What's (in) the Picture?

Chris Breebaart Photography – finding stories

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Golden Hour

Greece, Lesbos – July 2007

The weekly LAPC (Lens Artists Photo Challenge) #182 is ‘interesting objects’. Golden hour on Lesbos.

shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.  Click the picture for a larger version

Sunset

Greece, Lesbos – July 2007

The weekly LAPC (Lens Artists Photo Challenge) #182 is ‘interesting objects’. One of the most shot objects must be the sunset.

shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.  Click the picture for a larger version

Achilles and the tortoise

Greece, Lesbos – July 2007

The weekly LAPC (Lens Artists Photo Challenge) #182 is ‘interesting objects’. Zeno of Elea is famous for a set of paradoxes. One of them is the paradox of Achilles and the tortoise.

In the paradox of Achilles and the tortoise, Achilles is in a footrace with the tortoise. Achilles allows the tortoise a head start of 100 meters, for example. Suppose that each racer starts running at some constant speed, one faster than the other. After some finite time, Achilles will have run 100 meters, bringing him to the tortoise’s starting point. During this time, the tortoise has run a much shorter distance, say 2 meters. It will then take Achilles some further time to run that distance, by which time the tortoise will have advanced farther; and then more time still to reach this third point, while the tortoise moves ahead. Thus, whenever Achilles arrives somewhere the tortoise has been, he still has some distance to go before he can even reach the tortoise.

shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.  Click the picture for a larger version

Sunset

Greece, Lesbos – July 2007

The weekly LAPC (Lens Artists Photo Challenge) #182 is ‘interesting objects’. One of the most shot objects must be the sunset.

shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.  Click the picture for a larger version

Roll Over

France, Pas de Calais – September 2008

The weekly LAPC (Lens Artists Photo Challenge) #182 is ‘interesting objects’.

shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.  Click the picture for a larger version

Off Shore

Greece, Lesbos – July 2007

The weekly LAPC (Lens Artists Photo Challenge) #182 is ‘interesting objects’. Off the west coast of Lesbos.

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

12.10

France, Caylus – September 2006

The weekly LAPC (Lens Artists Photo Challenge) #182 is ‘interesting objects’. This is the front of the city hall of Caylus. The clock and the shutters caught my attention, together with the deep blue sky.

shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.  Click the picture for a larger version

La Défense

France, Paris – September 2008

La Défense seen from the Arc de Triomphe.

shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.  Click the picture for a larger version

Pont de Normandie (deux)

France, Le Havre – September 2008

Yesterday I posted a photo of the Pont de Normandie. Today another one in monochrome showing the ‘hill’ effect and its beautiful shapes.

This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #181 is double dipping: send in a photo that is related to another creative challenge on WordPress. This photo is a response to the monthly Thursday special of Lost in Translation. A beautiful blog with great creative photography. Each month one can enter photo’s portraying words: in December 2021 Introspective, Anticipating, Befriending, Choices, Wish.
This photo describes anticipation and choices. If you choose to cross a bridge like this, what will it be like?

shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.  Click the picture for a larger version

Pont de Normandie

France, Le Havre – September 2008

Pont de Normandie is a beautiful bridge over the river Seine between Le Havre and Honfleur. It towers over you as you approach it. The first time I passed it I was in admiration and also in awe.
This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #181 is double dipping: send in a photo that is related to another creative challenge on WordPress. This photo is a response to the monthly Thursday special of Lost in Translation. A beautiful blog with great creative photography. Each month one can enter photo’s portraying words: in December 2021 Introspective, Anticipating, Befriending, Choices, Wish.
This photo describes anticipation and choices. If you choose to cross a bridge like this, what will it be like?

shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.  Click the picture for a larger version

No One is an Island

Greece, Lesbos – July 2007

Off the west coast of Lesbos.

No man is an island,
Entire of itself,
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thy friend’s
Or of thine own were:
Any man’s death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in mankind,
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee. John Donne

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

Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa

France, Paris – September2008

Mona Lisa is one of the most famous and genius works of art in the world. I was lucky to view it for the first time when the Louvre was not modernized. On a Monday morning in February 1984 me and a friend were the only persons in the room to admire her mysterious smile. In 2008 I saw her again from a distance, in a sea of pressing people, holding up phones and camera’s to get a glimpse of her. I have not been there since, but I can imagine what it must look like on a normal day before the pandemic. A wave of smartphones will be raised towards her, in a never ending stream of people on visiting times of the Louvre. Apparently 80% of the visitors of the Louvre come to see her.

