The coast of The Netherlands, showing the colour original of the monochrome of two days ago. The window of the plane gives layer of colors that I did not like at first. Not Australia but from up here it is down under.
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The coast of The Netherlands, showing the Dutch version of Le Plat Pays (my flat country) from an incoming Easyjet flight from London Gatwick to Schiphol Amsterdam. Lots of windmills still.
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The LAPC theme #385 is ‘unusual crop’. It is about cropping (re-framing an existing image) for effect. I used an old photo from March 2018 to play with for this theme. I cropped it to get rid of some elements that I kept in the original shot. This theme makes me think about how I shoot and the principles I learned in the past.
I am not sure I fully understand the essence of the brief. I only understand it if I take it literally: how it is unusual for me to use cropping while editing. Let me try to explain. Cropping afterwards is to re-frame a shot. My aim is to frame a desired photo at the shoot on the camera. That is a principal I learned long ago. Modern technology helps. You can see the result of a shot right away on the camera. And zoom lenses give you the flexibility to decide about the framing. Long ago, all I shot was on a 50 mm lens on film. Then sometimes I deliberately shot to ‘crop’ the result. E.g. when I was unable to get close enough. In the darkroom, you enlarged the picture (blow up), and then decided the result of the frame. Nevertheless, this often resulted in a loss of quality (grain, sharpness). So I learned to frame from the start, long ago.
But even in those analogue days, blowing up negatives was creative, it added to the texture of a photo. Nowadays it is easier to be playful using better technology. Camera’s, phones, software, monitors, computers all contribute to more agility in the editing process.
I am curious about the perspective of other ‘old school’ photographers. The ones who used film and a darkroom in the past before the digital age. How do they view this challenge?
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The Dutch landscape has low horizons and is flat (but not as a pancake). Canals cut through it. Bicycle paths offer easy access for exploring. These photos are just behind the dunes at Noordwijk. They are at the edge of the Maandagse Wetering. On the horizon is Voorhout.
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The Maandagse Wetering, a good spot to enjoy the sun while fishing.
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The first Sunset of Spring.
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Dinner at the a dark beach at the Nomade Beach House.
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The LAPC theme #248 is ‘mood’.
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Lens Artists Photography Challenge #245 is ‘Environment’. I am happy to live near to the sea and beach. Even on a grey day.
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The weekly theme for LAPC #244 is ‘glowing moments’.
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The Netherlands, Noordwijk – February 2023
The weekly theme for LAPC #244 is ‘glowing moments’.
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This week LAPC 243 is ‘it’s tricky’. Lots of tricky things.: a cold day, a cold sea, a cold dive. Snapping on the iPhone with zoom, tricky and a bit cheeky.
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The Netherlands, Noordwijk – February 2023
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The first bulbflowers come out on the land, as always, Daffodils first.
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The skies over the beach in Noordwijk are impressive and dramatic. and weirdly peaceful if you take time to go deeper into them. The weekly theme for LAPC #239 is ‘finding peace’.
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Noordwijk beach in Winter. One from the archive.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #109 is ‘Under the sun’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #109 is ‘Under the sun’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #109 is ‘Under the sun’.
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The Netherlands, Noordwijk – October 2018
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The Netherlands, Noordwijk – October 2018
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The Netherlands, Noordwijk – August 2018
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The Netherlands, Noordwijk – August 2018
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The Netherlands, Noordwijk – August 2018
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The Netherlands, Noordwijk – July 2018
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The Netherlands, Noordwijk – July 2018
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The Netherlands, Noordwijk – July 2018
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The Netherlands, Noordwijk – July 2018
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The Netherlands, Noordwijk – July 2018
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The Netherlands, Noordwijk – July 2018
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The Netherlands, Noordwijk – July 2018
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A side street in Noordwijk.
The Netherlands, Noordwijk – April 2018
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On the boulevard at Noordwijk.
The Netherlands, Noordwijk – April 2018
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The beach in Spring on a wonderful sunny day.
The Netherlands, Noordwijk – April 2018
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The Netherlands, Noordwijk – April 2018
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The weekly theme is ‘place in the world’. Where do you belong?
Images of the place I live, my place(s) in the world. Number 2: the beach, dunes and sea.
The Netherlands, Noordwijk – April 2018
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A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link
This weekly theme is ‘unlikely’.
The Netherlands, Noordwijk – April 2018
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This weekly theme is ‘unlikely’.
The Netherlands, Noordwijk – April 2018
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A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link
The Netherlands, Noordwijk – April 2018
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The Netherlands, Noordwijk – April 2018
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This weekly theme is ‘awakening’.
The Netherlands, Noordwijk – April 2018
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The Netherlands, Noordwijk – April 2018
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