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Delft Dog

The Netherlands, Delft – June 2021

The theme for this week Lens-artists challenge #152 is ‘Shadows and Shades’.

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Latin School

The Netherlands, Leiden – June 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #152 is ‘Shadows and Shades’. This is a school Rembrandt went to.

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Consider Waterlilies

The Netherlands, Delft – June 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #152 is ‘Shadows and Shades’.

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Delft

The Netherlands, Delft – June 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #152 is ‘Shadows and Shades’. Delft was the first city I visited since we went into the pandemic. It is a beautiful old town, famous for pottery (Delft’s Blauw/Delft Blue), the painter Johannes Vermeer and the fact that here William of Orange was murdered. The light was stunning on this warm and sunny day, it reminded me of the South of France.

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Gravensteen Leiden

The Netherlands, Leiden – June 2021

The Gravensteen in Leiden, Netherlands.

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Bridge Revisited 2

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2021

A few weeks ago I posted a photo of this bridge ‘Blossom bridge’.

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Bridge Revisited

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest -May 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #149 is ‘cool colors, blue and green.

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Bike and Bridge: Green and Blue

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest -May 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #149 is ‘cool colors, blue and green.

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Blossom Bridge

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #147 is ‘garden’. This is a little park in the neighbourhood.

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Sunset

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2021

The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #145 is ‘getting to know you’. Nice to see more sunsets now the days are longer.

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Duck

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest- April 2021

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#144 for this week is ‘taking flight’. This duck can fly but choose to swim by.

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

Blossom

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2021

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#142 for this week is ‘you pick it’. This is the Willinklaan. In Spring it looks like this, in Autumn the trees are dark red.

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Dusk

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2021

The 140th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is ‘change of scenery’.

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Spring

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2021

The 140th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is ‘change of scenery’. During the pandemic my window to the world shrunk. But this year I do what I always do in Spring: shooting the flowers growing right outside the kitchen window. The good old Nikon D500 with long lens being in use again, waiting on the kitchen table each morning when I open the shutters. A micro or macro change of scenery, but nature nurtures not only its plants. Indeed you do not have to go far for a change of scenery.

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

Lhasa Tibet

Tibet, Lhasa – March 2004

The 139th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is ‘special moments’. Pilgrims at the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa.

In March 2004 I visited Tibet. It would be an understatement if I said it was just overwhelming. The backdrop of the Himalayas. The fact that we were ‘high’: most of the time 3500 meters over sea level, my normal level of living.
The people and their close contact with religion, Buddhism. All parts of a puzzle that hopefully will bring me back there one day.

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 and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Street Paris 2000

France, Paris – April 2000

The 139th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘natural light’. A street scene.

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

Place de la Concorde

France, Paris – April 2000

The 139th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘natural light’.

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

Rue Rivoli

France, Paris – April 2000

The 139th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘natural light’. Rue Rivoli with its arches and light and darker spaces.

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

Paris 2000

France, Paris – April 2000

The 139th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘natural light’.
A peek in a hair dresser shop in Paris April 2000. Image in images.

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

Oud Poelgeest

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2021

Two weeks ago I published a color version of this view. This is a silver monochrome, with a different feel towards it. It suggests a different age and time. Mono, with a hint of sepia, brings this image back years to the previous century. Or am I old and going soft in melancholy? The 137th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘soft’.

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Street Paris 2000

France, Paris – April 2000

The 136th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘things that start with the letter S’.
A street scene in Paris April 2000.

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

Sweeper

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2021

The 136th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘things that start with the letter S’.
A week ago we had snow and ice, today it is Spring. S is a sweeper.

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Oud Poelgeest

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2021

This week’s theme of the weekly lens artists challenge (#135) is ‘glimpse into your world’. Long ago I was born in a small village in The Netherlands. Of course it has grown and changed over the years, but it is still a wonderful location to live. And yes: we do have an old ‘castle’.

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Road

The Netherlands, Nieuwerkerk – April 1982

The theme for the lens-artists #132 is ‘striped and checked’.

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.

Pylon

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2021

The theme for the lens-artists #132 is ‘striped and checked’.

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Chartres

France, Chartres – August 2002

The theme for the lens-artists #132 is ‘striped and checked’.

Part of the cathedral at Chartres.

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.

My Hometown 8

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 1982

A test shot for a new long zoom lens.

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 ME super II on Kodak TriX, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

My hometown 7: Errands

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 1982

A test shot for a new long zoom lens.

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 ME super II on Kodak TriX, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

My Hometown 6

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 1979

The theme for the lens-artists#131 is ‘emotions’.

An old tradition is ‘ringsteken’. Literally stitching a ring from a wood block, hanging from a rope over the road, sitting in a carriage, pulled by one or more horses. The jury is watching.

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.

My Hometown 5

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 1979

The theme for the lens-artists#131 is ‘emotions’.

An old tradition is ‘ringsteken’. Literally stitching a ring from a wood block, hanging from a rope over the road, sitting in a carriage, pulled by one or more horses.

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.

My Hometown 4

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 1979

The theme for the lens-artists#131 is ‘emotions’.

An old tradition is ‘ringsteken’. Literally stitching a ring from a wood block, hanging from a rope over the road, sitting in a carriage, pulled by one or more horses.

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.

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.

My Hometown 2

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 1979

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

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.

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

COVID Christmas

The Netherlands, Den Haag – December 2020

The weekly theme for lens artists weekly photo challenge (in short LAPC) #127 is ‘precious moments’.

A memory can be triggered by here and now. Last weekend I visited Den Haag physically for the first time after the lock down started in March. It was exciting and at the same time sad to see the city and the familiar landmarks. ‘Normally’ at this time of year, the center is crowded with people doing Christmas shopping, but now it is (depending on the hour of the day) more or less quiet. At times it is however too busy. The apparent human need to cluster closely together (in shops, or at home) is probably a reason why we see a rise in cases again. Tonight a more strict lock down will be announced. To curb the second wave. Department stores like the 150 year old Bijenkorf and other ‘unnecessary’ shops will close again. That hurts them enormously. But luckily there is light at the end of this tunnel. I hope the light of Christmas will soon turn into a bright sun that opens up our now small worlds and gives us the space and opportunities to be more human again. Till then: courage.

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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