Tag: Black and white

August 11, 2024 (day 2 of 2)

In the spotlight

7.4 km / 4.6 miles 🚶

Booch? 🇳🇱

Booch? is a free two-day music festival that has been held annually in the center of Heerlen, Netherlands, since 1998, attracting around 20,000 visitors per edition.
After the seventeenth edition in 2014, Booch? disappeared from the festival calendar due to financial issues. However, the festival made a return in 2023 after an eight-year hiatus.

The story

Another hot summer day at the Booch? festival. Great meeting yesterday’s cool people again!
Highlights of the day: the doggo and 燕雀 Enjaku Yoyo 礼讃

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-S10

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
Kodak Tri-X 400

The pictures

July 21, 2024

In the spotlight

11.4 km / 7.1 miles 🚶

Lille 🇫🇷

Lille is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders.

The story

Why not go to France, when I’m in the neighborhood?

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-S10

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
Kodak Tri-X 400

The pictures

July 20, 2024 (1)

In the spotlight

3.9 km / 2.4 miles 🚶

Gent 🇧🇪

Ghent is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded in size only by Brussels and Antwerp. It is a port and university city.

The story

Passing some time on day two in Gent. Tonight, I will go to Harelbeke to see Vive la Fête!

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-S10

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
Kodak Tri-X 400

The pictures

July 7, 2024

In the spotlight

10 km / 6.2 miles 🚶 🛴

Düsseldorf 🇩🇪

Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany and is located at the confluence of two rivers: the Rhine and the Düssel, a small tributary.

The story

An old-fashioned photowalk downtown, with a little help from my scooter crossing the bridge.

The gear

Camera:
Ricoh GR III (Street Edition)

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
Monochrome Film

The pictures

June 16, 2024

In the spotlight

2.5 km / 1.6 miles 🚶

Burg Eltz 🇩🇪

Eltz Castle is a medieval castle nestled in the hills above the Moselle between Koblenz and Trier, Germany. It is still owned by a branch of House of Eltz who have lived there since the 12th century. Eltz Castle along with Bürresheim Castle and Lissingen Castle are the only castles in the Eifel region which have never been destroyed.