Walk
The path along the seafront in Blakeney.
Shot with Nikon Zf,edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
Posts from the ‘Norfolk’ category
Blakeney
The seafront in Blakeney.
Shot with Nikon Zf,edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
Rejected Photos
Lens-artists Photo Challenge #382 is about rejected photos. What do you do with photos you do not like? You can throw them away, or you can keep them. And if you keep them what can you do with them? First a story of myself, how I work. And in the end an example.
I am a snap shooter for a long time. When looking at this question for myself, I have to distinguish between the analog age and the digital age. But in both ages it is about quality, how you can assess that and what instruments are available after shooting. And above all: how can you be creative, and how much room is there to experiment?
The analog age was expensive: film was expensive, darkroom materials were expensive too. And being a poor student I shot as efficient as possible. You had to be patient while shooting, and selective. You also needed to trust your skills. Experience was essential to figure out what worked and what not. To produce good prints you needed to develop darkroom skills. And some negatives were impossible to print. But you kept them all. I never threw away negatives. That decision was beneficial in the digital age. After scanning my negatives, I properly made them look like what I had in mind when shooting them. What the darkroom did not deliver, software did.
In the digital age the cost of a photo is nearly non existent. The original photo (the former negative) can be copied lots of times. From the start technology offers instruments to oversee the quality of the photos. What you shoot is instantly visible on the camera. You can try different changes in the photo. Adjustments like shutter time, focus, and shutter opening can be tested most of the time. The RAW format offers flexibility for editing the ‘negative’ after the shoot. Software offers lots of creative tools to change the photo, or create new images.
So, do you keep rejected (bad) photos or not? I do reject photos, overseeing the result on my camera. I keep photos that can come to a good result after editing. The rest I remove straight away (e.g. bracketing shots).What I keep is stored on my NAS, where I use Lightroom as my archiving tool. I use editing tools to tweak a photo slightly. My favorite is Snapseed for web and social media publication. And Lightroom and Photoshop for prints.
The digital age is a time for unlimited creativity. The photos of ‘dinner at Wiveton Bell’ are an example of testing out the iPhone in a very dark situation. I shot about 8 frames, I kept them all but had my doubts. At home I worked them in Lightroom and Snapseed. And was surprised by what came out. And the ones that did not work were indeed deleted.
On the left the photo published and on the right the original RAW file.
Down To The Harbour
Westgate Street in Blakeney, the access to the Quay at the seafront.
Shot with Nikon Zf,edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
Old Pub
The King’s Arms in in Blakeney. Founded in 1763. And still sells fresh beer.
Shot with Nikon Zf,edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
Keeping Warm
England, Blakeney – December 2025
An alley in Blakeney.
Shot with Nikon Zf,edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
Marshes With a bit of Cley Next The Sea (on the left)
The last in the series of monochrome, more or less minimal photos for this week’s Lens artists photo challenge #381 (minimalism in black and white photography).
Shot with Nikon Zf,edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
Marshes
Lens artists photo challenge #381 is ‘minimalism in black and white photography’. The marshes at first sunlight, as the light details the waving reeds.
Shot with Nikon Zf,edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
No Horizon
Lens artists photo challenge #381 is ‘minimalism in black and white photography’. The marshes at first sunlight.
Shot with Nikon Zf,edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
Marooned
An old boat, slowly decaying on the marshes near Blakeney. Lens artists photo challenge #381 is ‘minimalism in black and white photography’.
Shot with iPhone 15 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
The Runner
Lens artists photo challenge #381 is ‘minimalism in black and white photography’. The marshes at Blakeney are a place for running and hiking.
Shot with Nikon Zf,edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
Bus Stop Morning
Lens artists photo challenge #381 is ‘minimalism in black and white photography’. A bus stop at sunrise.
If you wonder how it looks in color? Here is an iPhone shot of 2024 at the same spot. In the monochrome the sun is not over the horizon, in the color one it is.
Shot with Nikon Zf,edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
Dinner at the Wiveton Bell in Norfolk
Having dinner at the Wiveton Bell. A beautiful moonlight night, an open invitation to play with the iPhone. The results did surprise me.
The bottom right photo is taken with the night modus. The rest with the manual mode of ‘real light’.
The one of the church reminds me of a medieval painting.
Shot with iPhone 15 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
Cley Windmill
This is the famous Cley windmill at Cley next the sea. It’s by far the best name for a coastal village. Interestingly, it actually does not have a sea front. The mill was owned by the family of James Blunt.
Shot with Nikon Zf, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
Choices And Preferences 1 (Cley next the sea)
I have a fondness for black and white aka monochrome. That grew on me. Mono was cheaper 50 years ago and more ‘easy’ to handle in a dark room. Monochrome gives something extra at times. The sphere, the grain. And over all these years I learned to see objects in monochrome, visualizing what something looks like in grays.
When I bought my first Nikon digital camera (the D70), I naively asked ‘where is the monochrome setting?’. It was not there. Shooting was color only. If I wanted mono I had to create it myself afterwards in Lightroom, Photoshop or an app like Snapseed. But lucky for me, on the iPhone and on the recent Nikon Zf, there are monochrome settings. To be honest, that was one of the reasons to buy a Zf. So now I have a choice: mono or color.
