Location : Observatoire de Genève, Switzerland
Changes : Saturation of blacks, slightly
16 September 2006
15 September 2006
14 September 2006
The Lost World
Location : Observatoire de Genève, Switzerland
Changes : Contrast
It was taken a few minutes after yesterday's. The view was constantly changing and gave many different ligh effects.
13 September 2006
Turkish Baths
Location : Observatoire de Genève, Switzerland
Changes : Saturation of blacks and of the whites, very heavily (well the picture was very little contrasted, I had taken too long an exposition time.
From my office. If you look closer, you will see tens of birds in the clouds. These are called Milan. They were using the heat pump created with the clouds to go higher in the sky.
Increasing contrast, deteriorated a bit the photo (the poor jpeg format too, but that is to make it easier to upload and download), making an effect of oldishness in it.
12 September 2006
On a Cloudy Evening
Location : Observatoire de Genève, Switzerland
Changes : Contrast
Taken from the corridor that leads to my office. It had rained much that day and it was just clearing away.
11 September 2006
The Road that Goes Through the Farm
Location : Canton de Genève, Switzerland
Changes : Contrast, slightly
The photo was taken from the limit between Vaud and Genève. The Road goes through this farm and immediatly after there is a little path to reach the observatory. This is the end of my "road trip to the nearest supermarket". There were 66 photos in light black and white originally and I published a selection of them, in colour here over the past days.
10 September 2006
How Could One Go to Switzerland and not Take a Photo of Cows?
Location : Canton de Vaud, Switzerland
Changes : Contrast
09 September 2006
Promised Land
Location : Canton de Vaud, Switzerland
Changes : Saturation of whites and blacks
Taken on the way back from the supermarket, towards the French Jura and the setting Sun. What appears to be the sky in fact isn't. There was a bit of mist between me and the Jura. Because of scattering of the light in the mist, the mountains are hidden. (if I had taken a wider field we could have seen them as dark shadows against an almost white sky.
08 September 2006
07 September 2006
06 September 2006
Obviously, This is not Switzerland
Location : France, unfortunately
Changes : Contrast
This was taken from my bike, as I was returning from the supermarket.
05 September 2006
Looking Back While Biking Is a Bad Idea, or, How to Make Two Parallel Lines Look Perpendicular.
Location : On a little path in France, Ain
Changes : Saturation of whites
04 September 2006
Une Trouée dans les Arbres
Location : France, in the vicinity of Divonne
Changes : Contrast, very lightly.
03 September 2006
02 September 2006
Trees along the Road
Location : France, Ain
Changes : Contrast, slightly
There are many roads like this in France with trees growing on each side. It makes it very pleasant to drive through (but it is also the nightmare of motorist because accidents are very often fatals).
01 September 2006
Trees and Dust
Location : France, Ain, Close to Divonne
Changes : Contrast, a bit
A farm engine just past by, making huge dust clouds on the nearby path. I tried to soot the sun rays in the dust.
31 August 2006
30 August 2006
29 August 2006
28 August 2006
27 August 2006
Crossing the Border 2
Location : Noman's Land between France and Switzerland
Changes : Contrast, slightly
26 August 2006
25 August 2006
24 August 2006
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
19 August 2006
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
10 August 2006
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
05 August 2006
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
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