There are several things I like here. The whole image is quite blurry, as if looking through one's eyelashes, but the image is still quite strong. I like the road, its curve and its sudden disappearance. You could compare it to life, but that's a bit cheap of course. I also like the texture of the heath, which is like a woolly mammoth. But most of all I like the way the long lens emphasises the height diffrences, which, being in the Netherlands is still very modest here: some 60 meters. On the horizon is home: Deventer, one hour of cycling to go. Well, that is if there are no intervening photo-opps.

In the winter of 2008 I did a lot of scanning of old slide positives and colour negatives. The negatives proved to be in good shape, but the slides lost some colour and clarity during the two decades. However, I did find quite a number of old images that were interesting enough to scan and share on Pbase. I converted most of the slides to B&W in photoshop. This is one of my favourites from the resulting European Wanderings gallery. The strong contrasts and old style railway setting create a vintage atmosphere that I like. More than now, in 1986 travelling in Europe was also travelling in time.

these were among my favourites, but as I list only 36 of them in my main favourites gallery I moved those that don't make it to the very top anymore here.