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Netherlands Cut Flowers Field in Oegstgeest – The Last of Thistles

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2024

Cut flowers are a common good in The Netherlands. This is the field of a grower, just around the corner. He harvested the thistles and moved them to the flower auction for sale. This is the ones left over on the field. For Lens Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #316 ‘Common Object’.

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

Captivating View at Drievliet from the Ferris Wheel

The Netherlands, Den Haag – August 2024

Drievliet is a small and very old amusement park. A view from the ferris wheel looking at downtown Den Haag.

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They Call Me The Breeze

The Netherlands, Abbenes – August 2024

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Thistle

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2024

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Over Looking

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2024

The weekly LAPC #312 is sense of scale’.

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Missing His Twin

Egypt, Luxor – April 2002

This obelisk misses his twin, now standing in Paris on the Place de la Concorde, site for a lot of sports during the Paris 2024 Olympics.

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 KodakTriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

Cairo 2002: Vintage Balcony Scene Captured on Kodak TriX | B4 Retouch Series

Egypt, Cairo – April 2002

A left over from an earlier LAPC ‘balconies’.

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 KodakTriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

Night Club Sign and Balconies in Rethymnon, Crete

Greece, Rethymnon – September 2016

LAPC 309 is about balconies. I have to admit that I do not pay special attention to balconies, unless they trigger me as I look around and they catch my eye. This in Rethymnon on Crete. A bit of a messy shot, but I spotted the sign of the night club (does one have to be envious to visit?) and the adjacent balconies and roof, mimicking the eye lashes of the club sign. A kind of eyebrows raised photo.

shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.  Click the picture for a larger version.

2nd Balcony Scene, but it’s not Shakespeare

Greece, Rethymnon – September 2015

LAPC 309 is about balconies. I have to admit that I do not pay special attention to balconies, unless they trigger me as I look around and they catch my eye. This in Rethymnon on Crete. My first entry was an original monochrome on film. With this one I could not decide between the original and the edited monochrome version. Hence you see them both. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.  Click the picture for a larger version.

1st Balcony Scene, but it’s not Shakespeare

Belgium, Antwerp – August 2024

LAPC 309 is about balconies. I have to admit that I do not pay special attention to balconies, unless they trigger me as I look around and they catch my eye. This in Antwerp. My previous entry was an original monochrome on film. With this one I could not decide between the original and the edited monochrome version. Hence you see them both. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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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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Capturing the Charm of Paris: Balcony and French Windows in December 1993

France, Paris – December 2003

LAPC 309 is about balconies. I have to admit that I do not pay special attention to balconies, unless they trigger me as I look around and they catch my eye. I do however ‘collect’ French windows. So occasionally they pop up in a frame. This is one of those, in one of my favourite cities, Paris. From the analogue archive of December 1993.

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.

Vlaggetjesdag aka Flag Day

The Netherlands, Scheveningen – June 2024

The Kurhaus is an old style hotel in Scheveningen. It is the only left over of the historical sea facade. The rest was demolished, and replaced with high rising concrete cubes.

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Framed

The Netherlands, Den Haag – June 2024

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Side Of Motorway

The Netherlands, Sassenheim – June 2024

The same basin of the old watertower that I posted yesterday, but now on top of the barrier of the motorway.

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Over The Water

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2025

Over grown canal and reflections, the division between the park of Oud Poelgeest and the local ice ring.

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Co-existence in Habitat: A Heron’s View of Oegstgeest, Netherlands

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2024

LAPC #306 is ‘habitat’. As humans we share the earth with lots of natural life, we share habitats (the human home, the natural ecosystem), we co-exist. Our relation with earth is not balanced. It tilts favorably towards the human interest, disrupting the natural habitats of many. If we as humans do not change our relationship with earth, then humanity kills itself, leaving a planet to recover from being abused. Not survival of the fittest, but termination of the dumbest.

A Heron, sitting on a lamppost, overlooking the articificial canal, as a cyclist uses a cycling path in the background.

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

Exploring Rotterdam’s Kop van Zuid | Twins (3)

The Netherlands, Rotterdam – May 2024

Architecture can be beautiful in full color as well in monochrome. In ‘twins’ I show the monochrome twin of the color shot at the Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam. The third set is the Montevideo.

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Exploring Rotterdam’s Kop van Zuid | Twins (2)

The Netherlands, Rotterdam – May 2024

Architecture can be beautiful in full color as well in monochrome. In ‘twins’ I show the monochrome twin of the color shot at the Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam. The second set is an old elevator at the Rijnhaven.

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Exploring Rotterdam’s Kop van Zuid | Bench

The Netherlands, Rotterdam – May 2024

A bench at the Rijnhaven in Rotterdam on the Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam.

