SHOTSBLOG | Peter Berckmans | Activity https://shotsblog.com/members/peter-berckmans/activity/ Activity feed for Peter Berckmans. Fri, 06 Mar 2026 19:29:48 -0600 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 30d4445090e5f914e55a5013ee37725d Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/taking-a-pentax-for-a-walk/#comment-3916 Mon, 24 Apr 2023 14:42:37 -0500 Yeah the lenses love to come out. The collection is growing and changing. Love to use those old lenses.

In reply to - Peter Berckmans wrote a new post Taking a Pentax for a walk Lately I have come into some Pentax lenses, around eight of them. Now I was always curious how good they are, because some have quite a hype going on, […] ]]> eb2f49b882b84a55e8976cd5ccba6dad Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/taking-a-pentax-for-a-walk/#comment-3913 Sun, 23 Apr 2023 18:35:57 -0500 Hope you share some of the blossoms

In reply to - Peter Berckmans wrote a new post Taking a Pentax for a walk Lately I have come into some Pentax lenses, around eight of them. Now I was always curious how good they are, because some have quite a hype going on, […] ]]> 0e2e9639f4bbb409f58c6aa5f4cd0f4e Peter Berckmans wrote a new post https://shotsblog.com/?p=10200 Sun, 23 Apr 2023 16:08:17 -0500 Taking a Pentax for a walk Lately I have come into some Pentax lenses, around eight of them. Now I was always curious how good they are, because some have quite a hype going on, […]

]]> 3 5f12a9a6806241f984638d1322adcd6f Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/daily-people/#comment-3887 Mon, 17 Apr 2023 20:39:49 -0500 Have to hit the streets more in the future

In reply to - Peter Berckmans wrote a new post Daily people Last week had to do some shopping in the city and offcourse the camera was with me. So I had a good chance to do some streetphotography. Tourists are […] ]]> 38e98541294abcd80d330e140b088964 Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/down-at-the-marina/#comment-3885 Mon, 17 Apr 2023 20:37:29 -0500 Very good set, difficult to choose one.

In reply to - Abigail Gossage wrote a new post Down at the Marina It has been raining a lot here so when the sun came out one afternoon we went down to the local marina for some boat shots.   ]]> 33aaf1575f1cf40f0ca5b0433e6f73f2 Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/daily-people/#comment-3878 Sun, 16 Apr 2023 08:30:00 -0500 Thanks Tom, will be posting more

In reply to - Peter Berckmans wrote a new post Daily people Last week had to do some shopping in the city and offcourse the camera was with me. So I had a good chance to do some streetphotography. Tourists are […] ]]> dc59ed678c0f281a411af722d853534c Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/daily-people/#comment-3876 Sat, 15 Apr 2023 20:30:00 -0500 Thanks Tom, try to post more

In reply to - Peter Berckmans wrote a new post Daily people Last week had to do some shopping in the city and offcourse the camera was with me. So I had a good chance to do some streetphotography. Tourists are […] ]]> 4afba744fa0b31cf359c3616830b9a52 Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/daily-people/#comment-3875 Sat, 15 Apr 2023 20:29:18 -0500 He has got style

In reply to - Peter Berckmans wrote a new post Daily people Last week had to do some shopping in the city and offcourse the camera was with me. So I had a good chance to do some streetphotography. Tourists are […] ]]> 41c1148d400bd952be45707b1edd4aec Peter Berckmans wrote a new post https://shotsblog.com/?p=10107 Sat, 15 Apr 2023 16:18:01 -0500 Daily people Last week had to do some shopping in the city and offcourse the camera was with me. So I had a good chance to do some streetphotography. Tourists are […]

]]> 6 cb1163e564f1b54cbc63391fb7619488 Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/whytecliff-park/#comment-3852 Thu, 06 Apr 2023 08:16:37 -0500 The first one is a very nice landscape. Love the last one..

