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Blossom

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2021

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#142 for this week is ‘you pick it’. This is the Willinklaan. In Spring it looks like this, in Autumn the trees are dark red.

Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger 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

Dusk

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2021

The 140th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is ‘change of scenery’.

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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.

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

Lake and clouds

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2021

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Red

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2021

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

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Rain Drops

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2021

The 137th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘soft’.
Soft rain aka drizzle.

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Oud Poelgeest

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2021

Two weeks ago I published a color version of this view. This is a silver monochrome, with a different feel towards it. It suggests a different age and time. Mono, with a hint of sepia, brings this image back years to the previous century. Or am I old and going soft in melancholy? The 137th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘soft’.

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Soft

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2021

The 137th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘soft’.
Soft snow on a gentile Buddha.

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Sunrise

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2021

The 136th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘things that start with the letter S’. That is easy: a sunrise.

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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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Sweeper

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2021

The 136th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘things that start with the letter S’.
A week ago we had snow and ice, today it is Spring. S is a sweeper.

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Sunrise

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2021

The 136th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘things that start with the letter S’. That is easy: a sunrise.

Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

…….. 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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Oud Poelgeest

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2021

This week’s theme of the weekly lens artists challenge (#135) is ‘glimpse into your world’. Long ago I was born in a small village in The Netherlands. Of course it has grown and changed over the years, but it is still a wonderful location to live. And yes: we do have an old ‘castle’.

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Night Job

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2021

When snow falls, bicycle paths and main roads are the first to be cleared of snow.

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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

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


Pylon

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2021

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

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My Hometown 8

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 1982

A test shot for a new long zoom lens.

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.

The  picture was originally shot with Pentax ME super II on Kodak TriX, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

My hometown 7: Errands

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 1982

A test shot for a new long zoom lens.

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.

The  picture was originally shot with Pentax ME super II on Kodak TriX, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

My Hometown 6

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 1979

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

An old tradition is ‘ringsteken’. Literally stitching a ring from a wood block, hanging from a rope over the road, sitting in a carriage, pulled by one or more horses. The jury is watching.

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.

The  picture was originally shot with Pentax K1000 on Kodak TriX, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

My Hometown 5

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 1979

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

An old tradition is ‘ringsteken’. Literally stitching a ring from a wood block, hanging from a rope over the road, sitting in a carriage, pulled by one or more horses.

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.

The  picture was originally shot with Pentax K1000 on Kodak TriX, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

My Hometown 4

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 1979

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

An old tradition is ‘ringsteken’. Literally stitching a ring from a wood block, hanging from a rope over the road, sitting in a carriage, pulled by one or more horses.

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.

The  picture was originally shot with Pentax K1000 on Kodak TriX, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

My Hometown

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 1979

Winter 1979, an old former farmhouse ‘Ora et Labora’.

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.

The  picture was originally shot with Pentax K1000 on Kodak TriX, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

My Hometown 3

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 1979

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.

The  picture was originally shot with Pentax K1000 on Kodak TriX, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.