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Posts from the ‘Landscape’ category

Summer


The Netherlands, Abbenes – August 2022

The Haarlemmermeerpolder under a sunny sky.

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Zijl

The Netherlands, Leiden – August 2022

This week lens artists challenge #214 is ‘favourite finds’. A typical Dutch landscape on a warm day, with boats coming and going to the lakes. The find was the little ferry we used to cross this water, the river Zijl near Leiden.

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Shower Ahead

France, Offekerkque – July 2022

Just before the rain.

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Over the edge

France, Marck – July 2022

The rolls always give me the impression they are on their way, rolling.

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Mind the Barrier

France, Marck – July 2022

The views of the landscapes are taken from the car in the passenger seat. And sometimes that leads to seeing surprising objects in the front of the picture. LAPC #209 is surreal.

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Ripples

France, St. Georges-sur-l’Aa, July 2022

LAPC #209 is surreal. In the north of France on the west coast, just over the border with Belgium, is a wood of pylons with powerlines. Like an army stepping into the world, over a field of ripples, in St. Georges-sur-l’Aa.

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Let it Roll

France, Marck – July 2022

LAPC #209 is surreal. The rolls always give me the impression there are on their way, rolling.

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Low Horizon: View on Oegstgeest

The Netherlands, Voorhout – June 2022

This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge is #206 ‘Treasures’. Life deserves to be treasured as it rolls out with us on our journey through our years. Lots of change happens during that trip. One of The Netherlands most wonderful features is the low horizon. Meaning we have so much sky, as a giant canvas to show clouds and patterns. The flat horizon does not attract too much attention, just offers some texture to the straight line. Showing the changes over the years as urbanization and commercial estates grow.

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Dutch Vista

The Netherlands, Nieuw-Vennep – June 2022

Overtaking a farmer in a field next to the motorway. The Netherlands is as flat as a pancake here, and imagine a sea level about six meters higher than where we are. Well we are used to it. Lens Artists Photo Challenge #203 for this week is ‘local vistas’.

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Blue Sky Horizons

The Netherlands, Warmond – May 2022

Lens Artists Weekly Challenge #200 is ‘Three of a kind’.

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Polder

The Netherlands, Hoofddorp – April 2022

Lens Artists Weekly Challenge #200 is ‘Every little thing’. The horizon is low, things look small in a distance.

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Red Field

The Netherlands, Voorhout – April 2022

The Lens-artists challenge #197 is ‘rule of thirds’. The rule of thirds is a rule of thumb how to compose images. But a photo that creates a journey of the eye can also be made by using lines and colors. Even when the horizon is not on 1/3.

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Row Row Row your boat

The Netherlands, Lisse – April 2022

The Lens-artists challenge #197 is ‘rule of thirds’. The rule of thirds is a rule of thumb how to compose images. There are more ‘rules’; another is the ‘s’ like in the photo above. Whatever rule you like to use: break them and tweak them till you are happy with the result of the photo you are putting together. In the end your gut tells a lot about what constitutes a decent picture to your liking.

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Train and Hyacinths

The Netherlands, Sassenheim – April 2022

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge this week is #195: colorful expressions.

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Sunset through a dirty car window

The Netherlands, Schiphol Amsterdam – March 2022

This week Lens Artists Photography Challenge #192 is ‘Earth Story’. 

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Close

The Netherlands, Voorschoten – March 2022

Covid is still among us, but slowly we start up to the new normal. That means going back to the office some days a week, hence being in a train again. Here a view out of the window.

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Far

The Netherlands, Voorschoten – March 2022

Covid is still among us, but slowly we start up to the new normal. That means going back to the office some days a week, hence being in a train again. Here a view out of the window.

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Texel Windmill

The Netherlands, Texel – November 2017

This weeks challenge #187 is ‘water’. Texel one of the West Frisian Island in the Wadden Sea.

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Texel Landscape

The Netherlands, Texel – November 2017

This weeks challenge #187 is ‘water’. Texel one of the West Frisian Island in the Wadden Sea.

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Valley

Nepal, Kathmandu Valley – April 2004

Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.

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.

Roll Over

France, Pas de Calais – September 2008

The weekly LAPC (Lens Artists Photo Challenge) #182 is ‘interesting objects’.

