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Old brewery Stella Artois All photo's are taken wile hand holding the camera and even on iso 1600 the shutter speed was as low as 1.6 seconds .. next time i will bring a tripod
The Old brewery is closed for years and the last urban explorer that took photo's is from 2008, still happy to see that most of it is stil there.
I was there las week-end 6 november 2010.
The history of Stella Artois is closely connected with the history of Leuven. The foundation of the university of Leuven in 1425, the digging of the canal Leuven-Rupel in the 18th century, two industrial revolutions and two world wars; all were events that played a fundamental part in the development of this beer town and... of the brewery Artois.
When the name of the brewery 'Den Horen' (the Horn) turns up for the first time in the ducal levy records (1366) it marks only the beginning of a brilliant success story, because by 1537 this brewery had already developed into the most important enterprise in Leuven.
In 1717 'Den Horen' was under control of master-brewer Sebastien Artois and thus for more than a century all the brewer's know-how was handed down from father to son.
From then on the brewery bore the name 'Artois' however 'the Horn' functioned as an emblem of the brewery until a few years ago.
Around the turn of the century the brewing of the golden Pilsbeer of low fermentation was started up at Artois. In 1926 - and this for the first time - the brewery brought a christmas beer onto the market and called it 'Stella', the Latin word for 'Star'. The famous 'stella', a 'star' in the Brewers' Sky, is a beer that makes beer-fanciers feel at home. And after six centuries the brewery still feels at home in Leuven.
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from ramapi/Raul (199) 
on November 9, 2010 1:34:39 AM CST
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The atmosphere is lovely even though the darks are too darks for my taste. It would have been useful to have taken another picture exposing the shadows so it could have been blended later on.
I also see it a little bit declined to the left and the spherical shape has to be corrected.
Anyway, I like it very much.
Thanks for sharing.
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from michal235/Michal (125,445)
on November 8, 2010 12:06:11 PM CST
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Welcome to photoSIG, Robin,
A very nice photo of interior of this old brewery (thanks for the information about it). Nice composition with these three windows, good lighting in background. Thank you for sharing.
Regards, Michal.
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from kmcf/Ken (2,926) 
on November 8, 2010 11:35:49 AM CST
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Robin, Very nice color and warmth to the light. I wish the light extended toward the bottom of the photo more. The focus is a bit soft but pretty well done for hand holding at those slow shutter speeds. I don't think that in this setting a soft focus hurts your image. It compliments the warm, dark mood of the photo.
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