Arno Raps

Yesterday I went on an urbex trip, visiting some locations I wanted to do. One of them was 'new' and quite a suprise.. I've called it: Chateau Feuille de Laurier

While wondering in a big forrest, I stumbled upon this nice little abandoned castle. Guess I was lucky, I even found a way in...

Welcome to the ballroom
#1


Hmm this room isn't to bad too
#2


One of the other rooms
#3


Staff bedroom
#4


Chimneys on the attic
#5


Cobwebs on the attic
#6


Another staff room
#7


Down the staff staircase
#8


Into the cellars...almost dry except for this room
#9


Even the ceiling in the cellars are decorated
#10


Boiler room, too with ceiling decorations
#11


All shots are HDR's, converted to black and white toning, all shot with my 10-22 lens.

I've did another test application in JavaFX, its a (bit of) remake of my old java download speed meter applet.

Screenshot:


To run the application: click here

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Chrome can crash too, but without blue screens and with some humor



Sorry text is in Dutch, but translated it says:
Oh dear! Google Chrome has crashed. Restart now?

I'm not a fan of software/system crashes...but this was the first time I had to laugh...

I've been fiddling with JavaFX for a few days now, but before I start my big secret project, I decided to create a demo project first, just to practice...

Creating a flashy UI is so much more simpler with JavaFX than with Swing, it's highly addictive...


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Yep, you've read it correctly, me will be called dady soon





Baby room almost done, so better get prepared for diapers...