What do these photographs mean to you?
http://daantant.deviantart.com/art/Giving-it-A-Home-Again-87363581
http://daantant.deviantart.com/art/Life-As-It-Starts-86612639
--> Means a lot to me, since I were very near to these young birds when they just came out of their eggs, I kept visiting them and they astound me by their skill to hide from me...
http://daantant.deviantart.com/art/Sleeping-Ducks-I-89336098 and http://daantant.deviantart.com/art/Sleeping-Ducks-II-89336219

These mean a lot to me, since I have a very deep connection with these creatures...

P.S.: I prefer putting these as a link because I dare not search for these images on my computer, not when I have over 10 G of photographs...

Did you take those yourself?

I sure did, don't worry about copyright infrigment.

Those are some good pics.

If you like, we can maybe make you a gallery in the photo area of the site and show off your work.

Do you know Starmom?

That would be fantastic and I know Starmom through a forum, we have been mailing each other for quite a while now...

O.k., let me run it by her when she gets back and make sure everything is good.

In the meantime line out some pics and descriptions if you want to sort of pre-stage it, I'm sure she will approve

Hey Daan, and welcome. I was wondering if Starmom would invite you to come along. We've cyber met. I was a MOD on the first site Starmom's Cafe appeared on. I think we even did battle in the arcade a few times. Have fun and post often.

Good stuff... I cannot wait to get to know you all...

I thought that it would be fun and way more interesting if you gave me a subject to photograph and I would do that the minute I can, remember : I live in Belgium so don't ask stuff we don't have around here...

Animals, plants, creatures of Earth.

And that beautiful European countryside.

Roger, you gave me a brilliant idea btw

O.k. Daan, everything is good to go.

Drop me an email at admin@starmomscafe.com and we'll figure out what to call the gallery, etc. and get you fixed up.

welcome, daan tant, my friend,
and yes, of course, i invite you to share your art with us,
truth being beauty and beauty being truth,
and you are one of the messengers.
i think you have an eye for it,
which is a gift,
and you can give it back here,
at your own table, in starmom's cafe.
welcome, daan tant, resident artist

I appreciate this, makes me want to hop on my bicycle and take photographs... and that's exactly what I'm going to do this evening...

Those pics are pretty good, man. What sort of camera do you use?

I started with a FujiFilm Finepix S5700, but I soon discovered that it couldn't do what I really wanted to do with it...

That's when I started doing my research, eventually my father purchased a Canon EOS 400D for me, a great camera but I wasn't aware of the Canon EOS 1000D that was coming soon at that time... Still, It's a great camera and it doesn't make a lot of difference if you have a Canon EOS 400D, 450D or a 1000D...

P.S.: I still have to pay my dad back for that camera, Ouch!

daan, your leaf photo is awesome.
i love all your photos but the leaf is special to me,
and it will go up on my wall.
notice that the veins in leaf match the star design in
tree. a dancing figure...to what music?
but oh that brutal knife..
yes, humanity's attack on nature...
great work, daan. it is beautiful and evocative,
full of message and inspiration.
and thanks for the compliment but keep in mind
that i am yet all too human and cant find matching socks.
i do like blend in with nature though.
ironically, my brother and i were just talking about the
butcher knife of sorrow stabbed in our hearts over the loss of our parents. we feel just like that leaf.
so this photo is very meaningful to me.

Thank you.