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Walk on the Wild Side

The Netherlands, Katwijk – February 2023

This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge 240 is hosted by John Steiner. He invites to show my favorite type or style of photography as the road I have chosen to take most often. And that creates a bit of a problem for me. I might need direction.

Basically my attention gets caught and produces an image. It is not conscious, it is in the context where I am. And it results in an array of subjects. It is easier to say what road I do not take: fashion, portraits, urban. But travel, cities, landscapes etc are part of the portfolio. Maybe I can not choose to continue in a specific direction? Or I shouldn’t?

I think I have to ask the visitors of this blog to give an answer to John’s question, for I can’t for myself. What do you think? Is there a red line in my snaps? Or is it a mixed bag of pieces? I appreciate your feedback.

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Katwijk aan Zee

The Netherlands, Katwijk – February 2023


The weekly theme for LAPC #239 is ‘finding peace’. 

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Line Lights

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2023

The weekly theme for LAPC #237 is ‘bringing softness’. Streetlights on a night with fog.

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Fog and Streetlights

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2023

The weekly theme for LAPC #235 is shadows and reflections in monochrome.

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Burnham Market – Chelsea by the Sea 2

England, Burnham Market – January 2023

Burnham Market in Norfolk, nicknamed Chelsea by the Sea, is a lovely village with a wonderful atmospheric town center.

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Burnham Market – Chelsea by the Sea 1

England, Burnham Market – January 2023

Burnham Market in Norfolk, nicknamed Chelsea by the Sea, is a lovely village with a wonderful atmospheric town center.

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The Road to 2023 and Norfolk

England, London and Norfolk – December 2022

For the first time after the pandemic we were able to spend time at the end of the year in England. This time we welcomed the New Year at the coast of Norfolk. This set of snaps shows the road from Surrey to Norfolk, passing the Dartford Tunnel into Essex and Norfolk.

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Autumn 2022 – Canal in grey light

The Netherlandse, Oegstgeest – December 2022

It is the end of the year and the Weekly Photo Challenge is ‘Last Chance’.

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Autumn 2022 – Walk the Dogs

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2022

It is the end of the year and the Weekly Photo Challenge is ‘Last Chance’.

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Autmn 2022 – At Night

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2022

The theme for the weekly lens artists challenge is ‘diagonals‘.

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Autumn 2022: Herron

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest-October 2022

Autumn 2022.

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Autumn 2022: Red

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2022

Autumn 2022.

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Rolde 2006: History Rocks

The Netherlands, Rolde – October 2006

Detail of a hunebed (dolmen) at Rolde. 

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Amsterdam 2007: Canal Icons

The Netherlands, Amsterdam – May 2007

These houses are among the most photographed in Amsterdam. One from the archive.

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Amsterdam 2007: Busker

The Netherlands, Amsterdam – May 2007

A busker playing on a bridge in Amsterdam. One from the archive.

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Halloween Portraits

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2022

Two portraits of Halloween 2022.

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Groningen 2006: Cinema

The Netherlands, Groningen – October 2006

A photo from the archives. Pathe cinema in Groningen.

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Groningen 2006: Truth?

The Netherlands, Groningen – October 2006

A photo from the archives. A front door of a – probably squatted – house in Groningen. What ‘lies’ behind the door?

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Golden Grass

The Netherlands, Lisse – August 2022

The garden of castle De Keukenhof.

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Castle Keukenhof

The Netherlands, Lisse – August 2022

This week lens artists challenge #214 is ‘favourite finds’. In the garden of castle De Keukenhof is a beautiful display of dahlia each Summer.

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Het Steen Antwerp

Belgium, Antwerp – August 2022

This week lens artists challenge #214 is ‘favourite finds’. When you explore a city you do not know you walk into places and buildings you know the name of, but have never seen. Sometimes that is a surprising find. Het Steen in Antwerp.

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More Dahlia

The Netherlands, Lisse – August 2022

This week lens artists challenge #214 is ‘favourite finds’. In the garden of castle De Keukenhof is a beautiful display of dahlia each Summer.

