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Posts from the ‘sunset’ category

Den Haag Binckhorst

The Netherlands, Den Haag – March 2025

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Intentional Creative Movement – Light

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – September 2004

This week’s Lens Artitsts Photo Challenge (#321) is Intentional Camera Movement (ICM). Yesterday I published photos shot analogue on film: the result is only visible after developing the film. This one is from 2004 with my first digital Nikon D70. The fun of digital is that you can actually see on the back what the result is, and use this feedback to try again. Digital gives freedom and is cheap and gives instant feedback. 20 years of digital playing.

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An evening at Katwijk aan Zee Around Sunset – August 2024

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2024

Sometimes it just happens. You are in a place and the light is fantastic, and there is so much to frame in a photo. The sunset is spectacular and for some odd 30 minutes you are in a photography candy shop. This is a selection of what ended up on my phone on that hot August evening.

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Who is afraid of Blue


The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2024

And the last one of a brilliant hour at the beach on a Summer evening to enjoy the sunset while having dinner. That was a nice bubble to be in.

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Stunning Black and White Sunsets in Katwijk (Give a Little Bit)


The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2024

Yesterday I told you about my passion and history in monochrome. And that I do shoot sunsets in black and white. Here is another one of the same sunset, but framed different. I will publish an overview of all those shots of same sunset that evening. Each of them show a bit of it, it’s in my humble opinion nice to see the big picture.

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Monochrome Magic: Capturing Black and White Sunsets

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2024

If you did not notice, I am a big fan of monochrome. In fact, monochrome film was way back the medium I started with. It was cheap and you print your own photos in a darkroom. That was adventurous and frustrating at the same time. Not to sound old, but nowadays with wonderful software, editing images is easier, faster and more fun. And you instantly see what you get! But sometimes I do miss the anxiety of the darkroom, seeing a photo come up in the developer. Back to now. I do shoot sunsets in black and white, and here is one. The atmosphere of the shot is different, more dark and eerie.

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Dreaming by the Sea: A Visual Escape Experience

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2024

When there are landscapes, what is the landscape of a sea called? To me watching the sea is like an escape of the real world, dreaming into the image that is presented. This is the layered story of an image, with each of the layers adding to it. The beach with the humans grounded on the sand under their feet, almost insignificant in size. The vast sea stretching into the far distance, rippled in the wind and current, offering a seemingly flat smooth surface. The boats and windmills that seem to float on the water that sparkles in the light of the lowering sun. And on top of all that the backdrop of the sky painted lightly by the softer light that lays a filter over the all of it. Put a frame around it and you have a nice photo.

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Sunset Views in Katwijk – Wind, Water and Cabins

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2024

The view at the beach from the boulevard of Katwijk aan Zee, a few hours before sunset.

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Boulevard View – Katwijk aan Zee August 2024

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2024

The view at the Northsea just before dinner 🙂 at the boulevard of Katwijk aan Zee.

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Spectacular Sunset in Katwijk aan Zee – A Visual Delight

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2024

The theme for this week LAPC 316 is ‘Destanation: Fun‘.  Going to the beach is fun, but witnessing a brilliant sunset on a warm Summer evening, while a display of boats and windmills complete the scene, is true fun. Here is the full view of the scenery of the sunset, I just picked out parts of it in other photos published earlier (and after).

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Beach Fun: Captivating Sunset in Katwijk aan Zee, Netherlands

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2024

The theme for this week LAPC 316 is ‘Destanation: Fun‘.  Going to the beach is fun, but witnessing a brilliant sunset on a warm Summer evening, while a dispaly of boats and windmills complete the scene, is true fun. I published a few of them already two weeks ago (see the archive Katwijk). I hope you still have fun watching them.

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Magnificent Sunset at Katwijk Beach, Netherlands

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2024

Last week we had dinner on the beach and were treated to a beautiful sunset. And, as always when a subject grips me, I took loads of pictures. The iPhone makes it really easy just to snap, zoom, frame and play with light. So the last days I published some of them for the theme of this week for LAPC 314: ‘shorelines‘. It is probably serendipity, but it matched nicely on this set of photos. So to close the week a final one of this sunset. I hope you enjoyed them. And the left over of this shoot will probably appear in the near future.

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Noordzee Beach: A Stunning Sunset View | Lens Artists Challenge 314

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2024

The theme for this week LAPC 314 is ‘shorelines‘. My main shoreline is the beach of the Noordzee. And the views it offers, particularly at special moments of the day like a sunset. The sky looks like it offers an extra layer of reflection for the sun, a second horizon.

