maandag 30 april 2012

Queensday Wageningen 2012

Queensday.. Every dutch person knows it. Foreigners will be greatly surprised and won't have a clue what on earth happens to them! (check out this video where John Fealey explains "Koninginnedag")
I decided not to visit the city with all the people standing there dressed in anything orange but visited the city after everyone went home again. It was a big mess as you can see in the pictures below. I hope people will realize that they also have to clean their place when they go home.
















Belmonte Arboretum

It was a sunny day off and the city itself was too crowded to feel good. The weather was too good to stay inside, so I decided to take my camera with me and head to the Belmonte Arboretum. Those botanical gardens belong to the Wageningen University.
For the macro pictures I've used the Hama +10 macro lens (52mm) on my Nikon 50mm F1.4D lens. It was the first time I've really used it outside and it worked quite well. The worse thing about the macro lens is the focus distance. You can't change the focus distance so you have to move with the camera till the subject is sharp. With the moving flowers it took a bit more time shooting those and sometimes the distance to the subject was too small or too big for what I had in mind.
Enough text now ;)

















maandag 23 april 2012

Elf Fantasy Fair (2012-04-22 sunday)

Yesterday I've been to the Elf Fantasy Fair in Haarzuilens (site). The weather was changing from heavy rain to sun and even combined hail and sun, which is a strange thing to experience. People were dressed as all kind of movie characters, self-designed characters, fantasy characters.. You'll see when you browse through the pictures. For all those who are on the pictures: thanks for having the time for posing :)

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