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Antwerp Hilton

Belgium, Antwerp – August 2022

Impressions of a walk throught Antwerp. Each big tourist city seems to have one, and so does Antwerp. This week lens artists challenge #214 is ‘favourite finds’.

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Antwerp Wheel

Belgium, Antwerp – August 2022

Impressions of a walk throught Antwerp. Each big tourist city seems to have one, and so does Antwerp. This week lens artists challenge #214 is ‘favourite finds’.

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Antwerp Alleys

Belgium, Antwerp – August 2022

Impressions of a walk throught Antwerp. Some alleys and small streets. This week lens artists challenge #213 is ‘here comes the sun’.

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Antwerp Fronts

Belgium, Antwerp – August 2022

Impressions of a walk throught Antwerp. three fronts of houses: from old to more modern. This week lens artists challenge #213 is ‘here comes the sun’.

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Antwerp Grote Markt: Morning Drinks

Belgium, Antwerp – August 2022

Impressions of a walk throught Antwerp. Here the Grote Markt, overseen by the Cathedral of Our Lady, where some people enjoy a coffee in the morning sun while others prefer a Belgium beer. This week lens artists challenge #213 is ‘here comes the sun’.

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Antwerp Grote Markt

Belgium, Antwerp – August 2022

Impressions of a walk throught Antwerp. Here the Grote Markt with the townhall and all those beautiful facades and views, overseen by the Cathedral of Our Lady. This week lens artists challenge #213 is ‘here comes the sun’.

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Steenbergen at Sea and the Dam Buster Raid

The Netherlands, Steenbergen – August 2022

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #211 is ‘what is your groove’. Basically I enjoy looking around, up and down till something strikes me as interesting. A wonderful way of looking around is at the passenger seat of the car, riding shot gun. This is a navigable aqueduct, leading a waterway over the A4 motorway near Steenbergen in Noord-Brabant.

The A4 is one of our routes to Belgium and France. Reading the name on the aqueduct (Steenbergen at the sea) made me chuckle the first time, because the actual North Sea is more to the West. Last time passing I shot this photo. And when I made this post, I found some interesting information on Wikipedia about Steenbergen.

Guy Gibson, Wing Commander, the first CO of the RAF‘s 617 Squadron, who led the famous “Dam Busters” raid in 1943, crashed September 19 1944 with his navigator, Jim Warwick, in a de Havilland Mosquito XX, KB267, aircraft in this municipality. Coming back from a raid on Germany they crashed, probably caused by a malfunction of the fuel system. They are buried in the RC cemetery of Steenbergen.

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Watching Services

England, Peterborough A1 services – July 2022

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #211 is ‘what is your groove’. Basically I enjoy looking around, up and down till something strikes me as interesting. And being cheeky at times, like here while having a little pause on the road trip at a service station.

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Spot the Pigeons

England, Southwell – July 2022

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #211 is ‘what is your groove’. Basically I enjoy looking around, up and down till something strikes me as interesting. Being in a lovely small English town, enjoying a lunch, seeing some pigeons on a nice old red bricked house.

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TUI

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2022

This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge is #206 ‘Treasures’. One of my treasures is not seeing these big birds approaching Schiphol Amsterdam. 

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Fly Over

The Netherlands, Amsterdam Schiphol – June 2022

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Public Transport Hub

The Netherlands, Den Haag – June 2022

This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge is #206 ‘Treasures’.

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Door Man (Lhasa 2004)

Tibet, Lhasa – April 2004

This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge is #206 ‘Treasures’. This trip to Nepal and Tibet will be in my memory forever. Not only for the uniform of this door man.

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.

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Card Players (Shigatse 2004)

Tibet, Shigatse – April 2004

This weeks challenge #205 is ‘the eyes have it’.

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
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Mother and kids (Kathmandu 2004)

Nepal, Kathmandu – April 2004

This weeks challenge #205 is ‘the eyes have it’.

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
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Friends (Kathmandu 2004)

Nepal, Kathmandu – April 2004

This weeks challenge #205 is ‘the eyes have it’.

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.