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Lights and Shadows... see hereunder for more details:

Study about lights and shadows. I wasn't in the mood for night outdoors photography, so there was no other solution than being creative at home. Daily objects can be transformed into highly interesting photography subjects. For this picture I used a zoom-in technique during 2.5 sec. exposure to give the impression of movement of the object itself and its shadows. Edited with Nik filters in Photoshop to give an ancient camera look and to add a bit more drama to it. Comments are welcomed!

Canon 5dMarkIII, Canon lense 24-105mm, from 24 to 105mm in one shot, f/13, ISO 100, speed: long exposure: 2.5 sec.

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Concert just ended

Splendid Brazilian music and dance at Geneva's Conservatoire de Musique. Here after the concert, still with all the music in my head. I had taken out of  my mini Lumix 

Lumix Panasonic DMC TZ7, F/3,5, Speed: 1/30, ISO 400, All automatic !

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Le Cercle de la vie...

Visiting a very dear friend at the hospital. We went for a walk around the quite hospital gardens. In the picture the "Life Circle" sculpture, in the hospital gardens. Unfortunately I don't know who is the artist. Let me know if you do.

Canon 5dmarkIII, Canon Lense 24-105 mm at 35 mm, ISO: 100, f/8, speed: 1/640 

Edited with Lightroomm and Photoshop 

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Construction sites can be beautiful... in Bellevue-Geneva

Today an unexpected professional photo shooting on the shores of Lake Geneva, in a beautiful villa under construction in Bellevue. Construction sites can be also sexy. I was blessed with a beautiful end-of-sommer light. Loads of editing with photoshop for this picture due to the strong light difference inside and outside

Canon 5dmarkIII, Tilt & Shift Lense Canon 17mm, ISO 100, f/9, speed: 1/40, on tripod

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Geneva's landmarks:BMF

Since 1883 the Power Plant Building is one of Geneva's highlights. Today a theatre, this amazing venue is a former hydro power plant called Usine des Forces Motrices.  It is positioned near the point where the river Rhone flows out of Leman Lake.

I was strolling there on this very sunny summer morning, nobody on sight except for the swan and some petty drug dealers who seem to love this place and its surroundings. I was very tempted to portrait them as well, since they had interestig features.

Canon 5dmarkIII, Canon lense TS E 17mm, ISO 100, f/11, 1/320

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Pink! Saturday night lights

Le Bain Bleu, a new icon in Geneva's architecture, is a Spa designed by Swiss Architecture firm GM. Today looking totally pink, fairy tale like. As I was waiting the end of a series of long exposures (30 seconds each) I saw all party goers passing by straight to Les Voiles open air bar. Unfortunately I left my stilettos at home, so I wasn't able to enter the venue with my tennis shoes - dress code required!

Canon 5dMarkIII, Canon Lense Tilt & Shift 17mm, ISO 100, f/8, shutter speed: 30 seconds

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Night window shopping, Geneva

Strolling on Geneva streets at night, rue du Rhône, Cartier reflections on  Louis Vuitton's shop window. Rue du Rhône is Geneva's super classy street with the big brands. Ideal at night for window shooping.

 I took my very light Nikon D3300 with Nikon 35mm lense @ f/1.8, 100 ISO, shutter speed : 1/25, no tripod

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Night reflections...

This post is dedicated to my lovely niece who is celebrating today her 18th birthday.

My night search for a photogenic object was rewarded with this splendid reflections on Geneva's Marina or club Nautique as they call it over here.  It was again pitch dark, but long exposures make miracles :)

Canon 5dmarkIII, Canon Lense 24-105mm, ISO 100, F/8, shutter speed: 30 sec. on tripod

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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

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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

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Geneva nights revisited

Hans Wildorf Bridge at night, Geneva, Switzerland. Back in Geneva I try to revisit places I have already pictured before, with a new eye. 

Named after Hans Wildorf, the founder of the watches brand Rolex, this bridge by Brodbeck and Roulet Architects was inaugurated in 2012 and is a great spot for photography

Canon 5dmarkIII, Canon 24-105mm

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Lights and shadows, London, Uk

Playing with light at the V&A Museum, London, before my departure. 

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As time goes by.... through the tunnel. London, UK

I wanted to convey the impression of atemporality in this ancient tunnel, where there is a constant flow of passengers. Every instant is different. 

Shoot with Canon 5dmarkIII, 

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Bubbles! London, UK

Street Scene at the Exhibition Road, children are always ready for playing..

Canon 5dmarkIII, Canon 24-105mm, 1/2000 sec, ISO 100, f/6.3

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Exploring the lines at the British Museum, London, UK

Exploring interactions of people and spaces. It took me a while to find the right person and the right angle... good for practicing patience! Taken at the British Museum, London

Designed by Foster and Partners and engineered by Buro Happold, the Great Court of theBritish Museum is absolutely stunnishing with flows of light coming everywhere. 

Canon 5dMarkIII, Lenses: T&S 17mm, ISO 100 f/11 speed 1/20, hand held

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Little hands at the Science Museum

Abstract on an item at the Science Museum, one of the great London Museums on the Exhibition Road, my favourite Road in London. the two hands on the background belong to my great Spanish friends visiting the museum with me

Canon 5dmarkIII, Canon 24-105mm at 55mm, ISO 640, f/4, speed: 1/50

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Playing at the Design Museum, London

Photographing babies is not an easy task! In the picture, Baby Alex, the son of my Russian-Lithuanian-British friend, playing at the designer museum, opened in 2016.

More to the museum: Designed byJohn Pawson and OMA, it is located at the former Commonwealth Institute building in Kensington. London, Uk. It has a great space with very interesting lines and a parabolic roof.

Gear: Canon 5dmarkIII, Lenses: Canon 24-105mm at 60mm 1/250 f/ 4, ISO 5000

Since I didn't have a flash I had to push up the ISO resulting in a quite granulous texture

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An afternoon at the Museum... 

The Natural History Museum is a must see, collosal piece of architecture. It was built in 1880, but a competition was held in 1864 to design the museum, The winner, Francis Fowke, died shorty afterwards and the design was taken over by ALfred Waterhouse, who put in it a specila romanesque style. Construction works lasted for 7 years.

Unfortunately it is always extremely crowded, not easy for photographers, a good way of training patience!

Canon 5dMarkIII, TS lenses 17mm

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A second try at the Victoria & Albert's new space on a very sunny Sunday. It was fun to be there among so many different characters of all sorts plus got acquainted with a great Spanish architecturephotographer.  This image is a panoramic made out of two pictures

Architects:  Stirling Prize-winning architect Amanda Levete and her firmAL_A.  

Canon 5dMarkIII, CanonTilt and Shift 17mm, f/8 ISO 100, 1/320 shutter speed, no tripod

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Serpentine Pavillion 2017 by Francis Kéré, London, UK

I went early morning to Kensington Gardens to discover the 2017 Pavillion. Those pavillions are provisional constructions commissioned to great architects every year and they last the time of a summer. I was rewarded with this pretty morning light. 

Canon 5dmarkIII, Canon TS 17mm, f/10,  1/40 shutter speed, ISO 100, max. Shift, on tripod