2008 Photothread: Belgium, Germany, Holland & France [photos] - GoFuckYourself.com

quantum-x · 01-05-2008, 06:37 AM

Well, new years was fun.
We strapped our nuts to our ears to face the cold, and hit up Belgium, Germany and Holland to go and find somewhere fun.

I've got a stack of snaps, I'll post them as I go, and the best will be saved for last :D

Before we left, a snap or two of Paris and of a friendly windmill

A small stop off in Belgium for an abandoned Castle...

More to follow shortly, including: a nazi run euthenasia school, paris train tunnels, and a dive into the coveted paris canal saint martin....

quantum-x · 01-05-2008, 07:12 AM

The Abandoned Chateau:

remii · 01-05-2008, 07:15 AM

great pics - what cam do you use ?

quantum-x · 01-05-2008, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by remii

great pics - what cam do you use ?

Mix of a Lomo LCA [smaller photos], Canon 1ds [Digi, 35mm] and a Xpan2 [Pano]

quantum-x · 01-05-2008, 07:25 AM

School used by the nazis as a hospital / euthenaisa clinic for retarded children.. 150+ people were killed, later used by the british as a school :|

Paris RER B Tunnels

and the piece de resisance
inside canal saint martin, paris 10eme

remii · 01-05-2008, 07:27 AM

cool ! but pay attention on taking night-pics of the eiffeltower ( there is a copyright on the illumination !!)

Q : Is the publishing of a photo of the Eiffel Tower permitted?
A : There are no restrictions on publishing a picture of the Tower by day. Photos taken at night when the lights are aglow are subjected to copyright laws, and fees for the right to publish must be paid to the SETE.

http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk...faq/index.html

Rui · 01-05-2008, 07:28 AM

Brutal...you should put together all the photos you put here (and then some more)

Living the life! ;)

Rui · 01-05-2008, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by remii

cool ! but pay attention on taking night-pics of the eiffeltower ( there is a copyright on the illumination !!)

Q : Is the publishing of a photo of the Eiffel Tower permitted?
A : There are no restrictions on publishing a picture of the Tower by day. Photos taken at night when the lights are aglow are subjected to copyright laws, and fees for the right to publish must be paid to the SETE.

http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk...faq/index.html

If you look at his other photos you will see that he goes behiond the "public allowed" (and I for one I'm glad he does!)

quantum-x · 01-05-2008, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by remii

cool ! but pay attention on taking night-pics of the eiffeltower ( there is a copyright on the illumination !!)

Q : Is the publishing of a photo of the Eiffel Tower permitted?
A : There are no restrictions on publishing a picture of the Tower by day. Photos taken at night when the lights are aglow are subjected to copyright laws, and fees for the right to publish must be paid to the SETE.

http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk...faq/index.html

Interesting, I'd heard it, but never read of it.
Alternatively, I'm probably not meant to be in train tunnels either ;)

remii · 01-05-2008, 07:32 AM

yes - great photos, I like them all !

polish_aristocrat · 01-05-2008, 07:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by remii

cool ! but pay attention on taking night-pics of the eiffeltower ( there is a copyright on the illumination !!)

Q : Is the publishing of a photo of the Eiffel Tower permitted?
A : There are no restrictions on publishing a picture of the Tower by day. Photos taken at night when the lights are aglow are subjected to copyright laws, and fees for the right to publish must be paid to the SETE.

http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk...faq/index.html

unless minusonebit starts blogging about it, I'm sure he will be safe

Paysighting · 01-05-2008, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by quantum-x

Beautiful!!

remii · 01-05-2008, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat

unless minusonebit starts blogging about it, I'm sure he will be safe

quantum-x · 01-05-2008, 07:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by remii

cool ! but pay attention on taking night-pics of the eiffeltower ( there is a copyright on the illumination !!)

Q : Is the publishing of a photo of the Eiffel Tower permitted?
A : There are no restrictions on publishing a picture of the Tower by day. Photos taken at night when the lights are aglow are subjected to copyright laws, and fees for the right to publish must be paid to the SETE.

http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk...faq/index.html

further reading indicates that it's fine to publish these photos in the USA, Ireland, Germany, and probably many more
"# ^ In the United States, for example, 17 USC 120(a) explicitly permits the publication of photographs of copyrighted architecture in public spaces. In Germany this is known as Panoramafreiheit."

remii · 01-05-2008, 07:41 AM

I'm from austria and we have also the "panoramafreiheit" but some buildings don't go with it

In germany you are never allowed to publish the eiffeltower by night !

oil · 01-05-2008, 08:20 AM

very nice pics indeed, thx for sharing

Anna_O · 01-05-2008, 08:44 AM

Awesome as usual! Love yout work Quantum

Red Ezra · 01-05-2008, 08:46 AM

looks like some lifelong happy experiences there - nice shots

Rui · 01-05-2008, 09:02 AM

quantum-x - Have you ever considered writing a book about this, starting a blog or even do some "small trips" for people interested in the subject but "green"?

Mike Semen · 01-05-2008, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by quantum-x

The Abandoned Chateau:

My fave. Any chance of a high res for wallpaper purposes.

Either way, the blog idea above is a good one.

Cmonk · 01-05-2008, 09:12 AM

super pics man !

quantum-x · 01-05-2008, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Rui

quantum-x - Have you ever considered writing a book about this, starting a blog or even do some "small trips" for people interested in the subject but "green"?

