“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*
“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*
“what a strange thing!
to be alive
beneath cherry blossoms”
― kobayashi issa
(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 16-35mm f/4 lens, edited in lightroom 5, added camera vivid v4 setting, spring appears to have commenced*
“yes,” said eeyore,
“one of those would be just the thing
thank you, pooh”
― a.a. milne, the house at pooh corner
afloat, i let my mind drift
the ground below me, afloat
afloat, i needed not a lift
but oh my, how could my chair be
afloat
(henegouwenkaai, molenbeek)
(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – afloat)
afloat on belgradestreets
afloat with andytownend
“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*
“there is a place in the heart that
will never be filled
and
we will wait
and
wait
in that space”
– charles bukowski
shouldn’t we care more
about those
who go
before?
(derelict columbarium, begraafplaats van molenbeek)
(for lucile’s photo 101 rehab)
*shot with nikon d700, nikkor 16-35mm f/4 lens, all images shot at f/4, edited in lightroom 5, wet plate filter 9 applied in analog efex pro 2, wondering why they have been left like this*
“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
“we only pass everything by
like a transposition of air”
― rainer maria rilke, duino elegies
childish screams of joy
oh for that long lost toy
the look in her eyes
as she rocked her thighs
remember the sighs?
(childrens’ playground, marie-josépark, molenbeek)
(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – ephemeral)
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*
“every person has their own colour”
― haruki murakami, colorless tsukuru tazaki and his years of pilgrimage
splashed red in the park
no more the childlike cries of joy
still red, in the dark?
(marie-josépark, molenbeek)
(for justine’s eclectic corner #8, and as instructed, no filters applied)
belgianstreets 