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Co-existence in Habitat: A Heron’s View of Oegstgeest, Netherlands

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2024

LAPC #306 is ‘habitat’. As humans we share the earth with lots of natural life, we share habitats (the human home, the natural ecosystem), we co-exist. Our relation with earth is not balanced. It tilts favorably towards the human interest, disrupting the natural habitats of many. If we as humans do not change our relationship with earth, then humanity kills itself, leaving a planet to recover from being abused. Not survival of the fittest, but termination of the dumbest.

A Heron, sitting on a lamppost, overlooking the articificial canal, as a cyclist uses a cycling path in the background.

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Swan

The Netherlands, Rotterdam – May 2024

Rijnhaven, Kop van Zuid, Rotterdam.

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Horsham in May 2024: Leisure

England, Horsham – May 2024

A pub, one of the best places for community connections (connect LAPC 303).

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Murphy

England, Morton – May 2024

Murphy, a Showstopper. He is quite a showman himself, adorable and so cute. Never stops playing until he falls over.

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Cat in Grass

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2024

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White Duck

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2024

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Water Watcher

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2024

A familiar sight in the neighborhood. He never looks good on iPhone but now on Nikon the details of his feathers are quite impressive.

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See the sun

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2024

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Pond Life

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2024

A sunny afternoon in Winter for this week’s Lens Artists Challenge #286 ‘Weather’.

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Circles

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2024

For LAPC #285 is ‘warm colors’. Temperature is not high right now but the warmth of color in the sun is something to enjoy.

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Gull

England, Walmer – December 2023

A dark rain sky as a backdrop for LAPC # 283 ‘dramatic’.

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Hugo

England, Walmer – December 2023

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On the edge of 2023

England, Walmer – December 2023

2023 is in its final day, tomorrow opens a brand new year. Not a complete blank canvas, but one with lots of room and opportunities for new initiatives, changes, life! I wish you a wonderful new year in freedom, as a gull on his wings soaring the sea and land. Carpe diem!

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At the Edge of a Field

The Netherlands, Rijnsburg – September 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #269 ‘over the edge’.

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There, near the windmill (‘Daar bij die molen’)

The Netherlands, Alphen aan den Rijn – September 2023

Windmill Vrouwgeestmolen at the Heimanswetering.

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Fly By

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee

This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #265 is ‘Black and White or Monochrome’.

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Swans

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest- July 2023

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Swan and Fisherman

England, Burton Mill Pond – November 2005

Lens Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #262 is ‘framing’. This is Burton Mill Pond in West Sussex.

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Chicken Tree

The Netherlands, Warmond – July 2023

Lens Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #262 is ‘framing’.

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Heron

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2023

Lens Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #262 is ‘framing’.

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Web

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest- July 2023

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Offspring

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest- June 2023

This week LAPC #260 is ‘overlooked’.

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Paris 2003: watching gulls go by

France, Paris – December 2003

This week LAPC #260 is ‘overlooked’. Taking the word literally, one from the film archives. One of the ponds in Les Tuileries in Paris, looking at the small arch and the Louvre.

About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.

Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta . Click the picture for a bigger version.

Stray Dog having a Break

Egypt, Kom Ombo – April 2002

This week LAPC #259 is ‘unbound’. A stray dog takes a break in the shadows at the temple of Kom Ombo.

The B4 retouch series
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. All of them are not completely retouched yet. Scratches, dust and stains are not removed. Shot with Nikon F90 on KodakTriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Swan

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2023

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Donna Donna

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2023

Swallows in the sky, reminding of an old song made very popular by Joan Baez but in its origin it is a yiddish folk song.

This week’s Lens Artists Challenge is ‘Simplicity Photography’.

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Young Swans 2

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2023

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Seagull

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest- May 2023

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Young Swans

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2023

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Pink Dog

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2023

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Frank

The Netherlands, Voorhout – April 2023

At the flower parade in Voorhout.

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Who takes the dogs out

The Netherlands, Den Haag – February 2023

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Lighthouse and Church

The Netherlands, Katwijk – March 2023

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Cold Dive

The Netherlands, Noordwijk – February 2023

This week LAPC 243 is ‘it’s tricky’. Lots of tricky things.: a cold day, a cold sea, a cold dive. Snapping on the iPhone with zoom, tricky and a bit cheeky.

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En Passant

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2023

The weekly theme for LAPC #238 is ‘alone time’. Fog makes the world smaller.

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Swans and Moonlight

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2023

The weekly lens artists challenge #242 is ‘new experiences’. A month ago we had a partial public space power cut, the streetlights of a part of the neigbourhood were off for an hour and the moon showed its grace beautifully. Power inside the houses was still there. Power cuts are fortunately rare, and this one was quite a nice experience!

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Walk on the Wild Side

The Netherlands, Katwijk – February 2023

This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge 240 is hosted by John Steiner. He invites to show my favorite type or style of photography as the road I have chosen to take most often. And that creates a bit of a problem for me. I might need direction.

Basically my attention gets caught and produces an image. It is not conscious, it is in the context where I am. And it results in an array of subjects. It is easier to say what road I do not take: fashion, portraits, urban. But travel, cities, landscapes etc are part of the portfolio. Maybe I can not choose to continue in a specific direction? Or I shouldn’t?

I think I have to ask the visitors of this blog to give an answer to John’s question, for I can’t for myself. What do you think? Is there a red line in my snaps? Or is it a mixed bag of pieces? I appreciate your feedback.

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Sepia

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2023

The weekly theme for LAPC #238 is ‘alone time’. Fog makes the world smaller.

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A man and his dog

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2023

The weekly theme for LAPC #238 is ‘alone time’. Fog and a walk.

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Morning Flight 3

England, Blakeney – January 2023

At sunrise on the marshes at Blakeney. The weekly theme for LAPC #237 is ‘bringing softness’. I pulled the camera following a flight, coming in towards the rising sun, and here coming into the light.

Here is morning flight 1, here is morning flight 2. And if you follow my blog you have seen the photo of the same flock after they passed the sun ‘winter sunrise over the marshes’.

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Morning Flight 2

England, Blakeney – January 2023

At sunrise on the marshes at Blakeney. The weekly theme for LAPC #237 is ‘bringing softness’. I pulled the camera following a flight, coming in towards the rising sun. Here is morning flight 1.

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Morning Flight

England, Blakeney – January 2023

At sunrise on the marshes at Blakeney. The weekly theme for LAPC #237 is ‘bringing softness’. How sweeter can it get?

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Walk the Dog

England, Blakeney – January 2023

At sunrise on the marshes at Blakeney.

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Dog Walk

England, Blakeney – January 2023

Dog walk at sunrise on the marshes near Blakeney.

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On the Wing

England, Blakeney – January 2023

New Year’s Day, geese on the wing over the marshes near Blakeney.

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New Year’s Day

England, Blakeney/Morston Quay – January 2023o

New Year’s Day, the sun through fog over a parking at Morston Quay near Blakeney.

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Winter Sunrise over Marshes

England, Blakeney – January 2023

The sun rises, on one of the first days of January, over the marshes at Blakeney.

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Winter Sunrise at Cley Marshes

England, Blakeney – January 2023

The sun rises over Cley next the Sea on a cold Winter morning in early January.

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Fog, water and birds

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2023

The weekly theme for LAPC #235 is shadows and reflections in monochrome.

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Admiral Nelson’s Pub

England, Burnham Thorpe – January 2023

The Lord Nelson in Burnham Thorpe, admiral Nelson’s local.

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