09-FEB-2009
Too many choices
Heading home after a meeting of the photoclub I set up with some colleagues I missed the train. To kill the time I started walking towards the end of the platform. This was a sight I couldn't resist. The photoshoot earlier that evening had been hindered by pouring rain, but that same rain had made the steel of these tracks nice and shiny. It's not often that you have your tripod and and telezoom with you, so I had to take this oportunity. Unfortunately trains run very frequently in the Netherlands, so I did not have the time to experiment any further, but I will go back there!
08-NOV-2009
Our current land
This is one that I like particularly from my series called 'Our current land', depicting as simple and straight as possible the strange and often overlooked beauty of small local transformer houses. Without complaining they do their work day and night and nobody cares about them. I encountered this one not far from home when touring the bicycle on a very dull and misty day and not expecting anything interesting enough to get my camera out of my bag for. I like it because of the limited colour range and because of the colour repetition: brown floor, light grey facade, brown roof, light grey air and mist. Well see for yourself...
13-DEC-2009
the new railway station Liège Guillemins by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava
04-JUL-2008
La Grande Parade by Compagnie Off
A radiant smile from one of the actors of Compagnie Off at their Grande Parade show. These actors are trained in creating very expressive looks. I was trying to capture that, but my first try with this woman failed. She noticed, paused for a moment and ushered me to try again and make a smiling portrait of her. This time I got it all right.
04-SEP-2009
Usain Bolt wins the 200 metres in 19.57
17-MAR-2010
The gorge
I find the fibres of the tree impressive, they strongly convey the idea that this is (was) a living thing with lots going on inside. The structure is comparable to that of a piece of meat such as tuna. By the way, it is interesting to note that in English you can discern between wood and timber and between flesh and meat, which is impossible in Dutch, we just have the words 'hout' and 'vlees'.
This image is one of a series
"Into the wood", shot on a very small wood cutting site. I hoped to find something like this to dive into the detail with a new macro lens. You can really loose your mind just concentrating on a few cubic inches. Indeed, relaxing is almost a prerequisite to do this macro work: the depth of focus is so shallow that you have to move the camera back and forth millimeter by millimeter.
30-OCT-2010
preparing for halloween
After some interesting strolling through outskirts of Leipzig and riding around the city by tram I returned to the busy square on the eastern side of the old town, with the Opera, the Gewandhaus and main tram interchange. Dusk fell and the square in front of the Opera began to fill with youngsters preparing for halloween. They had carefully dressed up for this night. They would not tell precisely whether they would put up a show later that night, but were very willing to pose. In some ways it even seemed to me they were (semi-)professional actors, because they were so good at putting up faces and posing.
29-MAY-2011
Kiiyeng, Mekasha, Cherono, Ejigu, Dibaba, Defar
12-AUG-2008
Looking down
This image is dear to me, because it was shot during a very fine clear evening in York, after a holiday in the north of England with way too much rain. I was glad I took my G9 along when we went out for dinner. I remember I was so overjoyed with the light that I completely and consciously ignored my travelling companions who wanted to move on. I was redwarded with an area a dark stone showing the York Minster reflection with extreme clarity. It made my day, photographically.