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This is a photo I took in one of the Forests of the "Mont Saint-Hilaire" in Canada. Mont Saint-Hilaire is a steep-sided circular formation rising some 250 meters above the Saint Lawrence plain. It comprises one of the last remnants of old growth deciduous forest in Quebec and hosts many rare and endangered species. It is located about 32 km east of Montreal. The biosphere reserve is located near a major urban region of some 3.5 million people. Increasing urban development around Mont Saint-Hilaire and a growing number of visitors has led to the multiplication of human disturbances and fragmentation of the forest which once covered the entire Richelieu Valley. The protection of the greenbelt and forest corridors which surround Mount Saint-Hilaire is one of the main goals of the biosphere reserve. (Source: www.unesco.org)
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Sunday, December 9, 2012
Indian Summer
Forest Spirit
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This is a photo I took in one of the amazing Forests
at the "Mont Saint-Hilaire" in Canada.
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I Have Also Seen This in Paris :D
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A surreal composition based on several photos I took from Montmartre's hill in Paris, France.
The photo is not reframed, it's an enlarged montage of different images from my own stock...
(Friendly reminder: Every graphic element shown on my Flickr stream comes from my own
production and all my photos, paintings and drawings are copyrighted, thanks)
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I Hear the Birds Sing
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I captured this beautiful tree in Kenya, Africa.
The natural light was strong and beautiful.
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Singing Birds
A poem by Peter S. Quinn
Singing birds so soft and sweet
Thru the days and into night
Each their love song is a treat
With their hope in weightless flight
Softly coming raindrops in
Dripping thru the soft forest
All their glows in silence spin
Falling to the tree top's nest
Singing birds are bringing thru
Their wonderful enjoyment
Their songs are for me and you
Without ever a relent
So much in their singing tune
Giving the days new yearning
With their mood of happy June
As the shades keep turning
Love songs for the alone love
In their beginning giving
Featherweight as clouds above
Comforting moments living
The dreams that never become
Just nocturnal lullabies
Where the gleam pixies are from
In the flickering light skies
You and I
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An ode to Love. 2 daisies in the green. Lovers with yellow hearts.
I took this photo in Braives, Belgium.
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You and I
A poem by Peter S. Quinn
You and I in spring first
Green rising high to new...
Flowing in gradation burst
Strength rechargeable thru
Each our while is beautiful
Bringing enjoyment to days
Gone are the moment’s dull
Those were in winter haze
You and I close to touch
Everything comes now easily
With the breeze inasmuch
As freshness comes breezily
Its ‘love me or love me not’
Till petals have been plucked
There is rarely aforethought
If feelings are misinstruct
You and I thru the breeze
Each day and in dusky black
So close beneath the trees
Cause spring is on the almanac
Bringing near to closer still
As life nurtures our foliages
Field flowers and on the hill
Air and rain acknowledges
Hey There - 2
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That pigeon was really funny and not scared at all...
I took this photo in Portugal during a windy day.
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Cast Your Fate into the Wind
A poem by Peter S. Quinn
Hey there where have you been?
I have been wandering away
So much of the ocean I’ve seen
From the dawn of new day
Every rock and the billows high
Have been my stepping stone
Like green gray blue open sky
When I was flying alone
Cast your fate into the wind
Every hour is behind
Colors burning their chagrined
Prisms joys you'll find
Never ending songs of nature
In times that are gone ahead
Feelings joy befalling rupture
Everything shades have bled
Days of dark and few songs
They come here in mystery
In a timelessness to long
Each with a different armory
Falling grace shadows deep
Flowing through the hours
Nothing in remains to keep
As their minutes towers
Different ways of busy lives
Secret place old ages
With their burning on drives
Going thru life pages
Dordogne River
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This is the landscape I saw from the top of Beynac Castle, in the Dordogne department of France. I visited this beautiful place last week. I spent several days to assemble and edit some 20 photos I took there (no Fisheye and no AutoPano). The original image is huge and it was quite a challenge this time because my graphic tablet just got damaged and I had to do everything with a standard mouse. :)
The above photos have been shot with the Samsung NX10
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Cologne Panorama (360 degrees!)
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3 days of intense work to make this huge panorama of Cologne, Germany's fourth-largest city. This is a 360 degrees view, I tried to get as many details as possible, sometimes repainting different parts of the cityscape. The original composition is really big (almost 20.000 pixels wide!) because I assembled more than 30 photos. I took all of them from the top of "KölnTurm" when I was in Germany 2 weeks ago... (FYI, I didn't use any autopano or fisheye).
More facts: The city's famous Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Cologne. The University of Cologne (Universität zu Köln) is one of Europe's oldest universities.
Cologne is a major cultural center of the Rhineland and has a vibrant arts scene. Cologne is home to more than 30 museums and hundreds of galleries. Exhibitions range from local ancient Roman archeological sites to contemporary graphics and sculpture. The Cologne Trade Fair hosts a number of trade shows such as Art Cologne, imm Cologne International Furniture Fair and the Photokina. Cologne is also well-known for its celebration of Cologne Carnival, the annual reggae summerjam, and Cologne Gay Pride.
Within Germany, Cologne is also known as an important media center. Several radio and television stations, including Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), RTL and VOX, have their headquarters in the city.
Thanks a lot for your kind comments.
The above image has been created with pictures taken by the Samsung NX10, which has been provided to me by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Silent Man in the Silent Night
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Silent man in the silent night...
The above photo has been shot with the Samsung NX10
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Come On In - Silent Night
A poem by Peter S. Quinn
Come on in with your singing on so bright
The carols of love and every bearing
Bring forth peace with harmonious interfering
So we me catch the highest of clear light
Come to my heart and take out its senses
With melodious in its wondrous beauty
Like the northern lights twilight's sequences
The newborn in their destiny are free
A silent night comes to each man heart
With twinkling stars and the wishes that call
For harmony and prospect to this earth
Let each you’re inspiring from inside start
And be like the stars that for wishes must fall
To celebrate again Jesus Christ's birth
Serene Beauty
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Another picture of Jessica De Boeck, which I took in Brussels recently.
You can view the results of other collaborations with this model here
below. This picture has been shot with the Samsung Smart Camera
NX20, provided to me by Samsung Electronics. Co., Ltd.
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Pencil Vs Camera - 68
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We should all try to have a romantic attitude... =D
Model: Jessica De Boeck.
Jessica was sitting on this bench and looking very lonely.
Now she is in better company with this mysterious man.
I took this photo in Anderlecht, Belgium, not so long ago...
I also made the drawing as usual. You can view the sketch
in progress here below. This is part of "Pencil Vs Camera
Beta Version" (colored drawings on black paper). Drawing
on black is a bit more difficult as it is exactly the opposite
process of the way I've been drawing since many years.
PS: This image is related to Jessica's story, not mine.
>>> Review from THE DAILY MAIL for this picture:
"A blonde looks away as a male admirer with flowers is
left with a broken heart: The artist said he has been deeply
influenced by Belgian Surrealism, German Expressionism,
American Pop Art and Social Realism" (Matt Blake, The
Daily Mail, July 2012).
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Angel Ghost
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Playing around with smoke bombs...
Model: Caroline Madison.
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