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A vibrant full moon illuminating the night sky above a tranquil canal, reflecting light on the water's surface.
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2025

The Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #375 is ‘where to find the mysterious’. The full moon over the canal. A sight not often seen.

Shot with iPhone 15 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version.

Genesis Inspiration: Photographing the Moon with iPhone

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2025

One of my favorite bands is Genesis. In 1976 A Trick of the Tail came out with a beautiful song ‘Mad Man Moon’. Last month I tried to take a shot of the moon using my iPhone. And this is the result.

Shot with iPhone 15 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

One Moon Tree


The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2025

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

Blue Moon


The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2025

Shot with iPhone 15 Pro Max edited using SnapseedGrainLab and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Moon


The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2025

Shot with iPhone 14, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Tree Moon

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2025

Shot with iPhone 15 Pro Max edited using SnapseedGrainLab and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

The Moon and Jupiter

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2025

Shot with iPhone 15 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

Asteroid B 612: Capturing the Power of the Moon

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2024

The Moon just stands there it seems, and mostly I do not pay too much attention to it. The power of the moon is enormous though, as it influences the level of the seas on Earth. At odd moments in the evening or morning I grab my camera when I spot the moon, I just can’t resist. This is one of those times, the haziness reminds me of the sand in the Sahara, the setting of Le Petit Prince, a beautiful book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Could this moon be asteroid B 612? The power of imagination, see what your eyes can not see.

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

Moon

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2024

Shot with iPhone 15 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Mad Man Moon

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2024

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge #297 is ‘music to my eyes’.  The moon through insulated glass. The story of Mad Man Moon by Genesis.

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The whole of the moon

England, Walmer – December 2023

I pictured a rainbow
You held it in your hands
I had flashes
But you saw the plan
I wandered out in the world for years
While you just stayed in your room
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon
The whole of the moon

The Waterboys – Whole of the moon

The moon over The Channel for LAPC #283 ‘quote or poem’.

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

Moon Night

England, Walmer – December 2023

The Channel under a silver moon for LAPC # 283 ‘dramatic’.

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

Blue Moon

England, Walmer – December 2023

The moon over the Channel. ForLAPC # 283 ‘dramatic’.

Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version.

Moonlight

England, Walmer – December 2023

The moon over the Channel with two anchored ships on the horizon. ForLAPC # 283 ‘dramatic’.

Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version.

Moon Rise

England, Walmer – December 2023

The moon is up over an off shore supply vessel.

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Fly me to the Moon

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2023

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Public Power Cut 2

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2023

The weekly lens artists challenge #242 is ‘new experiences’. A month ago we had a partial public space power cut, the streetlights of a part of the neigbourhood were off for an hour and the moon showed its grace beautifully. Power inside the houses was still there. Power cuts are fortunately rare, and this one was quite a nice experience! This is a bicycle coming by.

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Swans and Moonlight

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2023

The weekly lens artists challenge #242 is ‘new experiences’. A month ago we had a partial public space power cut, the streetlights of a part of the neigbourhood were off for an hour and the moon showed its grace beautifully. Power inside the houses was still there. Power cuts are fortunately rare, and this one was quite a nice experience!

Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Public Power Cut

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2023

The weekly lens artists challenge #242 is ‘new experiences’. A month ago we had a partial public space power cut, the streetlights of a part of the neigbourhood were off for an hour and the moon showed its grace beautifully. Power inside the houses was still there. Power cuts are fortunately rare , and this one was quite a nice experience!

Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Moon over Marshes

England, Blakeney – January 2023

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge #233 is ‘a one lense walk‘. The first week of 2023 we had a short stay at Norfolk; the beauty of its coast and its wildlife gave ample opportunities for photos. The Nikon D500 has the 18-105 mm lens on it. The marshes on the quay of Blakeney around sunrise.

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

Moon

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2022

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Man of the moon

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2022

There are stories of the man in the moon, man on the moon. But here the moon seems to be part of the head of a man.

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Mad Man Moon

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020

This week Lens Artists Photography Challenge #191 is ‘Curves’.

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Au clair de la lune

The Netherlands, April 2021

This week lens artists photo challenge is ‘that special place‘. The moon is a big inspiration for stories and songs. The Dark Side of the Moon is a brilliant album by Pink Floyd, Mad man Moon on Trick of the Tail by Genesis, R.E.M.’s Man on the moon, Moon over Bourbon Street by Sting are some of them. And of course a French folk song ‘Au clair de la lune’. And the moon has impact on our lives on this planet: the moon causes tides on seas, and apparently has impact on the menstrual cycle.

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

Full moon

The Nettherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020

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Eclipse

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2019

The moon eclipse a while ago: not the best of quality but for a first not that bad, is it?

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There’s a Moon over The Hague Tonight

The Netherlands, Den Haag – December 2018

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Moon

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – September 2018

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

Over the Moon

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2018

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