In reply to - Abigail Gossage wrote a new post Whytecliff Park Vancouver is blessed with many parks that cater to all tastes, some very urban and manicured and some quite rugged.  Yesterday my family took me over to […] ]]> 1cb123929c7016fc690f6858c8754d86 Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/a-bro-from-nike/#comment-3840 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 18:07:23 -0500 Yeap, maybe we are just strange

In reply to - Peter Berckmans wrote a new post A bro from Nike   Just picked this one up on the street ]]> 99adc051f3ad9b73799d39ac7a492d66 Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/a-walk-in-the-neighbourhood/#comment-3839 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 18:05:45 -0500 Love the natural sculpture. Nice walk

In reply to - Abigail Gossage wrote a new post A Walk in the Neighbourhood Today we walked along the road that leads straight along the coast allowing us to look down on the houses. Behind us was the cliff and mountains with […] ]]> 1183fa411dc51ac43e3114ee277b1294 Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/rites-of-spring-changing-tires/#comment-3836 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 16:16:41 -0500 Going from winter to summer tyres is quite useall nowadays in Europe

In reply to - Jeanne Laux wrote a new post RITES OF SPRING – CHANGING TIRES [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” […] […] ]]> b13f73ebc0acb8ab17489fff93a83ab9 Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/a-bro-from-nike/#comment-3835 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 16:14:21 -0500 Well I am sure most non photographers not notice a good photo opp.

In reply to - Peter Berckmans wrote a new post A bro from Nike   Just picked this one up on the street ]]> b42ba851ba281f94082efd9362f691c3 Peter Berckmans wrote a new post https://shotsblog.com/?p=9947 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 07:35:07 -0500 A bro from Nike   Just picked this one up on the street

]]> 4 36b216403eb62e3bf776af396fa93a35 Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/just-a-stll-life/#comment-3795 Sun, 19 Mar 2023 16:00:10 -0500 Glad you like it

In reply to - Peter Berckmans wrote a new post Just a stll life Just playing around with a still life. Could call this ,red white and blue. ]]> f18efa4f2ed6a497003e62e73923b3be Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/just-a-stll-life/#comment-3794 Sun, 19 Mar 2023 15:59:37 -0500 Thanks, playing around

In reply to - Peter Berckmans wrote a new post Just a stll life Just playing around with a still life. Could call this ,red white and blue. ]]> 933425d306f9e907f1c529706ae1af6c Peter Berckmans wrote a new post https://shotsblog.com/?p=9783 Sun, 19 Mar 2023 08:26:15 -0500 Just a stll life Just playing around with a still life. Could call this ,red white and blue.

]]> 3 a6f5aefe533b708d9c770c71017686be Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/river-walk-2/#comment-3731 Sat, 18 Feb 2023 18:58:52 -0600 Lovely monochrome work.

In reply to - Abigail Gossage wrote a new post River Walk It was interesting walking over the Alexandra Bridge and along the path by the Ottawa River the other day as in our city we are very aware that climate […] ]]> 586d2b0a18eac126d2c2771e586d55cb Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/morning-on-the-hill/#comment-3729 Sat, 18 Feb 2023 18:55:45 -0600 Very good architectural photos.love the second one

In reply to - Abigail Gossage wrote a new post Early Morning on the Hill Unlike today, yesterday was gorgeous and spring like (we must not forget it is only the middle of February).  My morning walk took me up to Parliament Hill […] ]]> ff54f2a21a9217ce139bfd985338772b Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/morning-on-the-hill/#comment-3728 Sat, 18 Feb 2023 18:54:57 -0600 Very good architectural photos

In reply to - Abigail Gossage wrote a new post Early Morning on the Hill Unlike today, yesterday was gorgeous and spring like (we must not forget it is only the middle of February).  My morning walk took me up to Parliament Hill […] ]]> 74c5d48d67a71cd6459162d1ce2e7753 Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/winter-urban-outing/#comment-3690 Wed, 25 Jan 2023 14:14:56 -0600 Very much love this set. Very clean. For the moment I not go out much. But that will better

