New Project 52 for 2024

[1971_M5]

I looked at the map... Saint-Eustache Church is only ~1 km from Notre Dame (as the bird flies). Right there in the heart of the city. Nice!

 

[1971_M5]

Also... very good on the hand-holding @ 1/40 sec. Not easy to keep the camera stationary when you are "stretching your next" (picture looks really sharp).

 

[1971_M5]

49/52: I didn't have much this week, so I stopped along the side of the road on the way home from work (this evening) and set-up the tripod. Took a test shot. I could see a train approaching on the aerial guideway. But then, another train was coming quickly on the ground level tracks. So I pushed the button. Tried to time it. But a it was little too early for the upper train, although I did get another picture a few minutes later. Also, on this one, when I processed it, I noticed the airplane lights. A triple shot. I cannot find my remote release at the moment, so there are some "squigglies" since I had to push the button pretty quick to start the process.

bnsf-ssif-night-trains-small by J.E. Frantzen, on Flickr

 

[BratPix]

Week 50

Selfie (made with my phone, as it should).

• Google - Pixel 6a
• Pixel 6a back camera 2.35mm f/2.2
• 2.4 mm
• ƒ/2.2
• 1/1475 sec
• Center-Weighted Average
• Auto exposure
• ISO 54

 

[BratPix]

49/52: I didn't have much this week, so I stopped along the side of the road on the way home from work (this evening) and set-up the tripod. Took a test shot. I could see a train approaching on the aerial guideway. But then, another train was coming quickly on the ground level tracks. So I pushed the button. Tried to time it. But a it was little too early for the upper train, although I did get another picture a few minutes later. Also, on this one, when I processed it, I noticed the airplane lights. A triple shot. I cannot find my remote release at the moment, so there are some "squigglies" since I had to push the button pretty quick to start the process.

View attachment 23708bnsf-ssif-night-trains-small by J.E. Frantzen, on Flickr

Nice combination of events.

 

[1971_M5]

I think we can let a cellphone shot pass... this one time! Along with the photos themselves, I am always interested in location. Where were you standing? Somewhere in Normandie? Or in Bretagne?

 

[1971_M5]

50/52: South Lake Union. This is a 7 frame stitch. I had a meeting with a client and as I was walking back to my car in the parking garage, I thought to myself... might as well have a go at it! I cannot find my remote release... so I have to be VERY careful/gentle when pushing the button on long exposures. So, there is a little bit of IQ degradation. Hopefully I will find the remote unit. But it also seems that maybe there was some "action" below deck (sailboat) and possibly in the boat on the left - as all the others vessels were quite still (although not totally motionless).

lake-union-building-small by J.E. Frantzen, on Flickr

 

[BratPix]

I think we can let a cellphone shot pass... this one time! Along with the photos themselves, I am always interested in location. Where were you standing? Somewhere in Normandie? Or in Bretagne?

I was on a small trail along the seashore between Quimiac and Piriac. Geographically, this is in the south of Bretagne. Administratively, it is in Pays de la Loire.

 

[1971_M5]

Quimiac and Piriac... yes... you have been there before! And posted pictures for Project 52 (although I can't recall which ones at the moment). It is a favorite place? Do you have friends/relatives there? How long of a drive from Paris? Or is there a direct train? I also recall a comment I made about the shipyard and GE wind turbines (in nearby Saint-Nazaire). I would very much like to visit the coast of France! Someday. Many, many (many) years ago I went on a family vacation to Guernsey and Jersey (circa 1971)... but of course, that's different (England).