“if nobody reads the writing on the wall, man will be reduced to the state of the beast, whom he is shaming by his manners”
― mahatma gandhi
(on and around birminghamstraat, molenbeek)
(for lucile’s photo 101 rehab)
*shot with olympus om10 in aperture priority mode with two year old roll of ilford delta 3200 film inside, black and white nostalgia*
“and the sunset itself on such waves of ether
that I just can’t comprehend”
(rooftops over elsene, brüssel)
(for tech of the month – get out when the light is right via lucile’s photo 101 rehab and perelincolors)
*shot with iPhone 5 and edited in snapseed, sunset provided by nature, for everything else there’s mastercard*
“listening to the tube trains passing beneath me. i thought, all those hundreds and thousands and millions of people”
― tracey emin, strangeland
(stib / mvib line 2, troon – kunst-wet, brüssel)
(for lucile’s photo rehab 101)
*video shot with iphone 5, edited in imovie, no moving parts*
“get a little bit of bourbon in ya
get a little bit suburban and go crazy”
– lana del rey, cruel world
bottle shop, brugge
(for justine’s tea time #10 and for lucile’s photo101rehab)
*shot with nikon d700, nikkor 85mm f/1.8 lens at f/5 and 1/100s, edited in lightroom cc and color ex pro 4, bleach bypass filter applied, put your little red party dress on*
“it seems to me that the rain is falling through my heart and causing it to crumble into ruins”
― gustave flaubert
andy was once, by the rain, impressed
he wasn't yet dressed
he whipped out his phone
stifled a moan
and, this video, is being, processed
derelict factory, birminghamstraat, molenbeek
(for lucile degodoy’s photo 101 rehab)
*video shot with iphone 5, edited in imovie, singing in the rain optional desirable*
“there are no facts, only interpretations”
― friedrich nietzsche
(tram maintenance workshop, edingenstraat, molenbeek)
(for tech of the month – point of view via lucile’s photo 101 rehab and perelincolors)
*shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 16-35mm f/4 lens at 19mm, 1/800s at f/4, edited in lightroom 5 with full contrast and structure filter applied in silver efex pro2, the trams missed me*
“christmas and easter can be subjects for poetry, but good friday, like auschwitz, cannot. the reality is so horrible it is not surprising that people should have found it a stumbling block to faith”
begraafplaats van laken, brüssel
(for lucile’s photo 101 rehab)
*shot with nikon d700, nikkor 16-35mm f/4 lens set at 35mm, 1/125s and f/5.6, edited in lightroom 5, silver efex pro2 with full contrast and structure filter applied and with double exposure filter overlaid in analog efex pro 2, stumbling blocks a plenty*
“though not dead
I know how the flowers felt”
― robert frost
when time stands still
and the drops hang still
time to take a pill?
(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – ephemeral)
(and for lucile’s photo rehab)
*shot with nikon d700, nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens, 1/125 sec, f/5.0, edited in lightroom 5 and analog efex pro 2, multilens filter applied*
ephemeral on belgradestreets
ephemeral on andytownend
ephemeral on belgianstreets
(more) ephemeral on belgianstreets
“happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony”
― mahatma gandhi
Statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Parc Marie-José, Joseph Baecklaan, 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean.
I will not attempt to add words to those of this inspirational man.
How could I?
(for lucile’s photo rehab)
*shot with nikon d700, nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens, iso 200, 1/200 sec at f/7.1, an experiment in posting a photo with no edits*
critical clouds
seagulls swirl, screech in the sky
sun shall shine
(for lucile’s photo rehab)
(shot with nikon d700, nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens, edited in lightroom 5 and analog efex pro 2, toy camera filter applied, need to laugh)
*please forgive my violent spelling
belgianstreets 