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Posts from the ‘Landscape’ category

Faerie Tale Land

Germany, Heimbach – November 2016

The theme for Weekly Lens Artists 125 is ‘you can pick it’.

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L’Aber Wrac’h

France, L’aber Wrac’h – August 1981

The theme of Lens-Artists #124 is ‘Now and then’.

The coast of Finistère in Summer is breath taking. This was then, but it still is amazing.

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 Plusx, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Willows

The Netherlands, Rijnsburg – October 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #123 is ‘Found in the Neighbourhood’.

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Ferry

The Netherlands, De Cocksdorp – January 2019

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #122 is ‘The sun will come out tomorrow’. And the sky is simply amazing for Weekend Sky #7.

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Windmill in Winter Sunset

The Netherlands, Burgervlotbrug – January 2019

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #122 is ‘The sun will come out tomorrow’.

And for the Weekend Sky #7.

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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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Corn

The Netherlands, Leimuiden – September 2020

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

I love to take photos from a car (rest assured, I am not doing the driving at those moments). And the result can be quite surprising at times. This one gives me the feeling of a small village, hidden in the landscape.

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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.

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

Flat Lines

The Netherlands, Nieuw-Vennep – September 2020

Another one for Weekly Sky Challenge #2. Here you can see how low our horizon is. Skies over The Netherlands.

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On the way home

The Netherlands, Abbenes – September 2020

The Haarlemmermeerpolder under a sunny sky for the Weekly Sky Challenge.

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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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Tree Line

The Netherlands, Nieuw-Vennep A44 – August 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #116 is ‘symmetry’.

Again on the road, a view over the fields obscured by rain.

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Rainy Symmetry

The Netherlands, Nieuw-Vennep A44 – August 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #116 is ‘symmetry’.

Again on the road, a view over the fields obscured by rain.

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Just passing by: Schiphol Amsterdam Airport

The Netherlands, Amsterdam – September 2020
The Netherlands, Amsterdam – September 2020
The Netherlands, Amsterdam – September 2020
The Netherlands, Amsterdam – September 2020

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

One of my favorite activities while being on the road in the passenger seat, is snapping photos. Here a drive by of Schiphol Amsterdam Airport.

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On The Road

The Netherlands, A1/6 Almere – August 2020
The Netherlands, A1 Naarden – August 2020
The Netherlands, A1/6 Almere – August 2020
The Netherlands, A1/6 Almere – August 2020

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

One of my favorite activities while being on the road in the passenger seat, is snapping photos.

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Church and Cows

The Netherlands, Rijnsaterwoude – September 2020

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

The Dutch landscape is a continuous source of inspiration. Sometimes in a wide view, sometimes in a close up to pick up some details. A church on a dyke, cows in the polder.

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Vercors 1990

France, Vercors – August 1990

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

Coming from a land that is flat as a pancake, mountains and hills are a source of inspiration, reflection and sport. Climbing a mountain by bicycle is a wonderful experience, offering lots of insights about who and what you are. This one was shot with Pentax Mju on Fuji Film.

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.

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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Cantal France 1993

France, Cantal – August 1993

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

An old travel photo from 1993 in France. The Cantal is a beautiful area with no longer active volcanoes. Landscapes inspire me. This one was amazing.

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 Kodak TriX, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Heather

The Netherlands, Gortel – August 2020

The flowering heather at Gortel, too bad the rain came in, but the view is still breathtaking

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Boating

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #108 is ‘Sanctuary’.
A skipper, very focused on his motor.

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Polder

The Netherlands, Rijnsaterwoude – June 2020

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #99 is ‘old and new’.

A polder is a piece of land below the surrounding water level. It is artificial because it is created by man. Dykes are build to make it dry and keep the water out, and canals are made to pump water out, dumping it in canals that eventually bring it back to sea. In the background you see a dyke: behind the dyke is water of a lake. If the dyke was not there you would look at the lake :-). So this is old and new land.

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Out In The Country

The Netherlands, Voorhout – May 2020

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #97 is ‘pastimes’.

Meadows and scenery in a typical Dutch polder landscape.

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See Double: Through The Wire

France, St. George sur-L’Aa – August 2019

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #69 is ‘seeing double’.

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White House

Belgium, Slijpe – August 2019

Road side views: West Flanders.

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #64 is ‘countryside and/or small towns’.

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Slufter

The Netherlands, Texel Slufter – November 2017

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #64 is ‘countryside and/or small towns’.

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Into the country: Andalucia 2

Spain, Andalucia – November 2017

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #64 is ‘countryside and/or small towns’.

A detailed shot of the hills in the south of Spain in Andalucia.

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Into the country: Andalucia

Spain, Mijas el Pueblo – November 2017

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #64 is ‘countryside and/or small towns’.

A detailed shot of the hills in the south of Spain in Andalucia.

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Behind The Trees

France, Offekerque – August 2019

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #64 is ‘countryside and/or small towns’.

The north of France near the Channel is normally flat and quite open. But at some points you can find tree lines along roads.

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Walk A Line! Focus!

