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Waiting Blues

England, Deal – December 2023

How I wish, how I wish you were here
(…)
Wish you were here

Wish you were here – Pink Floyd

The sea front of Deal for LAPC #283 ‘quote or poem’. It is easy to miss someone or something.

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Green Door on Street in Deal

England, Deal – December 2023

A house on a street in Deal.

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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’.

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Moon Night

England, Walmer – December 2023

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

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Deal

England, Deal – December 2023

An old house on Queen Street in Deal, for LAPC #283 ‘dramatic’.

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Blue Moon

England, Walmer – December 2023

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

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Moonlight

England, Walmer – December 2023

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

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Dusk

England, Walmer – December 2023

The Channel at dusk for LAPC # 283 ‘dramatic’.

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Gull

England, Walmer – December 2023

A dark rain sky as a backdrop for LAPC # 283 ‘dramatic’.

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Nobody Can Wait Forever

England, Walmer – December 2023

Old garden furniture, showing the effects of wind and weather for LAPC # 283 ‘dramatic’.

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Moon Rise

England, Walmer – December 2023

The moon is up over an off shore supply vessel.

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The White Cliffs of Dover

England, Dover – December 2023

Arriving by LeShuttle (formerly known as Eurotunnel) and passing through Dover to catch a different glimpse of the famous white cliffs.

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The Last of Christmas

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2024

Last weekend we stored the Christmas decorations for this season of light.

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View on Deal Pier

England, Kingsdown – December 2023

A view up north towards Deal.

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St. Margaret’s Bay

England, St. Margaret’s Bay – December 2023

St. Margaret’s Bay, seeing the ferries to and from Dover.

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As Below So Above

England, Walmer – December 2024

The panoramic mode on the iPhone is not a favorite setting for me. On Instagram you get bombarded by adds about all Apple did not tell you about taking photos on iPhone: some work, eg using panorama setting for a wider angle (the fun for me using an iPhone is to be curious about all you can do finding it out for yourself).

But making a panorama having a straight line in front of you (a road eg) is hilarious. What would a sky panorama look like? So I did a 360 sky and a 180 horizon of the sea front at Walmer. Just for fun.

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Deal Pier

England, Deal – December 2023

The Pier of Deal on a wet evening at the end of December.

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A colorful road to Christmas

Belgium, Aalter – December 2023

On the road to Christmas to Le Shuttle in Belgium.

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Wired

France, St. George-sur-L’Aa – December 2023

Each time I pass here on the way to or from Calais, I take a picture of the power lines in St. Georges-sur-l’Aa.

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On the road to Christmas

Belgium, Veurne and Koksijde – December 2023

On the road to Calais and Le Shuttle, on a dark grey morning through le plat pays of Jacques Brel.

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A Brand New Day

England, Walmer – December 2023

The start of a brand new year, the first day with 365 following, given this is a leap year. A calm sea, the light breaking into the waves, painting a gorgeous sky in the clouds. It’s all in the details. The small boat heading out to a new port of call.

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On the edge of 2023

England, Walmer – December 2023

2023 is in its final day, tomorrow opens a brand new year. Not a complete blank canvas, but one with lots of room and opportunities for new initiatives, changes, life! I wish you a wonderful new year in freedom, as a gull on his wings soaring the sea and land. Carpe diem!

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On the road

France, St. George-sur-L’Aa – December 2023

Each time I pass here on the way to or from Calais, I take a picture of the power lines in St. Georges-sur-l’Aa.

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Jingle

The Netherlands, Leidschendam – November 2023

Jingle in monochrome, time to put the decorations away, and focus on the new coming year.

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Flying Circus: Merry Christmas

The Netherlands, Leidschendam – November 2023

Wishing you all a merry Christmas, as darkness and shadows seem to grow in the world, our own bright lights are able to light up all corners of the world. Simply be.

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Cheese

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2024

Each year the supply of items for the Christmas tree grows. How more Dutch can it get with this cheesy one?

Merry Christmas to all!

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Amaryllis

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2023

Some photos do not fit the LAPC’s themes, so there is a rest category ‘last chance’ being #280. I never am guided by the themes in the photos I shoot. Some fit in, some don’t. But I never know the theme while shooting. I’m privileged to live in a country with lots of flowers, having fresh ones weekly in the house.

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Roses

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2023

Some photos do not fit the LAPC’s themes, so there is a rest category ‘last chance’ being #280. I never am guided by the themes in the photos I shoot. Some fit in, some don’t. But I never know the theme while shooting. I’m privileged to live in a country with lots of flowers, having fresh ones weekly in the house.

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Hill of Slane

Ierland, Slane – October 2008

Some photos do not fit the LAPC’s themes, so there is a rest category ‘last chance’ being #280. I never am guided by the themes in the photos I shoot. Some fit in, some don’t. But I never know the theme while shooting. Here is one from the archive I recently stumbled upon, never published.

Slane Hill in Ireland. Close to Slane Castle castle that is famous among other historical facts, for being the recording site for U2’s The unforgettable fire’ in 1984. And famous open air concerts.

Outside the village is The Hill of Slane with a small old ruined chapel, a ruined monastery and a graveyard, overlooking the landscape and the river Boyne.

The most interesting place is a small hill with undergrowth right behind the site, from which this photo was taken.

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Gypsophila

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2023

Flowers are colorful but sometimes more color is added artificially. The lens artists photo challenge #279 is ‘magical’.

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It’s easy to hold a lot of balls in the air at Christmas

The Netherlands, Leidschendam – November 2023

A detail of the ceiling at Westfield Mall of the Netherlands, showing it is easy to hold lots of balls in the air at once at Christmas, but it looks kind of magical. The lens artists photo challenge #279 is ‘magical’.

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Ceiling

The Netherlands, Leidschendam – November 2023

A detail of the ceiling at Westfield Mall of the Netherlands, quite uniqe. The lens artists photo challenge #279 is ‘magical’.

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Black Friday

The Netherlands, Leidschendam – November 2023

Westfield Mall of the Netherlands, quite uniqe. The lens artists photo challenge #278 is ‘unique’.

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Elgin Marbles

England, London – September 2004

These sculpture (nicknamed The Elgin Marbles) are originally from the Parthenon in Athens. Lord Elgin supposedly bought them from the Ottomans, who occupied the present Greece at that moment. The Greek try to return these marbles for decades, the UK government refuses, saying it’s British heritage. Last week a meeting of the UK prime minister with the prime minister of Greece was cancelled, after the Greek PM reiterated the ownership of the marbles. How mesmerizing and wonderful must it be to see these ornaments in the place they belong, on top of the Acropolis over Athens.

The lens artists photo challenge #278 is ‘unique’.

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Rain and Shine

A Magnolia tree. Autumn is a time of rapid changes. It can be light and sunny with wonderful colors on display, or grim and dim in rain. Both have its unique beauty in my humble opinion.

The lens artists photo challenge #278 is ‘unique’.

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Rain

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2023

The pattern of raindrops or the clouds through the window is unique each time you watch it. The wind being the big agency driving it all. The lens artists photo challenge #278 is ‘unique’.

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