Now that the kids are getting older, we are out in nature more often, and try to go for short or long walks more often. Sometimes we drive towards beautiful nature reserves in in other part of Belgium, or in The Netherlands, but more and more often, we try to discover more of the beautiful spots of nature that are in our own neighborhood. It’s typical, beauty in your own neighborhood is often overlooked, but we have the excuse that we have not been living there for THAT long…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is one of those newly discovered beautiful spots of nature in the neighborhood. As is typical in the area, it is the remainder of clay mining, and since clay doesn’t easily let water pass, most of these clay pits have become ponds, and creating beautiful places for both fauna and flora. Such as this one. But during the hot summer times, the water easily evaporates, resulting in dramatic looking landscapes. Such as this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was actually shooting pictures using my Fujifilm X-E2, but as I often do, I also tried a few using my iPhone X and Procamera HDR<\/a>. The Fujifilm X-E2 pictures came out just great, and are being processed to be sold for stock. But for social media, bold colors tend to work better (or at least, on my profiles they do), so I uploaded this one to Instagram and Facebook and the likes. And yes indeed, it sure got the likes! A lot of them even!<\/p>\n\n\n\n What the secret ingredient is? Not in particular the colors I believe, as most of my Instagram portfolio is rather saturated in colors, but the piece of wood in the foreground, as it creates a great leading line, and a sense of depth into the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For postprocessing I used Lightroom CC Mobile<\/a> to add some extra contrast and saturation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n