Here are all adventures that are tagged: Historical

April 19, 2025

In the spotlight

20.3 km / 12.6 miles 🚶

Utrecht 🇳🇱

Utrecht is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Netherlands.

The story

Actually, I was planning to go to Utrecht the previous weekend, but public transportation let me down. So the next chance was this weekend! While other people were walking the Kennedymars, 80 km (50 miles), or the Swentiboldmars, 40 km (25 miles), I did my own photography mars of 20 km (12.5 miles) in Utrecht!

The gear

Camera:
Ricoh GR III (Street Edition)

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
B&W Negative +Red Filter

The pictures

November 22, 2024 (day 2)

In the spotlight

19.2 km / 11.9 miles 🚶

München (Munich) 🇩🇪

Munich is the capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria. It is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg, and thus the largest which does not constitute its own state, as well as the 11th-largest city in the European Union. The city's metropolitan region is home to about six million people.

The story

Day two – and boy, was it a chilly one! If there were a Lord, I’d thank Him for bringing extra pants for layering and warmth, as well as an extra pair of shoes since one got drenched in wet snow.
Today was filled with graffiti exploration at Tumblingerstraße and ended with a visit to Königsplatz, where mass rallies led by a certain German politician once took place.

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-S10

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipes:
Fujicolor Superia 1600
Kodak Royal Gold 400

The pictures

November 10, 2024

In the spotlight

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Stolberg 🇩🇪

Stolberg is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has a long history as an industrial town and belongs to the district Aachen and the lower district court of Eschweiler.

The story

Testing my newly acquired, second-hand, 10-year-old Samsung NX Mini camera with the 9mm lens attached!
I needed a quiet, calm place to get acquainted with the device, so I decided to visit Burg Stolberg on this overcast day. I selected the “Retro” setting in the camera’s Picture Wizard, with a few tweaks of my own. It’s a kind of film simulation recipe, giving the photos a hint of sepia – just enough to feel vintage, though I can’t say exactly which era it evokes.
Unfortunately, my GPS tracker didn’t record, so no step mileage today.

The gear

Camera:
Samsung NX Mini

Camera lens:
Samsung NX-M 9mm f/3.5 ED

Picture Wizard:
Retro (color 2/orange, saturation -1, sharpness -1, contrast -2), white balance: Auto WB (G:0, B:0, A:0, M:0), +1/3 EV

The pictures

October 26, 2024

In the spotlight

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Bulge Relics Museum, Vielsalm 🇧🇪

The “Bulge Relics Museum is the fruit of a passionate quest started in 1984 on the land of our ancestors who experienced this terrible winter 1944-1945. The BRM presents on several levels of an old historic building thousands of artefacts related to the the Ardennes offensive, mostly found in the Vielsalm and Baraque de Fraiture region. A didactical path through pictures, displays, vehicles and showcases brings you back to those dark hours of winter 1944 which saw the American forces mainly fighting the elite troops of the SS panzerdivisions.

The story

On this beautiful, sunny fall day, what could be more delightful than exploring the horrors of a certain war? Today, I visited the Bulge Relics Museum!

Armed with two cameras – a 16-80mm with Polaroid II bullets loaded and the classic 35mm Zeiss with Tri-X 400 shells for that vintage look – I was ready. Both barrels were equipped with circular polarizing filters to eliminate any annoying reflections from glass displays.

It didn’t take long to decide: black and white was the way to go here!

The gear

Cameras:
Fujifilm X-T3¹
Fujifilm X-S10²

Camera lenses:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR¹
Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 35mm f/2.8²

Camera lens filters:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4¹
HOYA CIR-PL Slim^{1 2}

Film simulation recipes:
Polaroid II¹
Kodak Tri-X 400²

The pictures

September 5, 2024 (day 6)

In the spotlight

17.0 km / 10.1 miles 🚶

Bratislava 🇸🇰

Bratislava is the capital and largest city of Slovakia and the fourth largest of all cities on Danube river.

The story

Finally, I’m visiting the city of Bratislava! Another long, hot summer day spent exploring the city’s castle, capturing the street life during the day, dusk, and darkness, and of course, enjoying many beers and Slovak cuisine!

The gear

Camera:
Ricoh GR III (Street Edition)

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipes:
Kodak Print
Royal Supra
Monochrome Film

The pictures

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