I read in an article that at present people seek personal attention in combination with important objects and/or moments. A selfie is the instrument to gain that attention on Instagram or Twitter or Facebook or Tiktok. Mona Lisa/Lisa Gherardini never wanted that attention, a brilliant artist painted her portrait. And the rest is history. She must feel lonely now, no one is coming to see her. Or is she finally getting her well deserved rest.

shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.  Click the picture for a larger version

My First WordPress Photo Publication

Greece, Lesbos Skala Sikemenias – July 2007

January 2008 I joined WordPress. This is the first photo I published on WordPress. A taverna in a hamlet in Greece. Quite obvious what struck me in this picture: all men, all apparently in thoughts. What is going on?

shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.  Click the picture for a larger version

Portal

France, Bayeux – July 2011

Bayeux is an old village in Normandy France. Home of the Bayeux Tapestry. Here the entrance to the cathedral.

shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.  Click the picture for a larger version

Mont Saint Michel

France, Mont-Saint-Michel – July 2011

Le Mont Saint Michel is an old village on a rock in a bay on the west of France in Brittany. It is positioned in between Normandy and Brittany, and is famous for its abbey.

shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.  Click the picture for a larger version

Bubbles for 2022: Happy New Year

Wishing you all a wonderful, happy, healthy and inspirational new year. I hope we are able to travel more, be near to loved ones and friends and enjoy the world and our communities in more harmony together.

Shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.Click the picture for a bigger version

Bayeux

France, Bayeux – July 2011

Bayeux is an old village in Normandy France. Home of the Bayeux Tapestry.

shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.  Click the picture for a larger version

St. Paul’s

England, London – April 2015

Millennium Bridge and St. Paul’s in London.

Shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.Click the picture for a bigger version

Millennium Bridge Saint Paul’s View

England, London – April 2015

Millennium Bridge and St. Paul’s in London.

Shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.Click the picture for a bigger version

Up the River: Tate Modern

England, London – April 2015

Millennium Bridge towards Tate Modern in London.

Shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.Click the picture for a bigger versio

Up the River: O2

England, London – April 2015

The O2 Arena maiden name Millennium Dome in Greenwich.

Shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.Click the picture for a bigger version

Up the River: O2

England, London – April 2015

The O2 Arena maiden name Millennium Dome in Greenwich.

Shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.Click the picture for a bigger version

Aquatic Silhouette

France, Saint Malo – July 2013

The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #178 is You Choose.

The shore before Saint Malo, in Brittany.

shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.  Click the picture for a larger version.

Barfleur

France, Barfleur – July 2013

The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #178 is You Choose.

The harbor of Barfleur, a small village in the West of Normandy.

shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.  Click the picture for a larger version.

Millennium Wheel

England, London – April 2015

The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #178 is You Choose. The London Eye.

Shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.Click the picture for a bigger version

Palace Evolution

England, London – April 2015

The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #178 is You Choose. The palace of Westminster, long seen as the mother of parliaments and an example of a well functioning parliament, but in recent years showing a decline of parliamentary sovereignty to a more and more authoritarian executive. Shot from the London Eye as a view from an observer from a distance.

Shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.Click the picture for a bigger version

Row

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2008

Theme #177 of Lens Artists Photo Challenge is celebrating.

Originally shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.  Click the picture for a larger version

Cyclame

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2021

Theme #177 of Lens Artists Photo Challenge is celebrating.

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

Float

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2021

Theme #177 of Lens Artists Photo Challenge is celebrating. Float on the wind.

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

Fall Back

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2021

Theme #177 of Lens Artists Photo Challenge is celebrating. Beauty.

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

Plumes against a green backdrop

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2021

Theme #177 of Lens Artists Photo Challenge is celebrating. Beauty.

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

High Lights

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2021

Theme #177 of Lens Artists Photo Challenge is celebrating. A moment during the day, seeing the light of the sun split. A moment of presence and focus, being quiet for a moment. Thinking of Nicolas Cramer.

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

Light

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2021

Theme #177 of Lens Artists Photo Challenge is celebrating. A moment during the day, seeing the light of the sun split on a shrubbery in the front garden. A moment of presence and focus, being quiet for a moment to celebrate life.

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

Evidence of Autumn

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2021

The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #176 is One image/one story. That theme matches the subject of my photo blog: What’s (in) the picture? Finding stories. Photo’s tell stories. My story (what made me click my shutter), and the story of the spectator.

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

Walks

England, Wells next the Sea – September 2021

The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #176 is One image/one story. That theme matches the subject of my photo blog: What’s (in) the picture? Finding stories. Photo’s tell stories. My story (what made me click my shutter), and the story of the spectator.

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

Dogs

England, Wells next the Sea – September 2021

The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #176 is One image/one story. That theme matches the subject of my photo blog: What’s (in) the picture? Finding stories. Photo’s tell stories. My story (what made me click my shutter), and the story of the spectator.

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

Life Cycle

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2021

The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #176 is One image/one story. That theme matches the subject of my photo blog: What’s (in) the picture? Finding stories. Photo’s tell stories. My story (what made me click my shutter), and the story of the spectator.

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

Sheringham Shore

England, Sheringham – September 2021

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

Brancaster

England, Brancaster – September 2021

Thinking back, and looking forward to Spring and Summer.

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

Sail Away

England, Sheringham – September 2021

Set your own course guided by your heart. For this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #175 Follow your bliss.

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

Cliff

England, Sheringham – September 2021

For this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #174 Shapes and Designs.

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

Up Front

England, Brancaster – September 2021

For this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #174 Shapes and Designs.

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

Blowing in the Wind

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2021

Grass in the garden, waving in the wind. For this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #174 Shapes and Designs.

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

Windmills

England, Sheringham – September 2021

Windmills on the horizon at Sheringham, Norfolk. Modern shapes of an iconic object. The theme for this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #173 is interesting architecture.

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