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In Bruges (in HDR)

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Canal In Bruges

Bruges Windmill

Bridge Over Canal In Bruges

Clock Tower In Bruges

One of the things I promised myself is that I would photograph this trip to the best of my ability. I would strive to utilize not only my skills and knowledge, but also fully exploit my hardware. This included shooting some extended exposures like the ones I shot in Brussels which required me packing my sturdy Manfrotto tripod and lugging it around the city.

I also wanted to shoot some HDR, and while I should have shot those with a tripod, I ended up shooting them handheld. The results (I think) are very good.

Built in image stabilization is my friend.

Toy Cars (Not Really)

Brussels Automobile Museum - Belgium

Having some fun with some pictures I took at Autoworld in Brussels. They just lend themselves to fake tilt-shift foolery.

Protected: American

Happy New Year

Here in Brussels, it’s 2009!
This was the scene outside our hotel window just a few minutes ago!

Carousel In Brussels

Brussels – Wrapping It Up

Today is our last day here. What a wonderful trip it has been. We’re a bit weary, but our spirits remain high. Tomorrow we go to the airport and make the long trek back to America.

We decided to catch the Metro to go out to the Cinquantenaire Arch in Jubelpark.

The sky was overcast for the first time on this trip, but no rain.

Connected to the arch are three museums, two of which were open so we decided to check them out.

The first was the Autoworld, an automobile museum that has a VERY impressive collection of cars and motorcycles.

There were some unbelievable cars on display. I bet Joe Linbeck could easily identify most of them.

The other museum was the Royal Army and Military History Museum which has a collection of military memorabilia that spans 10 centuries of military and technological history.

A huge hangar filled with military aircraft is the absolute highlight of the collection.

After we were done with the museums we caught the metro back to the hotel and then headed out to take care of one last thing.

Cynthia came up with the idea of starting a new tradition. We are going to take one of Mr. Zippers feathers with us whenever we travel and let it fall from the highest point we can get to.

We took the feather she was carrying to the top of Place Poelaert and let it go. Fly high Mr. Zippers!

That’s about it for this trip. We are going to take it easy this evening and forego the New Years festivities. We’ve got an early flight in the morning.

Fly high, Mr. Zippers!

Brussels Night Walk

Went for a night walk with the tripod. This is what we found…

Living Window Display

The Royal Palace

King’s House – Grote Markt – Grand Place

Town Hall – Grote Markt – Grand Place

Mirror Mirror

Notre Dame del a Chapelle reflected in the mirror shop across the street.
Cynthia deserves most of the credit on this one. She commented that this would make an interesting photo and she was right.

I used three exposures to accomplish the final result.