The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – September 2026
September was a warm month, but also the last moment everything was still green. Autumn is definitely arrived now.
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September was a warm month, but also the last moment everything was still green. Autumn is here now, but nice to see a photo of a green Magnolia basking in the sun.
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Lens Artist’s Photo Challenge 414 looks back at challenge 44: Harmony. A silent image of a peaceful sunset.
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I can’t choose. I like them both. Same rose in two frames.
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A slightly different shot than yesterday. With a bit more of the atmosphere of the canal itself.
The Netherlands has its fair share of water (canals, lakes, ponds) and a fair share of bridges and even aquaducts. LAPC #413 is ‘bridges’. The two overlapping bridges (behind the front one is a motorway bridge) are not my favourites as the brief of LAPC asks for. They are the most practical in daily life to cross the canal. In the Archive bridges you find more photos of bridges. Most of them are from ordinary daily life close to home. But two of my favourites are the Millennium Bridge in London and the Pont de Normandie in Normandy.
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The Netherlands has its fair share of water (canals, lakes, ponds) and a fair share of bridges and even aquaducts. LAPC #413 is ‘bridges’. The two overlapping bridges (behind the front one is a motorway bridge) are not my favourites as the brief of LAPC asks for. They are the most practical in daily life to cross the canal. In the Archive bridges you find more photos of bridges. Most of them are from ordinary daily life close to home. But two of my favourites are the Millennium Bridge in London and the Pont de Normandie in Normandy.
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During a visit to the Apple Store in Den Haag, this scene was outside. In the frame of the door, looking into the Passage, and old shopping mall.
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Just after take off, a plane with most likely a holiday destination, comes straight over Zandvoor circuit.
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Beaches and sunsets, sea meeting land, space wide open.
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The beach at Zandvoort. A kite surfer taking on the wind and waves.
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Waiting for boarding can be boring, but sometimes there is an opportunity for a nice photo. And again, a tough choice, pick your favourite. LAPC #412 is ‘places shaped by water’. The airport Schiphol is located in what used to be a lake till the mid 1800 century.
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A polder landscape. Living below sea level water management is needed to keep us dry. Here you see a typical polder landscape.
LAPC #412 is ‘places shaped by water’.
After a long dry period a day of rain, just during a drive from the UK back home through Belgium. In The Netherlands we have ‘open tarmac’ that drains rain fast. Rain and poor visibility make a drive more difficult.
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The light of the setting sun from behind the horizon reflects in the clouds for the last moments.
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A glimmer of light in a darkening sky. A plane approaches London Gatwick.
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Clouds and sky at dusk.
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Sun baked green in monochrome.
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Waiting for boarding on Schiphol Amsterdam.
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Incoming traffic for Schiphol Airport, which is an overhead blues for us being disturbed every two minutes for another one, while sitting in the garden.
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Clouds and sky, into the wide open.
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Herbs in the kitchen window that needs a wash.
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One of the first questions I had buying my first digital DSLR was ‘how do I shoot monochrome photos from now?’. In the past it was just choosing what film I put in a camera. Going digital implied using editing to revert from color to monochrome. More recently black and white modes came back on devices. Not only on iPhone. My choice for Nikon Zf was influenced by it. But it all is a question of taste.
Two photos of the power lines at St. George-sur-L’Aa in France. Pick one or both. Both were shot on iPhone without the mono setting.
Every time we travel to or from the UK via the Channel Tunnel, I try to take photos of these steel giants. They carry power lines in the area of St. George-sur-l’Aa. No worries, I’m in the passenger seat.
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Drought in England after months without rain and an unusual amount of heatwaves. The landscape turned dramatically.
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One of the first questions I had buying my first digital DSLR was ‘how do I shoot monochrome photos from now?’. In the past it was just choosing what film I put in a camera. Going digital implied using editing to revert from color to monochrome. More recently black and white modes came back on devices. Not only on iPhone. My choice for Nikon Zf was influenced by it. But it all is a question of taste.
The same photo of the station of Haarlem in color and (edited) monochrome. Pick one or both.
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The Final Lap. The sixth and last episode of F1 racing on Zandvoort. A big event, bigger than motor racing. A major event with an atmosphere that is now a benchmark for F1 races. But unfortunately is commercially no longer interesting enough for the big greed. The last time the Orange Army is out to cheer Max Verstappen a final time on his home circuit. Which unfortunately lasted one lap in the race.
The photos are shot on the Friday. It was my first visit to a F1 event. Quite remarkable to witness. And hear. Just snapped a bit noticing the limitations of an iPhone under these circumstances.
Summer heat starting up with the sunrise.
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We witnessed the last partial eclipse in Western Europe for the next 58 years in the beginning of August.
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It seems I’m into sky and clouds during the warm days this Summer. This landscape is typical Dutch with some hints towards paintings of Vincent Van Gogh. Sun is setting. Not a starry night yet.
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Sunsets these days are sometimes interesting with cloud shapes light up.
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Sunsets these days are sometimes interesting with cloud shapes light up. With poor light conditions it can turn out to be a quite rough photo. I added to that roughness deliberately.
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Sunsets these days are sometimes interesting with cloud shapes light up.
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Sunsets these days are sometimes interesting with cloud shapes light up. At the golden hour.
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Sunsets these days are sometimes interesting with cloud shapes light up. Even in monochrome.
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Sunsets these days are sometimes interesting with cloud shapes light up.
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Sunsets these days are sometimes interesting with cloud shapes light up.
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This Sumer a lot of nights were really warm, so a sheet is just what you need for cover LAPC #408 is ‘over the top’.
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This was the last rain we had, and before that we had more than a month without rain. It is dry, rivers run low.
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The sky at dusk, showing scenery that takes your imagination far. LAPC #408 is ‘over the top’.
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LAPC #408 is ‘over the top’. The sky at dusk, showing what we call ‘schapenwolken’ in Dutch. Literally over the top. In case you can not sleep, counting them would help. But where do they go after you counted them?
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It is the time for Agapanthus again. Coming up showing off their beautiful flowers in the garden.
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It is the time for Agapanthus again. Coming up showing off their beautiful flowers in the garden.
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We are fortunate to have cut-flowers all year round. Fresh and at reasonable prices.
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At the garden center.
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We are lucky to have cut-flowers all year round. Fresh and at reasonable prices. Here are some roses.
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LAPC #406 is ‘summer daze’. Summer traffic from and to the Kagerplassen.
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We are lucky to have cut-flowers all year round. Fresh and at reasonable prices. Here are some roses.
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Every time we travel to of from the UK via the Channel Tunnel, I try to take photos of these steel giants. They carry power lines in the area of St. George-sur-l’Aa. No worries, I’m in the passenger seat.
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LAPC #406 is ‘summer daze’. On a warm Summer’s evening at the local out in the garden.
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LAPC #406 is ‘summer daze’. On a warm Summer’s evening having a meal and drink at the local out in the garden.
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