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Posts from the ‘Flowers’ category

Cyclamen

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2021

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

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Daffodils

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2021

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

Daffodils in the rain.

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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.

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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.

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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

Red

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2021

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

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……………….. Is A Rose Is A Rose 5/5

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2021

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…….. Is A Rose Is A Rose …………. 4/5

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2021

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Spring

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2021

The 136th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘things that start with the letter S’.
One of the first crocuses in the garden.

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…….. Is A Rose Is A Rose …………. 3/5

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2021

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A Rose Is A Rose …………. 1/5

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2021

This week’s theme of the weekly lens artists challenge (#135) is ‘glimpse into your world’. Roses are an inspiration.

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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

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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.

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Hebe

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2020

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

The winter is mild so far, and plants are a bit mixed up. This Hebe flowered till deep in December.

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Bike Lane

The Netherlands, Gortel – August 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #120 is ‘what a treat’.

Coming back to an area I visited a long time ago in my youth, brings back memories about the past. The beauty of nature is sometimes overwhelming, even when it rains.

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Heather lines

The Netherlands, Gortel – August 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #120 is ‘what a treat’.

Coming back to an area I visited a long time ago in my youth, brings back memories about the past. The beauty of nature is sometimes overwhelming, even when it rains.

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Season’s End

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #119 is ‘My hideaway’.

Autumn has come, Summer is over. The garden is no longer the place to enjoy being outside during the pandemic, looking at plants and flowers. Seasons come and go, the natural cycle continues, and Summer is waiting to come back next year, hopefully in a different setting without restrictions.

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The Two of Us

The Netherlands, Nunspeet – August 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #118 is ‘Communication’.

A walk over a field of heather in the Zandenbos near Nunspeet.

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Birch

The Netherlands, Vierhouten – August 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #117 is ‘A photo Walk’.

A walk over a field of heather near Vierhouten.

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Heather

The Netherlands, Gortel – August 2020
The Netherlands, Gortel – August 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #115 is ‘Inspiration’.

Seeing something big, like a big field of heather, is always a prompt to be inspired. Even when it rains.

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Last of Lavender

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #113 is ‘A labor of love’.

The garden is a haven and a wonderful example of a labor of love.

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Rain

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #111 is ‘Everyday Objects’.

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Bee

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #111 is ‘Everyday Objects’.

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Agapanthus 2020

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #110 is ‘Creativity in a time of Covid’.

In The Netherlands, lock down started in March this year. For me the biggest impact was the obligation to stay in or close around the house. I hate talking about ‘normal’ or the ‘new normal’ but all of a sudden I was not on my bicycle twice a day to the station to take the train to commute to work. And hence my ‘spontaneous inspiration’ diminished for taking photos on my iPhone. Luckily the garden was a real treat in colors, flowers, sun (we just exit the heatwave), and still is. The biggest ‘creativity’ was doing DIY in and around the house. The DIY shops thrived during the lock down, everybody got working on projects.

So, how creative am I during times of Covid? I am still the same person in looking at objects; the world I can physically see however is smaller. Lock down is lifted gradually, so my world is growing again. But this limitation led me to see much more detail and up close, and wonder about the smaller things in life that are important, which I took for granted or did not give attention before. Which helps me to be patient, and support people who keep us going forward (care staff, hospital staff, scientists and even the government and all others who keep the country going). Challenging, but not impossible. Balancing, experiencing the unknown.

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Crocosmia Lucifer

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #109 is ‘Under the sun’.

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Hosta

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #109 is ‘Under the sun’.

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Wet

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #109 is ‘Under the sun’. Even when it rains we are under the sun.

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Agapanthus

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #108 is ‘Sanctuary’.
The backyard is the sanctuary, being not too big but full with Agapanthus, who particular enjoy this Summer season. The flowers are a sanctuary for bees, buzzing over from the neighbor’s hives.

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Rose Bulb

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #108 is ‘Sanctuary’.
Corona times give another dimension to life, and the need to take regular stay-cations, or do things differently. In this case working with my hand instead of working with my head. The backyard is the sanctuary, being not too big but full with flowers, among them roses. The flowers are a sanctuary for bees, buzzing over from the neighbor’s hives.

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Agapanthus Sanctuary

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #108 is ‘Sanctuary’.
I have not participated in the LAP for a few weeks due to DIY at home. Corona times give another dimension to life, and the need to take regular stay-cations, or do things differently. In this case working with my hand instead of working with my head. The backyard is the sanctuary, being not too big but full with Agapanthus, who particular enjoy this Summer season. The flowers are a sanctuary for bees, buzzing over from the neighbor’s hives.

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Who is afraid of red, yellow and green?

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020

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Dandelions

The NetherLands, Vught – May 2012

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #105 is ‘Spring’.

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Growing Up

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #104 is ‘Summer’.

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Poppies

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #104 is ‘Summer’.

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