Less is MoRe

I've been short of inspiration the past few weeks. That said, I like this shot that I took last Tuesday in Museum MoRe in Gorssel. The combination of stairs and roof patterns, flipped, makes for a nice abstract.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal length: 8.4 mm
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO speed: 100
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Chains in Seimur en Auxois

As usual, I can't pass by an opportunity for a chains shot, which I'll use in the links section of my main blog.

Camera: Nikon D7000 with Nikkor 18-300 mm lens handheld
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal length: 120 mm
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO speed: 400
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Autumn pipe in Seimur en Auxois

A recent trip to the Burgundy region of France did not yield lots of good shots - but I like this autumn study.

Camera: Nikon D7000 with Nikkor 18-300 mm lens handheld
Aperture: f/5.3
Focal length: 56.0 mm
Exposure time: 1/320
ISO speed: 400
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Bourtange chains

A visit to Bourtange (in the province of Groningen, near the German border) a few weeks ago yielded another chains shot for my blog.

Camera: Nikon D7000 with Nikkor 18-300 mm lens handheld
Aperture: f/9.0
Focal length: 38.0 mm
Exposure time: 1/320
ISO speed: 400
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Jailhouse rocks again

Back to the prison, a similar shot as the first one, but with different local lighting conditions.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO speed: 800
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Float on

There was plenty of activity in the city centre of Leeuwarden, possibly connected to the start of the academic year. Here are a few of scores of people navigating along the city canals, standing on little boats.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/500
ISO speed: 400
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Bicycle art

A detail of a larger sculpture of a bicycle, constructed from rusty bicycle parts. We encountered this one in the prison yard.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO speed: 200
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Jailhouse rocks

One of the highlights of the trip to Leeuwarden was our first visit to the old prison, which is now used as hotel and office space, while preserving many of the aspects of its original purpose.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/20
ISO speed: 500
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Leeuwarden lineplay

First in a series of shots I took during a day-trip to Leeuwarden last week. This one was shot inside an art piece on the side walk, aiming up (and not being able to see the picture about to be taken). I like the asymmetry in this shot.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/10.0
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/320
ISO speed: 200
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

More Deventer umbrellas

Another take on the subject of decorative street umbrellas in Deventer that I first posted about last week (link).

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/11.0
Focal length: 7.1 mm
Exposure time: 1/320
ISO speed: 200
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Preparing sails

Another example of a volunteer depicting an old profession in the Enkhuizen Zuiderzee Museum, in this case the making of sails. Very appropriate for the museum/s subject.

Camera: Nikon D7000 with Nikkor 18-300 mm lens handheld
Aperture: f/4.2
Focal length: 30.0 mm
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO speed: 720
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Outside the classroom

One of many highlights of the Zuiderzee Museum Enkhuizen is the old village school. Outside the classroom was space for the children to leave their wooden shoes. A lovely sight.

Camera: Nikon D7000 with Nikkor 18-300 mm lens handheld
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal length: 28.0 mm
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO speed: 4000
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Making barrels

One of many special displays in the Enkhuizen Zuiderzee Museum, depicting professions of a century ago. They are manned by expert volunteers rather than mannequins.

Camera: Nikon D7000 with Nikkor 18-300 mm lens handheld
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal length: 28.0 mm
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO speed: 900
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Nets

Not surprisingly, fishing and all its attributes play an important role in the Zuiderzee Museum in Enkhuizen. I like the abstract feeling of this shot of fishing nets, with its contrasts of circular and linear shapes.

Camera: Nikon D7000 with Nikkor 18-300 mm lens handheld
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal length: 18.0 mm
Exposure time: 1/250
ISO speed: 400
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Zuiderzee chains

Of course, a setting like the Zuiderzee Museum in Enkhuizen offers plenty of opportunities for chains shots - that I continue to require for my art blog.

Camera: Nikon D7000 with Nikkor 18-300 mm lens handheld
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal length: 155.0 mm
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO speed: 400
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Canvas abstraction

A zoom in on a canvas sail of a boat moored in a canal in the Zuiderzee Museum Enkhuizen. I liked the combination of curves and colours.

Camera: Nikon D7000 with Nikkor 18-300 mm lens handheld
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal length: 78.0 mm
Exposure time: 1/250
ISO speed: 400
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Three smoky eyes

Last week we visited the Zuiderzee Museum in Enkhuizen. The first thing you see when you come off the boat is this collection of calciantion ovens. I went for black and white to create a vintage effect.

Camera: Nikon D7000 with Nikkor 18-300 mm lens handheld
Aperture: f/11.0
Focal length: 24.0 mm
Exposure time: 1/500
ISO speed: 400
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Deventer umbrellas

A shot I took on a day trip to nearby Deventer last week, where in some of the streets they had hung scores of umbrellas to liven up the place. Successfully.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/13.0
Focal length: 10.3 mm
Exposure time: 1/320
ISO speed: 250
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Storage

The same church in Ahaus, but a different wall and shot from a different perspective. as in the previous shot, the conversion to black and white is almost an obligation in shots like this.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/5.0
Focal length: 15.2 mm
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO speed: 100
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Ahaus chain

Just another chain shot for the Links section of my art blog.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/320
ISO speed: 400
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Through the looking glass - Van Gogh

Maybe a once-off, maybe the first of a series. This is van Gogh's famous painting Wheatfield with crows (as seen on my laptop), photographed through the bottom of a whisky glass for a surreal effect.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO speed: 320
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Obstruction

A photographic souvenir from a day trip to the German city of Ahaus, just across the border. This is a detail shot of the side of the local church - a fascinating combination of an old tower and a modern church.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/1250
ISO speed: 100
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Up to the roof

An alternative take on the modern organ in the Elburg museum that was depicted before in this site (link).

