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One IFC - Hong Kong

2009-06-03T17:48:00.001+02:00

I had a little evening walk in Central Hong Kong tonight and snapped a few pictures. This is the top of one IFC from Connaught Road.

Des Voeux Road - Hong Kong

2009-06-01T17:53:00.002+02:00

Having fun on Hong Kong's rooftops :0)

Nocturne 1

2009-05-25T23:05:00.003+02:00

Mistery night in the park. Some light appears behind some bushes...

Stormy Sky

2009-05-16T01:26:00.003+02:00

I was walking up to my bedroom when I noticed the sky... I ran down... took out my camera and started to shoot. This is the result of 3 shots processed for HDR. I will always be amazed by clouds in the sky... :0)

Swedish Flowers?

2009-04-26T23:12:00.005+02:00

There's something about these flowers that reminds me of trees standing out in form the jungle canopy... only this jungle looks more like a swedish jungle or some Ikea store :0)

Something in the sky...

2009-04-23T02:04:00.002+02:00

What was that... took the shot anyway :0) Who knows.
Spoiler: this is just me playing with HDR and a picture of the sun with some clouds.

Somewhere in Boston...

2009-04-23T00:56:00.005+02:00

This was a dumb tourist picture I took in downtown Boston (I believe on park street as far as I remember). I played with it on picasa and got a better result than expected ;0)

Park at Night

2009-04-21T22:51:00.004+02:00

Another one of my shots during my shoot in the park of the Abbaye de la Cambre.

Lonely Duck

2009-04-19T23:30:00.004+02:00

A lonely duck wonders if he should go and swim :0) Ixelles' ponds again.

The Great Blue Heron

2009-04-19T22:39:00.003+02:00

I was on a stroll around Ixelles' ponds this afternoon when I noticed this great blue heron standing on a branch of a tree. Took out my camera and took the shot.

Flower Composition

2009-04-16T00:35:00.004+02:00

I have been leaving these dried flowers in a vase on my dinner table for a while. Tonight I thought I could make something a little more interresting with it. I set it up on a filing carton box cover and set the whole scene on my laptop (setting up a white screen to use it as side lighting - what do you know... I improvise since I don't have any studio equipment :0). The whole scene was macro-ed with my 300mm on my tripod and shot bracketing at 5 different exposures. A little combination HDR style, a quick crop panorama style and voila! Simple as never been so much fun :0)

Brussels' Rooftops

2009-04-12T01:16:00.004+02:00

A nice view of my neighbourhood in Brussels. After some color temperature correction, I finaly managed to make this picture look the way I wanted :0)

Jubilee's view - take 2

2009-04-11T00:52:00.007+02:00

I went back on the rooftop tonight. Less wind made a less blury picture :0)

Jubilee's view

2009-04-10T19:31:00.005+02:00

This is a rare view on the Brussels' Jubilee monument (the "cinquentenaire" for the Brussel's folks :0). I took this picture with a 300 mm, a long exposure and a lot of wind so there is a little blur. I like the view however.

Stairs in the park at night

2009-04-09T01:03:00.004+02:00

Another picture I took in the park next to my place at night some days ago. I revisited the set of pictures today and thought this one was quite interresting.

Looking for the sun :0)

2009-04-07T10:35:00.005+02:00

And it is raining again in Belgium... therefore I thought this picture would cheer up my blog a little. I took this one in my friend's garden last Saturday when it was still sunny :0)

Flamingoes Conversation

2009-04-03T00:51:00.004+02:00

I always thought flamingoes to be strange animals. I like them nevertheless. They are one strange piece of evolutionary offspring :0)
These resides at Antwerp's Zoo in Belgium.

Abbaye de la Cambre - Park by Night

2009-04-01T00:36:00.008+02:00

City parks are often like islands of peace between the busy streets. This one is a good example and is knows only by few. It offers great lawns for spring and summer luncheons hence the secrecy of it :0). I like this picture where you can actually see the busy street above and its lights illuminating the trees.

