MME2010 (Moderator Meetup Europe 2010)

ivar

Well, I can give it a fancy name, but really is just some friends getting together and the photos are snaps at best :lol3 As a result I have not edited the shots, except for white-balance, sorry.

Schmoo & myself try to meet up once a year, which is not made easier by the approximately 6000 miles that are normally between us. Last year we did a Netherlands-Belgium-France trip, before that we did a roadtrip through California, a bit of Nevada and Utah before we ended up at Dgrin Shootout.

This year plans got messed up a bit unfortunately, so I couldn't meet up with her and Zweiblumen like originally planned, but good friend as she is she planned a few days in the Netherlands in her trip to visit me :clap

I just about live in the Hague which we visited. We walked around, took some photos and of course had some food.

As per tradition food will get photographed; even the soup couldn't hide:



Bicycles couldn't hide either:



We had a drink at 'de Boterwaag' in the Hague:



During the great lens-swap fest of 2010 (tm) Schmoo discoved that the 82mm lenscap (from the 16-35mkII) fits great on the 50 f/1.4's lenshood:



And of course everyone had to be photographed :lol3




(Anyone else interested in a meetup in the Netherlands/Europe? )

Agnieszka

Count me in, in about 4-5 years (Can't wait )

Looks like you guys had a blast, and boy, what a beauuutiful restaurant! And when do we see some pics of YOU??

kris10jo

Very cool; looks like you all had a great time!

Nikolai

Kool, man, looks like you guys had a blast!
Did you get to shoot at Sheveninghen (or whatever the utterly unpronounceable name it is of the city beach;-)?
I'm missing Holland ;-)

ivar

Agnieszka wrote: »

Count me in, in about 4-5 years (Can't wait )

Looks like you guys had a blast, and boy, what a beauuutiful restaurant! And when do we see some pics of YOU??

It's official, you can't chicken out now

And I think you have to wait for Schmoo to get back, I'm sure she has a photo or two from me

ivar

Nikolai wrote: »

Kool, man, looks like you guys had a blast!
Did you get to shoot at Sheveninghen (or whatever the utterly unpronounceable name it is of the city beach;-)?
I'm missing Holland ;-)

"Scheveningen" No, we didn't go there. I actually hardly go there. It's on the other side of the Hague for me, and it is a bit too massive and busy for me. There are other beaches that I frequent

Llywellyn

ivar wrote: »

(Anyone else interested in a meetup in the Netherlands/Europe? )

Heck yeah! I've been waiting for my invitation for years now.

ivar

Llywellyn wrote: »

Heck yeah! I've been waiting for my invitation for years now.

It's in the mail

schmoo

Bravo! Those came out really well and man, it really is all about the food.

I totally forgot about the cap for the hood! That is too funny. I cannot, however, forget the strange old woman in the bathroom. Or all the sexy bikes.

Thanks to you and S for being great hosts. The NL is always the highlight of my year. I wish we had more time (and that you'd been able to come to Ukraine with us), but we'll take a rain check for 2011, ja?

ivar

schmoo wrote: »

bravo! Those came out really well and man, it really is all about the food. :d

i totally forgot about the cap for the hood! That is too funny. I cannot, however, forget the strange old woman in the bathroom. Or all the sexy bikes.

Thanks to you and s for being great hosts. The nl is always the highlight of my year. I wish we had more time (and that you'd been able to come to ukraine with us), but we'll take a rain check for 2011, ja?

Ja!

schmoo

Agnieszka wrote: »

Count me in, in about 4-5 years (Can't wait )

Looks like you guys had a blast, and boy, what a beauuutiful restaurant! And when do we see some pics of YOU??

Curiously, I didn't shoot that much while there. Probably too busy talking! (This second one's a little weird, but gotta love wide-angle lenses)



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