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Posts from the ‘The Netherlands’ category

Choices, Choices, Choices

The Netherlands, Leidschendam – April 2022

The Mall of the Netherlands, if you are looking for presents, you probably will find some here. A few weeks ago I published a monochrome version of this shot.

Question is: which one is better?

Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Rose

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2022

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge this week is #195: colorful expressions. The iPhone13 Pro has a great macro functionality. I just tried it out resulting in this detail of a rose.

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Train and Hyacinths

The Netherlands, Sassenheim – April 2022

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge this week is #195: colorful expressions.

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Train and Tulips

The Netherlands, Sassenheim – April 2022

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge this week is #195: colorful expressions.

Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Hyacinths

The Netherlands, Sassenheim – April 2022

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge this week is #195: colorful expressions.

Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Tulip

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2022

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge this week is #195: colorful expressions.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

White tulip

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2022

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge this week is #194: bokeh.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Who’s afraid of red, yellow and blue?

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2022

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge this week is #194: bokeh. With a 😉 to the paintings by Barnett Newman.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Bee

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2022

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge this week is #194: bokeh. A wild bee over new blossom.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Red

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2022

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge this week is #194: bokeh. Spring is the time for bulb flowers: daffodils, tulips, hyacinths. The garden is popping with tulips right now. And in two weeks the flower parade will take place after two years of absence. Looking forward to it, especially the smell of the flowers.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Tulips

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2022

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge this week is #194: bokeh. Spring is the time for bulb flowers: daffodils, tulips, hyacinths. The garden is popping with tulips right now. And in two weeks the flower parade will take place after two years of absence. Looking forward to it, especially the smell of the flowers.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Standing Out

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2022

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge this week is #194: bokeh. Spring is the time for bulb flowers: daffodils, tulips, hyacinths. The garden is popping with tulips right now. And in two weeks the flower parade will take place after two years of absence. Looking forward to it, especially the smell of the flowers.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Back to the Office

The Netherlands, Den Haag – April 2022

Hybrid working is part of the new normal: so some days at home, some at the office. It is nice to see Den Haag again.

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Steady as it goes

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2022

A sunrise like this on a Spring morning over the water. A gift on any day but if it is your birthday? Lens Artists Photo Challlenge #193 is ‘they say it is your birthday’.

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Tears of a Tulip

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2022

A good bunch of flowers is always a nice present, on any occasion. Lens Artists Photo Challlenge #193 is ‘they say it is your birthday’.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Aspact

The Netherlands, Leidschendam – April 2022

The Mall of the Netherlands, if you are looking for presents, you probably will find some here.
Lens Artists Photo Challlenge #193 is ‘they say it is your birthday’.

Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Out of the dark

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2022

This week Lens Artists Photography Challenge #192 is ‘Earth Story’. 

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Take Off

The Netherlands, Schiphol Amsterdam – March 2022

This week Lens Artists Photography Challenge #192 is ‘Earth Story’. 

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Sunset through a dirty car window

The Netherlands, Schiphol Amsterdam – March 2022

This week Lens Artists Photography Challenge #192 is ‘Earth Story’. 

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When the final curtain falls

Some left overs from Tuesday 22nd of March. If Genesis would not have three postponed gigs in the O2 in London, this would probably have been their last concert. Again, thanks for the memories!

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Big Blue Bird

The Netherlands, Amsterdam – March 2022

Ready for taking off into the blue skies.

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The Last (?) Domino – Genesis

The Netherlands, Amsterdam – March 2022

After fifty years Genesis is touring the world for what seems a final time in The last (?) Domino Tour. I admit I was a bit skeptic, having heard the you-tube video’s of the shows in 2021, given Phil Collins’ health issues. Seeing him enter the stage slowly, sitting down was emotional, and a bit scary. But when he sat he was there, eyes firing, witty (‘now we only have old songs’ (referring to his anger at a Dutch audience in 1981 in Leiden), playing the audience as he used to do. And singing his heart out. No longer able to play the drums. He is fragile, but what a persona on stage, his voice beautifully supported by two backing singers, and his son Nic Collins on drums. What a talent. The other oldies Mike Rutherford (hopping around as always) and Tony Banks (stoic and focused), with Daryl Stuermer blowing the roof of the Ziggo Dome. At times it was emotional, the music was a bright mix of their prog and pop period, with standards (I know what I like) and classics (Cinema Show, In that Quiet Earth/Afterglow, Firth of Fifth). Standing the age of time, showing an impressive body of work over the years. It was a beautiful and moving farewell, that ended with The Carpet Crawlers: you got to get in to get out. Chills and goose bombs, perfect sound and a band at work smoothly, after a break of 15 years. Thanks for the memories guys.

