The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2020
Each Spring we look forward to when young swans are born.
This one is for Dutch goes the Photo ‘return’ theme.
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The Netherlands, Voorhout – May 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #97 is ‘pastimes’.
Meadows and scenery in a typical Dutch polder landscape.
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The Netherlands, Voorhout – May 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #97 is ‘pastimes’.
Normally the bulb fields attract tourists in the Spring. The colours are always fantastic to see. Let alone the smell. In The Netherlands we are in an intelligent lockdown since March 12th. To prevent people from flocking into the bulb fields the growers decided to chop the heads sooner than normal. After all the bulbs that are on the field are meant to be sold, you can order them online from August. The flowers are taking too much strength out of the bulbs, that is why they are chopped off after flowering. Last weekend we spotted two fields still in bloom, and decided to have a closer look on a bicycle ride. This is what we found.
If you want to see flowers in bloom just check out the archives of flowers and Voorhout.
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The Netherlands, Katwijk – May 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #97 is ‘pastimes’.
During the intelligent lockdown we can make short bicycle trips to have some excercise and see the beauty of nature bursting out in Spring. Yesterday I posted two motor powered parachutes against the sky. This is taken from the same viewpoint.
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The Netherlands, Katwijk – May 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #97 is ‘pastimes’.
During the intelligent lockdown we can make short bicycle trips to have some excercise and see the beauty of nature bursting out in Spring. These two pilots take it to a higher level in their favourite pastime. Zooming in with the iPhone 11 Max gave this almost paint like rendering of the sky.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2020
As Shakespeare once said: ‘a rose is a rose, is a rose, is a rose, is a rose, is a rose………………’
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2020
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #95 is ‘All Wet’.
You might think seeing this photo ‘this is not all wet, is it?’ And indeed it is not. Some say God created the world and The Dutch created The Netherlands.The first is a question of belief and the latter is a question of opinion. The fact is that a big part of the low lands (Netherlands) are under sea level. This small canal is part of the waterworks that manages to keep Dutch feet dry. If we could not manage water this way you would be looking at the sea. So it is not all wet, it is managed wet and we prefer it that way.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #95 is ‘All Wet’.
You might think seeing this photo ‘this is not all wet, is it?’ And indeed it is not. Some say God created the world and The Dutch created The Netherlands.The first is a question of belief and the latter is a question of opinion. The fact is that a big part of the low lands (Netherlands) are under sea level. This pond collects water, if there is too much rain the excess water is taking down to the sea. This pond is one of the waterworks that manages to keep Dutch feet dry. If we could not manage water this way you would be looking at the sea. So it is not all wet, it is managed wet and we prefer it that way.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #95 is ‘All Wet’.
You might think seeing this photo ‘this is not all wet, is it?’ And indeed it is not. Some say God created the world and The Dutch created The Netherlands.The first is a question of belief and the latter is a question of opinion. The fact is that a big part of the low lands (Netherlands) are under sea level. This canal is one of the waterworks that manages to keep Dutch feet dry. This canal is taking water from ‘polders’ back to the sea. If we could not manage water this way you would be looking at the sea, with the building on the left just above the sea level. So it is not all wet, it is managed wet and we prefer it that way.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #94 is ‘At Home’.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #94 is ‘At Home’.
The world is small, only go out for walks and necessary shopping. The skies are quiet. Once a while a passenger plane comes in, mostly it is cargo.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #94 is ‘At Home’.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
During corona lockdown the back garden is a frequented place, especially when the weather is nice.
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #94 is ‘At Home’.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – Apri 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #93 is ‘Morning’.
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The Nettherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
Normally the sky would be filled with them on a clear day: the trail lines of aeroplanes on high altitude flying over.
In Corona times hardly any are visible in the sky. It is much quieter, the skies are much clearer.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2020
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2020
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #91 is ‘simplicity’.
A series telling the story of a vase of yellow and red tulips. Being lazy basically and trying out a new iPhone 11, I took this series, telling the story of a bunch of tulips in a vase.
Normally we would be out admiring the bulb fields in full bloom. This year we can not.
The Keukenhof (a beautiful garden with 7 million flowers in bloom) is closed as well.
On Facebook they publish videos of the garden. If you enjoy flowers it is a great place to feed on colours and bright, uplifting images of nature.
As flowers open their hearts to us, we need to open up and share our empathy to each other. Stay safe, stay healthy. Whatever the politics is, we are all in this together as mankind. We can only get through this together.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #91 is ‘simplicity’.
A series telling the story of a vase of yellow and red tulips.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #91 is ‘simplicity’.
A series telling the story of a vase of yellow and red tulips.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #91 is ‘simplicity’.
A series telling the story of a vase of yellow and red tulips.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #91 is ‘simplicity’.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #91 is ‘simplicity’.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #91 is ‘simplicity’.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March, 2020
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2020
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2020
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2020
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2020
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France, Paris – January 1989
Paris La Défense.
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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The Netherlands, Den Haag – March 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #88 is ‘chaos’.
Central Station Den Haag on a rainy grey day.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2020
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2020
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The Netherlands, Den Haag – March 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #88 is ‘chaos’.
Central Station Den Haag on a rainy grey day.
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The Netherlands, Den Haag – March 2020
Den Haag Central Station is a public transport hub. Trams, trains and busses.
This one is for Dutch Goes The Photo ‘scale’ theme.
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The Netherlands, Den Haag – March 2020
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The Netherlands, Leiden – February 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #85 is ‘a change of perspective’
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The Netherlands, Leiden – February 2020
Museum Naturalis in Leiden, The Netherlands.
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