‘life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes*
don’t resist them
that only creates sorrow
let reality be reality
let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like’
― lao tzu

coked

contra’d

dropped

trampled

dumped

extended

numbered (77)

barred

locked

pressed

spotted

blowed

abandoned

clouded

pruned

(birminghamstraat, molenbeek)

(for the monthly photo challenge named the changing seasons, which runs from the 7th to the 15th day of each month throughout the year, hosted by Cardinal Guzman and also for Lucile’s photo101rehab)

shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens slightly tweaked in lightroom cc, change is the only constant** 

*eminem – going through changes (official music video) via youtube

**heraclitus of ephesos

‘and the trees are stripped bare
of all they wear
what do I care’

lyrics from october by U2

graffiti parking

pole crossing

empty seating

wet railing

seventyseven surviving

paid parking

green crossing

framed building

still growing

balcony dripping

brasserie lighting

canon tipping

leaves falling

wet crossing

wheel leaning

leaves cascading

(birminghamstraat, molenbeek)

(for the monthly photo challenge named the changing seasons, which runs from the 7th to the 15th day of each month throughout the year, hosted by Cardinal Guzman)

*shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens slightly cropped in lightroom cc with added “punch”, oh, and i do care really, a lot* 

‘summer has come and passed
the innocent can never last
wake me up when september ends’
– lyrics from wake me up when september ends, by green day

gekleurd

finished

converged

contre(d)

browned

barred

demolished

hidden (seventyseven)

emptied

greened

crossed

fenced

reflected

gated

framed

(birminghamstraat, molenbeek)

(for the monthly photo challenge named the changing seasons, which runs from the 7th to the 15th day of each month throughout the year, hosted by Cardinal Guzman)

*shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens slightly cropped in lightroom cc with added “punch”, oh, and wake me up when it’s over* 

“a fellow is more afraid of the trouble he might have than he ever is of the trouble he’s already got”
― william faulkner, light in august

demolitions

barriers

windows

berries

rages

leaves

grasses

seventy seven

footsteps

directions

(birminghamstraat, molenbeek)

(for the monthly photo challenge named the changing seasons, which runs from the 7th to the 15th day of each month throughout the year, hosted by Cardinal Guzman)

*shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 16-35mm f/4 lens all at f/4, slightly cropped in lightroom cc, august already

“summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance”
– yoko ono

new lights

coked

closed

cycled

seventyseven

dried

barred

(birminghamstraat, molenbeek)

(for the monthly photo challenge named the changing seasons, which runs from the 7th to the 15th day of each month throughout the year, hosted by Cardinal Guzman)

*shot with iphone 5, slightly cropped in lightroom cc, summer struggling

“…the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind”
― friedrich nietzsche

(birminghamstraat, molenbeek)

(for the monthly photo challenge named the changing seasons, which runs from the 7th to the 15th day of each month throughout the year, hosted by Cardinal Guzman)

*shot with nikon d700, nikkor 70-200mm f/4 lens, tweaked in lightroom 5, summer coming*

“love like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with a soaking joy”
― paulo coelho

(birminghamstraat, molenbeek)

(for the monthly photo challenge named the changing seasons, which runs from the 7th to the 15th day of each month throughout the year, hosted by Cardinal Guzman) 

*shot with nikon d700, nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens, (not) edited in lightroom 5, and yes, it rains a bit in belgië*

“they always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself”

― andy warhol

barred

growing

closed

seventy seven

mirrored

rage

locked

binned

chased

three men

chased me down the

street

for taking these shots

all was sweet

when they, realised

my focus was the street

and that I was not

politie

(for the monthly photo challenge named the changing seasons, which will run from the 7th to the 15th day of the month throughout the year, hosted by Cardinal Guzman)