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Is It A Romantic Sunset Shot Or Just The Two Of Us?

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2024

When you are on a spot where you see such a wonderful sunset, it is normal to shoot multiple photos. This couple appeared in a few of the photos already, but each time they are in a shot, it is the framing of a different story as I see it. Maybe you do too. The theme for this week LAPC 314 is ‘shorelines‘.

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All Ready For Tomorrow


The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2024

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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On The Shoreline


The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2024

Sunsets can be shared! The theme for this week LAPC 314 is ‘shorelines‘.

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Sunset On The Shoreline

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2024

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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Sky View


The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2024

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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Windmill De Valk in Leiden, Netherlands – A Living Museum Since 2000

The Netherlands, Leiden – August 2024

Windmill De Valk is one of few left in the city. It is a museum, but since 2000 is it being used for milling again.

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Spectacular Scheveningen Beach at Sunset – June 2024

The Netherlands, Scheveningen – June 2024

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 Final Parrot


England, Dorking – Forest Green – May 2024

The outside terrace of The Parrot in Forest Green/Dorking.

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Parrot’s View

England, Dorking – Forest Green – May 2024

The view from the outside terrace of The Parrot in Forest Green/Dorking.

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Afraid of light


The Netherlands, Leiden – May 2024

Junction Ommevoort A44-N434. 

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The Parrot

England, Dorking – Forest Green – 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’.

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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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Spring Sunset Skies

Skies can be amazingly dramatic these days, sometimes aided by a whiff of Sahara sand in the mix of light and clouds.

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Light

The Netherlands, Voorhout – January 2024

This week’s Lens Artists Challenge #287 is ‘Sound’. The road is busy, the sound of cars is in my ears as I try to frame this mill against the sunset, trying to avoid a car in the frame at first. Then zooming out and coming back to the road I ended up with this one, showing the lamplight and the cars coming and fading in the distance. This is the last in a series of four of Windmill ‘Hoop doet leven’ in Voorhout against the Winter sunset. The first three in a list in order of publication:

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Windmill at Winter Sunset

The Netherlands, Voorhout – January 2024

An iconic view of The Netherlands for many tourists. Windmill ‘Hoop doet leven’ in Voorhout against the Winter sunset.

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Seafront Silhouette

England, Walmer – December 2023

The theme for this week’s Lens Artists Challenge #286 is ‘Weather’.

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Winter Sunset

The Netherlands, Voorhout – January 2024

For LAPC #285 is ‘warm colors’. A warm toned Winter sunset.

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Winter Sunset

The Netherlands, Voorhout – January 2024

An iconic view of The Netherlands for many tourists. Windmill ‘Hoop doet leven’ in Voorhout against the Winter sunset for LAPC #284 ‘day&night’.

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Sea Front

England, Walmer – December 2023

Dusk at Walmer for LAPC #284 ‘day&night’.

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Boat Ride at Dusk

The Netherlands, Leiden – September 2023

A sunset over the Galgewater in Leiden.

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Klinkenberg Triple

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On Wings

The Netherlands, Hoofddorp – August 2023
The Netherlands, Hoofddorp – August 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #266 is ‘Time’. It takes a lot of time to tell everything about the concept of time. One aspect of time is how fast or how slow it is.

One common misunderstanding about time is that it can fly. It does not. It is us being mesmerized how a certain amount of time goes faster in specific situations. Eg when you are on holiday, or having a great 😊 time. Each second, minute, hour, day is exactly the same as it ever was. Sometimes time seems to go slower too! Again, a misconception. But what is the figurative opposite of flying? In most of those moments I do wish time could fly.

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Rembrandt’s View

The Netherlands, Leiden – September 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #266 is ‘Time’. It takes a lot of time to tell everything about the concept of time.

One of the best musical stories about time is by Pink Floyd: Time of the brilliant timeless album The Dark Side of the Moon, that was released 50 years ago.

This week I try to show aspects that come to my mind. The first is history at present. Places where important moments in time happened. Which you observe from the present.

This is a recent sunset over the Galgewater in Leiden. ‘Where? Why? Of what importance?’ I hear you say. At the bridge on the left side of the frame Rembrandt van Rijn was born. A copy of the mill his father used for his business is on the right. The only thing Rembrandt would have seen is the sunset, and the mills. All the buildings and boats etc are ‘after Rembrandt’.

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Pyloned Sunset

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #264 is ‘primary colours’.

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