Ya Stop Hear Yoar Bloudy Frenchman

Location : Physics & Astronomy Department, St Andrews, Scotland
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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"

Ghost Carrying a Leaf

Location : Horseleys Park, St Andrews, Scotland
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I leave to you to figure that one out!

Maud

Location : Khumogwai, Lade Braes, St Andrews, Scotland
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The Younger Hall

Location : From my tower, St Andrews, Scotland
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Par Dessus les Toits

Location : From atop my tower, St Andrews, Scotland
Changes : Saturation of blacks

Scooniehill 4

Location : From St Salvator's Tower, St Andrews, Scotland
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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.

The West Sands 01

Location : from the top of the tower, St Andrews, Scotland
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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.

Scooniehill 3

Location : Top of St Salvator's Tower, St Andrews, Scotland
Keywords : Landscape, Clouds, Trees
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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

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.

Badland Park

Location : Nameless park, South of St Andrews, Scotland
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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.

St Andrews Scene

Location : Horseleys Park, St Andrews, Scotland
Changes : Contrast, unsaturation of the whites, saturation of the blacks.

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.

Un Dernier Petit Regard

Location : seated on my pillow
Changes : Contrast, white saturation, blurring


This is my last shot. I have no reserve anymore. All are on my camera which unfortunately does not have battery anymore...

Cracks

Location : Unmoved
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Persiennes

Location : unmoved
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Plafond

Location : From my bed
Changes : Contrast very little and some blurring

The Room

Location : unchanged
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The Mirror

Location : still the same place
Changes : Contrast and blurring.

Spirit World

Location : Ste Thérèse, Le Moulleau, Bassin d'Arcachon, France
Changes : Blurring a lot, Contrast a lot

This is a shot of the mirror. I took it with a very short exposure. Then on the computer, I passed from 8 bits (256 channels in each colour) to 16 (more than 65,000) bits. This was to avoid having a problem with the colours. In 8 bits, as I was saturating the whites, only a few colours would have remained creating big areas from place to place. In 16 bits I then increased the contrast and blurred everything because I was too grainy. Then I reduced to 8 bits and blurred a bit to prevent again from having large areas of the same colour.

This should have rotated by 90°, but by leaving it like this I add a more dramatic effect, that of Paulette's ghost, of which I was talking about yesterday.

Paulette's Bedroom

Location : Ste Thérèse, Le Moulleau, Bassin d'Arcachon, France
Changes : Contrast a bit and some blurring to take away some of the grain.

This is the room I sleep in most of the times I go to the Moulleau. It used to be Paulette's room. Paulette was cooking all the meals in earlier times. I have never met her. She died in the Summer and my grandma doing some rice pudding once said, "oh ! it does just exactly has when Paulette was doing it". Paulette's ghost seemed to have come back to help doing rice pudding, well that gave me ideas of photos to take.

Thomas & Liane

Location : Ste Thérèse, Le Moulleau, Bassin d'Arcachon, France
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There is quite a gap in time here. About a month between this picture and the previous. I almost took not pictures in August and Septembre. I am actually wondering what I am going to upload soon. I am running out.

En Contre-Bas

Location : Swiss Jura, Canton de Vaud, Switzerland
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Après la Vache

Location : Swiss Jura, Canton de Vaud, Switzerland
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Having taken my camera out for the cow, I started shooting at the nearby trees and the next few pictures will be these trees.

Meuh

Location : Swiss Jura, Canton de Vaud, Switzerland
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This was taken during a walk int he Jura Swiss. It was wonderful, flowers everywhere. I was so enthoused, that I finally did take any pictures really. Only that one, 10 minutes before coming back to the car. It was fun looking for that cow, we could hear the bells, but could not see anythings, there were trees everywhere.

A Non-Swiss Attitude

Location : Jetée des Eaux Vives, Geneva, Switzerland
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There are several cruise boats on the Lac Léman, all built at the start of the 20th century. They stop here and there at piers in nearby villages, or in Geneva and almost every time, there is a group of children jumping in the water, grasping the bars behind the big wheel and let themselves transported as far as they can hold the bar. Something that somehow did not quite fit with the Swiss quietness but which was very peculiar to watch.

Cruise on the Léman

Location : Versoix Beach, Canton de Genève, Switzerland
Keywords : B&W, Lake
Changes : Saturation of blacks and whites, Contrast, Blurring a little

It was quite late when I took this picture, so there was not much contrast. Once increased, it gave this grainy aspect, which I reduced a bit by blurring. This was kind of intended, as it gives to the picture some texture and also an oldish look.

A Deep Instinct in Human Nature

Location : Lac Léman, Versoix, Canton de Genève, Switzerland
Changes : Saturation of whites, changes in Contrast

It was a very pleasant evening by the lake, the water was warmer than the air around ; it was very windy.

Jura Coloré

Location : Observatoire de Genève, Switzerland
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Right in fron of the observatory, there is this gap in the mountains, which, combined with skies coloured thanks to sunset, gives a very nice scene. There are many that I missed which were more impressive, like a blood-red sky in the background.

To Another Supermarket

Location : Canton de Vaud, Switzerland
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I found another supermarket, that one on the Swiss soil, but had to cross 2 forests to go there.

Rue de Genève

Location : Vieille Ville, Genève, Switzerland
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The old town of Geneva really is a nice place to walk in.

Serrurerie

Location : Genève, Switzerland
Changes : Contrast, blurring (to make it look a bit old)

There are quite a few of these nice old shops in the old town ot Geneva. I really loved walking in its winding medieval streets.

Vieille Ville

Location : Genève, Switzerland
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Blaze

Location : Observatoire de Genève, Switzerland
Changes : Saturation of blacks, slightly

Enfierno

Location : Observatoire de Genève, Switzerland
Changes : Contrast, a hell of a lot

The Lost World

Location : Observatoire de Genève, Switzerland
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It was taken a few minutes after yesterday's. The view was constantly changing and gave many different ligh effects.

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.

On a Cloudy Evening

Location : Observatoire de Genève, Switzerland
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Taken from the corridor that leads to my office. It had rained much that day and it was just clearing away.

The Road that Goes Through the Farm

Location : Canton de Genève, Switzerland
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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.

How Could One Go to Switzerland and not Take a Photo of Cows?

Location : Canton de Vaud, Switzerland
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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.

AutoPortrait

Location : Noman's Land
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Horse and Infant 2

Location : France
Keywords : Nature, Animal, Sunset
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Obviously, This is not Switzerland

Location : France, unfortunately
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This was taken from my bike, as I was returning from the supermarket.

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
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Une Trouée dans les Arbres

Location : France, in the vicinity of Divonne
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Horse and Infant

Location : France, Ain
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Trees along the Road

Location : France, Ain
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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).

Trees and Dust

Location : France, Ain, Close to Divonne
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A farm engine just past by, making huge dust clouds on the nearby path. I tried to soot the sun rays in the dust.