And it was a nice time to use my iPhone 13 Pro Max.

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Swan

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2021

This week Lens Artists Photography Challenge #191 is ‘Curves’. 

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Mad Man Moon

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020

This week Lens Artists Photography Challenge #191 is ‘Curves’.

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Close

The Netherlands, Voorschoten – March 2022

Covid is still among us, but slowly we start up to the new normal. That means going back to the office some days a week, hence being in a train again. Here a view out of the window.

Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

Far

The Netherlands, Voorschoten – March 2022

Covid is still among us, but slowly we start up to the new normal. That means going back to the office some days a week, hence being in a train again. Here a view out of the window.

Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

Orange

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2022

A picture that does not fit in a category has to fit in ‘odds and ends’, lens artists photo challenge #189.

Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

Grass

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2022

A picture that does not fit in a category has to fit in ‘odds and ends’, lens artists photo challenge #189.

Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

In the Window

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2022

A picture that does not fit in a category has to fit in ‘odds and ends’, lens artists photo challenge #189.

Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

Ripples

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2022

A picture that does not fit in a category has to fit in ‘odds and ends’, lens artists photo challenge #189.

Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

Push

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2022

A picture that does not fit in a category has to fit in ‘odds and ends’, lens artists photo challenge #189.

Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

Swans

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2022

A picture that does not fit in a category has to fit in ‘odds and ends’, lens artists photo challenge #189. Though this one could have been in ‘cleaning’, ‘swans in habitat’, ‘grooming for professionals’ etc.

Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

The Roof

The Netherlands, Den Haag – March 2022

A picture that does not fit in a category has to fit in ‘odds and ends’, lens artists photo challenge #189.

Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

Green Leaves

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2021

This week lens artists photo challenge is ‘that special place’. The time when the trees start to grow out again, Spring is in full swing and it gets warmer.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Systematic

The Netherlands, Scheveningen – July 2004

This week lens artists photo challenge is ‘that special place’. The beach is a place to relax, let go and create space and a fresh head. And you can see more than water and beach at times. This one is also an entry for Paula’s pick a word competition on ‘Lost in Translatation’. It looks like the surfers are in chaos, but actually they use the water and wind systematic.

shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.  Click the picture for a larger version

Winter Water

The Netherlands, January 2022

This week lens artists photo challenge is ‘that special place‘. The empty branches of a tree in Winter. During this pandemic I realized that the immediate outside of my house is an inspiration for photos. During the seasons and days it is always nice to look out and sometimes catch a nice view. Looking back over the years I realize that I have always been intrigued by little details near the places where I lived. Making these places special in a certain way.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Au clair de la lune

The Netherlands, April 2021

This week lens artists photo challenge is ‘that special place‘. The moon is a big inspiration for stories and songs. The Dark Side of the Moon is a brilliant album by Pink Floyd, Mad man Moon on Trick of the Tail by Genesis, R.E.M.’s Man on the moon, Moon over Bourbon Street by Sting are some of them. And of course a French folk song ‘Au clair de la lune’. And the moon has impact on our lives on this planet: the moon causes tides on seas, and apparently has impact on the menstrual cycle.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Wind Breaker

The Netherlands, Scheveningen – July 2004

This week lens artists photo challenge is ‘that special place’. The beach is a place to relax, let go and create space and a fresh head. And you can see more than water and beach at times. This one is also an entry for Paula’s pick a word competition on ‘Lost in Translatation’. Not completely straight, but straight.

shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.  Click the picture for a larger version

Winter Light

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2022

The sun through bare trees on a Winter’s day with fog.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version