Family's visit 1

Posted by Illuci (Hurdegaryp, Netherlands) on 12 December 2007 in Sport & Recreation and Portfolio.

Menno (right) playing Stratego with my brother-in-law who visited us with his wife to celebrate Sinterklaas evening. I'm proud of this picture because the camera was hand-held, no flash, with a minimum of blur.

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Comments (9)

peter from oosterwolde, Netherlands

Hi Erik, indeed a splendid catch. You managed to put down the relaxed atmospohere of the two playing the game. All because of the quality of the light ofcourse!!! Beautyful colour balance too.

12 Dec 2007 7:46am

@peter: Bedankt Peter, je hebt hen nog niet ontmoet maar dat komt wel een keer. Leuke mensen.

Sriram from Chennai, India

Lovely shot on a lowly lit indoor! Very nice tones and the monet too is special! Very good work, Erik! One of your best pictures!

12 Dec 2007 9:14am

@Sriram: Wow, thank you for this big compliment! But what is a monet, I searched for it in dictionaries and on Google I only find the French painter Monet, is it photo-jargon?

Eleftheria, 9 years old, from Athens, Greece

It's a pity Menno doesn't post anymore....
Anyway...
Merry Christmas to you and your family!

12 Dec 2007 11:20am

@Eleftheria, 9 years old,: Merry Christmas to you too and to your family! Next week I'll post a nice painting he made of a horse with a rider.

Ina from Krugersdorp, South Africa

Nice warm colors in a cosy atmosphere! Well captured Erik, love it!

12 Dec 2007 11:23am

@Ina: Bedankt, Ina, ik houd van dit huis en de mensen erin (en de hond natuurlijk ook:). De kast en de klok waren van mijn ouders. Wij zijn rijk als je weet wat ik bedoel.

Dhini from Dordrecht, Netherlands

Het ziet gezellig uit. Nice shot

12 Dec 2007 1:21pm

@Dhini: Dank je wel, Dhini, ben je weer terug uit Indonesië of heb je daar een computer?

MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Wow! Erik, this is a brilliant hand held capture. You have posted some wonderful photographs whilst I was away too!
I hope you and your family are keeping well :)

PS I think that Sriram ment to say moment.

12 Dec 2007 9:48pm

@MaryB: Thanks MaryB, nice that you're back again, I noticed that you were away during the time I've been neglecting you, I don't believe in coincidences, it just had to be that way :) As for the hand-holding I realize that when I was in the army (1964-1966) I won prizes with shooting, well now it pays off at last :).
We are keeping well, thanks, I hope you too!

Wolfgang Prigge from Granby, Québec, Canada

This is incredible for a hand-held shot. Are you sure you were not a sniper in a former life?

13 Dec 2007 2:14pm

@Wolfgang Prigge: Bedankt Wolfgang, misschien was ik wel een sluipschutter in mijn vorig leven :), maar ik geloofde het eerst zelf ook niet, toen ik het zag, het is echt waar, c'est vraiment vrai, es ist wirklich wahr :). Vielleicht war es eine sehr kurze Pause zwischen zwei kaum aufmerkbare Bebungen (die kurze Frist zwischen zwei Herzschläge, atmen tu ich nicht bei so etwas), reines Glück kann es auch gewesen zein.

Seraphine from San Francisco, Uganda

Wonderful photo.
I love it. Great.

14 Dec 2007 7:39am

@Seraphine: Thanks Seraphine!

Erik from Hamar, Norway

Brilliant! :D chess is kinda fascinating, brain vs brain, mind over mind :)

19 Dec 2007 11:44pm

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