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Posts from the ‘Oegstgeest’ category

The Heart of the Matter

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2021

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #160 is ‘Your Inspiration’.

One of the biggest inspirations is nature and flowers. In times of Covid19 the back garden is a place to be.

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Bee on Sunflower

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #160 is ‘Your Inspiration’.

One of the biggest inspirations is nature and flowers. In times of Covid19 the back garden is a place to be.

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Red Rain

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2021

In the garden, Summer is quite wet at the moment.

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Young family

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July2021

Right in front of the door, a young swan family takes a nap sometimes.

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Swans

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July2021

Right in front of the door, a young swan family takes a nap sometimes.

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Rose

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2021

The theme for this week Lens-artists challenge #153 is ‘Wonderful World’.

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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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Reflection

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest- April 2021

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

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Duck

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2021

The theme for this week Lens-artists challenge #155 is ‘on the water’.

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Sweet Pea

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2021

The theme for this week Lens-artists challenge #155 is ‘on the water’.
Probably not exactly as John intended but here is some water: rain drops.

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Grass 3

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2021

The theme for this week Lens-artists challenge #154 is ‘one photo two ways’. Monday I posted the first one of these perspectives, yesterday the second. This is the one that I like best, the hint of the plumes in the light.

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Grass 2

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2021

The theme for this week Lens-artists challenge #154 is ‘one photo two ways’. Yesterday I posted the first one of these perspectives, today the second. Tomorrow the one that pleases me most.

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Grass

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2021

The theme for this week Lens-artists challenge #154 is ‘one photo two ways’. Today, Tuesday and Wednesday I will show different variations on the same subject.

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Evening Clouds

The theme for this week Lens-artists challenge #154 is ‘one photo two ways’. These clouds I shot at dusk. I was curieus what the iPhone would do in low light. These are four shots of the sky. They vary on zoom/frame and one I adjusted the light measuring. So two times two.

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Blue Flight

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2021

The theme for this week Lens-artists challenge #153 is ‘Wonderful World’.

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White

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2021

The theme for this week Lens-artists challenge #153 is ‘Wonderful World’.

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Pink Rose

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2021

The theme for this week Lens-artists challenge #153 is ‘Wonderful World’.

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Off White

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #150 is ‘Let’s go wild’.

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Feathers

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #150 is ‘Let’s go wild’.
A sunset.

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Sky 2

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #150 is ‘Let’s go wild’.
A sunset.

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Couple

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #150 is ‘Let’s go wild’.
Near our house there is an artificial lake created by the need for sand for infrastructural building. The sand was used to build a railway and as a base for houses and roads. On the banks is big nest box for Sand Martins. They come all the way from Africa and normally hatch in steep river walls. After creating their offspring they move back to Africa. In the setting sun they play in the sky, chasing each other.

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Sky 1

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #150 is ‘Let’s go wild’.
A sunset.

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Rain

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #150 is ‘Let’s go wild’.
The Netherlands does not really have original wild parts where nature still rules; we do have nature, but nature is being managed. We manage and maintain our dense populated country all over, to achieve efficiency (the post stamp like farm fields, outlined by straight canals from the sky, a view tourists seem to enjoy approaching Schiphol Airport etc) or benefits of scale and standardization. But not all can be controlled. One thing we have to adjust to and have no control over is the weather and the effects of climate change. Spring was very wet and had heavy showers. We can manage the extra water and rising sea levels, but the intensity of the rain is a more and more a given.

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Bridge Revisited 2

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2021

A few weeks ago I posted a photo of this bridge ‘Blossom bridge’.

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Bridge Revisited

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest -May 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #149 is ‘cool colors, blue and green.

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Fluitenkruid/Cow Parsley

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #149 is ‘cool colors, blue and green. Here the green side of it.
In Dutch we call this fluitenkruid, in english it is called Cow Parsley. I had to look that up 🙂

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Fly Blue

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #149 is ‘cool colors, blue and green. Here the blue side of it.

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The Last of Tulips Gallery

This Spring the tulips in the front garden were a pleasure to enjoy for weeks. A last impression of these gorgeous and fierce flowers.

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Lavender

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #149 is ‘cool colors, blue and green. And purple as third color 🙂

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Bike and Bridge: Green and Blue

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest -May 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #149 is ‘cool colors, blue and green.

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Last of the Tulips

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2021

The tulips gave us weeks of colorful joy this year, but in May a storm started to end their blooming period. The petals gone, the stems left behind. Derelict.

If you enjoy photography and want to play with words each month seeing if you can express the word in an image, visit Paula’s Lost in Translation blog. It is fun to do, but her photography is wonderful and inspiring as well. Well worth a visit and a follow.

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Crocus

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #148 is ‘spots and dots’.

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Light

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #148 is ‘spots and dots’.

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Yellow

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #148 is ‘spots and dots’.

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Decomposing Tulip

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #148 is ‘spots and dots’. The tulips lasted weeks this year, but unfortunately heavy wind made them wither fast.

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Rain

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #148 is ‘spots and dots’. This Spring is cold and wet, with grey skies and gusts of rain. So far.

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Cold Spring Rain

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #147 is ‘garden’.

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Garden

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #147 is ‘garden’.

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