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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’.

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

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’.

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

Antwerp Alleys

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

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

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’.

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

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.

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

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
Click the picture for a bigger version.

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.

On the menu (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.

Policy Making

The Netherlands, Den Haag – June 2022

The view from the departement of Infrastructure and Water-management on Central Station Den Haag.

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Church Gate

France, Montmorillon – September 2005

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #204 for this week is ‘doors and doorways’. The partly open gate of the church in Montmorrilon, France.

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Les Vieux

France, Caylus – September 2006

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #204 for this week is ‘doors and doorways’. Old houses in Caylus, France.

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Gate

France, Cordes – September 2006

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #204 for this week is ‘doors and doorways’. An old photo of a gate in Cordes-sur-Ciel in France.

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Montpellier 1995

France, Montpellier – August 1995

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #204 for this week is ‘doors and doorways’. An old photo of doors in Montpellier France.

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

Opening of Parliament

The Netherlands, Den Haag – September 1995

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #204 for this week is ‘doors and doorways’. An old photo of the opening of parliament in The Netherlands, the third Tuesday of September.

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

Inbound

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2022

Lens Artists Weekly Challenge #202 is ‘Minimalism/Maximilism‘.

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Spring

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2022

Spring is putting the leaves back on the trees, always a wonderful moment of the year, seeing everything blossom and grow.

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City Hall Leiden

The Netherlands, Leiden – April 2022

The Lens-artists challenge #197 is ‘rule of thirds’. The rule of thirds is a rule of thumb how to compose images. There are more ‘rules’; another is the ‘s’ like in the photo above. But there are other ‘rules’ to make a photo attractive, and one is the use of lines. The city hall of Leiden.

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Flower Parade 2022

The Netherlands, Voorhout – April 2022

After two years of pandemic, the flower parade was finally back!

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Little Duckies off Track

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2022

The Lens-artists challenge #196 is ‘humor‘. Some early youngsters walking the footpath, hitting some rain water, being out of their depth.

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Meting Delta

The Netherlands, Schiphol Amsterdam – April 2022

The Lens-artists challenge #196 is ‘humor‘. A bit of a weird moment meting a Delta plane overhead.

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Going By

The Netherlands, Leidschendam – April 2022

The Mall of the Netherlands.

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Back to the Office

The Netherlands, Den Haag – April 2022

Hybrid working is part of the new normal: so some days at home, some at the office. It is nice to see Den Haag again.

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Arles 1997

France, Arles – August 1997

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

Kathmandu Street life 2004

Nepal, Kathmandu – April 2004

This weeks challenge #186 is ‘Low Light’. Monochrome gives a soft grey tone from light to dark, aand nice details in the darker areas, which you can not see easily by eye.

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.

Lhasa 2004 Bank of China

Tibet, Lhasa – April 2004

This weeks challenge #186 is ‘Low Light’. A guard of the Bank of China in Lhasa.

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 Fuji Film, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

Saint Antonin-Noble-Val 2003

France, Saint Antonin-Noble-Val – August 2003

This weeks challenge #186 is ‘Low Light’. A little alley in a medieval village. The dark parts are as interesting as the light contrasts. St. Antonin-Noble-Val is a small village in France, with a scenic old town center.

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

Main Street

Nepal, Panauti – April 2004

Panauti Nepal, Main Street.

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.

Kathmandu Street 2004

Nepal, Kathmandu – April 2004

This weeks challenge #185 is ‘change’. An old town with new technology. And most of all: signs.

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 Portrait Gyantse 2004

Tibet, Gyantse – April 2004

Travel has taught me to be bold and kind to try and make contact and produce the photos you really want. A street scene in Gyantse Tibet. This week’s theme for the Lens Artists Photo Challenge #184 is ‘Travel has taught me’.

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

J.H. Oortbrug

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2022

A grey morning with fog in Winter.

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Flower Field in Winter

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2022

A grey morning with fog in Winter.

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Flowers waiting for Spring

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2022

A grey morning with fog in Winter.

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Red Stone Window

France, Caussade – September 2006

The weekly LAPC (Lens Artists Photo Challenge) #183 is ‘memorable events’. One of the ‘themes’ I always look for is ‘windows’; all kinds of windows, showing different styles of houses, culture and local weather.

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

Wall

Greece, Lesbos – July 2007

The weekly LAPC (Lens Artists Photo Challenge) #183 is ‘memorable events’. One of the ‘themes’ I always look for is ‘windows’; all kinds of windows, showing different styles of houses, culture and local weather.

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Open Window

France, Cordes-sur-Ciel – September 2006

The weekly LAPC (Lens Artists Photo Challenge) #183 is ‘memorable events’. One of the ‘themes’ I always look for is ‘windows’; all kinds of windows, showing different styles of houses, culture and local weather. This is Cordes sur Ciel in the south of France. As all photos on travel, they keep memories alive.

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12.10

France, Caylus – September 2006

The weekly LAPC (Lens Artists Photo Challenge) #182 is ‘interesting objects’. This is the front of the city hall of Caylus. The clock and the shutters caught my attention, together with the deep blue sky.

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