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photography101: weekend three two

“And a sentimentalist, my dear Darlington, is a man who sees an absurd value in everything, and doesn’t know the market place of any single thing.”

– Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan

Not really sure about these.

Woke at four am with an idea.

Why not take a shot of a coin with the EU Parliament building in the background?

Not that hard to try, as the EU Parliament is right outside the window.

The scariest part of this (apart from the fact that I am dreaming of posts for #photo101)?

What if that euro coin fell off and landed on some poor soul’s head from the ninth floor?

If that had happened, I wouldn’t be writing this.

Penny euro for your thoughts?

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photography101: weekend three

“There’s a red house over yonder,
That’s where my baby stays…”

– Jimi Hendrix

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wafels
faces
history
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flowers
room for two

My homework for the weekend #photo101.

Monochromium Atomium.

With a dash of red.

(Atomium Brussel)

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This trip was supposed to be to the top of Parking 58 which offers the best views across the rooftops of Brussel.

A locked gate bent me out of shape – angular

So, I grabbed this shot, and wondered if I would ever use it.

And, now, I have.

My contribution to this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge from The Daily Post at WordPress.

ps – you may also like to checkout my angular post on belgradestreets too…

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photography101: (re)swarm

“…All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?”

– Eleanor Rigby, The Beatles

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photography101: swarm

“Every select man strives instinctively for a citadel and a privacy, where he is free from the crowd, the many, the majority…”

― Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

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Mini-Europe, Bruparck, Brussel

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photography101: mo(ve)ment

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I approach the gate, there is a jolt.

Everything shifts, changes.

Nothing feels the same.

Mo(ve)ment.

(Centraal station, Brussel)

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photography101: architecture

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Today’s challenge was to present architecture in mono.

Faced with a hectic day, the temptation to dig out an archive shot was strong, I have a large collection of such shots.

But…I wanted to enter into the spirit of things!

So, before leaving for work this morning, I stepped out into the rain and grabbed this grainy shot of the EU Parliament with my iPhone and then edited it with Silver Efex Pro.

I have featured this building, which is right outside my front door, in other posts and will again.

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photography101: weekend two:3 (playing with light)

My last post for the weekend…I think…

I’ve had another try at time-lapse, read a lot about how to do it, and sadly have failed to apply most of what I have read – I need to work on reflections, choppy sequences, shutter speed and a zillion other things

But hey, Photo101 is about learning?

So, time for a Belgian beer to close down the evening and prepare for another week at work 😉

Sunday evening…

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photography101: weekend two:2 (playing with light)

This is the first time I have tried time lapse photography.

It seemed to fit our theme today on WordPress Photo 101.

I had a lot of fun figuring out how to do this.

As you can see, I have a little figuring to do yet 😉

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photography101: weekend two (play with light)

This is my response to the weekend “homework” on the WordPress Photo 101 course.

Today’s theme is “playing with light”.

I am thrilled by this challenge because for a while now I have snapped the sky through the window of my apartment and tweeted it…

So, with a few extra snaps from today, I have played with light to show you the sky over Elsene in the heart of Brussel.

Follow me on twitter @andytownend if you’d like to see the light keep changing 😉

Oh, and as a ps, if you hit refresh in your browser the image in the main circle will change…

NaBloPoMo 15 of 30 – photography101:weekend two