In reply to - Abigail Gossage wrote a new post On Saturday I went with the RA Photo Club to the Chaudière Falls.  Although there were 19 of us in the group somehow we mostly managed to stay out of each others way… I think I m […] ]]> 94c52294041016b1bafc68d51e11c611 Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/yes-it-is-winter/#comment-3671 Sun, 22 Jan 2023 08:28:05 -0600 Lovely to see ftom behind a window. I prefer summer. Good captures

In reply to - Abigail Gossage wrote a new post A brilliant sunny day down by the Rideau Falls… ]]> af99526c7cdb6f8047b5b38879609998 Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/summerbar-in-wintersleep/#comment-3668 Sat, 21 Jan 2023 22:11:56 -0600 Every season the city rent this places out for quite some money. These are old warehouses on the docks. Sad to see how they are left behind. Other places are cleaned up afterwards

In reply to - Peter Berckmans wrote a new post Today I past by at a part of the city ,where in the summer, bars pop up. Now in the wintertime they have a completly different look. Just left abbandoned. On a warm […] ]]> cc431e21dbf292ed3cfae5347c76b6fc Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/summerbar-in-wintersleep/#comment-3666 Sat, 21 Jan 2023 20:04:59 -0600 Sadly it is like that. Buildup for some ´ew has started already.

In reply to - Peter Berckmans wrote a new post Today I past by at a part of the city ,where in the summer, bars pop up. Now in the wintertime they have a completly different look. Just left abbandoned. On a warm […] ]]> ed5ded7530e7f297c2fc98418a1e5394 Peter Berckmans wrote a new post https://shotsblog.com/?p=9253 Sat, 21 Jan 2023 19:14:46 -0600 Today I past by at a part of the city ,where in the summer, bars pop up. Now in the wintertime they have a completly different look. Just left abbandoned.

On a warm summersevening it is nice to sit there and […]

]]> 4 fe25ab7a87844d2e1bfa260637d94cc8 Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/2023-002-january-2-2023/#comment-3602 Mon, 02 Jan 2023 16:33:18 -0600 Very nice work Joe

In reply to - Joe Bennett wrote a new post Late afternoon reflections at the pond Yesterday, we traveled a bit to visit my father-in-law and his wife to celebrate New Years. It’s always a more relaxed time when we are with them […] ]]> 14635a59ee1440974b442f52507d201e Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/gray-days-in-the-city/#comment-3589 Thu, 29 Dec 2022 14:22:10 -0600 Thanks Tom. Better days will come

In reply to - Peter Berckmans wrote a new post   The only weather we had this week was wind, rain and grey skies. A week earlier it was very promissing, cold blue skies and a chance of a white Christmas. Not such […] ]]> 85b9e74ef665eea2d32e585e681aaf50 Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/gray-days-in-the-city/#comment-3587 Thu, 29 Dec 2022 14:11:00 -0600 This year it is not a happy ending for our family. The knowledge that we gonna loose someone dear ,is extra hard in the holidays. But behind the dark their is sun.

In reply to - Peter Berckmans wrote a new post   The only weather we had this week was wind, rain and grey skies. A week earlier it was very promissing, cold blue skies and a chance of a white Christmas. Not such […] ]]> b6bafa43c299edf1236556d632700384 Peter Berckmans wrote a new post https://shotsblog.com/?p=8664 Thu, 29 Dec 2022 12:19:19 -0600  

The only weather we had this week was wind, rain and grey skies. A week earlier it was very promissing, cold blue skies and a chance of a white Christmas. Not such luck.
Photowise it is not great, it […]

]]> 5 c9b3c1b334f7591fe5828e661841a943 Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/some-interesting-faces-of-morocco/#comment-3572 Sat, 24 Dec 2022 08:07:27 -0600 Very nice portraits

