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rule of thirds

“there are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse”

– carlos ruiz zafón

hold on tight

hold on tight

only one life
no second chances
rule of
thirds
does not
apply
?

for wordpress weekly photo challenge, rule of thirds

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wired heart

“it began in the selfish and cruel wish to make your heart ache for me without letting mine ache for you”

― thomas hardy, jude the obscure

captivated?

captivated?

cold streets

window treats

cruel

fool?

(for lucile’s The Clinic – Photo Rehab)

*shot with nikon d700, (over) edited with aperture 3, photoshop cc (layers and lots of button pressing), color efex pro 4, window shopping in elsene, cold heart*

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(a)symmetry

“to banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality”

– john ruskin

(a)symmetry

(a)symmetry

why

wired

in

when

you

could, be

free?

(hector denisstraat, elsene)

(for wordpress weekly photo challenge, symmetry)

(and lucile’s The Clinic – Photo Rehab)

*shot with nikon d700, edited in aperture 3, analog efex pro 2, double exposure filter and silver efex pro 2, life in transition, building site*

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scale

“dolls with no little girls around to mind them were sort of creepy under any conditions”

― stephen king, desperation

scaled down people

scaled down people

scale(d) down

versions of

us

what do they

think,

when they

blink?

(street market, leopoldplein, elsene)

(for wordpress weekly photo challenge, scale and lucile’s the clinic – photo rehab)

*shot with iphone5, edited in aperture 3 and analog efex pro 2, double exposure filter applied, distorted take on challenge*

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view (from)

“there are a dozen views about everything until you know the answer, then there’s never more than one”

― c. s. lewis, that hideous strength

(new) rooftops

(new) rooftops

gritty, urban

views

scudding clouds

not

suburban

dues

(rooftop, birminghamstraat, molenbeek)

(for lucile’s photo101rehab)

*shot with iphone5, edited with aperture 3, analog efex pro, wet plate filter, new horizons*

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(seeing) double

“besides, I seemed to hold two lives – the life of thought, and that of reality”

― charlotte brontë, villette

hold, that

thought

is it

what you

thought

or maybe

you, ought?

(for lucile’s photo101rehab)

*shot with iphone5, edited with aperture 3, analog efex pro, double exposure feature, blurred vision*

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protect (me) revealed

“i want something else now, something warm and sheltering, something I can turn to, regardless of what I do, regardless of who I become, something that will just be there, always, like tomorrow’s sky”

― kazuo ishiguro, when we were orphans

preservatif

preservatif

protect and survive

protect and survive

justine recently challenged us to present a photo and invite you to guess what it is.

My entry, the photo is featured above, was protect (me)

My photo was a cropped image of a large mural, painted on a wall in a narrow street in the heart of Brüssel, near the Grote Markt, I am not sure of the exact story but it does speak about gay rights, solidarity, and preservatifs (condoms). So, I thought it fitted the theme set by Justine quite snugly?

It was fun to see you guessing what it might be:

Justine thought it might be a cardboard home, a shelter for people on the street. Not a bad guess in some ways.

Mara felt it implied a room of one’s own. If a room of one’s own offers protection then that would also be a good guess.

desleyjane was intrigued by an artifact in the corner and then figured it was a book cover, well the cover part came close I guess?

Albert amusingly thought it might be graffiti on an airplane, and also thought he saw a fingerprint. I’m wondering what he was drinking or smoking?

(for justine’s eclectic corner , guessing game #4)

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express (yourself)

“some things are hard to write about…
something happens to you…
at any rate, you never write it quite the way you want to”

― sylvia plath, the unabridged journals

fingered

fingered

do you

sometimes

have you

at times

wanted to

and

could, you?

(window shopping, brüssel)

*iphone5, edited in aperture 3 and analog efex pro 2, wetplate filter, finger raised in anger*

(for wordpress weekly photo challenge, express yourself, and lucile’s photo101rehab)

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unbound

“the sacred pint alone can unbind the tongue”

― james joyce, ulysses

brewed bottled brüssel

brewed bottled brüssel

bound

unbound

beer

what fear

you,

dear?

(for justine’s latest tea party and lucile’s photo101 rehab clinic #2)

*shot with nikon d700, 50mm f/1.4 lens, edited in aperture 3, analog efex pro 2 with wet plate filter, beers lined up*

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grime in the corner

“he who has a garden and a library wants for nothing”

― marcus tullius cicero

caught short

caught short

urban grime

grit and crime

boy in the

corner

taking his

time

(garden in rue hector denis, ixelles, brüssel)

(for lucile’s photo101 rehab clinic #2)

*shot with nikon d700, 50mm f/1.4 lens, edited in aperture 3, analog efex pro 2 with wet plate filter, fake mannekin pis(sing) in corner*