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Beaches and sunsets, sea meeting land, space wide open.
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Beaches and sunsets, sea meeting land, space wide open.
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The beach at Zandvoort. The west coast of The Netherlands is one big sand beach. Choosing for mono or colour is a choice for atmosphere. But also a way to get more attention to certain parts of the frame. Silhouettes in black in mono work stronger than in colour for me. But in the end, it is a matter of taste of course.
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The light of the setting sun from behind the horizon reflects in the clouds for the last moments.
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A glimmer of light in a darkening sky. A plane approaches London Gatwick.
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Clouds and sky at dusk.
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Clouds and sky, into the wide open.
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Drought in England after months without rain and an unusual amount of heatwaves. The landscape turned dramatically.
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It seems I’m into sky and clouds during the warm days this Summer. This landscape is typical Dutch with some hints towards paintings of Vincent Van Gogh. Sun is setting. Not a starry night yet.
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Sunsets these days are sometimes interesting with cloud shapes light up.
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Sunsets these days are sometimes interesting with cloud shapes light up. With poor light conditions it can turn out to be a quite rough photo. I added to that roughness deliberately.
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Sunsets these days are sometimes interesting with cloud shapes light up.
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Sunsets these days are sometimes interesting with cloud shapes light up. At the golden hour.
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Sunsets these days are sometimes interesting with cloud shapes light up. Even in monochrome.
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Sunsets these days are sometimes interesting with cloud shapes light up.
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Sunsets these days are sometimes interesting with cloud shapes light up.
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The sky at dusk, showing scenery that takes your imagination far. LAPC #408 is ‘over the top’.
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LAPC #406 is ‘summer daze’. On a warm Summer’s evening having a meal and drink at the local out in the garden.
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LAPC #406 is ‘summer daze’. The heat presented itself with some abstract sunsets.
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The driveway to Wotton House in Dorking.
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The driveway to Wotton House in Dorking.
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The evening sunset sky, offers a wider range of colours. And cloud shapes.
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The evening sunset sky, offers a wider range of colours.
Inspired by a Genesis’ song from the Wind and Wuthering album: Unquiet slumbers for the restless sleepers ……. in that quiet earth.
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The sky is an amazing object. It is always there, but we only pay attention to it a few times a day. When there are rain clouds, if it is blue, if the sun comes up, or goes down. And yet, living in a country with a low horizon, it is part of our life. At times a little message comes in making me pay attention. And do something simple, playful with the sky, the clouds and the sun. I admit, mostly near sunset time. Here six photos of the sky taken through a sun screen of a roof window. I do hope you enjoy them.
Lens Artists Photo Challenge #402 is a return to the first ever LAPC: wonder. I added a ‘sky’ archive. It is just an indicator of the role the sky has in my photos, 700 plus photos, so that is a long browse :-). You are warned.
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The theme of LAPC #398 is ‘choose your color’. The brief is to present a photo with a dominant color. Despite being a big fan of monochrome, I do love colors. The fun of colors is their subjectivity; any color has fans and haters. The sense making of colors is as diverse as people are unique. And that’s good. We need colors and images in our life to tell our stories.
So here you can choose between silver and grey. Or both :-).
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Grey clouds over the sunset lit up sea.
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The sunset of King’s Day in The Netherlands.
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Sunset and golden hour.
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Clouds for this week’s LAPC theme week (#391) ‘Phone photography’.
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Dusk for this week’s LAPC theme week (#391) ‘Phone photography’.
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The LAPC theme #385 is ‘unusual crop’. Sky shots of clouds are mostly abstract. Framing them in a way that makes sense is a challenge at times.
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The sky at dusk is a nice canvas to play with.
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At dusk, a beautiful Winter sky.
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Autumn skies at sunset.
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And yes, another sunset. Well, they come around every day. This one is a golden gem.
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One can not take enough photos of sunsets.
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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #359 is ‘Tools of Photo Compositions: Lines, Colors and Patterns’.
A sunset over the Galgenwater in Leiden. A warm Summer night, with lots of boats cruising the canals. In the background the replica of the windmill of Rembrandt van Rijn’s father.
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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #359 is ‘Tools of Photo Compositions: Lines, Colors and Patterns’.
The harbor of Le Conquet at low tide during sunset, as equestrians pass by. To say I was surprised when I spotted the horses, is an understatement.
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
While trying to take an after sunset photo, my iPhone decided it needed a long exposure. The result an unexpected shot. This is the photo I aimed for. It was published two days ago. It shows the sun reflecting in the clouds after sunset.
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The sun reflects its light in the clouds after sunset.
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The first Sunset of Spring.
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