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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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mundane metro

“if they think at all–that these things are too obvious to think about, just as I used to do (or not do)”

― haruki murakami, the wind-up bird chronicle

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park metro station, brüssel

(inspired by mara eastern’s just thursday blog hop)

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changing (seasons) #04

“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*

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tea party (with bond)

“champagne and benzedrine
never again”
― ian fleming, moonraker

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bubbling over

over coming

not all over

over, to you

come

on

over

(for justine’s tea party #9)

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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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walking with the dead (again)

“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*

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basiliek

“is man merely a mistake of god’s?
or god merely a mistake of man?”
― friedrich nietzsche

once more, I have no words

(nationale basiliek van het heilig hart te koekelberg, brüssel)


*shot with nikon d700, nikkor 16-35mm lens, all at f/4, some cropped in lightroom 5, otherwise no edits, faith no more*

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blur

“watch the world spinning gently out of time”

– lyrics from “out of time” by blur

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empty table, street in gent

(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – blur)

blur on andytownend

blur on belgradestreets