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See also my blog from Oct. 27, 2014 : Skies from my balcony
Sky’s on fire
Author: Steppeland
I'm a nature and documentary photographer, Flemish from origin and living in the Netherlands. Trained as a social worker and member of an international group of women who care about wholeness and healing, I combine my love for creation, people and cultures in the images I make.
The wool of a black sheep is just as warm
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Another street shot today, but not a Dam-story this time. This photo was made on the Nieuwmarkt square Farmer’s market. Another great place in Amsterdam to hang around in the hopes of catching some nice street shots… 🙂
Title inspired by a quote of Ernest Lehman:
“After all, the wool of a black sheep is just as warm”
‘Streets of Amsterdam’-series
The wool of a black sheep is just as warm
Dam-stories : the statue painter
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It’s 1.30 am here, so it’s in fact Monday already, but in many parts of the world it’s still Sunday, so it’s all right to still post my #SundayStreetday photo, right?
I think I may start a new theme under my “Streets of Amsterdam” series: the Dam-stories… : Street shots made on the Dam in Amsterdam. – Here is the first one 😀
‘Streets of Amsterdam’-series
Dam-stories : The statue painter
Little fall flower in the hand of the Buddha
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Photo made in Artis Amsterdam zoo, the Netherlands – October 28, 2014
Eyes of a sleepy white wolf
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Photo made in Artis Amsterdam zoo, October 28, 2014
Beautiful succulent flower – collage
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I was visiting a friend this week, and she showed me the amazing flower she got on a little succulent plant on her window sill. What a stunning flower in a deep red colour, and all covered with soft little hairs… I never saw something like this! I happened to have my camera with me, so asked her whether I could make some pictures. Of course that was fine with her. We had to improvise a bit with the placement and lighting, since there was little light inside. And I would have wished that the plant was in a nicer pot… But I was quite happy with the result anyway.
Today I decided to make some of the images into a collage and card-design… Maybe I’ll do some more photoshopping on it later on. Hope you like it 😉
Morning Poetry – Canadean goose on the river Rurh
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Photo made in Germany, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia – May 2014
Masters of Photography
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Today I was at a truly inspiring exhibition : Masters of Photography” . Work by National Geographic’s top 10 photographers. A selection of images that conjure up amazement, emotion, admiration and awe… Definitely worth to go see it, when you get the opportunity!
Skies from my balcony
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What I love most about the place where I live, and what I most enjoy every day, is the sky. From my balcony, I can see the sky from the East, where in the early morning the sun rises, till the West-South-West early where the sun sets on winter evenings. How marvellous is that?! I have a beautiful view outside all day long and I cannot stop photographing that sky and the tree tops, especially in October and November, when I have the best view on both sunrise and sunset. I’ve loads and loads of sky pictures by now, and I definitely will continue collecting them. That’s why I have stopped giving them separate names. They are all called “My today’s sunset” (or sunrise) with a number – and belong all to the same collection: “Skies from my balcony”.
For those who like to use stock images, you’re most welcome to go check out my unrestricted stock account at Deviantart, where you can choose from lots of my skies, and download and use them as stock for free. Just please keep to the very few terms of use 😉 . They make for a great background for photo manipulations or composites, as well as for quotes (as you will see in the second image I post today). And yes, when looking at a sky like this, it’s not hard to become silent and thankful for all the good received today… The moment of sunset after a well filled day truly is the moment to give thanks!
Last summer street shots of the June series
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Well, summer is really over in Amsterdam. Actually, fall has taken over, and it’s beautiful outside. It’s time to get out there for both great autumn street and nature shots. But I’m still a little house-bound because of loads of organisational work to do, so I have to bind myself to my chair for a few days more.
No problem as for the photo blogging though, since I have a lot of great material left to process from the past months of photo shoots on the streets. So now let’s reminisce on a great summer with these last three street photo’s from the June series 😉 .
Discovering Beauty 