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Ephémère....Geneva, Switzerland
One hour before midnight looking for something worthwhile a photo shoot, I discovered this termporary constructions on the shores of Lake Léman, with people chilling out around the tents on this warm summer night.
Canon d5markIII, Canon Lense 24-105mm, ISO 100, f/8, 10 seconds (very long exposure since, apart from the lights inside the tent it was pitch dark, as usual in Geneva), on tripode
Le Jet d'eau revisited, Geneva
Le jet d'eau, the Water fountain is one of Geneva's icons. Here pictured at night with very poor light conditions, trying to improvise a tripod with everything I had in my bag and taking care not to get wet at the same time.
Canon 5dmarkIII, canon lense 24-105 mm f/6.3 speed 1/125 ISO 6400
New born contemporary architecture .... at the V&A Museum, London, UK
Discovering the very recently inaugurated new porcelain-tiled entrance and underground exhibition hall at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Architects: Stirling Prize-winning architect Amanda Levete and her firmAL_A.
Just arrived from a very early flight and just around the corner from my hotel, there is this very sexy place for photography, I couln't resist the temptation, despite the sleepeness.
Canon 5dMarkIII, Canon Lense 24-105mm, f/8 ISO 100, 1/250 shutter speed
Dinning with Saint Petersburg's artists friends on the Rubinstein Street
Canon 5dMarkIII, Canon 85mm/1.8 lenses, 1/100 f/1.8, ISO 1000
Dreaming, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Stairs at the trains depot in Lomonosovskaia, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Since I wasn't allowed inside the depot, I let me inspire by this spiral and by a very motivated model.
Canon 5dmarkIII, Lenses: Canon 24-105mm; f/8, 1/160, ISO 100, 105mm
Waiting for the Requiem at the Kapella, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Before Mozart's Requiem at the Kapella (Saint Petersburg Court Chappel), the oldest activRussian professional musical institution. Playing with my fisheye lens, I like the way it makes a microcosmos out of every scene.
Technicalities: Canon 5dMarkIII, Tokina Fish Eye 10-17 mm @ 10mm, 1/100, F8, ISO 1250
Portrait of a Russian lady, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Trying myself at portraits at a party. In the picture Sonia, a Russian guest at my friend's "vecherinka" (or party, Russian style) I used a special lense for portraits, 85mm and a great aperture of 1.8 which allows for special effects and intimate portraits without beeing too close.
Technicalities: Canon 5dMarkIII, Lenses: Canon 85mm, 1.8; ISO: 1000, speed: 1/100 sec. treatment of the texture with Photoshop, no flash
First post /365 days challenge 13 July 2017
Interval, Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia, visitors enjoying themselves in between the first and second acts of the splendid Bayadere Ballet