In reply to - Abigail Gossage wrote a new post ]]> 18daa1184c3eea06e4f535fcb9e0bd68 Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/the-kasbah/#comment-3537 Mon, 19 Dec 2022 15:02:08 -0600 That architecture is so elegant. Lovely

In reply to - Abigail Gossage wrote a new post To western understanding a kasbah is very similar in function to a castle.  Often no bigger than a manor house albeit fortified out in rural areas,  it can also be the main m […] ]]> 2015282f21cebbafefe0ba2dc532506d Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/taking-out-a-nifty/#comment-3525 Mon, 12 Dec 2022 17:05:20 -0600 I love vintage lenses, they add something extra and it is nostalgic.

In reply to - Peter Berckmans wrote a new post I think I must have about 15 vintage 50/55mm lenses, a nice collections of nifties. My favourite of them must be wit no doubt the Chinon 55m f1.7, it is sharp with a smooth […] ]]> 3bde23b9c18c1c417a2dc3624aa6115a Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/taking-out-a-nifty/#comment-3524 Mon, 12 Dec 2022 17:04:15 -0600 A big step away from zooms. I love a 50mm, some are really magical, old and new. Thanks for stopping by

In reply to - Peter Berckmans wrote a new post I think I must have about 15 vintage 50/55mm lenses, a nice collections of nifties. My favourite of them must be wit no doubt the Chinon 55m f1.7, it is sharp with a smooth […] ]]> e1f487ffb8e231200c7e397302ee2d67 Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/taking-out-a-nifty/#comment-3514 Mon, 12 Dec 2022 13:36:39 -0600 This one is a great unloved lens. I can send you one if you want. I think I have 3 of them.

In reply to - Peter Berckmans wrote a new post I think I must have about 15 vintage 50/55mm lenses, a nice collections of nifties. My favourite of them must be wit no doubt the Chinon 55m f1.7, it is sharp with a smooth […] ]]> 618b14b6d2ae7cb01f99e2715bc77ff5 Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/casablanca-fishing-port/#comment-3513 Mon, 12 Dec 2022 13:34:27 -0600 Lovely, did you use the classic chrome setting

In reply to - Abigail Gossage wrote a new post In addition to being a cosmopolitan city Casablanca is a commercial port and, the most fun for me, a fishing port.     ]]> 199cf4bbdcfa006d643a8d70355ad2a3 Peter Berckmans wrote a new post https://shotsblog.com/?p=8269 Mon, 12 Dec 2022 09:05:01 -0600 I think I must have about 15 vintage 50/55mm lenses, a nice collections of nifties. My favourite of them must be wit no doubt the Chinon 55m f1.7, it is sharp with a smooth bokeh and it is so easy to seperate […]

]]> 5 4294f55e5bfd0a9a20130e15fd5fe29a Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/marrakech-more-from-the-souks/#comment-3448 Fri, 02 Dec 2022 08:12:21 -0600 Those warm colors are so beautifull. And markets are gold.

In reply to - Abigail Gossage wrote a new post Somehow on day 2 in the souks of Marrakech I managed to get many more people images, don’t know why.  So here they […] ]]> 85e8ee331816b70121f8d8914b4ee4a8 Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/looking-around/#comment-3440 Thu, 01 Dec 2022 19:18:15 -0600 But you have Jovi. Thanks for the visit.

In reply to - Peter Berckmans wrote a new post It is a strange thing, a style I like and not do enough, streetphotography. Just a bit off my game lately, some others stuff got priority. But from time to time I takethe camera […] ]]> d1b95c1dafc559990c3136f60dc78f75 Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/looking-around/#comment-3437 Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:57:52 -0600 A good day out.

In reply to - Peter Berckmans wrote a new post It is a strange thing, a style I like and not do enough, streetphotography. Just a bit off my game lately, some others stuff got priority. But from time to time I takethe camera […] ]]> 815a30450a1a4fbd948eec215eec8642 Peter Berckmans wrote a new post https://shotsblog.com/?p=7898 Thu, 01 Dec 2022 09:19:30 -0600 It is a strange thing, a style I like and not do enough, streetphotography. Just a bit off my game lately, some others stuff got priority. But from time to time I takethe camera out.

