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 :)
http://ninjito.com/dump/2008-01-05/qx-paris-2.jpg http://ninjito.com/dump/2008-01-05/qx-windmill-1.jpg
http://ninjito.com/dump/2008-01-04/qx-paris-3.jpg http://ninjito.com/dump/2008-01-04/qx-windmills-4.jpg

A small stop off in Belgium for an abandoned Castle...
http://ninjito.com/dump/2008-01-05/qx-castle-1.jpg

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

The Abandoned Chateau:

http://ninjito.com/dump/2008-01-05/qx-castle-3.jpg
http://ninjito.com/dump/2008-01-01/qx-noisy-3.jpg
http://ninjito.com/dump/2008-01-05/qx-castle-4.jpg
http://ninjito.com/dump/2008-01-05/qx-castle-5.jpg

great pics - what cam do you use ?

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

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 :|
http://ninjito.com/dump/2008-01-01/qx-germany-1.jpg

Paris RER B Tunnels
http://ninjito.com/dump/2008-01-02/qx-rerb-1.jpg
http://ninjito.com/dump/2008-01-02/qx-rerb-2.jpg

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

http://ninjito.com/dump/2008-01-03/qx-canal-1.jpg
http://ninjito.com/dump/2008-01-03/qx-canal-2.jpg

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

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

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

Living the life! ;)

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!)

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

yes - great photos, I like them all !

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

Beautiful!!

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

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."

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 !

very nice pics indeed, thx for sharing

Awesome as usual! Love yout work Quantum :thumbsup

looks like some lifelong happy experiences there - nice shots :)

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"? :)

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

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

super pics man !

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

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

At least make some guides :winkwink:

Use Clickbank or something for it :winkwink::winkwink::1orglaugh

great pics man - congrats !! :thumbsup

awesome pictures there!

Some very cool pics man...

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
http://www.finkbuilt.com/static/imag...icles/lomo.jpg :)

awsome pictures!

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...

I like that pic looks really cool

http://ninjito.com/dump/2008-01-01/qx-noisy-3.jpg

lately GFY full of HDR images BTW

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

HDR is cheating! :1orglaugh

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

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

really cool pics, thanks

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

Awesome pics, mate!!! :thumbsup
But........ there´s any women in these contries??? hehehe

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

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

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 :)

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 ;)

some amazing shots.

awesome pics!!!!!!