Tag Archives: Art

Chalk Chunks

Posted on September 16, 2012 by

© 2012 – philip vergeylen – all rights reserved A few chunks of chalk that came down from the white cliffs of Normandy. The French coast between Dieppe and Fécamp is rather monotonous, but there are a few spots where … Continue reading →

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Floating Meccano

Posted on August 5, 2012 by

© 2012 – philip vergeylen – all rights reserved. The Cromarty Firth is an arm of the North Sea in Scotland. It is the middle of the three sea lochs at the head of the Moray Firth: to the north … Continue reading →

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Le Gour Blue

Posted on July 30, 2012 by

© 2011 – philip vergeylen – all rights reserved I love to photograph waterfalls. You know, the ND filter stuff, with long exposures up to a few minutes. One of my favourite places for this kind of photography are the … Continue reading →

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Eyes Closed

Posted on July 22, 2012 by

© 2012 – philip vergeylen – all rights reserved ‘Gesloten Ogen’ (‘Closed eyes’) is the name of one of the most moving bronze sculptures of Campo Santo. Campo Santo is the name of a cemetery in Sint-Amandsberg, Gent in Belgium. … Continue reading →

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Setting sail

Posted on July 15, 2012 by

© 2012 – philip vergeylen – all rights reserved Hitchcock’s Birds are back. Not as threatening as in Birds on the brain, but still they’re back. I read in the newspaper this morning that, at the Flemish coast, gulls are attacking … Continue reading →

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Birds on the brain

Posted on July 7, 2012 by

© 2012 – philip vergeylen – all rights reserved They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!!! This photo reminds me of Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’. Hitchcock got the idea for the movie when dying and disoriented seabirds rammed themselves into … Continue reading →

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The wind that shakes the barley

Posted on July 1, 2012 by

© 2012 – philip vergeylen – all rights reserved ‘The Wind that Shakes the Barley’ is an Irish ballad, written by the Limerick-born poet Robert Dwyer Joyce. The song is written from the perspective of a doomed young Wexford rebel … Continue reading →

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Due South

Posted on June 22, 2012 by

© 2012 – philip vergeylen – all rights reserved The long trip of migratory birds is surely one of the most fascinating spectacles that nature can offer. Every year, I travel to France to witness the migration of some 50 … Continue reading →

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Before the dawn

Posted on June 16, 2012 by

© 2012 – philip vergeylen – all rights reserved An early morning walk can be very inspiring and relaxing, especially when the landscape is covered in thick mist. The Kalmthoutse Heide is a cross-border nature reserve with many pools, heathland, … Continue reading →

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Concrete drinking trough

Posted on June 11, 2012 by

© 2012 – philip vergeylen – all rights reserved Here is another photo I made close to home. I live in a small town and need no more than a ten minute’s walk to find myself in the middle of … Continue reading →

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