Color Nocturne, Strasbourg, March 2013.

Cycliste, Strasbourg, 2012.

Taxi, Strasbourg, January 2013.

And don’t forget to vote for me in the International Street Photography Awards. The polls are closing in 15 minutes, and it will be a close call for the last spots. Warning, the Facebook like doesn’t count as a vote, you must sign up to be able to vote.

St-Paul’s Church, Strasbourg, December 2012.

And don’t forget to vote for me in the International Street Photography Awards. It’s the last day, we’re like four guys in ten votes for the last spots in the top ten. Your support will be much appreciated. Warning, the Facebook like doesn’t count as a vote, you must sign up to be able to vote.

Magical Tree Redux, Strasbourg 2012.

And don’t forget to vote for me in the International Street Photography Awards. It’s the last day, I’m in the top ten but losing ground. Your support will be much appreciated. Warning, the Facebook like doesn’t count as a vote, you must sign up to be able to vote.

Sautillante, Strasbourg, February 2013. I take the smile of her parents as an authorization to publish. Plus I had been freezing for so long, waiting for someone to show-up, that I couldn’t resist shooting this little girl jumping around. I realize that, for nocturne street photography, the 35mm has an edge over the 50mm because of its greater depth of field. It’s easier to have your subject in focus, even when it’s moving. This one is taken at f2, 1/30 sec and iso 1000 and I don’t think it could be “that” focused with a 50mm.

Untitled, Strasbourg, December 2012.

Untitled, Strasbourg, February 2013.

Untitled, Strasbourg, December 2012.

Nocturne, Strasbourg, March 2012.

A shot I edited out because I had a better one. I give it another chance to keep on working on my color editing skills.

Among towers, Strasbourg, January 2013.

As some of you may have noticed, I’m working on a new “lightroom recipe” for my color night shots. I’ve tried real life tungsten-orange cast first, but I wasn’t convinced. So I’m now trying to figure out something more “urban”.

I’m rather pleased with the first results: they convey the sense of bizarre and the eerie mood I was looking after in my black and white series. And they are definitely colder and darker than the yellow-orange tones given by tungsten city lights.

And you, what do you think?

Sonia, Strasbourg 2012.

The Thing, Strasbourg December 2012.

Nocturne, Strasbourg 2012.