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Posts from the ‘Rain’ category

Sunny Rain

A scenic view of a riverbank scene with buildings on one side, a sandy area in the foreground, and dramatic clouds in the sky, capturing the beauty of nature and architecture.
England, Blakeney – December 2025

Lens-Artist’s Photo Challenge #383 is ‘patterns and designs’. A Winter rain shower over the quaside of Blakeney.

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

Rainbows

Lens-Artist’s Photo Challenge #383 is ‘patterns and designs’. Being caught in Winter shower in Blakeney, resultated in a gorgeous full and double rainbow. As we can see here, the story of the pot of gold is probably not true.

Shot with Nikon Zf (the two portrait photos),and iPhone 15 Pro Max (the landscape) edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

Heavy Horizon

A dramatic sky filled with dark rain clouds, featuring silhouettes of trees and a flock of birds flying across the scene.
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2025

An iPhone long lens shot of a heavy rain sky. This was the first of the three photos I published the last three days.

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

Birds

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2025

An iPhone long lens shot of the horizon, catching geese by accident, against a heavy rain sky. I cropped the motorway A44 out on this one.

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

Blues

A long shot of a dark sky with heavy rain, featuring birds flying over motorway A44, with a blue car passing and bare trees in the foreground.
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2025

A long shot with an iPhone; a heavy rain sky with birds over motorway A44.

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

Windowed Leafs

The sky and fallen leaves on windows.

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After Rain

A black and white photo of a beachside area in Scheveningen after rain. People are gathered near a kiosk, with wet surfaces reflecting the sky above, showcasing a mix of clouds and bright patches.

The Netherlands, Scheveningen – September 2025

After rain comes sun at Scheveningen beach.

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

Rainy Beach

Black and white photograph of raindrops cascading down a window, with faint outlines of objects behind the glass. The scene captures the mood of heavy rain at Scheveningen beach, blending indoor plants and blurred furniture.
The Netherlands, Scheveningen – September 2025

A spell of heavy rain, on the border of Summer and Autumn at Scheveningen beach.

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

Morning Rain

Close-up of leaves with raindrops, illuminated by morning sunlight.
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2025

The morning sun reflecting the drops of rain that the night left behind.

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

Catch if you can

Close-up of green leaves with water droplets, showcasing the impact of a dry summer on the garden.
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2025

A long dry Summer with a garden begging for rain.

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

Leaves, Raindrops, Branches and Clouds

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Leiden seen passing by : Zijlpoort

The Netherlands, Leiden – October 2024

The Zijlpoort in Leiden seen from a passing car while not driving.

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

Dramatic Monochrome Skies Over The Netherlands – August 2024

The Netherlands, Voorhout – August 2024

The sky over The Netherlands is a wonderful object for photos, we do have lot of sky over our flat land above the low horizon. And that sky can be quite dramatic, even more in monochrome.

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Capturing the Essence of a Typical Dutch Summer in Oegstgeest

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2024

June was wet, and July started wet but seems to end with more sun and less rain. It is a typical Dutch Summer.

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May 2024: Nocturnal Garden Scene in Oegstgeest, Netherlands

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2024

A wet garden at night. And by the way, I love that WordPress AI generating amazing titles that I can not come up with. I stick with them as long as they make me smile. Nocturnal, sounds like a great piece of music.

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Thinking in the Rain

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2024

Winter rain and a bronze statue.

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

Red Lights

The Netherlands, Leimuiderbrug – February 2024

No one seems to like these circular wonders, created to keep traffic circulating and flowing in a safe fashion. Especially when they are red, a circular red or an arrow for direction. For lens artists challenge #290 Circular Wonders.

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

Rain/Reign o’er me

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2024

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #289 is ‘tools of photo composition’. Rain on a window distorts the sharpness outside, and adds something extra to the shape of the trees on this wet, Winter day.

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Glass

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2024

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #289 is ‘tools of photo composition’.  Light, form and shapes when they appear not to be there.

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En passent

Leiden on a rainy Winter day for this week’s Lens Artists Challenge #286 ‘Weather’.

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Deal at Night 2

England, Deal – December 2023

Deal‘s The Royal Hotel reflecting in the wet pavement.

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Deal at Night

England, Deal – December 2023

Deal at a rainy night after Xmas.

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Gull

England, Walmer – December 2023

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

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

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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Deal Pier

England, Deal – December 2023

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

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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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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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Dark: Hoop Doet Leven

The Netherlands, Voorhout – November 2023

The windmill ‘Hoop doet leven’ between Oegstgeest and Voorhout in a backdrop of rain with matching cars to the dark sky.

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Clouds in my sunrise

The Netherlands, Ouderkerk a/d Amstel – November 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #276 is ‘looking up/looking down’. Road side view while not driving myself.

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Autumn Leaves

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #276 is ‘looking up/looking down’. Leaves on a window. 

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Autumn Leave

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #276 is ‘looking up/looking down’. Leaves on a window.

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