Belgium, Gistel-Zevekote – August 2019

This is the first time I post an entry in a theme of Frank’s Jansen Dutch goes the photo: Focus! 
The photo is from a trip to Calais France, and shows the flat lands of Flanders on the coast of the Channel.
Each time of year these fields look different; in Summer they look bright and light, in Winter they can be grey and dark.
We make this trip a few times each year, and each time it reminds me of Jacques Brel’s chanson ‘mijn vlakke land’.
(The link to my 2014 post is not working any more, I cleaned up my blog a few months ago.
You can find the English and Dutch lyrics here.

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Dawn 3

Early morning in Spring near Steenbergen in The Netherlands.

The Netherlands, Steenbergen – March 2018

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Dawn 2

Early morning in Spring near Steenbergen in The Netherlands.

The Netherlands, Steenbergen – March 2019

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Dawn 1

Early morning in Spring near Dinteloord in The Netherlands.

The Netherlands, Dinteloord – March 2018

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Early Spring 2

The Klinkenbergerplas in Oegstgeest.

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2018

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Place in the World – Music

The weekly theme is ‘place in the world’. Where do you belong?

Images of the place I live, my place(s) in the world. One is a bit hard to grasp: music. ‘Place in the world’ brought me immediately to In My Place by Coldplay. Can this song be about flowers?
Last month, exploring the flower fields with tulips near my village (place), I came across this setting.  Taking this photo, the power lines and the lonely house set the atmosphere; the flowers are almost gone, some are still there. Flowers come and go, and you have to wait another year for them, but singing flowers? Well, it checks boxes, but not all of them. Perhaps I cross lines I should not cross? Do enjoy the song and the photo.

The Netherlands, Voorhout – April 2018

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In My Place – Coldplay
In my place, in my place
Were lines that I couldn’t change
I was lost

I was lost, I was lost
Crossed lines I shouldn’t have crossed
I was lost

Yeah how long must you wait for it?
Yeah how long must you pay for it?
Yeah how long must you wait for it?

I was scared, I was scared
Tired and under prepared
But I wait for it

If you go, if you go
Leave me down here on my own
Then I’ll wait for you (yeah)

Yeah how long must you wait for it?
Yeah how long must you pay for it?
Yeah how long must you wait for it?

Sing it, please, please, please
Come back and sing to me, to me, me
Come on and sing it out, now, now
Come on and sing it out, to me, me
Come back and sing it

In my place, in my place
Were lines that I couldn’t change
And I was lost

Songwriters: Martin / Berryman / Buckland / Champion

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A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link

 

Beloved – Train Landscapes

The weekly theme is ‘beloved’.

A window in a Dutch train turns into a frame of a landscape easily.

The Netherlands, Voorburg – February 2018

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A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link

Silence – Hills

This week theme is ‘silence’.

Spain, Andalucia – November 2017

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A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link

Not the 2017 Favourite – White Village (Leftover 10)

The last weekly photo challenge is ‘2017 Favourite’. Share the most meaningful photo that I have taken in 2017. Well, that is tough: which one of the odd 365 photo’s to choose? A lot of them are special to me, meaningful, but it might be that I did not publish my most meaningful photo of 2017 on my blog. So I am taking my own direction in this theme: I am not going to choose. My personal theme this week will be about photo’s that are leftovers of 2017. And they all are meaningful to me as well. I hope you do not mind. Wishing all of you a fabulous 2018.

 

 

Spain, Andalucia near Ronda-November2017

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Because I am not really participating in this theme you can follow the link in the first line of this post to see all the publications this week.

 

Not the 2017 Favourite – Andalucia (Leftover 4)

The last weekly photo challenge is ‘2017 Favourite’. Share the most meaningful photo that I have taken in 2017. Well, that is tough: which one of the odd 365 photo’s to choose? A lot of them are special to me, meaningful, but it might be that I did not publish my most meaningful photo of 2017 on my blog. So I am taking my own direction in this theme: I am not going to choose. My personal theme this week will be about photo’s that are leftovers of 2017. And they all are meaningful to me as well. I hope you do not mind. Wishing all of you a happy, merry Christmas and fabulous 2018.

 

 

Spain, Andalucia – November 2017

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Because I am not really participating in this theme you can follow the link in the first line of this post to see all the publications this week.

Satisfaction: Sky 

This weekly theme is ‘satisfaction’,

A scene from the road on a Summer’s day. Unfortunately the weather is not that good right now. But it is nice to see a sky with fluffy clouds at times soon again.

The Netherlands, A5 Lijnden – July 2017

Order in Rows

This weekly theme is ‘order’.

The Netherlands, Wassenaar – June 2017

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A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link

Relax: Landscape Eifel

The weekly theme is ‘relax’. Show something that means relaxation.

A view on the valley of the river Rur from Landal Eifeler Tor in Heimbach in the Eifel.

Germany, Heimbach – November 2016

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A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link

Magic: Light

This weekly theme is ‘magic’.

Sunlight cutting through clouds can be magical.

The Netherlands, Rijnsaterwoude – October 2016

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Edge: Peak

This weekly them is ‘edge’.

England, High Kelling – September 2016

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A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link