The sun sets, everything is cleaned up and ready for tomorrow for new clients. It is the Summer rhythm of the beach on the shoreline of the Noordzee. The theme for this week LAPC 314 is ‘shorelines‘.
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Sunsets can be shared! The theme for this week LAPC 314 is ‘shorelines‘.
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The sun sets in Katwijk, exposing the sea to a layer of gold. The theme for this week LAPC 314 is ‘shorelines‘.
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A balanced rollercoaster at Drievliet.
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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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Drievliet is a small and very old amusement park. Over fifty years ago I first went there on a school trip. Then most of the attractions had to be moved by muscle power. Last week I had my second visit to Drievliet with our grand children. The park is dramatically changed but still has the same appeal to kids: lots of fun to be had on rides, slides, rollercoasters, ferris wheels, merrygorounds etc. And of course the fries and icecream in between. The weather was not that good, but the clouds added to the view from the ferris wheel looking at downtown Den Haag.
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Dramatic morning over the Haarlemmermeerpolder near Abbenes.
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The sky is amazing. And everyone with a creative open mind can instantly play with it in lots of ways. Racing clouds home or seeing objects in it. And sometimes it shows an old map leading you into the unknown. The longer you look the more you find. Drawing you in more and more. Connecting with something new but familiair.
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The sky is amazing. And everyone with a creative open mind can instantly play with it in lots of ways. Racing clouds home or seeing objects in it. And sometimes it shows an old map leading you into the unknown.
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The weekly LAPC #312 is sense of scale’.
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The sky and clouds are a magnificent and continuous source of inspiration.
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Wetlands Vlietlanden near Voorschoten on a sunny evening.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2024
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We are lucky to have lots of cheap supply of plants for the garden in garden centers in The Netherlands.
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Just around the corner is a field where cut flowers are grown for sale. It is a small beautiful plot with different stages of different flower types. And a good spot for inspiration.
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A view at a beach in Scheveningen. Waiting for the Summer to really start with some higher temperatures.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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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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The beach of Scheveningen, a few hours before sunset. The hour before sunset is always a kind of holy grail for photographers, but at about three hours before sunset the light over sea starts to change dramatically. The domain of gulls, flying around over the beach restaurants, scavaging for food, lit up against a backdrop of golden rays.
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The beach of Scheveningen, a few hours before sunset, domain of gulls soaring and an incidental kite surfer against a backdrop of golden rays.
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The Netherlands, Scheveningen – June 2024 (top)
The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – June 2024 (bottom)
LAPC 308 is about perfect pairs, by creating a diptych (two images placed in proximity to one another, forming a pair). Every self respecting town and village needs a ferris wheel.
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At rowing you move forward by looking backwards all the time, and with a cox the course is set.
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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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The basin of an old watertower against the sky. It is not the nicest of buildings, but somehow it draws my attention when I see it. Last year I published its head in color, this time I choose for mono.
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Government departments rise up in the sky. For some the only way is up.
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Castle Oud Poelgeest.
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Over grown canal and reflections, the division between the park of Oud Poelgeest and the local ice ring.
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The lights seem to fade slowly along the A12 motorway leading into Den Haag.
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A view showing the curve of the Dutch seafront looking at Scheveningen in the South from Katwijk aan Zee.
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Sea and Beach king.
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The grass on this side of the little canal is the same as on the other side of the canal, the light is just different.
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Today we remember that 80 years ago thousands were willing to pay the highest price to give us our freedom. John Steele landed on the pinnacle of this church in the early morning of June 6 1944 in Sainte-Mère-Église.
To the brave and courageous
Who were willing to pay the ultimate price
And gave me my freedom
As a precious treasure
Never to be taken as a right
But like they did then to be defended
Again and again
Lest not forget
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Lens Artists Photo Challenge #270 is ‘on display’. These photos were part of an assignment of a photo class in France in 1998.
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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Lens Artists Photo Challenge #269 ‘over the edge’.
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Lens Artists Photo Challenge #269 ‘over the edge’.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – September 2023
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The Netherlands, Alphen aan den Rijn – September 2023
Windmill Vrouwgeestmolen at the Heimanswetering.
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Flat, low horizon, roads lined with trees cutting through farmland and meadows.
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