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Posts from the ‘Black and White’ category

Pick the Place: Rome

Italy, Rome – March 1993

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #65 is ‘pick a place’.

The Spanish Steps in Rome, where you are not allowed to sit down any more.

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.

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Originally shot with Nikon F301 on Kodak TriX, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Pick your Place: Karpathos

Greece, Karpathos – September 2009

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #65 is ‘pick a place’.

Karpathos, a small island between Turkey and Crete. At a  time I still used film.

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.

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

Into the country: Andalucia 2

Spain, Andalucia – November 2017

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #64 is ‘countryside and/or small towns’.

A detailed shot of the hills in the south of Spain in Andalucia.

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Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Into the country: Andalucia

Spain, Mijas el Pueblo – November 2017

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #64 is ‘countryside and/or small towns’.

A detailed shot of the hills in the south of Spain in Andalucia.

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Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

 

 

Boat

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2019

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Magical Realism

The Netherlands, Den Haag – September 2019

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #63 is ‘magical’.
Sometimes the light and a bit of a filter can tweak reality in such a way that it does not look like a real world.
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shot with iPhone X,  edited using Snapseed and Marksta, click the picture for a larger version

Walk A Line! Focus!

Belgium, Gistel-Zevekote – August 2019

This is the first time I post an entry in a theme of Frank’s Jansen Dutch goes the photo: Focus! 
The photo is from a trip to Calais France, and shows the flat lands of Flanders on the coast of the Channel.
Each time of year these fields look different; in Summer they look bright and light, in Winter they can be grey and dark.
We make this trip a few times each year, and each time it reminds me of Jacques Brel’s chanson ‘mijn vlakke land’.
(The link to my 2014 post is not working any more, I cleaned up my blog a few months ago.
You can find the English and Dutch lyrics here.

shot with iPhone X,  edited using Snapseed and Marksta, click the picture for a larger version

The Old Renewed

Netherlands, Warmond – August 2019

Huys te Warmont  in Warmond.  My entry to the monthly Pick a word challenge on Lost in Translation: adorned.

shot with iPhone X,  edited using Snapseed and Marksta, click the picture for a larger version

The Crown

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2019

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Up Front

The Netherlands, Warmond – August 2019

Huys te Warmont  in Warmond.  My entry to the monthly Pick a word challenge on Lost in Translation: coeval.

shot with iPhone X,  edited using Snapseed and Marksta, click the picture for a larger version

 

Sailing the Clouds Home

The Netherlands, Warmond – August 2019

The theme for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #60 is ‘framing the shot’.
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shot with iPhone X,  edited using Snapseed and Marksta, click the picture for a larger version

Someone Up There Likes You

The Netherlands, Den Haag – August 2019

The theme for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #59  is ‘angles’. For more information on how to join the Lens-Artists Photo Challenges, click here for details.

Shot with iPhoneX edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

Wall of Glass

The Netherlands, Rijswijk – August 2019

The theme for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #59  is ‘angles’. For more information on how to join the Lens-Artists Photo Challenges, click here for details

Shot with iPhoneX edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

Angles

The Netherlands, Den Haag – August 2019

The theme for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #59  is ‘angles’. For more information on how to join the Lens-Artists Photo Challenges, click here for details.

Shot with iPhoneX edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

 

At the Beach behind Glass

The Netherlands, Katwijk – August 2019

The theme for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #59  is ‘angles’.

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Monochrome Evening Sky over the Lake

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2019

 

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Sunset at the lake

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2019

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Having a nap

England, Rusper – August 2019

Our youngest grandchild Theo is just four months and having a nap.

The theme for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #57 is ‘taking a break’. For more information on how to join the Lens-Artists Photo Challenges, click here for details.

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Broken

England, Rusper – August 2019

The theme for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #57 is ‘taking a break’. This is a bit of a cheeky entrance to that theme I know.

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Seaside old glory

The Netherlands, Scheveningen – July 2019

The theme for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #56  is Seashores and/or Lakeshores. Scheveningen used to be a small fishing village but now is part of Den Haag.
The Kurhaus is the only remaining old building. In the sixties everything except the Kurhaus was demolished and replaced by modern type buildings. Killing the sight and sphere of the coastline.

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• Archive Scheveningen

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Watcher of the Skies

The Netherlands, The Hague – July 2019

After another week of tropical heat it seems that global warming aka climate change is not as fake as some president of the USA believes. And the only variable that has disrupted nature since ages is mankind. It seems time to make up our minds.

A few lines of Genesis – Watcher of the skies came into my mind.

Creatures shaped this planet’s soil
Now their reign has come to end
Has life again destroyed life?
Do they play elsewhere, do they know
More than their childhood games?
Maybe the lizard’s shed its tail
This is the end of man’s long union with Earth

It is all up to us.

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Skyline 2 – Dreamy

The Netherlarnds, The Hague – July 2019

The theme for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #55  is Dreamy. Looking at high buildings, the people, careers, work and activities going on in them, makes me wonder sometimes. This is Den Haag, the area round the Central Station.

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At The Gate

The Netherlands, Den Haag – June 2019

This is Paleis Noordeinde in Den Haag, the office of our King.
The light of the sun shining over the facade highlights details on the top of the fence and the standard of the King, indicating he was present.

This is my entry to the weekly photo challenge lens-artists #54: details

Shot with iPhoneX edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

Walking the dog

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2019

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Sky Houses

The Netherlands, Batavia Stad/Lelystad – June 2019

Batavia Stad is an fashion outlet center.

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Focus

The Netherlands, Batavia Stad/Lelystad – June 2019

Batavia Stad is an fashion outlet center.

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Checking Out

The Netherlands, Batavia Stad/Lelystad – June 2019

Batavia Stad is an fashion outlet center.

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