The port of Antwerp

An impressive boat (containers sea transport) being towed and leaving the port of Antwerp in Belgium. You will notice the Doel nuclear power plants on the left.

ISO 400 - 40mm - f/2.8 - 1/4000s

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Esneux, Belgium

Alongside the river "L'Ourthe" stands the small village of Esneux in Belgium. It's really a pity we're not having a beautiful warm Spring but from time to time we're lucky to have the sun above our heads. And there's a place out there to eat delicious homemade ice creams! But I'll keep it secret...

ISO 400 - 40mm - f/2.8 - 1/3200s

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Frozen lake - Le lac de Warfaaz (II)

Seeing the lake almost totally frozen was just stunning. Here's another view of the Warfaaz lake in Spa, Belgium. I did a couple of shots there and this is probably the last one of the serie during the winter. I'm looking forward for Spring to be there so I can get colourful shots...

I used my "pancake" 40mm lens from Canon for this little sequence.
ISO 100 - 40mm - f/2.8 - 1/250s

Frozen lake - Le lac de Warfaaz (Panorama)

Still at the Warfaaz lake in Spa, Belgium. I like panorama's when I have wide open spaces in front of me. This lets you appreciate more of the scenery with all the ducks and that frozen water. Just an advise though, stay on the plain ground, you won't bear the low temperature water as ducks do ;-)

Panorama is made out of two horizontal shots.

For each shot: ISO 100 - 40mm - f/2.8 - 1/125s

Frozen lake - Le lac de Warfaaz

So yeah, in less than a month now it'll be Spring time, and just as last year we're (finally?) having the snow very late in winter. I can't tell you how strong the temptation was to walk on that pure white surface, on the frozen lake of Warfaaz in Spa, Belgium. Of course I've been careful and stayed on the edge of the lake, making sure I was stepping on plain ground! The lake is artificial and has been dug about a century ago to avoid flooding of Spa, a thermal city of Belgium, during storms and heavy rains.

(Sources: www.lacdewarfaaz.be)

ISO 100 - 40mm - f/2.8 - 1/250s

"Lights will guide you". Liège, le pont Saint-Léonard.

First snow here this winter, I thought it would be time for a panorama picture! This is one of the numerous bridges in Liege (Belgium), this one's the St-Leonard bridge (hence the french title) also called the Maghin bridge (le pont Maghin). That's not the most beautiful bridge of the city but surely is interesting due to the lighting of it. Bridge is crossing the Meuse river.
It was freaking cold outside and it froze my feet and hands but that was definitely worth it! I took three panorama's of this bridge but this one came out the best.

I was not sure exactly at what time they would light the bridge so I went there just a tiny bit before sunset and they switched on the lights 10min after my arrival, good one! As this is the last of the three panoramas I did, the sky here is already dark and polluted by street lamps which gives quite a nice effect though. It also has this cute little blue lit pathway on the right side.
This is a long exposure photo (15 seconds).

Lights will guide you...

Panorama is made out of 5 vertical shots
For each individual shot: ISO 100 - 18mm - f/14 - 15s

Taurignan-Castet

I spotted a nice place for a panorama the other day, just after crossing this river (Le Salat) but didn't have the time to notice this little beauty on our right side, an old part of the village (Taurignan-Castet) by the river. We were just passing by then (by car). Not much people there, about 160 inhabitants in a 7km² village. I wish I had an ND filter to give the water a silky effect... maybe next time.

ISO 200 - 18mm - f/3.5 - 1/400s

Liege (Belgium) and its beautiful bridge

This is one of the most famous and beautiful bridge in Belgium, it's located in Liege, my native city. The bridge is called "Le pont de Fragnée" in french and I took that shot from a park (le parc de la Boverie) on the water diversions. That was a gray and rainy day and this was just a few minutes before it poured with heavy rain which made it difficult for me as I was right in the middle of making a panorama... Hopefully I had the time to get ready for this shot and the next one.

The bridge was built from 1901 to 1904 for the universal exhibition of 1905 (sources: wikipedia).

The left river is "l'Ourthe" and the right river "la Meuse".

Above image: ISO 200 - 18mm - f/8.0 - 1/40s

And here's another angle/view through two of these metallic sculptures, circles. This is just to the left, before the above bridge built across the water diversions. This smaller bridge is the "pont de Fétinne" in french.
As you may have noticed, I'm standing right in the middle of two rivers.

Left image: ISO 200 - 18mm - f/8.0 - 1/25s

At the lake in Sweden

Little walk in a Swedish forest, once you reach the lake, you just sit there and stare (and take a picture of course...). A beautiful encounter with nature.

Cute little Sweden

Beautiful Swedish landscape and waterscape.

Visé, Belgium

Little walk along the river on walkways in Visé, Belgium.

Looks like a great day for kayaking...