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.
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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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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)
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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.
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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.
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The theme of Lens-Artists #124 is ‘Now and then’.
Paris in December 1981. A view from the hill of Sacré Coeur into the city at the end of the Winter afternoon just before sunset. A shot on Kodak Color II brought back to monochrome. Camera unknown.
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 on Kodak color II, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #123 is ‘Found in the Neighbourhood’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #123 is ‘Found in the Neighbourhood’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #121 is ‘Focus on the subject’.
One from the archives. A little boy in Montpellier.
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
Another one for Weekly Sky Challenge #2. Everywhere in my flat home country the horizon is low, so we see skies all the time. Skies over The Netherlands.
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A pylon against a back drop of clouds and sunrays for the Weekly Sky Challenge.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #117 is ‘A photo Walk’.
Last week I had to kill some time in Rotterdam near the Central Station.
Just behind the roof of Central Station is Delftse Poort. Until 2009 the highest building in The Netherlands. The five highest buildings in The Netherlands are all in Rotterdam.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #117 is ‘A photo Walk’.
Last week I had to kill some time in Rotterdam near the Central Station. It was the first time I saw it close. A fourth impression.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #117 is ‘A photo Walk’.
Last week I had to kill some time in Rotterdam near the Central Station. It was the first time I saw it close. A third impression.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #117 is ‘A photo Walk’.
Last week I had to kill some time in Rotterdam near the Central Station. It was the first time I saw it close. A second impression.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #116 is ‘symmetry’.
Again on the road, a view over the fields obscured by rain.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #116 is ‘symmetry’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #116 is ‘symmetry’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #114 is ‘Negative Space’.
The bridge from the other side, see photo yesterday.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #114 is ‘Negative Space’.
The term ‘negative space’ to me is confusion: technically it is the space around the main subject of a photo. It means ‘negative’ as opposed to ‘positive’ attention for the main subject. The word ‘negative’ as a noun brings back good old memories. Being older I actually worked and work with negatives (for the millennials: it has to do with film, the light sensitive stuff we used to put in a camera to get a photo on (in negative) that later could be printed (in positive).
So ‘negative space’ is about the focus a viewer of a photo is offered in a photo. If there is a lot to see around the subject, than that distracts from that subject. In other words: it is a creative tool a photographer can use.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #113 is ‘A labor of love’.
Regardless one’s opinion about religion: faith is a labor of love.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #113 is ‘A labor of love’.
The theme is meant to honor Labor Day in the United States of America. But I decided to give my own twist to the theme, and add parenthood to the label ‘labor’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #112 is ‘Pick a Word… ’.
A country tangled in a dreadful civil war, unfortunately.
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
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #110 is ‘Creativity in a time of Covid’.
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.
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #110 is ‘Creativity in a time of Covid’.
Looking back in the archive for another challenge, I dug up some old images. This is Turkey, 1987. It must be Fuji film, and probably Nikon F301 with a long lens, but I am not sure.
About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish in – an originally – small series. That series caught on a bit more than I thought. All of them are not retouched yet. Scratches, dust and stains are not removed.
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #109 is ‘Under the sun’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #109 is ‘Under the sun’. Even when it rains we are under the sun.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #104 is ‘Summer’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #102 is ‘A Quiet Moment’.
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The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #100 is ‘the long and winding road’.
Walking on water is difficult, but if you are afraid to fall (and get wet) you will never learn.
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #99 is ‘old and new’.
This little pond is part of a little park in my village. When I was a toddler I used to feed the ducks and swans here. Sitting there years later I was impressed by the green and shapes of the trees under the Corona blue sky.
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #99 is ‘old and new’.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #99 is ‘old and new’.
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The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #99 is ‘old and new’.
Bees are under thread of extinction worldwide. If we loose them our ecosystems will stop. The simple thing of a flower and a bee makes our world work.
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The Netherlands, Rijnsburg – May 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #98 is ‘delicate colours’.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #98 is ‘delicate colours’.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #98 is ‘delicate colours’.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #98 is ‘delicate colours’.
An abstract sunset.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #98 is ‘delicate colours’.
Wild flowers against a dark backdrop.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2020
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The Netherlands, Voorhout – May 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #97 is ‘pastimes’.
A last afterglow on the bulb fields. If you want to see flowers in bloom just check out the archives of flowers and Voorhout.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2020
Each Spring we look forward to when young swans are born.
This one is for Dutch goes the Photo ‘return’ theme.
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The Netherlands, Voorhout – May 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #97 is ‘pastimes’.
Meadows and scenery in a typical Dutch polder landscape.
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The Netherlands, Voorhout – May 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #97 is ‘pastimes’.
Normally the bulb fields attract tourists in the Spring. The colours are always fantastic to see. Let alone the smell. In The Netherlands we are in an intelligent lockdown since March 12th. To prevent people from flocking into the bulb fields the growers decided to chop the heads sooner than normal. After all the bulbs that are on the field are meant to be sold, you can order them online from August. The flowers are taking too much strength out of the bulbs, that is why they are chopped off after flowering. Last weekend we spotted two fields still in bloom, and decided to have a closer look on a bicycle ride. This is what we found.
If you want to see flowers in bloom just check out the archives of flowers and Voorhout.
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The Netherlands, Katwijk – May 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #97 is ‘pastimes’.
During the intelligent lockdown we can make short bicycle trips to have some excercise and see the beauty of nature bursting out in Spring. Yesterday I posted two motor powered parachutes against the sky. This is taken from the same viewpoint.
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The Netherlands, Katwijk – May 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #97 is ‘pastimes’.
During the intelligent lockdown we can make short bicycle trips to have some excercise and see the beauty of nature bursting out in Spring. These two pilots take it to a higher level in their favourite pastime. Zooming in with the iPhone 11 Max gave this almost paint like rendering of the sky.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
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