the tower, St Andrews, Scotland
Changes : Contrast, a bit
This is maybe the most beautiful proper street of the inner St Andrews (there are little wynds that have more charm). Only old houses from the 17th century and maybe one or two from late 19th. Pedestrian and covered in cobble stones.
25 October 2006
24 October 2006
Peeping Through the Window
Location: From the bells chamber, St Salvator's tower, St Andrews, Scotland
Changes : Contrast, a lot
This is a view towards the North. We can see the Art History department's roofs just before the sea. The trees are growing at the back of St Salvator's Lawn and on the Scores.
The big "windows" on the tower are covered by a metallic fence probably to avoid pigeon to live inside. I played with them, the reason of the crossed back shapes.
23 October 2006
By the Time Machine
Location : By the Time Machine, in the Tower, St Andrews, Scotland
Changes : Saturation of blacks.
22 October 2006
Embrasure
Location : The clock chamber, St Salvator's Tower, St Andrews, Scotland
Changes : Reduced a bit the reds.
21 October 2006
Ticking the Time
Location : In the Tower, St Andrews, Scotland
Changes : Contrast, slghtly.
This is the University clock.
20 October 2006
Up my Realm
Location : In the St Salvator's Tower, St Andrews, Scotland
Changes : Contrast, very slightly.
I am captain of St Salvator's Tower, which does not mean much except that I am in charge of ringing the bells and I hold the keys of the tower, from the very bottom to the very top. My secret Kingdom.
19 October 2006
Ya Stop Hear Yoar Bloudy Frenchman
Location : Physics & Astronomy Department, St Andrews, Scotland
Changes : Contrast
At the start of las week, there was a power cut in the department which prevented us from having classes on Monday. I went there as part of my job as photographer of the student newspaper.
The second photo was published in the issue 107 (26 October 2006) of "The Saint"
18 October 2006
Ghost Carrying a Leaf
Location : Horseleys Park, St Andrews, Scotland
Changes : Contrast
I leave to you to figure that one out!
17 October 2006
16 October 2006
15 October 2006
Par Dessus les Toits
Location : From atop my tower, St Andrews, Scotland
Changes : Saturation of blacks
14 October 2006
13 October 2006
The Viaduct
Location : Lade Braes, St Andrews, Scotland
Changes : Saturation of blacks.
This is the old railroad bridge from the time St Andrews had a train station. Now it is a convenient shortcut to reach the badlands and is the way I take almost everytime.
12 October 2006
The West Sands 01
Location : from the top of the tower, St Andrews, Scotland
Changes : Contrast
Another view of St Andrews, the West Sands beach alongside which are the links, where golf was invented. Further on, there is the Eden estuary, then the Tenstmuir forest, and the Firth of Tay and behind it Dundee.
11 October 2006
Scooniehill 3
Location : Top of St Salvator's Tower, St Andrews, Scotland
Keywords : Landscape, Clouds, Trees
Changes : Contrast
I will try to take roughly the same picture every week. I hope to have over a long period of time an evolution of weather and agricultural life around that little wood on top of Scooniehill
10 October 2006
Direction: To the Edge of the World
Location : From the Top of St Salvator's Tower, St Andrews, Scotland
Changes : Huge increase of contrast
Being a foggy day, only a small part of the colour spectrum was used so I needed to increase contrast quite alot which in a way was a good thing. When I took the shot I was wishing for something a bit mystical, which I think kind of a appeared with the shadow of the lens' edge on the photo.
09 October 2006
Badland Park
Location : Nameless park, South of St Andrews, Scotland
Changes : Contrast, slightly
Almost all the residential area south of Watson Avenue in St Andrews is usually called "The Badlands". Linving in the deepest part of that strange realm I can say that is not that bad. What is most impressive is the amount of little hidden footpaths winding between houses and creating many a shortcut and alternative path to lectures. And sometimes one can find a park between the houses, only reachable through one of these path. It is wonderful, quiet and well maintained.
08 October 2006
St Andrews Scene
Location : Horseleys Park, St Andrews, Scotland
Changes : Contrast, unsaturation of the whites, saturation of the blacks.
07 October 2006
Spider Web
Location : Horseleys Park, St Andrews, Scotland
Changes : Contrast, a little
This was taken on my way to the University. There is a 15 to 20 minutes walk depending on how quick (aka how late) we are. On that morning a week or so ago, there was a lot of dew and still a lot of spiders around. It was a pity I did not have time to take more pictures, there were great shots to be taken on that morning.
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