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Exploring Rotterdam’s Kop van Zuid | Old and New

The Netherlands, Rotterdam – May 2024

The De Rotterdam towers over the old warehouses on the Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam. The use of housing changed from industrial to living.

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Exploring Rotterdam’s Kop van Zuid | Floats

The Netherlands, Rotterdam – May 2024

The Rijnhaven in Rotterdam seen from the Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam.

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Exploring Rotterdam’s the Kop van Zuid: Old Trade

The Netherlands, Rotterdam – May 2024

The Rijnhaven in Rotterdam seen from the Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam.

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Erasmus Bridge

The Netherlands, Rotterdam – May 2024

The Erasmus bridge in Rotterdam.

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Horsham in May 2024: Leisure

England, Horsham – May 2024

A pub, one of the best places for community connections (connect LAPC 303).

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Horsham in May 2024: Contrast

England, Horsham – May 2024

Reading a book on a bench, looking up and seeing this makes a monochrome fan jump. (connect LAPC 303)

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Horsham in May 2024: Bench in Shade

England, Horsham – May 2024

A bench in the lazy shade offers a view, looking up to see the top and roofs of the houses. It’s a way to connect to a town for me (LAPC 303)

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Horsham in May 2024: Parking Space

England, Horsham – May 2024

A walk through Horsham starts here.

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Murphy

England, Morton – May 2024

Murphy, a Showstopper. He is quite a showman himself, adorable and so cute. Never stops playing until he falls over.

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Afraid of light


The Netherlands, Leiden – May 2024

Junction Ommevoort A44-N434. 

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M25 Heathrow

England, London – May 2024

The Lens Artist Photo Challenge celebrates its 300th episode! A big cheer for the four founders for starting it and keeping it alive. This one is ‘delicate’.

An approach of any plane over a motorway strikes me always with a little anxiety. Not it will crash but the opportunity to have a nice shot at it.

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Cat in Grass

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2024

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Entry

The Netherlands, Den Haag – April 2024

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Organic

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2024

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Flower Parade 2024 (3)

The Netherlands, Voorhout – April 2024

The yearly flower parade of the Bollenstreek showing bulb flower creativity and offering mesmerizing smells. 

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

Flower Parade 2024 (2)

The Netherlands, Voorhout – April 2024

The yearly flower parade of the Bollenstreek showing bulb flower creativity and offering mesmerizing smells. 

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

Flower Parade 2024 (1)

The Netherlands, Voorhout – April 2024

The yearly flower parade of the Bollenstreek showing bulb flower creativity and offering mesmerizing smells.

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

Flower Parade 2024

The Netherlands, Voorhout – April 2024

The yearly flower parade of the Bollenstreek showing bulb flower creativity and offering mesmerizing smells. A first photo, I post more soon.

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

Shepherd’s Delight

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2024

The reflection of the sunset in the sky and water, a beautiful display of colors towards the East.

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White Duck

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2024

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Good Morning

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest- March 2024

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Bicycles Breestraat

The Netherlands, Leiden – March 2024

Bycycles passing the townhall of Leiden at the Breestraat, for Lens Artists Photo Challenge #292 ‘People here, there and everywhere’.

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Leiden Townhall

The Netherlands, Leiden – March 2024

The townhall of Leiden.

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Liberation 1945

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 1945

This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #292 is ‘People here, there and everywhere’.

I do not know who took this photo, I do not know the date. We assume it is just after World War 2, May 1945. And we assume my father took it. The photo lacks focus unfortunately, but that adds to the thrill of figuring out what is on it. Luckily we could ask the youngest sister of my father (my last aunt still alive); she thinks it is taken just after the war.

There is a parade on the street, observed by people; among them the sisters and brother of my father from the top window of my grandfather’s house (called Weltevreden) where my father lived. The point of view is from a window of the house where my mother lived, and where I would be born 14 years later.

The negative is quite poorly and damaged, but a sweep through Lightroom and Snapseed provided this old memory.

Workplace with a view

The Netherlands, Den Haag – March 2024

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Carriage Wheels

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April

An old photo of ‘ringsteken’ (if you follow the link you can see some photo’s in action). A traditional activity where horse pulled carriages try to pick off little metal rings from a rope held piece of wood hanging over the road. For lens artists challenge #290 Circular by Wonders.

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

Water Watcher

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2024

A familiar sight in the neighborhood. He never looks good on iPhone but now on Nikon the details of his feathers are quite impressive.

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Sunrise

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2024

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Street Light Shine

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2024

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Over The Lake and Far Away

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2024

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