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Bonus Photo of the Day 2 4th January 2026.

PH-PBX, Fokker F-28-1000 Fellowship, Dutch Royal Flight, basking in the sun at Vienna Schwechat, 27th October 1993.

#Vienna #Schwechat #VIE #LOWW #Fokker #F28 #Fellowship #DutchRoyalFlight
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Rear view of a twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage.
The plane is mostly white, with an orange stripe running along the body, under the passenger cabin windows, and the black registration "PH-PBX" on the sides of the white engine pods on the rear fuselage.
The tail is orange with a pair of dark blue stripes.
Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with the plane casting a strong shadow, suggesting the sun is coming from somewhere around the top left corner.
A row of baggage containers in the background is arranged in front of trees stretching across the frame, under bright but hazy sky.

Tilburg. Home. The place where I was born, and where my children were born.

After many days that felt far too warm and far too grey for this time of year, the sun finally broke through. Blue sky appeared — almost as if the city itself was taking a deep breath. I went out for a short walk in the Spoorpark, close to home. As usual, I didn’t leave without a camera.

While walking, my attention was caught by something easily overlooked: a simple puddle. There was barely any wind, no ripples at all. From just the right angle, the puddle turned into a quiet mirror, reflecting Westpoint against a clear blue sky. A small inversion of reality — sky below, city above — reminding me how perspective can change everything.

Scientifically speaking, it’s nothing more than specular reflection: a smooth surface reflecting light at equal angles. But emotionally, it feels like something else entirely. A moment where chaos pauses, where the city aligns with itself, if only for a second. These moments are fragile — a breeze, a footstep, and they’re gone.

Photographically, this was about being present and reacting quickly. Shot handheld with the Canon 5DsR and the Sigma 24–70mm Art at 29mm, f/2.8, 1/500 sec, ISO 100. No tricks. Just observation, timing, and letting light do what it naturally does best.

Sometimes home reflects back more than you expect.

Photography, after all, is just another way of studying light and life.

#Tilburg #Spoorpark #Westpoint #ReflectionPhotography #UrbanObservation #EverydayPhysics #LightAndReflection #SeeingDifferently #CityDetails #MinimalMoments #DutchCityscape #UrbanNature #CalmMoments #HandheldPhotography #Canon5DsR #Sigma2470Art #F28 #ISO100 #MirrorWorld #BlueSkyDays #QuietScenes #VisualScience #ObservationOverAction #SlowLooking #PhotographicCuriosity #CityAsLandscape #EverydayWonder #PerspectiveShift #UrbanStories #Pixelfed #ByMaikeldeBakker #MaikeldeBakkerPhotography #ByMaikelPhotography #WonderingLens #wonderinglens

Sigma 10-18mm F2.8
https://cameraderie.org/threads/sigma-10-18mm-f2-8.60265/

#Cameraderie #Fuji #Photography #FujiShowcase #f28 #fujifilm #sigma

Tiny Lanterns on a Mossy Wall

It seems the forest wasn’t finished surprising me that day. After finding the tiny Mycena adscendens carrying that oversized droplet, we stumbled across another colony — same species, same walk, different tree. Only this time they were a little larger (a whole 2–3 mm!) and lined up in a perfect vertical row along a mossy trunk, like miniature lamps climbing their way toward daylight.

The challenge? Light. Or rather the lack of it. The forest was still wrapped in that wet, grey, sleepy atmosphere. Since my MP-E 65mm was already pushed to its limits earlier, I switched things up and used the Sigma 24–70mm Art on the Canon 5DsR. Shooting at f/2.8, 1/400, ISO 3200, I had to rely on every bit of available light — and a steady hand — to keep those microscopic caps sharp while letting the background melt into soft mossy texture.

What I love about mushrooms like Mycena adscendens is how easily they’re overlooked. People step over them every day without ever noticing the tiny worlds unfolding at their feet. But get close enough — really close — and you discover small universes: droplets clinging like glass ornaments, translucent stems glowing against dark bark.

Same forest, same species, same walk… and yet a completely different story.
That’s the magic of photography: the world doesn’t repeat itself unless you ask it kindly.

#MycenaAdscendens #PorcelainBonnet #Micromushrooms #ForestMicrocosmos #FungiFriday #TinyWorlds #MacroPhotography #CloseUpNature #Mycophilia #MushroomMagic #Canon5DsR #Sigma2470Art #LowLightPhotography #HandheldMacro #DarkForestMood #MossAndFungi #DutchNature #Kampina #Oisterwijk #ScientificCuriosity #FieldNotes #NatureDetails #SmallWonders #NaturalTextures #ForestWalks #FungiOfTheDay #MacroLife #MacroVision #NaturePhotography #PhotographyStorytelling #DepthOfField #BokehLove #ISO3200 #F28 #Shutter400 #ForestCreatures #NatureIsArt #ObservationIsKey #MindfulPhotography #ByMaikeldeBakker

Gat On A Sat 15th November 2025.

F-GDUU, Fokker F28-2000 Fellowship, TAT European Airlines, being pushed back from it's stand at London Gatwick, 1992 or 1993.