I know the taste of my ‘audience’ is different than mine. In three days I like to find out more about your taste. What do you fancy more: a photo in mono or in color?
This is the famous Cley windmill at Cley next the sea. It’s by far the best name for a coastal village. Interestingly, it actually does not have a sea front. The mill was owned by the family of James Blunt. The photo was shot in color.
Shot with Nikon Zf, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
Dusk
Shot with iPhone 15 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version.
Restaurant Toilet With A View
Right next to the Binham Priory is The Parlour. A working dairy farm with a monumental breakfast.
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Restaurant Toilet
England, Holt-Weybourne – December 2024
The Maltings – The Grain Store in Weybourne. Sometimes a toilet is worth a photo.
Shot with iPhone 15 Pro Max edited using Snapseedand Marksta Click the picture for a larger version.
Holt Shops at Night
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Eric’s at Holt
A visit to England without fish and chips?
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Blakeney Sunrise
England, Blakeney – December 2024
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Through The Hedges – A Morning Walk in Blakeney
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Morning Walk Blakeney
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The Grain Store at Weybourne
The Maltings – The Grain Store in Weybourne. A beautiful restored barn, and great ambiance to enjoy good food.
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Capturing Road Side Views: Fakenham
Ending the year in the UK, a roadside view from the car over a foggy Norfolk countryside. Hence the sharpness is not optimal.
Shot with iPhone 15 Pro Max edited using Snapseed, GrainLab and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version
Holkham Estate at Dusk
The weekly theme for LAPC #238 is ‘alone time’. Dusk at Holkham Hall
Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version
Morning Flight 3
At sunrise on the marshes at Blakeney. The weekly theme for LAPC #237 is ‘bringing softness’. I pulled the camera following a flight, coming in towards the rising sun, and here coming into the light.
Here is morning flight 1, here is morning flight 2. And if you follow my blog you have seen the photo of the same flock after they passed the sun ‘winter sunrise over the marshes’.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
Morning Flight 2
At sunrise on the marshes at Blakeney. The weekly theme for LAPC #237 is ‘bringing softness’. I pulled the camera following a flight, coming in towards the rising sun. Here is morning flight 1.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
Morning Flight
At sunrise on the marshes at Blakeney. The weekly theme for LAPC #237 is ‘bringing softness’. How sweeter can it get?
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
Walk the Dog
At sunrise on the marshes at Blakeney.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
Sunrise over Marshes
Sunrise over the marshes near Blakeney.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
Marshes at Sunrise
Sunrise over the marshes near Blakeney.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
Dog Walk
Dog walk at sunrise on the marshes near Blakeney.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
Blakeney Point
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
On the Wing
New Year’s Day, geese on the wing over the marshes near Blakeney.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
New Year’s Day
New Year’s Day, the sun through fog over a parking at Morston Quay near Blakeney.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
Winter Sunrise over Marshes
The sun rises, on one of the first days of January, over the marshes at Blakeney.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
Winter Sunrise at Cley Marshes
The sun rises over Cley next the Sea on a cold Winter morning in early January.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
Blakeney Hotel and Harbor at Sunrise
Blakeney at sunrise.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Lightoroom, Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
Admiral Nelson’s Pub
The Lord Nelson in Burnham Thorpe, admiral Nelson’s local.
Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version
Views of Blakeney
England, Blakeney – January 2023
The theme for LAPC 234 is ‘messages’. Views from the sea towards Blakeney on different times of the day.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
Salt Marshes at Blakeney
England, Blakeney – January 2023
The theme for LAPC 234 is ‘messages’. The coast of north Norfolk is one big nature resort with salt marshes and wildlife. The continuous change of the sea water coming in and out, the light changes during the day time and the vastness and beauty are stunning.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
Murphy’s and Cooper’s Law
England, Blakeney – January 2023
The theme for LAPC 234 is ‘messages’. Meet Murphy (the brown Show Cocker) and Cooper (the white brown). Both of them love water (and mud) and love chasing a ball together. When there is water or mud (preferably both) and a ball to catch, they do not stop playing.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
Holkham Dunes
England, Holkham – January 202
The theme for LAPC 234 is ‘messages’. The dunes and the retreated sea create a wonderful open space that connects land, sea, sky and men. A space for stories, dreams and desires.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
Wrecked and stranded
England, Blakeney – January 2023
The theme for LAPC 234 is ‘messages’. At some places old and abandonded boats can be found in the salt marshes. Messages and old stories.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
Having a stroll
England, Blakeney – January 2023
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Moon over Marshes
England, Blakeney – January 2023
The Lens Artists Photo Challenge #233 is ‘a one lense walk‘. The first week of 2023 we had a short stay at Norfolk; the beauty of its coast and its wildlife gave ample opportunities for photos. The Nikon D500 has the 18-105 mm lens on it. The marshes on the quay of Blakeney around sunrise.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
Birds at Holkham Beach
England, Holkham – January 2023
The Lens Artists Photo Challenge #233 is ‘a one lense walk‘. The first week of 2023 we had a short stay at Norfolk; the beauty of its coast and its wildlife gave ample opportunities for photos. The Nikon D500 has the 18-105 mm lens on it.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
Juno
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
Holt
Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version
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