I've started piecing together a website for all the stuff.. work in progress, check http://quantum-x.ice.org/episodes/

Takes a lot of effort and I get bored easily ;)

Problem w/ taking people to places like this is almost exclusively liability. I show someone a train tunnel, they step on a live rail, and I'm fucked. I can handle getting myself killed, but not others :D

quantum-x · 01-05-2008, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike Semen

My fave. Any chance of a high res for wallpaper purposes.

Either way, the blog idea above is a good one.

http://ninjito.com/dump/noisy-large.jpg - huge version

Rui · 01-05-2008, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by quantum-x

I've started piecing together a website for all the stuff.. work in progress, check http://quantum-x.ice.org/episodes/

Takes a lot of effort and I get bored easily ;)

Problem w/ taking people to places like this is almost exclusively liability. I show someone a train tunnel, they step on a live rail, and I'm fucked. I can handle getting myself killed, but not others :D

At least make some guides

Use Clickbank or something for it

remii · 01-05-2008, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by quantum-x

I've started piecing together a website for all the stuff.. work in progress, check http://quantum-x.ice.org/episodes/

great pics man - congrats !!

alby_persignup · 01-05-2008, 10:57 AM

awesome pictures there!

tranza · 01-05-2008, 10:58 AM

Some very cool pics man...

PerrieBelle · 01-05-2008, 11:07 AM

Wow... These are exactly the type of photos I like to take.

Grr.. I want a better camera asap...

Amazing photography!!

quantum-x · 01-05-2008, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Twisted_Girl

Wow... These are exactly the type of photos I like to take.

Grr.. I want a better camera asap...

Amazing photography!!

Thanks

You know, 90% of photography has nothing to do with the camera you shoot on ;)

I shoot a lot on this very dodgy antique russian point and pray

Violetta · 01-05-2008, 12:29 PM

awsome pictures!

strobi · 01-05-2008, 12:38 PM

Quantum X I always enjoy your shoots! I see you visited Belgium, congrats

As always, keep up the good work, you always make me want to grab my camera...

Star 69 · 01-05-2008, 12:51 PM

I like that pic looks really cool

lately GFY full of HDR images BTW

uno · 01-05-2008, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quantum-x

I've started piecing together a website for all the stuff.. work in progress, check http://quantum-x.ice.org/episodes/

Takes a lot of effort and I get bored easily ;)

Problem w/ taking people to places like this is almost exclusively liability. I show someone a train tunnel, they step on a live rail, and I'm fucked. I can handle getting myself killed, but not others :D

Exactly. It's never fun when someone breaks a leg, needs stitches, or doesn't understand the severity of the situation they are in.

uno · 01-05-2008, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Star 69

I like that pic looks really cool

lately GFY full of HDR images BTW

HDR is cheating!

One day i hope I can take pics 1/4 as good as quantum-x.

buzzy · 01-05-2008, 01:46 PM

Want to share your secrets on how you make your pics look better than real life? I just got a new sony T100.

fatfoo · 01-05-2008, 03:37 PM

really cool pics, thanks

L-Pink · 01-05-2008, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quantum-x

Thanks

You know, 90% of photography has nothing to do with the camera you shoot on ;)

I shoot a lot on this very dodgy antique russian point and pray

Great photos, great eye, below average camera. Work to be very proud of!

Dirty Lord · 01-05-2008, 03:44 PM

Awesome pics, mate!!!

But........ there´s any women in these contries??? hehehe

Dirty F · 01-05-2008, 03:46 PM

I have no fucking clue how you manage to take these kind of pics. And i'm talking about the colors and such.

OzMan · 01-05-2008, 03:49 PM

awesome as usual, great inspiration to get out from behind the desk more often

quantum-x · 01-05-2008, 04:37 PM

I must admit, I cheated for the first time ever with the castle shot and HDR'd it ;) Shooting into a sunset on a grey day makes for a bastard ;)

RE: Shooting? Normally before I shoot I walk around the place and work out which shots I want to take, and then just go and take them. For 'still life' photography, it's very easy to 'frame' all the photos in your head before you shoot, so you generally know that what you shoot is going to look ok

quantum-x · 01-05-2008, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by strobi

Quantum X I always enjoy your shoots! I see you visited Belgium, congrats

As always, keep up the good work, you always make me want to grab my camera...

So go and shoot ! Show us the results !
Belgium was lovely. As a hint, if you're interested in seeing all the other shots, browse my dump directory ;)

tony286 · 01-05-2008, 04:40 PM

some amazing shots.

BlueDesignStudios · 01-05-2008, 05:15 PM

awesome pics!!!!!!

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quantum-x Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: ICQ: 251425 Fr/Au/Ca Posts: 6,863	2008 Photothread: Belgium, Germany, Holland & France [photos] Well, new years was fun. We strapped our nuts to our ears to face the cold, and hit up Belgium, Germany and Holland to go and find somewhere fun. I've got a stack of snaps, I'll post them as I go, and the best will be saved for last :D Before we left, a snap or two of Paris and of a friendly windmill A small stop off in Belgium for an abandoned Castle... More to follow shortly, including: a nazi run euthenasia school, paris train tunnels, and a dive into the coveted paris canal saint martin.... Last edited by quantum-x; 01-05-2008 at 06:40 AM..

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