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2008-09-26T14:00:00.000-07:00

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lunette astronomique

2007-12-07T12:10:00.000-08:00

Lens Lunette astronomique by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART

Credit:NASA/JPL-Caltech and ThHubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

image : The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared Light [link]
Copyright rules : [link]

DeviantArt stock image : eyes wide open from SaligiaStock [link]

Many thanks to ~SaligiaStock for allowing the use of this image
original photmanipulation by Gavrinis
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Tribute to the Hubble Heritage Project's

The Sombrero galaxy is located some 28 million light-years away. Spitzer detected infrared emission from the center of the galaxy, where there is a huge black hole, believed to be a billion times more massive than our Sun.

Beer's spirit

2007-12-02T07:43:00.000-08:00

Beer 's spirit by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART

Beer drinker "within" the brewery vessel within the pub.

photo ride in Geneva on the 27 nov 2007 with Antho.
see his website Les Photos d'AKR

buveur de bière "à l'intérieur" de la cuve de brasserie à l'intérieur du bar.

ballade photo à Genève du 27 novembre avec Antho qui expose sa passion pour la photo sur:
Les Photos d'AKR

Black vineyard

2007-12-02T07:39:00.000-08:00

Black vineyard by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART

sunset near leman lake
photo prise à bout de bras à l'arrache derrière une haie puis recadrée...

leman sailboat

2007-12-02T07:26:00.000-08:00

leman sailboat by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART

leman lake on a quite evening of october with a cloudy uniform sky.
aquarelle filter

The broken boardwalk

2007-12-02T07:21:00.000-08:00

the broken boardwalk by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART

winter 2006 on the lac Leman

work around the clock

2007-12-02T07:16:00.000-08:00

Work around the Clock by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART

Geneva 22 november 2007, the Bank district at the end of office hours....
time to go home or have a beer.
not for everyone, some work-alcoholic are still in office.
from each side of the window, two people frantically measuring their exposure: me with the reflection of a clock, the ohter guy probably with his exposure to subprime mortgage!...

French corner:
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Genève 22 novembre 2007, le quartier des banques à la sortie du bureau.
pas pour tous, quelques acharnés sont encore là.
confrontation de deux soucis d'exposition de chaque coté de la fenetre. moi avec le reflet de l'horloge, l'autre avec son exposition aux prets à risque subprime...

the living museum

2007-12-02T07:11:00.000-08:00

The living Museum by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART

Geneva natural history Museum back to life.

unkempt

2007-12-02T06:54:00.000-08:00

unkempt by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART

fall 2007

stick tearing open the sky

2007-12-02T06:48:00.000-08:00

stick tearing open the sky by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART

reflet in the mirror of a mountain torrent

vegetable music

2007-12-02T06:41:00.000-08:00

vegetable music by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART

fall automne 2007

Budapest

2007-12-02T05:22:00.000-08:00

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Szt. Istvan Bazilika, Budapest by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART
in Pest at the end of the day. windy day!
sept. 2007

Morning Tram by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART
tram in low light in Pest near the Corso
tram du matin en lumière basse à Pest près du Corso.

fluctuat nec mergitur by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART
floods : Budapest river donau. Parliament

just a chromasolarize filter in PS.
nothing else was modified .
the boat (previously white) is not fake!

Einstein waiting for his train by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART
Korso in front of the donau by night.
lights of the tram passing by.

like a bridge by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART

lift by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART
"reflection" is something i am discovering with my camera.
i'm gonna work this on.
je suis très attiré par les reflections en photo qui ouvrent une nouvelle dimension dans l'image.

Terror Haza, Andrassy ut,60 by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART
n Budapest on the most famous avenue, Andrassy ut,60.
The old house where successively, nazis and soviets tortured their political opponents, has been turned into a museum.

The walls are grey with pictures of the victims on it.
This is my vision of this place with two dradful flags of totalitarianism.

Despite a kind of "Disney haunted house" approach, the visit of the place is a must to feel what this folk has been going through not so long ago...
[link]

French Corner:
La visite se termine par les cellules de torture.
les explications précisent que les victimes ont sacrifié leur vie pour la Liberté récemment obtenue, qu'elles ne sont pas mortes pour rien...
en sortant du musée, à 200m, on trouve un peep-show et des boutiques de luxe qui proposent les mêmes objets de consommation qu'à Paris ou Londres.

victims of Andrassy ut,60 by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART

Gellert Art Deco by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART

enjoy the pleasure of a warm bath in the art deco Gellert Spa, after a day of walk in Budapest.
Don't forget to try the nearby rudas bath with its ottoman cupola and the ray of light going through...
it sure is a place to make a picture, at least if your camera is not broken as was mine on that day !...

filter: aquarelle in PS

Budavari Palota by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART

Castle hill district by night in Budapest.

to get rid of an ugly boat on the foreground, I made a first shot purposely blured and mixed it with a second shot of the castle, as sharp as I could with my compact camera in "pause" mode without tripod!...

