Dave M

There's got to be more to this story. Hosting a site of that significance on borrowed space to begin with seems a bit weird, but then 7GB isn't all that much in 2012. I would think the IBNS could cough up the space, since they have apparently mutually agreed that Ron's images are an IBNS image gallery resource.

Dave

Dave, here are a couple Romania notes that might look a bit more "french":

The second is designed by Georges Duval, who did many French notes.

Dave

A few notes coming in these days...

Dave

Very nice additions, guys! Baxuss, I really like the Djibouti 1000F railroad note. There are six varieties of that note, none of which are horribly expensive (as long as you don't look at the one issued under Afars and Issas). I picked them all up, just because it's a neat note.

http://www.frenchbanknotes.com/frenchprints.php?country=Djibouti&section=&catalog

Dave

Thanks Dave, I've become enamored with the Algerian, Tunisian and Moroccan notes too.

Dave

Another great French note arrived today. This one from Algeria, P-106 issued in 1956. Bacchus (god of the grape harvest), a ram, and grape harvest scene.

Dave

That is really a neat note, Dave. I've chased a couple nice ones around with no buying luck. Nice to see you picked up a good one. I spent my latest wad of cash on a nice Algeria note, can't wait for it to arrive.

Dave

Thanks Dave. I was very surprised to find it in this shape.

Dave

Here's a tough note to find in good shape. Lebanon, P48. There are a batch of absolutely beautiful french-printed notes from Lebanon, this may be the only one I can afford...

Dave

Here's an early note from Guadeloupe that I just picked up.

Many of the colonies used this note, called the "Cabasson" for its designer.

Dave

Nice notes Dave, colorful!

Dave

Thanks Dave. Actually the reverse is the three cyclopses forging Jupiter's thunderbolts. I cannot see the detail well enough to pick out that they have one eye. Here's an article http://www.theoi.com/Titan/Kyklopes.html that talks about the cyclopses and has a photo of the mural. The mural was found at the "Bath of the Clyclopses" in a Roman city in Tunisia.

Dave

Here's another Tunisia note I just picked up. P-28, Winged Victory.

Dave

Another great bit of research, nice job!

Dave

Here's a nice copy of Tunisia P24, actually the best I've seen.

Dave

Another Welcome, Santiago (I didn't know that was equal to James!).

Your blog is really wonderful. The notes, the way you've laid out images and certainly the content. You've done quite the detective work on these items! For those who may not have noticed it, Santiago has is a link at the top right of the page to a translator tool so that it can be translated to English.

Thanks

Dave

Great closeups, Santiago, thanks for posting them!

Dave

Have to send u the copy later when I get home this monday [23rd]noon from Hong Kong....

Thanks! Also check your email, I've been trying to send mails and they're bouncing on a "mailbox is full" error message.

Dave

Really nice Madison, German AND French of course!

I thought you were going to say the last available French note has been purchased, and there are no more to collect

Send me a copy when you get a chance...

Thanks

Dave

Fantastic notes Madison, and good to see you pick up some nice French stuff You must send me the first and last of those for FrenchBanknotes.com!

Dave

Central African Republic P2, I hunted for a while to find this one...

Dave

Ah, I wasn't thinking about slow shutter speeds either. Yes, you're averaging all the colors coming out of a fluorescent light, and the net is going to be pretty consistent across photos, I suppose. The slower the shutter, the more consistent.

Dave

If the light source is consistent then the white balance should also be consistent. When using artificial light I use flourescent exclusively. I've never noticed any shift in white balance. I have run across inconsistent white balance if there is sunlight as well as fluorescent in the image. If two light sources with different color temperatures are illuminating the subject then is it practically impossible to get a consistent white balance. Did the gymnasium you spoke of have any sunlight shining into it?

No, this effect is purely the cycling of fluorescent lights. Here's a link with a couple pictures, you'll find many like it if you scan photography forums for "fluorescent"

Dave

Keep in mind a fluorescent light will cycle across colors, and no amount of automatic or manual white balance setting will solve that issue. Sports photographers have issues in gymnasiums where one photo out of every 5 or so images will be a different color, like yours above. If that's the issue, you can't fix this in the camera, you just shoot some extra images to make sure you catch the light in its "normal" color.

Dave

Nice! Any story behind how you got it?

No great story... I picked it up 15 years ago, before prices were shooting up, for $90. In retrospect, I wish I'd bought a lot more back then!

Dave