Ixelles' Ponds by Night II

2009-04-01T00:25:00.003+02:00

Another view from Ixelles' ponds in Brussels taken during tonight's stroll.

Ixelles' Ponds by Night

2009-04-01T00:20:00.005+02:00

It always amazed me how one can take pictures from distant places and never really enjoy it's own neighbourhood. Tonight I thought I would go for a walk with my camera and shoot some night scenes around my home. I actually found some nice spots and have seen the very place I walk through every morning and evening to go to and from the office from a new angle... just taking time to enjoy it.
This picture was taken at Ixelles' ponds in Brussels and look towards the infamous Place Flagey (Brussels' folks will no doubt recognize the place).

Brussels by Sunset

2009-03-31T00:21:00.002+02:00

A view from my bedroom window at sunset. I like this evening atmosphere.

Archive digg up: Chicago harbour lighthouse at night

2009-03-30T02:31:00.004+02:00

I never published this image before becasue it was never really finished. The windows are not textured correctly and the lighthouse lantern is missing (what a shame for a lighthouse :0). Nevertheless, I believe with time I got more indulgent with myself and decided this was nice enough to be published as is. Modeled in Blender and rendered with Yafray.

Archive digg up: Chicago harbour lighthouse... untextured.

2009-03-30T02:27:00.002+02:00

Another one of my models. I also lost the model file in a computer crash. This image is one of the first render of the model

Archive digg up: Industrial dreams

2009-03-30T02:22:00.003+02:00

It is something strange how some people can be fascinated by the ugly industrial scenes. I always explained it as being the love of complexity and details. I created this model back in 2005 as a texturing exercise. I intended to create different models of the genre but ended up carried away by other inspiration. All modeled in blender and rendered with Yafray.

Archive digg up: Yet another unfinished model...

2009-03-30T02:13:00.002+02:00

This is the top part (and only part I managed to fit to my preliminary sketches) of a model of the Nautilus. It was more of a modeling training than anything else and it ended up when I lost all my files on my computer... only this poor little render remains :0(
I was running out of ideas for the rest of the boat anyways :0)

Archive digg up: Not quite what I wanted... but almost.

2009-03-30T02:08:00.003+02:00

The same scene as in my previous post... only with less details and a real render. This lacks a lot of things off course but this is the closest I got from what I wanted. Lighting is bad... render is faulty (what happened to these phone lines?) and I am not even talking about the textures ... but I still like it :0)

Archive digg up: Blender scenes I could never render...

2009-03-30T02:05:00.002+02:00

Another fossilized file from my backups I digged up today. You will recognize the "Hotel Universe" from my previous post along with other models I had created for the scene. In the end, I could never render the scene the way I wanted and my computer kept oin crashing on me after some 29 hours of calculation. This is one of the very few times I surrendered and left the file alone with good memories instead of memories of frustration :0).
Perhaps someday I will try the render again on my new, more powerfull computer.

Archive digg up: Unfinished "Hotel Universe"

2009-03-30T01:59:00.002+02:00

I digged inside my old files today and found this render of a building I had modeled back in my Blender days (I am trying to get back to it but I lack time :0). I had named this model "Hotel Universe" because is reminded me of old hotels you can find on seaside resorts around europe and which are always named with a twist of creativity (NOT... I believe Hotel Universe is the most common hotel name in europe :0).

Oh... look... another statue!

2009-03-28T04:18:00.003+01:00

Yet another statue in the Boston Common... I am not getting tired of them. Perhaps I should start scuplting lessons :0)

Memories of Colonial Times

2009-03-26T01:58:00.007+01:00

This statue guards the entrance of Antwerp's zoo. Although I do not approve colonizing other countries, I believe people had much more decorative style back then than nowadays. I think this is a good representation of this past artistic trend.

It's a small world - Singapore at night

2009-03-24T23:54:00.003+01:00

This is the details of a picture I took in Singapore. I processed it so it looks like a tilt shift fake miniature effect. For more about tilt shift greatness... take a look at this awesome video http://rossching.com/movies/eclectic30/480p/.
Enjoy!

Serious Buddy

2009-03-24T00:00:00.004+01:00

This one did not seem to appreciate tourists anymore.

Mister Gekko

2009-03-23T23:59:00.003+01:00

Another picture I took at the Antwerp's zoo. It looks like he is just posing and smiling :0)

Starfish

2009-03-22T23:46:00.003+01:00

This one is from the aquarium part of Antwerp's zoo.

Monkeys

2009-03-22T23:41:00.002+01:00

We spent the day at the zoo in Antwerp. This is the first image in a series.

Exotic Bird

2009-03-21T21:27:00.003+01:00

I had some fun with a friend's professional lense (a 300mm) this afternoon. This exotic bird just happened to be flying around in the garden. Now I want to buy the same lense... ouch... my wallet is getting lighter :0)

Downtown Hong Kong at Night

2009-03-21T02:44:00.003+01:00

This is a pic I took last october while on business trip in Hong Kong. I just love the mood of the city night.

Singapore Skyline

2009-03-20T19:06:00.004+01:00

Still back in October, stayed over a weekend in Singapore. This was taken from my room.

Double Rainbow

2009-03-20T19:01:00.004+01:00

I was in Malaysia last October. This double rainbow was shot from my bungalow in Port Dickson.

Detail

2009-03-20T01:42:00.003+01:00

Another statue. Still in the Boston Common. I like the way the statue looks like she is going to fall and hang to the wall :0)

Another Statue

2009-03-18T23:35:00.006+01:00

And another statue in the Boston Common. This one comemorates the foundation of Charles Mass General Hospital. Could not get it without pigeons thought :0)

Nutty Squirrel

2009-03-18T23:31:00.003+01:00

Funny squirrel in the Boston Common.

Shy Downtown Building

2009-03-18T23:25:00.004+01:00

Another pictures I took last weekend in downtown Boston.

Planetoid II

2009-03-16T03:37:00.005+01:00

Another picture of that old mine displayed in Boston Common.

Little Planet

2009-03-16T03:16:00.007+01:00

This is a strange planet found in the middle of Boston Commons :0). It really is a closup on the old WWI (as far as I can remember) mine which is exposed in the park. I like this rusty texture.

Downtown Boston on a Sunny Day

2009-03-14T22:11:00.008+01:00

It was a wonderful sunny day today in Boston, so I decided to go downtown and shoot some pictures. This is the first one I processed from the batch.

Ryoko

2009-03-06T12:35:00.002+01:00

This is my first attempt at drawing a portrait. Since I needed inspiration, I took a picture of one of my favorite Japanese actress Ryoko Hirosue and went for it without really knowing what to do. In the end I think the result is not too bad although I am working on my skills to make it better. Note that LoKi is one of my many surname and signature for my art (I could never decide which I prefer :0).

New York Style Building - Poster Project

2009-03-06T01:50:00.002+01:00

Some time ago, I had some fun designing this building in 3d using Blender. After a while I used it to create this poster project. Some more tweaks needed before I try it for a print but I like it so far.

Enjoy.

Statue in the park

2009-03-06T01:00:00.003+01:00

Last Sunday, I was with my good friend Fred, his wife and daughter in the park of La Hulpe near Brussels. During our walk in the park, we came accross this nice statue which is all patched up and worn out by time. I just decided to give it a shot and it ended up better than I thought. This was taken with a compact camera and edited for more dramatic effect :0)
Hope you will enjoy.

A Little Shuttle

2009-03-06T00:30:00.002+01:00

Another texturing exercise on a little shuttle I created for fun. Modeled in Blender and rendered using Yafray. Other elements on the page created using Inkscape.

Deserted Places II

2009-03-05T12:00:00.002+01:00

The second chapter of my series of deserted places. Modeled with Blender. Rendered with Yafray. Post processed with Gimp.

Deserted Place I - A first scene

2009-03-05T11:30:00.002+01:00

Some time ago, I spent a lot of time on this image. All created in Blender and textured with lots of patience (this was my first real scene and I was still learning how to texture stuffs).

Rendered using Yafray.