European Dalit by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART

a Dalit, often called an untouchable, or an outcaste:

Traditionally, Dalits were not allowed to let their shadows fall upon a non-Dalit caste member and they were required to sweep the ground where they walk to remove the 'contamination' of their footfalls...
[link]

animated gif about liberty

Comments:The Szabadság Szobor or Liberty Statue in Budapest, Hungary, was first erected in 1947 in remembrance of the Soviet liberation of Hungary from Nazi forces during World War II. Its location upon Gellért Hill makes it a prominent feature of Budapest's cityscape.

At the time of the monument's construction, the Soviet liberation from Nazi forces event was considered a liberation -- leading to the original inscription upon the memorial, which can be translated to read "Erected by the grateful Hungarian Nation in memory of the liberating Russian heroes."

Over the following years, public sentiment toward the Soviets decreased to the point of revolution, which was attempted in 1956 and subsequently damaged some portions of the monument. After the 1989 transition from Communist rule to a more Democratic government, the inscription was modified to read (translated from Hungarian), "To the memory of all of those who sacrificed their lives for the independence, freedom, and success of Hungary." from wikipedia.org

Cebu and Ifugao

2007-12-02T02:56:00.000-08:00

Sidewalk by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART
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From a French song:
one does not choose his parents nor his family. One does not choose either the sidewalks of Manila, Paris or Alger to learn how to walk.

from Maxime Le Forestiert

Pic taken from a taxi

French corner:
On choisit pas ses parents, on choisit pas sa famille. On choisit pas non plus les trottoirs de Manille, De Paris ou d'Alger pour apprendre a marcher.

extrait de la chanson Ne quelque part de Maxime Le Forestier

photo prise depuis un taxi

Magellan's Fate II by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART

Carbon market, Cebu

on my way back from the diving sites of bohol, I found one of the most lovely market in the second biggest town of the archipelago.
there were barely no tourists in Carbon Market, just simple people,welcoming you with a genuine smile. The kind of nice ambience where you feel at ease to ask with a nod of the head to be allowed to take a close picture. A genuine travel experience!

some post-precessing (color/contrast/blur) with PS and ...Picasa!

French corner:
sur mon chemin de retour des sites de plongées de Bohol, j'ai découvert le marché Charbon dans la deuxième ville de l'archipel.
Il n'y avait pratiquement pas de touristes, juste des gens simples qui vous accueuillent avec un grand sourire authentique. le genre d'ambiance où on se sent à l'aise pour demander la permission de prendre un portrait d'un simple geste.
une vraie expérience de voyage!

traitement photo (couleurs/contraste/flou) sous PS et...Picasa!

baker's dozen BW by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART

I could not decide if this pic looks best in B&W or colors, so I put both online.
let me know which one you prefer!
je n'arrive pas à me décider entre la version N&B ou couleurs sur cette photo. j'ai donc mis les 2 en ligne! dites moi laquelle vous préférer!

baker's dozen by ~Gavrinis

good life by ~Gavrinis

Grandma by ~Gavrinis

Green tomatoes by ~Gavrinis

tomato basket by ~Gavrinis

Magellan's Fate I by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART

cerbere and the cariatides by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART

Batad under the fog.
cerbere protecting the 3 "cariatides"

Cerbère à 3 têtes protégeant les 3 cariatides d'un hotel en renovation à Batad encore endormie dans le brouillard matinal.

Ifugao rice terraces by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART

near Batad in the ifugao province.
Ifugao people harvest the rice terrace since 2000 years
no road access.
light of a storm heading towards us.

French corner:
près de Batad, Ifugao province.
les Ifugao cultivent les terrasses de riz depuis 2000 ans
pas d'accès par route.
lumière de l'orage approchant.
bribes de chansons portées par le vent depuis l'école du village.

bangaan rice terraces by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART

on my way back to banaue.
nice talk with a old belgian catholic nun in the country for something like 60 years.
mixed feeling about the catholics who brought a lot to this country and yet contribut to the destruction of the Ifugao culture.

French corner:
sur mon chemin de retour vers Banaue.
charmante conversation avec une vieille bonne-soeur belge dans le pays depuis au moins 60 ans.
sentiments meles au sujet des catholiques qui ont apporté beaucoup au pays et pourtant contribué à la quasi disparition de la culture locale. seuls les plus anciens connaissent encore les chansons de ce peuple vieux de 2000 ans...

Shitty day journee de merde

2007-12-01T04:04:00.000-08:00

Shitty day journee de merde by ~Gavrinis on deviant ART

shitty weather...shitty day!
if you want to take a picture of a pier full of birds,
avoid to wear a red coat like I did on that day...
the only remaining bird was probably blind or had the flu!...
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French corner:
temps de merde, journée de merde!
si vous voulez faire une photo d'un quai couvert d'oiseaux,
évitez de porter un manteau rouge comme celui que je portais ce jour là...
le seul bestiau qui est resté était probablement aveugle ou grippé!...