Our Lady of the Metro

With my vivid imagination I picture some sort of juvenile delinquent stalking vertical surfaces with a duffel bag of spray cans in the middle of the night. But what kind of delinquent breaks the law to embellish walls with Christian symbols!?

A Touch of Blue

There's not much blue to be found in the skies these days, so I have to look for it elsewhere. I would have preferred a dose of yellow, but that color is tougher to find.

Blue Glenda │ Sony RX1 │ 35mm F2.5 1/100s ISO100

Some of you may have noticed my new blog format. It's intended to make the photos more dominant as these are supposed to be the focus of this site. By removing the side bar, the site's look will be more consistent across the various platforms (mobile and desktop). Hopefully there won't be too many teething problems...

Royal Ride

No, we weren't able to get on this tram, it seemed to be reserved for more important people than ourselves. But the weather was more suited to cycling anyway.

Café Careen

The RX1 is very quiet; nobody hears the shutter being released, even at close quarters. I'd still be noticed though if I were to spend a lot of time composing the shot perfectly, so I didn't. This is very much a spontaneous shot that I took among some of the other patrons waiting in front of the counter. It's a bit raw with a dangerous list to the left, but captures the atmosphere.

Split White

I've taken photos of this corner before, but never when the sun's rays where split evenly down both sides of the building. It's almost as if the bow is pushing forward through an ocean of photons.

Against the Grid

A Change of Scenery

Normally this time of the year, I'm outside reveling in the return of warmer weather. Not so this year with uncomfortably cold winds still blowing out of the east. The wind made it feel so cold that we sought refuge in the art gallery's warm interiors.

Among the Flowers │ Sony RX1 │ 35mm F2.0 1/80s ISO1250

Purple Rain Part 2

Pretty soon a purple stain will spread into one of the city's numerous canals.

Purple Rain Part 1

It's too bad I wasn't able to see the event which left this landscape in its wake. I suspect that some sort of protection for the camera would have been in order though.

More photos to come...

Purple Drain │ Sony RX1 │ 35mm F5.6 1/160s ISO100

Mechanical Guardian

Postage Stamp Headlights │ GF2 + Carl Zeiss C Sonnar T* 50mm F1.5 ZM │ 50mm F4.0 1/500s│ ISO100

Divergent Circles

Here are two very different views of the same object. One is a semblance of reality, the other a distorted abstraction. In the first image light leaks around the back of the object, in the second image it is blasted by the sun.

Blasted Abstraction │ GF2 + Lumix 7-14mm F4.0 │ 7mm F4.0 1/500s ISO100

In a final image the object is no longer the center of attention.

Transient Reality │ GF2 + Nikkor-P 105mm F2.5 │ 105mm F5.6 1/2000s ISO100

Back in Amsterdam

There's no better way to prove that I'm back in Amsterdam than showing a photo with bicycles in it. The girl stopped to do some texting is causing a little obstruction. It's still much better than the alternative of texting while cycling one handed, which is more common.

Now that I'm back home, I have a lot of photos from London to sort through. I'll be posting more images from my collection over the coming days.

Dramatic EYE

I've taken photos of the EYE Film Museum before, but the light was never this good. I took some photos with my lovely RX1, but nothing can beat an ultra wide angle for this building. The dramatic perspective accentuates the acute angles and the building seems as if it's counting down to take off.

Splitting │ GF2 + Lumix 7-14mm F4.0 │ 7mm F4.0 1/80s ISO100

Writing Surface

There was no hiding the fact that I was photographing these two: they were coming straight at me. Upon reaching the top of the steps, they asked to see the photo. I guess they liked it enough that they asked me to email them a copy. Now it was just a matter of finding a suitable writing surface to jot their address down.

Writing Surface │ Sony RX1 │ 35mm F2.0 1/80s ISO10,000

Out of Gas Part 1

Access to this pair of petrol stations was cut off after the city lowered the level of the highway. Rather than tear them down, they've been transformed into pavilions that serve a new park along the highway.

The underside of the hot pink canopy is a light installation, so coming at night is the thing to do. Stay tuned for part 2.