Marrakesh with the X100T

[Stockografie]

My wife and I went to Marrakesh for one week. I only took the X100T, some spare batteries and SD cards with me.

 

Taxi in Marrakesh by Stockografie, on Flickr

 

Long shadows by Stockografie, on Flickr

 

Djamaa El Fna Panorama by Stockografie, on Flickr

 

Take a Taxi by Stockografie, on Flickr

 

Djamaa El Fna by Stockografie, on Flickr

 

I´ll keep on posting more shots as soon as I have finished sorting and editing the shots.

 

 

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View over the Djamaa El Fna in Marrakesh right after sunset.

 

Night Pano of the Djamaa El Fna by Stockografie, on Flickr

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On the way to Essaouira

 

On the road again by Stockografie, on Flickr

[DIS Ottawa]

Very nice indeed; makes me want to go there.  Is it true that the locals don't want to be photographed and can be quite aggressive if they catch you at it?

[Stockografie]

Thanks for the positiv comment.

I wrote up a little blogpost on www.stockografie.de about the trip there. You can also take the direct link http://stockografie.de/stockografie-the-x100t-and-marrakesh/

 

Yes, the locals can actually get quite aggressive if you take a shot of them and they don´t want it. I had one incident where I took a shot of the whole seen and one guy thought I was taking his picture. He was actually only about 1cm of the whole shot. He shouted at me and did some wild gestures. I just said that he was not on the photograph and walked away. The best thing would have been to show him the shot and delete it if necessary. But he was so rude that I felt quit offended. It´s a give and take situation with street photography.

[DIS Ottawa]

Thanks for the insight.  I've taken a look at your site and there are a lot of really nice shots there.  I particularly like "mint tea", "black and white shadow view", "view over Marrakesh", "inside", "relaxing", "reading" and "the long street".

 

I recently was in South East Asia and China for nearly six weeks with only the X100T and the TCL-X100 and know why you're tempted to use only this camera.  It truly is a small wonder. 

[Stockografie]

Three more from this awesome city

 

The second shot of the taxi is no VSCO Preset. I edited it myself in LR6

 

Street snap by Stockografie, on Flickr

 

Need a Taxi by Stockografie, on Flickr

 

The man on his way by Stockografie, on Flickr

[rsimko]

Love the "Long shadows". Pretty good.

[Stockografie]

This one was taken in Essaouira, a harbor city in Morocco. I edited this one from the raw file using LR6 and the Classic Chrome film simulation.

 

 

 

Boats in Essaouira by Stockografie, on Flickr

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Streets in Marrakesh. This time not in black and white

 

Right into the sun by Stockografie, on Flickr

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Sunset over Marrakesh

 

Sunset over Marrakesh by Stockografie, on Flickr

[Ektachrome]

Love the vintage Merc taxis! By the way, I prefer the colour and tone in the pics you say you edited yourself in LR to those with the presets applied.

[Stockografie]

Love the vintage Merc taxis! By the way, I prefer the colour and tone in the pics you say you edited yourself in LR to those with the presets applied.

Thanks. I personally don´t use VSCO at all. Don´t even have them on my mac to be honest.

Whenever I edit a raw file I do it do my pleasure. Personally I think that is involving myself more into the shot and how I wish to photograph to look. Most of the time it takes me less than two minutes to edit a photograph these days. I see the finished picture in my inner eye when I am taking it.

 

I hope this is somewhat understandable how I am trying to explain this.

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The working people of Essaouira 

 

Catch of the day by Stockografie, on Flickr

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The X100T in Essaouira

 

Streets of Essaouira by Stockografie, on Flickr

[joshinthecity]

They're all very nice.

#2 is my fave :-)

 

j

[Stockografie]

Djamaa El Fna Square - Marrakesh with the X100T, I edited the raw in LR6 starting off with the Classic Chrome simulation

 

An evening out by Stockografie, on Flickr

[Stockografie]

Finally, Part II of the journey to Marrakesh is online.

You can read all about it on 

 

http://stockografie.de/stockografie-the-x100t-and-marrakesh-part-2/

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A visit to Essaouira Morocco.

 

Jpeg OOC using the Classic Chrome film simulation

 

Lift off by Stockografie, on Flickr

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The X100T and classic chrome film simulation. This is a jpeg straight out of the box

 

Entering the harbor by Stockografie, on Flickr

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I´ve got another one from Marrakesh.

It´s an untouched Jpeg OOC!

 

Streets of Marrakesh by Stockografie, on Flickr

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Long shadows in Marrakesh

 

Long shadows by Stockografie, on Flickr

[ElCucoArg]

Long shadow B&W is the best one so far for me. Great job.

[MartinP]

Long shadow B&W is the best one so far for me. Great job.

have you seen the goats on a tree?

click the great black and white photography you spoke about to get to flickr and then move three or four photographs to the left (a.k.a. backwards).. i never knew they could pull something like that off, lol! 

[Foto.scot]

Beautiful images! It looks like an amazing palace to be with a camera. I've heard also about some of the locals aversion to being photographed, or demanding money in exchange. I do understand somewhat if they're working in a place where tourists point a camera at them every 5 mins- it's never nice feeling like a money in a zoo! But there agin in other places people don't seem to mind so... who knows.

 

I guess you have to be a little;e more thick skinned there for street photography

 

Archie