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broken

“part broken – part whole, you begin again”
― jeanette winterson

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(derelict factory, birminghamstraat, molenbeek)

broken
broke
bro
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(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – broken)

*shot with  nikon d700 and nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens using ISO200, f/5.6 and 1/125s, edited in lightroom cc and analog efex pro 2 with wet plate filer applied, no ball games allowed*

broken by andytownend

broken on belgradestreets

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writing (on the wall)

“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*

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raining (again)

“what am I doing here in this endless winter?” 
― franz kafka

(birminghamstraat, molenbeek)

*shot with iphone5, edited with imovie, yes it is raining again, in brüssel, imagine*

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intricate (on the metro)


(delacroix metro, molenbeek)

(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – intricate)

*shot with iphone5 and edited with snap seed, posted on the move*

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intricate

“whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting”
― haruki murakami

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(park, ninoofsesteenweg, molenbeek)

(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – intricate)

*shot with nikon d700,  nikkor  50mm f/1.4 lens, exposed at 1/200s and f/7.1, edited in lightroom cc and  silver efex pro 2 with ilford delta 3200 pro filter, should have used the real thing*

an intricate (eye) from andytownend
intricate on belgradestreets

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raining

“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*

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motion

“a sudden blow: the great wings beating still”

leda and the swan, w b yeats

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canal trip, brugge

(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – motion)

*shot with nikon d700, nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 lens at 190mm, 1/400s at f/10, edited in lightroom cc and analog efex pro 2, wet filter applied, wet wings also featured*

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afloat

“yes,” said eeyore,

one of those would be just the thing

thank you, pooh”

― a.a. milne, the house at pooh corner

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                         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

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tram (point of view)

“there are no facts, only interpretations”
― friedrich nietzsche

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(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*

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(good) friday

“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” 

― w h auden

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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*