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Posts from the ‘Snapseed’ category

Clouds

In the flat low lands we have lots of sky. A simple grey covered sky with some backlight can turn into a vivid abstract. Lens Artists Photo Challenge #271 is ‘contrasts’.

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Contrast

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #271 is ‘contrasts’.

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The Sky

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2023

In the flat low lands we have lots of sky. A simple grey covered sky with some backlight can turn into a vivid abstract. Lens Artists Photo Challenge #271 is ‘contrasts’.

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Getting to Autumn

The Netherlands, Leiden – October 2023

The local park Leidsche Hout in silvertone, showing a glimpse of Autumn in advance. Lens Artists Photo Challenge #271 is ‘contrasts’.

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On display

England, London – September 1980

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #270 is ‘on display’. British Museum in London. Again one from the film archive.

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 a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

On display

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #270 is ‘on display’. These photos were part of an assignment of a photo class in France in 1998.

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.


Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed andMarksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

On a pedestal

England, London – September 1980

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #270 is ‘on display’. Nelson overlooking London on top of his crows nest on Trafalgar Square.

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.

The picture was originally shot with a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

On display

The Netherlands, Naarden – June 2005

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #270 is ‘on display’. A window display and street display of a shop in Naarden, The Netherlands.

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

On display

England, Arundale – October 2004

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #270 is ‘on display’. A photo from Arundale Castle.

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

Wet Beach

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – September 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #269 ‘over the edge’.

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Sisters

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – September 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #269 ‘over the edge’.

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Blowing in the wind

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – September 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #269 ‘over the edge’.

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At the Edge of a Field

The Netherlands, Rijnsburg – September 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #269 ‘over the edge’.

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Calm Sea

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – September 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #269 ‘over the edge’.

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Tears in sunlight

The Netherlands, Leiden – September 2023

The iPhone improved amazingly for taking photos over the years, but long shots are still a way off what I would like.

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There, near the windmill (‘Daar bij die molen’)

The Netherlands, Alphen aan den Rijn – September 2023

Windmill Vrouwgeestmolen at the Heimanswetering.

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Dutch Landscape

The Netherlands, Alphen aan den Rijn – September 2023

Flat, low horizon, roads lined with trees cutting through farmland and meadows.

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Boat Ride at Dusk

The Netherlands, Leiden – September 2023

A sunset over the Galgewater in Leiden.

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Curved Straight Road

The Netherlands, Voorhout – August 2023
The Netherlands, Voorhout – August 2023

The iPhone in pano mode creates weird lines.

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Klinkenberg Triple

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At The Beach

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2023
The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2023

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Retro Front

The Netherlands, Leiden – September 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #266 is ‘Time’. The last time I will post about ‘time’.

At the Breestraat in Leiden, one can see an example of a shop front that has been brought back to its old look from years ago. They call it retro. Beautiful.

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GnT o’clock

The Netherlands, Leiden – September 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #266 is ‘Time’. It takes a lot of time to tell everything about the concept of time. 

One of the most heard excuses for having a drink is connected to time. ‘I never drink before 10 pm, but somewhere in the world it is 10 pm’. Cheers.

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On Wings

The Netherlands, Hoofddorp – August 2023
The Netherlands, Hoofddorp – August 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #266 is ‘Time’. It takes a lot of time to tell everything about the concept of time. One aspect of time is how fast or how slow it is.

One common misunderstanding about time is that it can fly. It does not. It is us being mesmerized how a certain amount of time goes faster in specific situations. Eg when you are on holiday, or having a great 😊 time. Each second, minute, hour, day is exactly the same as it ever was. Sometimes time seems to go slower too! Again, a misconception. But what is the figurative opposite of flying? In most of those moments I do wish time could fly.

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Canal Parade Pride Leiden

The Netherlands, Leiden – September 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #266 is ‘Time’. It takes a lot of time to tell everything about the concept of time. One aspect of time is change. In time society changes in most cases. These changes can be political (eg equal voting rights), economical (eg equal pay for men and women) or social (eg inclusion). But of course there are more emancipatory changes possible and needed.

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Rembrandt’s View

The Netherlands, Leiden – September 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #266 is ‘Time’. It takes a lot of time to tell everything about the concept of time.

One of the best musical stories about time is by Pink Floyd: Time of the brilliant timeless album The Dark Side of the Moon, that was released 50 years ago.

This week I try to show aspects that come to my mind. The first is history at present. Places where important moments in time happened. Which you observe from the present.

This is a recent sunset over the Galgewater in Leiden. ‘Where? Why? Of what importance?’ I hear you say. At the bridge on the left side of the frame Rembrandt van Rijn was born. A copy of the mill his father used for his business is on the right. The only thing Rembrandt would have seen is the sunset, and the mills. All the buildings and boats etc are ‘after Rembrandt’.

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Dahlia

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2023

At tuincentrum De Bosrand.

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Fly By

This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #265 is ‘Black and White or Monochrome’.

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Lane 5 Schiphol Amsterdam

The Netherlands, Schiphol Amsterdam – August 2023

This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #265 is ‘Black and White or Monochrome’. The fifth strip of Schiphol is nicknamed the Polderbaan.

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At the Beach

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2023

This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #265 is ‘Black and White or Monochrome’.

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Outlet

The Netherlands – Katwijk aan zee

This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #265 is ‘Black and White or Monochrome’.

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Monochrome Waters

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2023

This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #265 is ‘Black and White or Monochrome’.

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Orchids

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2023

This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #265 is ‘Black and White or Monochrome’. I love working in non color. I am not interested if it is black and white and grey tones or a one color/tone photo.

So here a photo that might be black and white and monochrome.

I developed my skill to identify a good monochrome or black and white photo when I still used film. Translating colors into grey tones is important. If you do not ‘see’ it immediately then see if your camera or phone has a black and white setting. Contrary to an old analogue camera your tests are free and you can see the result immediately. I prefer to shoot in black and white , not in color. Either by using the ‘mono’ setting of my iPhone, or an app like Blackie or Lenka.

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Dirty Windows

The Netherlands, Rijnsburg – August 2023

When you sand clean your outside walls, windows get dirty.

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A Cloudy Windy Day At The Beach

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2023

A windy day with some beautiful clouds on a Sunday at the beach in Katwijk. The clear views showed the curve of the coastline, with the silhouette of Scheveningen in the south, and beyond that, the harbor of Rotterdam.

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Pyloned Sunset

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #264 is ‘primary colours’.

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Thought Trails

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #264 is ‘primary colours’.

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