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Brancaster

England, Brancaster – September 2021

Thinking back, and looking forward to Spring and Summer.

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Short Cut

England, Weasenham St. Peter – September 2021

A small short cut in Norfolk advised by TomTom delivers wonderful scenery.

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Cliff

England, Sheringham – September 2021

For this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #174 Shapes and Designs.

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Up Front

England, Brancaster – September 2021

For this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #174 Shapes and Designs.

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Brancaster Beach

England, Brancaster – September 2021

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Pigs

England, Thetford – September 2021

Pigs in a field, from a car. For this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #174 Shapes and Designs.

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Fly Over Bicycle

The Netherlands, Zoetermeer – July 2015

A fly over for bicycles (we do have lots of bicycle lanes in The Netherlands) in Zoetermeer, architecture as art. The theme for this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #173 is interesting architecture.

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Pamela Mae

England, Wells next the Sea – September 2021

The theme for this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #172 is a day of my week. The photo above was one of a series I took during a morning when I visited a little village in Norfolk, Wells next the Sea. From the dock the view on the low tide coastline was amazing: boats, gulls, water, sun and clouds. It felt like a photographer heaven where there is too much to shoot in a short time. So this week I publish some of the photo’s from that morning in September.

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Light at the End

England, Wells next the Sea – September 2021

The theme for this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #172 is a day of my week. The photo above was one of a series I took during a morning when I visited a little village in Norfolk, Wells next the Sea. From the dock the view on the low tide coastline was amazing: boats, gulls, water, sun and clouds. It felt like a photographer heaven where there is too much to shoot in a short time. So this week I publish some of the photo’s from that morning in September.

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From a Distance

England, Wells next the Sea – September 202

The theme for this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #172 is a day of my week. The photo above was one of a series I took during a morning when I visited a little village in Norfolk, Wells next the Sea. From the dock the view on the low tide coastline was amazing: boats, gulls, water, sun and clouds. It felt like a photographer heaven where there is too much to shoot in a short time. So this week I publish some of the photo’s from that morning in September.

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

Seagulls

England, Wells next the Sea – September 2021

The theme for this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #172 is a day of my week. The photo above was one of a series I took during a morning when I visited a little village in Norfolk, Wells next the Sea. From the dock the view on the low tide coastline was amazing: boats, gulls, water, sun and clouds. It felt like a photographer heaven where there is too much to shoot in a short time. So this week I publish some of the photo’s from that morning in September.

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

Hole with a view

England, Sheringham – September 2021

Sheringham Golf Club

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Wetlands

England, Brancaster – September 2021

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Fence

France, Les Moëres – September 2021

An ordinary fence on the side of the motor way in the north of France for this week’s lens artists challenge #169: the ordinary.

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Colors of Autumn

Germany, Heimbach – November 2016

This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge (#167) is Colors of Autumn.

At the moment there is not much Autumn colors to be seen in The Netherlands, so one from the archive. The river Rur near Heimbach.

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Where Cows Once Grazed

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2021

This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge (#162) is ‘all about the light’.

This artificial lake used to be meadow. The lake was created by dredging sand, that was needed for roads, new build areas and a railway line. And now it is a recreational area, Klinkenberger Plas.

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White Horse

England, Bollington – May 2013

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

It is nice to look around for striking objects. This one is originally color but in mono the horse comes out.

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Poppies

England, High Halstow – July 2013

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #159 is ‘Postcards’.

A landscape of poppies and other flowers near High Halstow Medway in Kent.
In memory of Andrea White.

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Sunset at low tide Le Conquet

France, Le Conquet – July 1996

The theme for this week Lens-artists challenge #156 is ‘black and white’.

Le Conquet is a small village in the Finistère in the West of Brittany (Bretagne) in France.

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

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

Reeuwijkse Plassen

The Netherlands, Reeuwijk – August 2014

A sunny morning on the Reeuwijkse Plassen near Reeuwijk. I forgot about the point and shoot camera I used.

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 an unknown point and shoot pocket camera on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Lake and clouds

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2021

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Ardennes 1977

Belgium, Ardennes – April 1977

The 139th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘natural light’. A view over the hills of the Ardennes in Belgium.

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.

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