Looking up, inside the huge cap

The huge "cap" that you see here is actually the entrance of the railway station 'Liege Guillemins' located in Liege, Belgium. And here below I'm inside, looking up at the beautiful architecture.

1st photo: ISO 100 - 18mm - f/8.0 - 1/15s
2nd photo: ISO 400 - 18mm - f/8.0 - 1/40s
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Random smile

Liege Guillemins, railway station in Liege, Belgium.

I just love it when random people see you taking their photos and then give you a smile. That's just a simple thing but that makes your photography day beautiful :D

ISO 400 - 18mm - f/8.0 - 1/40s
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"Voie 2"

Top view on Liege Guillemins train station; Liege, Belgium. I need to check that I do not bother people in a hurry next time, especially when using the tripod...

ISO 800 - 18mm - f/8.0 - 1/60s

Right on time!

What is better for travellers than a train arriving right on time! Another shot from my session in Liege Guillemins train station; Liege, Belgium.

ISO 400 - 31mm - f/8.0 - 1/30s

Le voyage

I was sitting there, waiting for something to happen, for a moment to capture; she arrived and sat there too while High-speed train/TGV "Thalys" was just arriving at Liege Guillemins train station; Liege, Belgium. A peaceful vision in a noisy environment...

ISO 800 - 78mm - f/5.6 - 1/25s

Ahead of time

So you're sitting there, you're way ahead of your next train, you've got time to chill out a bit, it's time to roll a cigarette, it's time for a break. This is happening again at Liege Guillemins train station in Liege, Belgium. No hurry here, just plenty of time...

ISO 800 - 78mm - f/8.0 - 1/20s

Out of time!

At the train station, you might be just in time to catch your train, you might as well be to early so you have time to chill out and appreciate the stunning architecture of this train station (Liege Guillemins, Belgium), or in the worst case you might be (too) late like this running guy. You'd better hurry! ;-)

Occasionally, you might be there for photographs hehe...

ISO 400 - 18mm - f/8.0 - 1/25s

Liege Guillemins Train station, a masterpiece.

The entrance of the impressive 'Liege Guillemins' train station in Liege, Belgium. This is also a station for TGV/High-speed train. A masterpiece from the spanish architect Santiago Calatrava Valls.

A place to wander, a place to stare at.

ISO 200 - 18mm - f/4.0 - 1/320s

Trainspotting

Herstal, a city of Belgium, is a small to mid-size city. However, the train station is surviving, they even renewed it which is quite cool. Weather was awesome, sky was very blue and I spotted that scene with the tagged train and that old yellow and green locomotive just arriving. I have applied split toning filter with Lightroom.

I need to go to Liege Guillemins train station, not so far from my place (about 20min drive), that's one of the most beautiful station in Europe there. Hope to show you this soon.

ISO 400 - 42mm - f/4.5 - 1/2500s

Bye bye winter?

Last week, it was freaking cold outside and today... what a nice surprise with warm pleasant weather, plain blue sky and sun. Not one single freaking cloud! So what else could I do except going out and shoot?! Joy, I was so delighted :-)

ISO 200 - 115mm - f/5.6 - 1/125s

Those damn water drops!

Gosh! It took me so much time to get this all right... Composition, background, focus and those damn water drops :-) Moreover, I was using extension tubes so the depth of field was very shallow and narrow. I had to let the water fall along that sculpting tool, little by little, sometimes too much so I had to do it all over again. Hopefully, that was worth it...

First shot: ISO 100 - 55mm (+ extension tubes) - f/29 - 1/80s
Second shot: ISO 100 - 55mm (+ extension tubes) - f/5.6 - 1/80s

Short-sighted

Don't you find it a bit uncomfortable to take photos when wearing glasses? I do. That's why I usually prefer wearing contact lenses when going out for a photo session.

The main (upper) blurred and bold word says in french "short-sighted". Here I'm just randomly experimenting macro photography as I was bored the other evening. I have stacked 2 extension tubes to get this close to the page with my standard 18-55mm lens and the more you stack those extension tubes, the shallower the depth of field becomes.

I was actually pretty close to the page with the lens, almost touching the surface of the dictionary page.

ISO 100 - 42mm (+ extension tubes) - f/5.0 - 1/160s