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Rain Drops

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #146 is ‘focusing on the details’. Tulip in the rain.

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

Details

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #146 is ‘focusing on the details’. Tulips in the rain.

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

Sun

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #145 is ‘getting to know you’. In Spring work on the garden starts, to prepare for Summer and warmer weather, outside dining and cooking, relaxing in the sun, reading a book. When the sun is low, the light is sometimes fantastic and reflects on the dry grass shoots of last year.

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

Spider Lines

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #145 is ‘getting to know you’. In Spring work on the garden starts, to prepare for Summer and warmer weather, outside dining and cooking, relaxing in the sun, reading a book. When the sun is low, the light is sometimes fantastic and reflects on the silver linings of spiders.

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

Tulips in Spring Rain

Watching the tulips in the front garden grow, day by day. Rain and shine.

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

Tulips

Watching the tulips in the front garden grow, day by day.

Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max and Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Duck

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest- April 2021

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#144 for this week is ‘taking flight’.

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

Hyacinths

The Netherlands, Voorhout – April 2021

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#144 for this week is ‘taking flight’. The flying objects in this photo are the clouds, chasing on the frisky Northern wind this morning. Covering the familiar display of rows of hyacinths in full bloom.

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

Duck

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest- April 2021

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#144 for this week is ‘taking flight’. This duck can fly but choose to swim by.

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

Daffodil backwards

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2021

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#143 for this week is ‘colorful April’.

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

Tulips

The Netherlands, Lisse – March 2008

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#143 for this week is ‘colorful April’.
An old photo of De Keukenhof Lisse in 2008.

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

Tulips

The Netherlands, Lisse – March 2008

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#143 for this week is ‘colorful April’.
An old photo of De Keukenhof Lisse in 2008.

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

Tulips 2008

The Netherlands, Lisse – March 2008

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#143 for this week is ‘colorful April’.
An old photo of De Keukenhof Lisse in 2008.

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

Tulips

The Netherlands, Lisse – March 2008

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#143 for this week is ‘colorful April’.
An old photo of De Keukenhof Lisse in 2008.

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

Magpie

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2021

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#142 for this week is ‘you pick it’. It is Spring and birds are building nests. This magpie hits our hanging baskets for building material.

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

Pylon

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2006

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#142 for this week is ‘you pick it’. From the archive, a mono pylon photo.

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

Cyclamen

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2021

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#142 for this week is ‘you pick it’.

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

Daffodils

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2021

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#142 for this week is ‘you pick it’.

Daffodils in the rain.

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

Grass

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2021

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#142 for this week is ‘you pick it’.

So here is the first pick: an old grass in sunlight.

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

Pas de Calais

France, Pas de Calais – August 2010

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 Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Potala Palace

Tibet, Lhasa – April 2004

The Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet.

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.

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

Sphinx

Egypt, Gizeh – April 2002

The 141th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is ‘geometry ’. This photo has some geometrical shapes in it 🙂

The Sphinx and pyramid of Cheops aka the Great Pyramid on the Giza plateau.

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 Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Geometry

England, Chester – July 2010

The 141th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is ‘geometry ’.

The altar and backdrop of the Chester cathedral in England.

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 Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

Spring Daffodil


The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2021

The 140th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is ‘change of scenery’. During the pandemic my window to the world shrunk. But this year I do what I always do in Spring: shooting the flowers growing right outside the kitchen window. The good old Nikon D500 with long lens being in use again, waiting on the kitchen table each morning when I open the shutters. A micro or macro change of scenery, but nature nurtures not only its plants. Indeed you do not have to go far for a change of scenery.

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

Spring

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2021

The 140th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is ‘change of scenery’. During the pandemic my window to the world shrunk. But this year I do what I always do in Spring: shooting the flowers growing right outside the kitchen window. The good old Nikon D500 with long lens being in use again, waiting on the kitchen table each morning when I open the shutters. A micro or macro change of scenery, but nature nurtures not only its plants. Indeed you do not have to go far for a change of scenery.

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

Lhasa Tibet

Tibet, Lhasa – March 2004

The 139th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is ‘special moments’. Pilgrims at the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa.

In March 2004 I visited Tibet. It would be an understatement if I said it was just overwhelming. The backdrop of the Himalayas. The fact that we were ‘high’: most of the time 3500 meters over sea level, my normal level of living.
The people and their close contact with religion, Buddhism. All parts of a puzzle that hopefully will bring me back there one day.

