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#thisisbelgium

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Pentaxke
A #Belgian thingy?

Until 2016 publication of these photos would have been illegal. From the website of the #Atomium (pictured here:)
‘#copyright restrictions exempt private individuals (…) where photographs are taken by private individuals and shown on private websites for no commercial purpose.’

SABAM, #Belgium's society for collecting copyrights and having an illustrious reputation for claiming copyrights (even when it’s not even holding it,) has claimed worldwide intellectual property rights on all reproductions of the Atomium and has gone so far to demand a US website to remove all images from its pages.

Luckily Belgium has come to its senses and since 2016 there is freedom of panorama, allowing pictures of public buildings under copyright to be legally distributed.

#monochromemonday #monochrome #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhitephoto #architecture #architecturephotography #modernism #waterkeyn #polak #travel #traveltip #heizel #heysel #brussels #bruxelles #brussel #bruxellesmabelle #belgie #belgique #thisisbelgium #pentax #pentaxk1 #editedincaptureone
All three images are details of the Atomium: 9 gigantic (18m diameter) Stainless steel clad spheres joined together with steel tubes (which hold the escalators and elevators) shaped together in unit cell that represent an iron crystal, magnified 165 million times.
#editedincaptureone
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Pentaxke
Wooden house.

Don’t be fooled. This is NOT the oldest house in #Antwerp. However, it is the oldest house in Antwerp with a wooden facade. Dating from 1546 it has survived 6 wars although sadly, due to a restoration in the ‘70s the facade has had a transformation and isn’t original anymore.

#Pentax Q-S1 (first serious attempt at #HDR)

#architecture #architecturalheritage #architecturephotography #travel #traveltip #travelphotography #visitantwerp #belgium #thisisbelgium #belgique #belgie #pentaxq #editedincaptureone #potd
A low-angle shot looking up at a narrow street lined with old brick buildings. On the right is a tall, narrow building with a wooden facade on the second and third stories. There are rows of windows with many panes of glass on each floor. A small plant sits in a pot on the second floor. Next to the building is a brick wall with a small door and the number "15" on it. To the left of the wooden building is another brick building with a more ornate facade and many windows. The sky is blue with some clouds visible in the upper left corner of the image.
Closer look of the house. A long shot of a tall, narrow, dark brown, three-story building with a gabled roof and visible wood grain. It has three rows of windows, with the bottom row containing six windows, the middle row containing five, and the top row containing two. A small terracotta pot with a small tree in it sits on the windowsill of the middle row of windows. A second building with brick walls is visible on the left side of the image, and a third building with brick walls and an external metal staircase is visible on the right. The sky is visible at the top of the image.
#potd
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Lieven symaeys
I went to Le Bois du Cazier nearby #Charleroi and let myself be carried away by bygone times. ( is it the little boy in me that still likes things on wheels ? ) Times that are sometimes romanticized and make for beautiful photos (then and now), but were, of course, brutally harsh. I took pictures with a #Pentax17 #halfframe on #film. #analog is timeless. #filmphotography #ishootfilm #grainisgood #wallonie #halfframeclub #leboisducazier #thisisbelgium #train
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Lieven symaeys
I went to Le Bois du Cazier nearby #Charleroi and let myself be carried away by bygone times. ( is it the little boy in me that still likes things on wheels ? ) Times that are sometimes romanticized and make for beautiful photos (then and now), but were, of course, brutally harsh. I took pictures with a #Pentax17 #halfframe on #film. #analog is timeless. #filmphotography #ishootfilm #grainisgood #wallonie #halfframeclub #leboisducazier #thisisbelgium
#thisisbelgium
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