Two
Gotta get in the hang of selecting a subject.
Shot through the window pane of our backyard door (the moth is on the outside, while I was comfortably inside).
One
Why start tomorrow when you can start today?
St. Servaaskerk
A famous landmark in the city of Maastricht, the St. Servaas Church is considered the oldest church in the Netherlands. The current church is most likely the fourth church on this location.
Conjunction of the Moon, Jupiter and a plane
A couple of weeks ago I was on a short vacation in the Ardennes, Belgium. The nights there were black, really black. You could just look up and see the Milky Way! Unfortunately I didn’t have my tripod with me, so it was rather impossible to take a shot, which was a real bummer!
Where I live there is so much light pollution it is simply impossible to see the Milky Way. You only see the brightest stars. Luckily, last week there was a conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter. Again, I was not able to use a tripod, I could only take a couple of handheld shots. I had to bump the ISO somewhat to keep the shutter speed low enough. I did not want to bump it too high to keep the noise level low and Jupiter visible. This resulted however in a blown out Moon.
One surprise however: when I examined the shot, I spotted a plane which had flown right “through” the Moon! You might want to click on the photo to see that!
Langeman
De Langeman (Long man) is a bronze representing a giant. Giants play an important role in the history of Hasselt, Belgium. The “original” giant is a construction made of wood, paper and cloth dating from 1810. It represents a seated, fully armoured giant, measuring 5 meters.
A dark forrest
It’s getting dark in the forest… Now I have to wait for the leaves to really start falling and the beautiful colours of the fall!
Much better when viewed large: just click the picture!
Wordplay
Hairdresser!
Eglise Saints Pierre et Paul
In August we visited the city of Bouillon, Belgium, near the French border (see on Google Maps). On our way to the castle where Godfrey of Bouillon once lived, we came across the Church of Saints Peter and Paul. The picture below is a HDR vertorama (vertical panorama) consisting of 8*3 handheld exposures. I had a lot of trouble getting the 8 pictures stitched together, trying out different techniques. It took me over 20 hours to get the final result. Even though it is not 100% correct, it’s the best I could get. I got a lot of help from Klaus Herrmann’s HDR Cookbook. If you are interested in HDR “the right way” please visit his site. He even has MY name on his Testimonials page!
The church itself is quite bland, there is not much color except the stained glass (which is hardly visible in this picture). It was built in 1848, so it is not that old actually.
1612
Right from where I shot the previous picture is a theatre called “La Bonbonnière”. This was a Jesuit church actually which was converted in a theatre in 1789.
This is a detail of the facade.
Dangling
This afternoon:
