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  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Moon

    When Venus Meets the Moon

    October 2, 2023 /

    I made this photograph with the Fujifilm X-T5 paired to the XF 150-600mm, working handheld in the early evening. The Moon was already high and bright, its craters crisp in the cold winter air. Venus, to the left, shone as a pinpoint — a bright, almost stubborn presence against the vastness of black space. Compositional balance here was straightforward but demanded precision: the Moon anchored on the right third, Venus sitting low and left, with the negative space not just filling the frame but defining the mood. The sheer emptiness is as much the subject as the two celestial bodies. Technically, the exposure leaned toward underexposing slightly to preserve lunar…

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    RedLight

    November 6, 2015

    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Italy Beach Soccer Team’s Goalkeeper (and a primer on sport photography, part 2)

    September 24, 2015

    Windows

    September 15, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Moon,  Summer

    Red Moon at the end of August

    September 1, 2023 /

    Shot handheld (no tripod) with an X-T5 and a Fuji XF 150-600. Image stabilisation worked very well.

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    Matching Nails

    September 18, 2017

    Fujifilm XF 18-120 just snapped in two

    September 10, 2023

    A Panorama

    December 30, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Moon,  Spring

    Moon, hand-held

    April 30, 2021 /

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    An interesting reading

    May 13, 2013

    The Elders’ Council

    June 29, 2013

    Nagasaki Biker

    February 13, 2024
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Moon

    Full Moon

    September 30, 2018 /

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    How to (Unconventionally) Shoot Track and Field Competitions

    July 30, 2024

    In praise of ‘cheap’ lenses for ‘pro’ works

    April 4, 2021

    Underground Security RA(T)P

    June 5, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Landscape,  Moon,  Spring

    Full Moon

    May 9, 2017 /

    Photographing the moon is a deceptively simple task — at least until you try it. What I wanted was the cold, silvery sharpness of our nearest celestial neighbour, etched against a black void. What I ended up with was something quite different, but not without merit: a moody study of the moon as seen through a gauzy veil of fast-moving clouds. The composition is almost entirely dictated by nature. The moon sits dead-centre, surrounded by concentric ripples of light refracted through water vapour. The clouds swirl and twist in soft greys, catching the pale light and turning it into a painterly texture. In the very heart, there’s a thin halo…

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    The Chess Players’ Summer Nest

    July 31, 2014

    Bent

    April 21, 2014

    Yin and Yang

    November 26, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Moon,  Paris,  Spring

    Planetarium

    May 30, 2015 /

    The Zeiss projector at the Palais de la Découverte has an undeniable presence. It is both a piece of scientific equipment and a sculptural object, an embodiment of precision engineering turned into theatre. Under the dome’s dimmed lights, the machine sits like a mechanical deity, ready to conjure the heavens onto the curved canvas above. Photographing it was a matter of honouring its shape without reducing it to a mere technical diagram. I centred the composition to give the machine the stature it deserves, allowing its symmetrical arms and lenses to extend outward in all directions. The warm backdrop of the dome was a natural contrast to the cooler, magenta-tinted…

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    Earbuds

    December 22, 2015

    Beach in black

    January 5, 2013

    Guru Meditation

    May 12, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Landscape,  Moon,  Spring,  Visual

    Lunar Network Or Snowy Mountain?

    May 5, 2015 /

    This image was made at high altitude, but it could have been taken on the Moon. That’s what initially drew my eye: the surreal minimalism of these snow-covered slopes interrupted by a line of utility poles, stretched tight against the vast emptiness. The illusion of a lunar landscape is heightened by the total absence of sky detail—pure black, a void—and the almost abstract texture of the snow, exaggerated by strong directional sunlight. The decision to shoot in black and white came naturally. Colour would have been a distraction from the harsh geometry, from the juxtaposition of natural emptiness and imposed structure. Each pole, evenly spaced, is both part of a…

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