Category: 2014

Austrian panorama view

Austrian panorama views are amazing!

This picture was shot during a holiday in Tannheim in Austria. It just shows that those Austrian panorama views are amazing! I really like the mountains and living in The Netherlands does not give me that opportunity. That is why I always want to go on holidays in areas with mountains. That day we made…
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Pine tree needles

Pine tree needles

This picture was shot on the Holterberg in the east part of The Netherlands (see map). I really like to go for an early walk and see the forest wake-up. It is such a tranquil time of the day. No other people, winds are mostly lower during the morning, less sound everywhere and those droplets…
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Lightning over Wassenaar

Lightning over Wassenaar, The Netherlands

The lightning bolt flashed through the air to the ground in Wassenaar.[/caption] During a storm in The Netherlands, this lightning bolt went down from the sky to the ground in Wassenaar. I managed to capture it from the safe location of my appartment in The Hague. This picture was shot at night during a storm…
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Sunset @ Hoofddorp Train Station

Just an ordinary sunset

This picture was shot when I was waiting for the train at the Hoofddorp train station in The Netherlands. It was after work when all the commuters were waiting for the train to come. In other words, it is always such a dull moment. However at that day, the sun was setting in the Southern…
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Saigon Central Post Office Panorama

Roof Panorama of the Saigon Post Office

This picture was shot during our holidays in Vietnam. It is the Central Post Office in Saigon (Bưu Điện Trung Tâm Thành Phố); A grand 19th century post office in the middle of the center of the Ho Chi Minh city. It is situated near the Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica, the city’s cathedral. The building was…
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Calm lake with small boats

Tranquility lake

This picture was shot in August 2014 when I was on a holiday to Tannheim in Austria. Tannheim is such a beautiful place in Austria and it gives me total relaxation. I have been there now four times and each time it amazes me. In the valley south of the village of Tannheim, there is…
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Glass ceiling

Look up to the sky

This picture was shot in Oktober 2014 when I visited the European Union Aviation Safety Agency in Cologne, Germany. At that moment, they were still housed in their old building on the Deutz side of the city. Now they are located just north of the city center. The entrance of that “old” building is a…
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Thunderclouds and lightning in the sky

Thunder and lightning

This picture was shot [again] from my appartment in The Hague. In the middle of the night at 04:30 when a lightning show passed my window in 2014. That night was crazy with thunder and lightning! I already made this shot from an earlier blogpost in that same night (at 01:00) So I still had…
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Sunrise over a misty meadow

Sunrise over the meadow with clouds

This picture was shot [again] from my appartment in The Hague. It just gives me this great view over the meadows between Den Haag en Leiden. That morning, the sun was fighting the clouds and the groundmist was floating around over the meadows. The color in the sky was mesmerizing! The blues near me and…
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Long exposure fair shot

At the fair

This picture was shot at the fair in Bathmen, The Netherlands in September 2014. During the day and thus in sunlight, I made some shots of the fair, however when I saw the pictures at home, I was not happy with the shots. There was no movement in them. And that is the essence of…
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