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Posts from the ‘Picture of the day’ category

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.

Spring forward

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2019

The theme for the lens-artists#130 is ‘It’s a small world’.

Looking forward to flowers coming out end at the end of Winter.

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

Hebe

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2020

The theme for the lens-artists#130 is ‘It’s a small world’.

The winter is mild so far, and plants are a bit mixed up. This Hebe flowered till deep in December.

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

Long May You Run

The Netherlands, Zierikzee – April 1982

The theme for the lens-artists#130 is ‘It’s a small world’.

One from the archive of 1982. A motor cycle in close up showing its chrome heart.

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.

Downside Up

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2019

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

Lighthouse

The Netherlands, Haamstede – April 1982

A photo of long ago. The lighthouse of Haamstede in Zeeland, The Netherlands.

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.

Swan

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2020

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

2020 Reflection

The theme for the lens-artists#129 is ‘favorite 2020 photos’.
This is the top 10 of the photos that got the most hits last year. I can’t wait to go out again, travel, go to work and snap what it is there! Till then the world is smaller unfortunately.

Happy New Year

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2020

Wishing you all a wonderful, healthy, prosperous, creative, joyful, loving 2021. Wrap your arms around the new year, and I wish we all can wrap our arms around loved ones and friends a lot more than in 2020!

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

Another Bridge

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2020

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Merry Christmas

England, Southwell – December 2016

Christmas is about light, shining in the dark, a promise of possibilities, of new events. Small sparks that may turn into the brightness of a beautiful sun, offering warmth, comfort, trust, security, well being and new life.
I wish you lots of light in the coming year, to see and observe the difference between the light and the darkness, to embrace and accept them both as parts of our life.

This year’s last Lens-Artists Challenge (#128) is ‘And here comes the holiday season………..’

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

Hazy Canal

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2020

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

Hazy Bridge

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2020

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Birch 2

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2020

And again: which one do you prefer? This monochrome version or the version I published earlier?

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

Repost: The Full Moon Inn

England, Morton – December 2017

This year’s last Lens-Artists Challenge (#128) is ‘And here comes the holiday season………..’

The Full Moon Inn in Morton near Southwell. In normal times the pub to celebrate Christmas with friends. See you next year.

Shot with iPhone 6s plus using Huemore edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Rain Drops

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 1979

The theme for Weekly Lens Artists 126 is ‘A stands for … ’.

A is of course Aqua, water.
I just found out that I republished this photo. First time was March 2020.

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

Moustaches

Germany, Aachen – November 2016

The theme for Weekly Lens Artists 126 is ‘A stands for … ’. Aachen, the Christmas market.

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

Window 2

Germany, Monschau – November 2016

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

A view from the ‘red house’ in Monschau. Yesterday I posted the colored version of this photo. Like earlier this week I like to know if you prefer the color or the mono version. Leave your comments with your choice! After all: this week it is your pick.

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

Window

Germany, Monschau – November 2016

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

A view from the ‘red house’ in Monschau.

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

Fly Over Cross roads (unterwegs)

Germany, Eifel – November 2016

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

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

Faerie Tale Land

Germany, Heimbach – November 2016

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

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

Pool Talk (Kreislauf des Geldes)

Germany, Aachen – November 2017

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

Where fiction, art and reality meet. I googled for some more information about this fountain and found it on the site of the Aachen tourist service. It is called ‘Kreislauf des Geldes’ aka Money Cycle.

In this cycle money goes from hand to hand. The fountain was created in 1976 by Karl-Henning Seemann. The people shown symbolise avarice, greed, patronage and begging. Just like money, the water in the fountain flows all year round, since it is fed by the thermal springs. In the summer in particular, the fountain is a popular meeting point for Aacheners and visitors to the city, and for young and old looking to cool down in the flowing water. (source: Aachen Tourist service)

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

Sun silhouette

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 1977

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

A very old sunset from long ago showing the sky over Oegstgeest and the tower of the Roman Catholic Church.

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

Cow

Germany, Aachen – November 2016

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

Meeting a cow in the main street can be a surprise. During Covid pandemic the cow might be the only object in the street.

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

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.

Birds

The Netherlands, Achterhoek – October 1990

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

In times of covid things change, some in small ways, some in quite ‘big’ ways. The world is not getting smaller but seems smaller. Going away for a long weekend is more like a logistical planned event than a spontaneous ‘let’s get away’. And even the way I take photo’s is changed. I see less that catches my eye, all is so familiar close by. So I went way back till way then, October 1990, a long weekend with old school mates. The mates are still there, on Whatsapp. But the feeling of this image is different. A swarm of birds against a sunset. Being free, to wander, to roam. Patience my dear heart.

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.

Hirondelles

France, Luc-en-Diois – August 1998

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

Well, this is a photo of a neighborhood from a long time ago during a holiday in France.

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

Autumn Rays

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2020

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

Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited 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’.

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

Five Trees

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2020

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

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

Santorini

Greece, Santorini – July 1979

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

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.

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.

Shot with iPhoneX edited using Snapseed and MarkstaClick the picture for a larger version

Kite

The Netherlands, Scheveningen – July 2004

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

Archive Scheveningen

shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.  Click the picture for a larger version

Playful Sunset

Greece, Crete Rethymnon – July 1979

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

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.