Antwerp
Fortunately for me Antwerp is a great walking city with lots of its best bits close together in a compact old town as I sprained my ankle the first evening we arrived after drinking a little too much great beer at a local pub. This shot is of the Het Steen or The Stone translated which protects the east bank of the Scheldt river, built in the early part of the 13th century it is probably Antwerp’s oldest surviving building as most things were constructed of wood at the time. The castle once part of a larger complex has a unique two tone look due a renovation in 1520 that used sandstone instead of the original limestone material soon as renovations were complete it found use as a prison for almost 300 years, today it houses the National Maritime Museum.
I took this on Sept 29, 2008 with my D70s and Tamron 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Lens at 25mm, 1/400s, f10 ISO 200 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia ,Topaz, and DXO Nik
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
Antwerp
Fortunately for me Antwerp is a great walking city with lots of its best bits close together in a compact old town as I sprained my ankle the first evening we arrived after drinking a little too much great beer at a local pub. This shot is of the Het Steen or The Stone translated which protects the east bank of the Scheldt river, built in the early part of the 13th century it is probably Antwerp’s oldest surviving building as most things were constructed of wood at the time. The castle once part of a larger complex has a unique two tone look due a renovation in 1520 that used sandstone instead of the original limestone material soon as renovations were complete it found use as a prison for almost 300 years, today it houses the National Maritime Museum.
I took this on Sept 29, 2008 with my D70s and Tamron 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Lens at 25mm, 1/400s, f10 ISO 200 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia ,Topaz, and DXO Nik
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress