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Chicago Botanic Garden
Ndinombethe.
I was going to do a funny post - about Belgians in the Wild - all anthropologist like - but I think I'll play this straight. Jientje, of Heaven is in Belgium, is too good a friend to risk offending her with my weird sense of humor.
Jientje, In the English Walled Garden
Jientje and Ivan, Her Husband
Jientje and Lisa of Lisa's Chaos
And that concludes our study of 'Belgians in the Wild'.
Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
Ndinombethe.
p.s. Go to Mommycosm's Holiday Hoopla Giveaway and enter for the giveaway of "Nobody's Home" - an 11x14 print in a 16x20 frame.
And that concludes our study of 'Belgians in the Wild'.
Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
Ndinombethe.
p.s. Go to Mommycosm's Holiday Hoopla Giveaway and enter for the giveaway of "Nobody's Home" - an 11x14 print in a 16x20 frame.
Sarah is taking half the weekend off - and the reason is below. And I guess I should explain.
Those of you who read Jientje know that not too long back she broke her camera. Her husband, Ivan, bought her a new camera to replace the busted one. The old camera was a Canon SX10 - the new one is a Canon SX1. And the thing is, Canon repaired the broken camera so when she came here to the States, she had two cameras.
As I was driving downtown on Sunday morning to pick up Jientje to take her to the Chicago Botanical Garden, to meet Lisa and her family, I realized that I had forgotten my camera. Left it at home. I didn't KNOW it, of course, but Jientje had two, so when I told her I had stupidly left my camera home, she offered to let me use her repaired camera.
I took about a hundred shots with her camera. Yesterday those shots came to me on a USB memory stick in the mail. So for the next two or three weeks I would like to share some of the better shots I took with her camera - which I found very easy to use - especially after watching HER work with her camera and seeing how she uses it.
After having taken the obligatory flower shots (like the one above) in the first greenhouse, we wandered around until we found ourselves in the fourth, and last, greenhouse. Full of Cactuses. Or Cacti, for the purest or those of you who speak Latin.
These cacti are amazing looking beasts. And the one below is the most impressive in the camera.
Next Saturday, pictures of Jientje actually using her camera to take those macro shots she loves so much and does so well. And more cacti. Spiny, prickly, make holes in your clothes cacti.
Ndinombethe.
Those of you who read Jientje know that not too long back she broke her camera. Her husband, Ivan, bought her a new camera to replace the busted one. The old camera was a Canon SX10 - the new one is a Canon SX1. And the thing is, Canon repaired the broken camera so when she came here to the States, she had two cameras.
As I was driving downtown on Sunday morning to pick up Jientje to take her to the Chicago Botanical Garden, to meet Lisa and her family, I realized that I had forgotten my camera. Left it at home. I didn't KNOW it, of course, but Jientje had two, so when I told her I had stupidly left my camera home, she offered to let me use her repaired camera.
I took about a hundred shots with her camera. Yesterday those shots came to me on a USB memory stick in the mail. So for the next two or three weeks I would like to share some of the better shots I took with her camera - which I found very easy to use - especially after watching HER work with her camera and seeing how she uses it.
After having taken the obligatory flower shots (like the one above) in the first greenhouse, we wandered around until we found ourselves in the fourth, and last, greenhouse. Full of Cactuses. Or Cacti, for the purest or those of you who speak Latin.
These cacti are amazing looking beasts. And the one below is the most impressive in the camera.
Next Saturday, pictures of Jientje actually using her camera to take those macro shots she loves so much and does so well. And more cacti. Spiny, prickly, make holes in your clothes cacti.
Ndinombethe.
So after our little run down Lake Shore Drive early on Saturday morning, we parked the car near the Sheraton Hotel, where BlogHer had been in July, and went walkabout. And our first bit of walkabout took us up these stairs.
After a minute or two of walking with Jientje, and seeing how she works, you are struck with an immediate urge to get all artsy fartsy with your photography. Because you KNOW she's taking all these really great pictures and you KNOW you have to do SOMETHING to keep up because when her shots hit her blog - you're gonna look pretty plebian by comparison. Thus, the picture below ...
Yup. A very plebian photo of an outdoor metal and concrete staircase. Anyway, because I can at times be a tourist in my own town - and the darn thing IS brand new after all - after climbing the stairs we were greeted by this view of the Trump Tower.
And then, of course, I took another shot of Jientje, who was wondering how she was going to get a macro shot of THAT.
Okay, now this is where it's going to get a bit tricky. Notice, in the picture above, You see my shadow. I'm facing North, Jientje is more or less facing West, and behind her, out of frame to the right, is a large Condo building whose facing is glass. I turned around and moved into the shadows and took the picture below which shows the North wing of NBC Tower illuminated by reflections from the condo building we were standing next to.
I just thought it was cool.
All of these shots are SOOC - Straight Out Of Camera - no touch up or alteration of any kind.
I do love the Big Dawg.
Ndimonbethe.
p.s. Jientje flies home, with Ivan, her husband, today. Bon Voyage, Princess.
After a minute or two of walking with Jientje, and seeing how she works, you are struck with an immediate urge to get all artsy fartsy with your photography. Because you KNOW she's taking all these really great pictures and you KNOW you have to do SOMETHING to keep up because when her shots hit her blog - you're gonna look pretty plebian by comparison. Thus, the picture below ...
Yup. A very plebian photo of an outdoor metal and concrete staircase. Anyway, because I can at times be a tourist in my own town - and the darn thing IS brand new after all - after climbing the stairs we were greeted by this view of the Trump Tower.
And then, of course, I took another shot of Jientje, who was wondering how she was going to get a macro shot of THAT.
Okay, now this is where it's going to get a bit tricky. Notice, in the picture above, You see my shadow. I'm facing North, Jientje is more or less facing West, and behind her, out of frame to the right, is a large Condo building whose facing is glass. I turned around and moved into the shadows and took the picture below which shows the North wing of NBC Tower illuminated by reflections from the condo building we were standing next to.
I just thought it was cool.
All of these shots are SOOC - Straight Out Of Camera - no touch up or alteration of any kind.
I do love the Big Dawg.
Ndimonbethe.
p.s. Jientje flies home, with Ivan, her husband, today. Bon Voyage, Princess.
Jientje got here at 5:20am Saturday morning - so the first thing we did was go to have breakfast. Egglectic Cafe - good stuff. And I took her picture with my little Fuji point and shoot.
And then the waitress took our picture, with my little Fuji point and shoot.
And then, in the parking lot, as we got ready to go down to the lakefront, she whipped out her weapon. And I took a picture of her, again, with me little Fuji point and shoot.
But then came the moment when the little Fuji point and shoot ran out of gas - overwhelmed by what I asked it to do.
It became time ... to break out the Big Dog.
Above shot with my Canon 30D.
Jientje's notebook computer crapped out on her sometime early in her trip, so she hasn't had the time or capability to post to her site. Look for her site, Heaven Is In Belgium, to be updated sometime Wednesday.
And I will have more pictures tomorrow.
Ndinombethe.
And then the waitress took our picture, with my little Fuji point and shoot.
And then, in the parking lot, as we got ready to go down to the lakefront, she whipped out her weapon. And I took a picture of her, again, with me little Fuji point and shoot.
But then came the moment when the little Fuji point and shoot ran out of gas - overwhelmed by what I asked it to do.
It became time ... to break out the Big Dog.
Above shot with my Canon 30D.
Jientje's notebook computer crapped out on her sometime early in her trip, so she hasn't had the time or capability to post to her site. Look for her site, Heaven Is In Belgium, to be updated sometime Wednesday.
And I will have more pictures tomorrow.
Ndinombethe.
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