Photo 150 "2022" - pegelli

Week 48 - Architecture

Main entrance of the completely restored left caponniere of Fort 3 (Borsbeek). The rest of the Fort (main front, right caponniere and reduit) still look very much like Fort Lier (see week 47 above)

A7ii + Tamron 28-200 Di III RXD



Week 48 - Landscape

Birch forest in the Peace Wood near Bizory in the Ardennes, visiting veterans of the US forces that fought in the December 1944/January 1945 battle of the Ardennes can plant their own tree there with a little nameplate

A7ii + Tamron 28-200 Di III RXD



Week 48 - Macro/Closeup

Doorknob of the of the little chapel on the German War Cemetery near Recogne in the Ardennes
The cemetery holds graves of 6807 German soldiers who died in the battle of the Ardennes with ages ranging from 17 to 52.
"The only thing we seem to learn from history is that we don't learn from history"

A7Rii + Tamron FE 20/2.8 Di III OSD

Thanks for the comments Howard, the restored section of Fort 3 is used as a clubhouse for some small clubs and I think it has a larger space for music/theatre performances. But I haven't been inside yet to know for sure.

Rest assured, we didn't eat the cherry tomato which had grown a wig, but I had never seen one go bad like this.

I spent a whole day around the Bastogne area in the Ardennes (together with 4 other photographers of which one is also a Dyxum member) so you can expect more from that visit as I find time processing those photos.



Week 49 - Architecture

3 photos of a fully renovated house in Oostende, converted to four appartments.

Version 1:



Version 2:



Version 3:


All A6000 + Sony E10-18/4

This was an experiment to see if there are any significant differences between photo with a shift lens vs. one which is perspective corrected with software.
I don't have a shift lens, but by keeping the camera straight/vertical and cropping the top part you get a kind of "poor man's shift effect.

Version 1 was taken at 10 mm, camera kept vertical and then cropped a lot from the bottom/left right to have the building fill the frame.

Version 2 was taken at 16 mm and the camera pointed upwards

Version 3 is the perspective corrected version of version 2 using Capture One.

When pixel peeping you can see the effect of the lower resolution due to cropping in version 1 and the effect of pixel stretching in the upper part of version 3 but perspective wise the differences are minimal. I also tried perspective correction in Lightroom, Photoshop and PTLens. Capture One gave the best result, allthough any of the other three were perfectly acceptable as well.




Week 49 - Landscape

A misty sheepscape close to where I live


A7ii + Tamron 28-200 Di III RXD




Week 49 - Macro/Closeup

Winter rose with dew drops in our front garden

A700 + Minolta 100/2.8 macro D

You've taken some excellent pics since my last visit Pieter.

So in terms of comments,

47/1 Fort Lier- I like the decay of the structure here, the shot has a lot of textures and a gloomy feel.

48/1 Fort 3- that's an example of some wonderful restoration work, and the oodles of symmetry in the shot enhances it.

48/2 Landscape- That Peace Wood photo is very atmospheric, nicely done.

48/3 Macro- a sombre image enhanced by the black-and-white effect.

49- the colours and creative styles of the buildings make for a great subject. I like the 1st and 3rd versions the most.

49/2 - You can't go wrong with sheep, and the mist adds something to the overall effect.

49/3 - Excellent close up of the rose, enhanced by the droplets clustering on the petals.

Some nice pics to end the challenge Pieter.
Once again, your eye for architecture excels, and the Het boshuisje looks striking, especially with the black and white conversion. Very interesting background either.

The morning light gives the landscape shot a welcome boost also.

Congratulations also on completely the challenge two years in a row. More to the point, you've managed to get some very nice photos along the way.