]]> 3 6679ec183b37c66edc87daa822cb2249 Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/volubilis/#comment-3413 Thu, 24 Nov 2022 16:30:09 -0600 Very nice, like it that you kept them a bit dark

In reply to - Abigail Gossage wrote a new post The ancient Roman city of Volubilis in central Morocco ranks as one of the better preserved Roman sites of the ancient world.  Now a UNESCO World Heritage site, it offers a good […] ]]> d6c9e5e3b3ebb2b53a1b8b2fa0aaa710 Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/2022-328-november-24-2022/#comment-3412 Thu, 24 Nov 2022 16:28:52 -0600 Very good capture

In reply to - Joe Bennett wrote a new post Bare trees and clear sunset sky at the lake This photo, taken some years ago, seemed appropriate for Thanksgiving Day.  The colors, the reflections, the sense of serenity, and the […] ]]> ae5db0dc241b94c644923594855c2568 Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/venetian-bauta-masak/#comment-3393 Sun, 20 Nov 2022 16:01:59 -0600 Thanks Tom. Had fun taking them

In reply to - Peter Berckmans wrote a new post The Bauta mask, the most popular mask during the Venetian Carnaval. In fact the mask is way older than the carnaval is. What makes it popular is that you can drink and eat […] ]]> 81d077a011647bf501687a15a932b587 Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/venetian-bauta-masak/#comment-3383 Sun, 20 Nov 2022 14:45:16 -0600 It is that time again. A lot of rain and wind. So a bit of indoor work. Glad you like them

In reply to - Peter Berckmans wrote a new post The Bauta mask, the most popular mask during the Venetian Carnaval. In fact the mask is way older than the carnaval is. What makes it popular is that you can drink and eat […] ]]> 5035859aed5b8049635a757027338df9 Peter Berckmans wrote a new post https://shotsblog.com/?p=7632 Sun, 20 Nov 2022 13:33:18 -0600 The Bauta mask, the most popular mask during the Venetian Carnaval. In fact the mask is way older than the carnaval is. What makes it popular is that you can drink and eat without taking it off.
In time back […]

]]> 3 a12a865feefb2ea32e3aa4705977d95f Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/moroccan-landscapes/#comment-3355 Tue, 15 Nov 2022 07:02:14 -0600 Like them, the colorsetting is gteat. My fav is the second one with the mist in the background.

In reply to - Abigail Gossage wrote a new post Recently I took a trip to Morocco with three fellow photographers.  It was definitely a challenge as none of us wanted to shoot purely tourist shots.  Hopefully thse will give you s […] ]]> 28d0b669a73fd78c2a2e49c077cf2426 Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/we-did-not-forget/#comment-3347 Sat, 12 Nov 2022 07:46:21 -0600 Nice post

In reply to - Abigail Gossage wrote a new post   It is November 11 and we did not forget… Fortunately it was warm and dry so the turnout for this first post-Covid Remembrance Day was excellent.  In the evening I went up t […] ]]> 8b1fa52ce32f32b6e3c920f06473f7e4 Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/remember-them/#comment-3343 Fri, 11 Nov 2022 23:14:58 -0600 They are worth it.

In reply to - Peter Berckmans wrote a new post At the going down of the sun And in the morning We will remember them Today it was armistice day, a day to remember all who brought the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. […] ]]> 5a2a8550da14ab1a006a7db2be22e0ea Peter Berckmans posted a new activity comment https://shotsblog.com/remember-them/#comment-3341 Fri, 11 Nov 2022 20:08:23 -0600 Thanks Tom. We have to keep the memories alive. And teach the young.

In reply to - Peter Berckmans wrote a new post At the going down of the sun And in the morning We will remember them Today it was armistice day, a day to remember all who brought the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. […] ]]>