The Ultimate Antwerp Perfume
By: Peter
tags: Antwerp, edward hopper, Nighthawks, perfume, photograpy
Category: Antwerp, Photography, edward hopper, photoshop
No Photoshop or any color manipulation, just a recent night shot showing an exclusive perfume store right in front of Antwerp city hall. Photo taken while I walked on by.
I took this photo at night (yes, trying a 1/4 sec exposure was too much for my movement stabilized lens, the full sized eight megapixel was slightly fuzzy), getting an unusual, perfect blue glow on part of the facade, while the whole image made me recall Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks.
In Fine is an exclusive “we mix your own perfume” outlet, with this medieval building being their business card location.
While I still regret not having checked the image sharpness, I was quite pleased with the natural blue glow delivering an out of this world atmosphere
By the way, welcome to http://antwerpen.wordpress.com, my photo-only 2nd blog about Antwerp.
Previous post were imported from my main blog over at http://antwerp.wordpress.com, a blog with a much wider scope. I will make an effort to post original Antwerp photos here as frequently as possible, but I won’t make any promises 
Gorgeous shot, Peter! Just lovely. I like it far better than Hopper’s … maybe the perfume element, maybe the blue (blue is my favorite color), maybe the writing and languages. The Antwerp dept. of tourism should buy this shot from you for their ads … really!
A second photo blog would be neat!
[Blog author comment: "Thank you Shirley! I'm considering a photo blog (a second site is already online, with a temporary copy of this blog), only all the existing Antwerp photo blogs made me wonder if anyone would visit. I once mailed Antwerp city a photo: they sent a very polite "thank you" and I've never heard from them since
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Lovely picture! I love perfume. I would SO be a frequent flier at this place!!
[Blog author comment: "Thanks Claudia. It's a great place: they actually create your own unique perfume, on the spot. One female blogger from the US adored the place: http://victoriasown.blogspot.com/2006/06/in-fine-parfums-antwerp.html, but I'm also a fan. Imagine passing by daily, kind of tempting. "]
wow, that lighting in that shot is amazing! the blue glow of the store is really cool!
[Blog author comment: "Thanks Van! I guess it was my lucky day: I pass by daily but haven't seen this glow again. Probably a combination of lots of factors, I just happened to have a camera ready
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Photoblogs are always popular and they are a good way to spread out your artistic endeavours. You should go for it.
[Blog author comment: "Thanks Manic. My blog over at antwerpen.wordpress.com is gathering dust: it might be the perfect place to show the numerous photos from the past few years. "]