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/25
ISO speed: 400
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Doremifasolla

Last week we visited the organ museum in nearby Elburg. An array of organ pipes always makes for a nice shot.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO speed: 250
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Piping

Last Thursday we visited the organ museum in nearby Elburg. This display of stacked organ pipes caught my eye,.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal length: 23.9 mm
Exposure time: 1/10
ISO speed: 800
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Organ sonata in the modern style

Last Thursday we visited the organ museum in nearby Elburg. A lovely experience, and I was particularly impressed by this colourful modern organ. With these lines and colours, the shot becomes quite abstract.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal length: 8.9 mm
Exposure time: 1/20
ISO speed: 500
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Bolsward in ruins

Earlier this week we went on a day trip to nearby Friesland, visiting inter alia the city of Bolsward. We've been to these church ruins before, but the beautiful weather made for better shots than in the past. I like how the shadows on the floor break the symmetry.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/800
ISO speed: 100
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

On target

The fifth (and last) in a series of art abstractions that I shot last month in the Kampen City museum. All are details of three dimensional art works by Sibyl Heijnen.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/40
ISO speed: 125
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Morphing

The fourth in a series of art abstractions that I shot last month in the Kampen City museum. All are details of three dimensional art works by Sibyl Heijnen.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO speed: 800
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Fire and ice

The third in a series of art abstractions that I shot a few days ago in the Kampen City museum. All are details of three dimensional art works by Sibyl Heijnen.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/13
ISO speed: 800
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Collision

The second in a series of art abstractions that I shot a few days ago in the Kampen City museum. All are details of three dimensional art works by Sibyl Heijnen.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO speed: 200
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Hiding the blues

The first in a series of art abstractions that I shot a few days ago in the Kampen City museum. All are details of three dimensional art works by Sibyl Heijnen.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/13
ISO speed: 800
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Full colours

Another shot of the Kampen Full Color Festival. A sign reflected in the water of the park's pond.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/7.0
Focal length: 54 mm
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO speed: 400
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Umbrellas

Another shot from the Full Color Festival in Kampen last weekend. The use of umbrellas as decoration in the sky is not new, but it worked well here.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal length: 8.7 mm
Exposure time: 1/640
ISO speed: 100
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Levitation

Another shot from the Kampen Full Color Festival. This art piece, flipped upside down, makes for an interesting shot.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal length: 23.3 mm
Exposure time: 1/500
ISO speed: 125
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

HeLP!

It's been over two months since I last posted here - hardly took any pictures and none I was satisfied with. Last weekend's Full Color festival in Kampen changed this, and I'll post a few the coming days. This is from an art piece consisting of scores of LP records hung as a display. Art or vandalism?

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO speed: 200
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Chains of gold

One more for the links section of my art blog. This is a detail of an art piece on display during the Kampen Art Route last weekend.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal length: 9.4 mm
Exposure time: 1/50
ISO speed: 250
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

So blue

An art abstraction - a close-up of a ceramic art piece on display during the Kampen Art Route last weekend.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal length: 9.4 mm
Exposure time: 1/50
ISO speed: 250
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Blue Monday

OK, just one more. For the time being the last in the CoolArt series, shooting reflections of my wife's colourful paintings in an aluminium cool bag (or a crumpled foil).

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO speed: 200
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Elburg chains

Just another chains shot for my art blog. This is in Elburg, just outside the historical centre of the town.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/40
ISO speed: 200
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Gems

Another shot in the CoolArt series, shooting reflections of my wife's colourful paintings in an aluminium cool bag (or a crumpled foil).

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO speed: 400
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Anger

This abstract is a detail of a weathered door used for a fitting room in an Elburg fashion store. Always good to have something to do while my wife is fitting clothes.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO speed: 400
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Elburg - as in olden days

A rather severe cold - still not fully gone - made me uninterested to take photographs for the past two weeks until yesterday. When we visited the nearby Hanseatic city of Elburg, I shot a few. This one was given a sepia treatment to mimic old images.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/800
ISO speed: 200
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Sedimentation

Back to the Cool-Art project. I shot this in our gallery with the Nikon mirror reflex camera, rather than the Canon point-and-shooter.

Camera: Nikon D7000 (Nikkor 18-300 mm) handheld
Aperture: f/5.3
Focal length: 50.4 mm
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO speed: 500
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Parcours

Another take on the Isala Hospital in Zwolle, a modern architecture building with colourful windows. This one reminds me of a steeple chase parcours.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/5.0
Focal length: 13.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/80
ISO speed: 100
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Hospital windows

I snapped this one yesterday outside the Isala Hospital in Zwolle, a modern architecture building with colourful windows.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal length: 29.9 mm
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO speed: 160
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Land of confusion

A third example of a "CoolArt" type shot (see previous pictures for the details about this type of photography).

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO speed: 200
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Crystallic

Another recent example of a "CoolArt" type shot (see yesterday's picture for the details about this type of photography).

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO speed: 200
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

First sign of spring

A few years ago I tried the Flickr 365 challenge - shoot and post a picture every day. To overcome bad weather days, I invented what I called "CoolArt": shooting reflections of my wife's colourful paintings in an aluminium cool bag (or a crumpled foil). I tried my hand on this once more this weekend, and I liked the result.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/50
ISO speed: 400
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Hanging lights

A short trip to Harderwijk last Thursday yielded this shot. A fascinating light installation at the ceiling of a restaurant in the centre of town.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal length: 5.8 mm
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO speed: 200
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0