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

Sphinx and Pyramid of Cheops

Egypt, Gizeh – April 2002

The 139th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is ‘special moments’. The Sphinx and pyramid of Cheops on the Giza plateau.

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 Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Stonehenge

England, Stonehenge – June 2005

The 139th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is ‘special moments’. (click the photo for a the bigger picture, this one needs it 🙂 )

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 Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Street Paris 2000

France, Paris – April 2000

The 139th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘natural light’. A street scene.

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 Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Place de la Concorde

France, Paris – April 2000

The 139th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘natural light’.

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 Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Rue Rivoli

France, Paris – April 2000

The 139th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘natural light’. Rue Rivoli with its arches and light and darker spaces.

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 Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Paris 2000

France, Paris – April 2000

The 139th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘natural light’.
A peek in a hair dresser shop in Paris April 2000. Image in images.

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 Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Street Paris 2000

France, Paris – April 2000

The 136th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘things that start with the letter S’.
A street scene in Paris April 2000.

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 Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Plateau

Yemen, Haraz Mountains – April 1998

This week’s theme of the weekly lens artists challenge (#135) is ‘glimpse into your world’. The brief is simple: show us what makes your world spin, or what makes you delirious with joy. Let me start by showing what makes my world spin in photography. That is to visit places, travel, and monochrome photography. One of the most impressive trips was to Yemen in 1998. A beautiful country with amazing scenery and a rich culture. A mountain view near Sanaa in the Haraz mountais in Yemen.

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 Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Yemen Mountain Landscape

Yemen, Manakhah – April 1998

This week’s theme of the weekly lens artists challenge (#135) is ‘glimpse into your world’. The brief is simple: show us what makes your world spin, or what makes you delirious with joy. Let me start by showing what makes my world spin in photography. That is to visit places, travel, and monochrome photography. One of the most impressive trips was to Yemen in 1998. A beautiful country with amazing scenery and a rich culture. A mountain view near Manakhah in the Haraz mountais in Yemen.

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 Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Qat

Yemen, Manakhah – April 1998

This week’s theme of the weekly lens artists challenge (#134) is ‘from forgotten to favorite’.

I am scanning my archive of negatives and find some treasures I had forgotten about.

Plateaus of qat (or khat) in the sunrise near Manakhah in the Haraz mountais in Yemen.

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 Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Land Cruiser

Yemen, April 1998

This week’s theme of the weekly lens artists challenge (#134) is ‘from forgotten to favorite’.

The desert of Yemen 1998, a Toyota Land Cruiser in dust in a convoy.

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 Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Spring

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2021

This week the Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘the personal photographic journey’.

You can find a short overview of my photographic journey on ‘my about/Chris Breebaart’ page .
I hope you do not mind me referring to that information briefly.
This week an uplifting photo of Spring. I am looking

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


Chartres

France, Chartres – August 2002

The theme for the lens-artists #132 is ‘striped and checked’.

Part of the cathedral at Chartres.

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.

Colleville sur Mer

France, Colleville sur Mer – July 2011

The theme for the lens-artists#131 is ‘emotions’.

The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville sur Mer.

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

Spring forward

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2019

The theme for the lens-artists#130 is ‘It’s a small world’.

Looking forward to flowers coming out end at the end of Winter.

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

Downside Up

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2019

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

Merry Christmas

England, Southwell – December 2016

Christmas is about light, shining in the dark, a promise of possibilities, of new events. Small sparks that may turn into the brightness of a beautiful sun, offering warmth, comfort, trust, security, well being and new life.
I wish you lots of light in the coming year, to see and observe the difference between the light and the darkness, to embrace and accept them both as parts of our life.

This year’s last Lens-Artists Challenge (#128) is ‘And here comes the holiday season………..’

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

Tradition

The Netherlands, Delft – June 2018

The weekly theme for lens artists weekly photo challenge (in short LAPC) #127 is ‘precious moments’.

During a visit to the world famous Royal Delft (where they make pottery with the famous blue color), this endearing two piece was on display in the shop. Portraying a precious moment between a female figurine and male figurine. For some the traditional clothes are precious too, but I am happy not to wear clogs any more :-).

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

Moustaches

Germany, Aachen – November 2016

The theme for Weekly Lens Artists 126 is ‘A stands for … ’. Aachen, the Christmas market.

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