#London #Gatwick #LGW #EGKK #Fokker #F28 #Fellowship #TAT
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, parked facing to the left, with an out-of-frame tug attached to the nose-wheel by a long white pole.
The plane is mostly white, with large, dark blue "TAT" billboard-style on the forward fuselage, with smaller, dark blue "European Airlines" text below.
The black registration "F-GDUU" is on the upper rear fuselage, just below the tail.
The tail itself is mostly yellow, outlined in white, with a stylised flying blue bird in the middle, a design repeated (and reversed) in a smaller form next to small "TAT" titles on the nose.
Grey apron fills most of the frame, with the silvery lower fuselage of a twin engined jet airliner at the top of the frame.

Tails Tuesday 11th November 2025.

SE-DGU, Fokker F28-4000 Fellowship, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, taxiing at Geneva Cointrin, 5th October 1996.

#Geneva #Cointrin #GVA #LSGG #Fokker #F28 #Fellowship #SAS #ScandinavianAirlines #TailsTuesday
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

OM System 50-200 f2.8 Pro
https://cameraderie.org/threads/om-system-50-200-f2-8-pro.59972/

#Cameraderie #M43 #MFT #Photography #Micro43Showcase #f28 #M43Showcase #MicroFourThirds #OmSystem

Now released: the OM System 50-200MM F2.8
https://cameraderie.org/threads/now-released-the-om-system-50-200mm-f2-8.59859/

#Cameraderie #M43 #MFT #Photography #Micro43 #50200mm #f28 #MicroFourThirds #mu43 #OmSystem

Stormy Night in a Ghost Town by Jeff Sullivan (www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com)

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#state #historic #california #park #wild #copyright #usa #west #abandoned #night #lens #photography #gold #town #photo #nikon #ghost #mining #american #workshop #nikkor #bridgeport #f28 #2025 #z8 #ftz #monocounty #bodiestatehistoricpark #jeffsullivan #1424mm

People have existed and celebrated on this land well before anyone crossed the ocean. #mexicanewyear #danzaazteca #aztecdancers #regalia #mexica #5div #sigma #f2.8 #photography #fotografia #KalpulliTeuxihuitl #TelpochcalliCoyolxauhqui #tbcu #nahuatl

A young couple in Mexica regalia preparing to celebrate Mexica New Year 2025

I may not look like you. I don't pray like you. Yet, I am a person just like you. #dignity #tbcu #mexica #aztec #danza #photography #portrait #regalia #mexica #5div #sigma #f2.8 #photography #fotografia #KalpulliTeuxihuitl #TelpochcalliCoyolxauhqui

Person dancing in regalia celebrating the Mexica New Year 2025. Large headdress with black and red plumage in white top and beaded bracelet. Looking back over left shoulder directly into camera.

The Border Crossed Us Kalpulli Teuxihuitl and Telpochcalli Coyolxauhqui #mexicanewyear #danzaazteca #aztecdancers #regalia #mexica #5div #sigma #f2.8 #photography #fotografia #KalpulliTeuxihuitl #TelpochcalliCoyolxauhqui

Young person dancing in regalia celebrating the Mexica New Year 2025

Belém, Lisboa by Sr. Cordeiro

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#belém #lisboa #lisbon #portugal #rua #street #carro #car #linha #comboio #train #line #sombras #shadows #ccd #olympus #evolt #e300 #zuiko #25mm #f28 #flickr #thingsdavidlikes

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T-tail Tuesday
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MacRobertson Miller Airlines (MMA) F.28 Postcard VH-FKD
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#f28 #aviation #airplanes #avgeek #planes #postcards #postcard #travel #planespotting #aviación #aviacion #avión #avion #Luftfahrt #Flugzeuge

Yosemite Valley Morning Monochrome by Jeff Sullivan (www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com)

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#yosemite #national #park #travel #fall #colors #landscape #nature #photography #workshop #california #usa #photo #copyright #november #2023 #jeff #sullivan #sierra #sierranevada #states #united #nikon #d850 #nikkor #70 #200mm #f28 #lens #nik

Getting a memory for life at Tháp Hòa Phong, four favourable winds tower

Hoa Phong Tower, Tháp Hòa Phong, at the southeast end of Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi is where you spot current bridal fashion in Viet Nam.
The ladies here are already engaged, of course. But it is a happy spot flourishing with photographers, their assistants, equipment, and some very happy looking ladies in bridal costumes.
And some grooms-to-be, waiting to get ordered around by all the others.
They probably need this general rehearsal in preparation for their new life. directions.
Favourable winds for life ahead
The tower is the only remains of the Bao An pagoda-complex situated on this spot. This was in the historical centre of Old Hanoi.
Hoa Phong means 4-season favourable winds, the tower having four gates looking in four directions. No wonder this is considered a fortunate spot to start a marriage.

https://vietnamnet.vn/en/the-ruins-of-ancient-hoa-phong-tower-on-the-shore-of-hoan-kiem-lake-E176426.html

#hoankiemlake #Hoa #Phong #Tower #Tháp #Hòa #Phong #bride #brides #bridesdress #wedding #weddingdress #weddingphoto #hoan #kiem #lake #city #citylife #Hanoi #vietnam #Viet #Nam #2012CE #visit #travellingiswhatido #Nikon #NikonD800 #D800 #Nikkor #20mm #f28 #f/2,8 #ThápHòaPhong #Hồ #Gươm #Hà #Nội