Magnolia Up Close




The Magnolia in the front garden is slowly waking up from Winter.
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The Magnolia in the front garden is slowly waking up from Winter.
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A wet Winter.
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The last in a series of seven photos, taken on a foggy morning from the J.H. Oortbrug in Oegstgeest.
The photos can be found in the archive Oegstgeester Kanaal, link down here.
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One of the first photos of my new camera, the Nikon Zf. A retro FM2 on the outside but on the inside full of brilliant Nikon Z technology. Its a real hands on camera, with manual settings. I’m learning to use it. One of the reasons to buy it was the availability of three monochrome presets.
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Crossed to a new year, 2025 is just started. I wish everyone a wonderful 2025 in good health, with loads of love and moments in which wishes become reality. Where we can talk and bridge judgments.
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The first photos of my new camera, the Nikon Zf. A retro FM2 on the outside but on the inside full of brilliant Nikon Z technology. Its a real hands on camera, with manual settings. I’m learning to use it. One of the reasons to buy it was the availability of three monochrome presets.
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On the eve of Christmas a colorful rose, wishing everybody a merry Christmas. And I can’t resist to put a wish under it from the heart, quoting John Lennon: war is over, just imagine. In 2025 be your own truth, people are not meant to be all the same. One of the joys in life is that we are different, and being different creates the potential for change. As long as we can listen to one another, knowing there is the freedom to choose your own believes and live them without being a threat to the other, there is a future and lots of potential. Love, laugh (especially about yourself), live.
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Some color on a grey day.
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These trees are a decade older than I am. When I was young they were small as well.
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The Klinkenberger Plas in Autumn.
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Rest assured people of The Netherlands, Elvis is available for your trees at Christmas! It brings a smile to my face (LAPC #326 is ‘this made me smile’)
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Autumn was mild and bright till last week.
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The iPhone had developed into a nice camera. It is not the same quality als a DSLR or system camera, but it is a lovely point and shooter with more and more options added. The zoom is quite nice, but the human side – holding it still – is a challenge.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2024
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The access to the J.H. Oortbrug.
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This week lens artists challenge #323 is ‘silence’. Autumn is a time where we move towards the end of the cycle, preparing for Winter. A time of letting go with the awareness that nature is preparing for Spring. The cycle of life at work, complexity in simplicity.
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This week lens artists challenge #323 is ‘silence’. How to depict silence?
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This week lens artists challenge #323 is ‘silence’. How to depict silence?
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Maybe the best example of perfect imperfection is the cycle of life we see every day around us. When the leaves fall in Autumn in fact nature is preparing for its next Spring. This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #322 is ‘there is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in’. The quote is from a verse by Leonard Cohen about imperfection and beauty, redemption, healing and growth.
‘Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, in everything
That’s how the light gets in‘
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