Historical places close to where you live - show off yours !

[Annna T]

Hi Lisa,

Yes this is the place ! Thanks for your kind words. Glad you appreciated the place and the icecreams.. although we are better known for our cheese and cheese meals and even more for our wines. But after all, Italy where the best icecreams are made is only two hours away from there.

Hi Rafael,

Thanks for your kind words, yes, I've been very lucky to find a home with a view.

I've now been able to look at your pictures (they wouldn't load up yesterday, I could only get their titles..) and they are wonderfull. I liked the Grand Place in Bruxelles (the one taken at a 7mm focal length) and the Beguinage in Brugges, especially the pictures with the yellow dafodils. Bruxelles brought back good memories of Gueuse, Krieg and other beers I had the occasion to taste there in typical brasseries. From Bruxelles, I do also remember a lot of very nice "hôtels particuliers dans le style art nouveau" (not sure how to translate that in English).

Michiel,

Thanks for your appreciation. I'm now living here all the year, so I have all the time I want to look for special light and weather conditions.

 

[seakayaker]

I have enjoyed the photos throughout this thread and thought I would give it a little nudge . . . . . .

The Smith Tower
( . . . . . or view of the top twelve floors)
Constucted between 1911 - 1914 and when completed it was 42 stories high (522 feet/ 159 meters) tall and considered one of the tallest skyscrapers in the world outside of New York City. The tower has 2314 windows and they can all be opened. http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/BuildingDetail/579.php

GF1 with Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 90mm f/2.8 -- ISO 100 -- f/2.8 -- 1/2000 -- 90mm


Life is Grand!

Dan
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[f6cvalkyrie]

Last weekend, I was in Ostend and visited the Mercator, a school vessel from many years ago !

More about this ship here :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_(ship)

These are the pics I want to share with you :

All with G1 and 7-14mm lens
RAW conversion with Silkypix
PP with Corel Paintshop Pro Photo X2

C U,
Rafael
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[seakayaker]

Rafael, Beautiful Photographs of the S/V Mercator!

Thanks for posting!

Life is Grand!

Dan
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[Leica 77]

Rafael, Beautiful Photographs of the S/V Mercator!
Thanks for posting!
Life is Grand!
Dan
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+1. Lovely images of the S/V Mercator. :thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:

 

[f6cvalkyrie]

More than a year has gone by, but we still visit historical places in our country.

Here's an appetizer for a series I shot last weekend in Leuven, in the Grand Béguinage. That place is on the Unesco World Heritage listing.

The whole series is here :

http://s643.photobucket.com/albums/uu153/f6cvalkyrie/GrandBeguinageLeuven/

C U,
Rafael
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[woodmancy]

I really like the way you have carried that processing through the entire series, Raf. It suits the subject very well

Keith

 

[Tesselator]

The two medieval castles right before sunset :

and after sunset :

On a foggy winter day :

by night :

early winter morning :

Time for breakfast! :

in black and white :

Awesome set! Your camera has killer bracketing functions!

 

[f6cvalkyrie]

Today, not exactly a historical place, but a historical activity : steam powered trains !

We have a historical railroad trajectory in Mariembourg, that we visited last saturday, and here's an impression !

More here :

http://s643.photobucket.com/albums/uu153/f6cvalkyrie/excursion botte du hainaut/

Shot with the G1 and 7-14, 14-45 and 45-200mm Panny lenses
Edited in Lightroom using the Silver, Color and HDR Efex plugins from NIK

Looking forward to your comments,
Rafael

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[Thor Lidasan]

Statue of Liberty, New York City

with E-P1 + Leica Elmar 135mm F/4:

with E-P1 + Canon FD 200mm F/2.8:

 

[Glenn]

Edinburgh Castle

Linlithgow Palace, birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots

 

[f6cvalkyrie]

Great places and great shots, Thor and Glenn !
Thanks for joining in.

C U
Rafael

 

[f6cvalkyrie]

Spring has arrived, and we started visiting historical places again
Last Sunday, we were in Tournai (Doornik).
Here's a few pics !

(the 5 towers of Notre Dame Cathedral)

(stained glass)

(the roofs of Tournai and the Cathedral)

(Cloth hall)

C U,
Rafael
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[f6cvalkyrie]

Reviving my old thread, since we visited another historical place yesterday.

We were at the "Orval" Monastery, that some of you might know for it's beer and cheese as well.

This is how the place looks ...

Have a nice day,
Rafael
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[Glenn]

More Edinburgh Castle

 

[jlm]

Freedom Tower on site of world trade towers; by now the exterior is complete; about six blocks from my home in nyc

 

[f6cvalkyrie]

Another Monastery, well know for its beer and cheese : Maredsous

C U,
Rafael
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[lnhgerval3ab]

New York City

 

[f6cvalkyrie]

Mardasson in Bastogne, a monument to remember the victims of the Battle of the Bulge ...
Battle of the Bulge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

5-shot HDR with Oly E-M5, edited in HDR Efex 2

C U,
Rafael​

 

[gandolfi]

Rachael, I always enjoy a good look at your interesting architecture in Belgium.
Gandolfi.