Thanks for your snap. I also had you in focus this morning just for fun

Location: [Grauland]

#macromondays

#leather

A belt. And one with a history. Originally, this belt had belonged to my mother (magrit k.), but when I was a teenager, she gave it to me, because she didn't wear it anymore, but I thought that it looked cool and also very much 1960s. Back then, I was totally obsessed with anything 1960s, especially music and fashion. And this blue leather belt, although from the 1970s, in my opinion, had (or rather: still has) the perfect swinging sixties vibe with its 5 cm/1,96 inches width, its nicely shaped buckle, and the large, punched holes. And those holes were the "problem". I simply couldn't wear it with its original style, because that belt was a low waist belt, but the dictate of fashion at the time I got it asked for a waistline almost under the chin. So I clumsily drilled some extra holes with a simple gimlet. Since the result, not entirely unexpectedly, looked ugly, I took the belt to a cobbler who did some decent punching work and also added the metal eyelets to the extra holes. I've been wearing this belt ever since, on and off, to this day.

The image is a focus stacking made of 15 photos. The in-camera stacking result looked good so I used the Jpg out of the camera and further processed it in Analog Efex. I've illuminated the scene from above and slightly from behind. To add some visual punch, I placed the belt against that red, transparent chocolate box lid which, as you know, usually serves as a colour filter. You can see how scratched that lid already is, so maybe it's time to buy a proper colour filter. On the other hand, I might simply buy another box of Mon Cherie chocolates to get a new "colour filter" – with the bonus of some extra chocolate pleasure ;)

HMM, Everyone!

Les peaux sont ensuite placées dans des fosses de teinture contenant des colorants végétaux naturels, tels que la fleur de pavot (rouge), l’indigo (bleu), le henné (orange), le bois de cèdre (brun), la menthe (vert), et le safran (jaune). D’autres matériaux utilisés pour la teinture comportent de la poudre de grenade, qui est frottée sur les peaux pour les rendre plus lâches, et de l’huile d’olive, qui les rendra brillantes.

Une fois que le cuir est teint, il est mis à sécher au soleil. Le cuir fini est ensuite vendu à d’autres artisans qui fabriquent les célèbres chaussons marocaines, connues sous le nom de babouches, ainsi que des portefeuilles, des sacs à main et autres accessoires en cuir. Beaucoup de ces produits se frayent un chemin dans les marchés européens.

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Cygne - parc Josaphat - Schaerbeek - Bruxelles - Belgique

Désaignes, Ardèche

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