The girl with the pearl earring

Jeune Senegalaise, originally uploaded by gugs.

This is painting by a friend of mine, Pilou Depris, inspired by a picture I took in a school in Casamance, Sénégal, Africa.


The original picture is:

Canon S90

VA3_0532, originally uploaded by gugs.

The best P&S on the market... excellent low light capabilities, usable ISO1600 pictures, very nice user interface and personalization possibilities... highly recommended. A 10MP small P&S with image quality comparable to the best DSLRs just a few years ago.

For more information, have a look at my wiki http://www.techniphoto.com/wiki/index.php?title=S90

Seasonal greetings

VA3_0389, originally uploaded by gugs.

The winter is approaching... so here is a pic shot in Aachen, Christmas market. Tamron 28-300VC on the Nikon D3.

Smoke effects

A very interesting experiment by Michel Rohan, a French photographer. This picture is his. An article describes the method and the setup to generate this kind of image. See the photography wiki here: http://www.techniphoto.com/wiki/index.php?title=Smoke_pictures

BW processing

VA3_0239, originally uploaded by gugs.

I tried a strange processing on this one, playing with the different color channels, to get more details in the sky, but resulting in a strange "negative" effect in some places. I like the result, but this is of course a matter of taste. This shot has been taken in the center of Brussels, with a Nikkor 24-70 2.8 lens on a Nikon D3 camera, for what it's worth.
Any comments or suggestions welcome.

High ISO

VA3_7757, originally uploaded by gugs.

This is a bit of a crazy picture: this has been taken in the dark, with a ridiculously long lens (200-400VR) on a D3 at ISO 6400, with a very slow shutter speed. The wrong configuration at the wrong place... but the result is in fact what I wanted.

Bellows

D2X_8311, originally uploaded by gugs.

an interesting accessory: the PB-5 bellows attachment, with tilt and shift possibilities for precision macro work and or product photography. These things are not made anymore and can only be found used.

Sunrise in Turkey

D2X_8192, originally uploaded by gugs.

Shot in the morning from the Palmiye Club Med resort in Turkey, close to Antalya. Camera was Nikon D2x with a consumer grade Tamron 28-300VC (stabilized) lens.

Falkirk

scotland -115, originally uploaded by gugs.

a major Scottish tourist attraction: the Falkirk wheel, here shot with the 14-24 2.8 Nikkor lens on the D3 camera.

Castle

VA3_9759, originally uploaded by gugs.

A postcard from Scotland.... one of the most photographed castles in the world... shot with the Nikon D3 and the Tamron 28-75 2.8 lens. The special thing about this picture was the nice weather :D