Two weeks ago I published a color version of this view. This is a silver monochrome, with a different feel towards it. It suggests a different age and time. Mono, with a hint of sepia, brings this image back years to the previous century. Or am I old and going soft in melancholy? The 137th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘soft’.
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The 136th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘things that start with the letter S’. That is easy: a sunrise.
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This week’s theme of the weekly lens artists challenge (#134) is ‘from forgotten to favorite’. Are there images that I hoped would turn out right, but did not. And could you turn them by editing into ‘keepers’? If so, show an example.
This challenge sends me back to the days of film. Ample of good objects around, but did they come out on film the way I hoped? In those days you could not check the backside of your camera, and try a few settings and tweaks to find out what worked best. It was shoot and go. Film was expensive so most of the time it was a lucky shot based on intuition and experience. Most of them came out ok, some really were disappointing.
The photo above has a story behind it that comes close to this theme. At the end of the post is the scanned negative of the original photo. I am not sure the edited one above is a keeper, but it shows my line of thought and the original intention of framing this rock wall in a forest in the Ardennes. It did not strike me as a spot I would go for a pick nick. The road next to it, mud, rock, nothing to see but passing cars. But the details of the rock and the trees, with the strange object of the pick nick table triggered my shutter. This photo was kept on archive for a long time. It was in my secondary school notebook (the time we actually wrote with pens on paper). And recently when I was scanning my archive from negative it popped up again.
In a way I do like the object. It is kind of sinister and powerful. I wonder about your thoughts on it.
The B4 retouch series
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. All of them are not completely retouched yet. Scratches, dust and stains are not removed.
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The theme for the lens-artists #132 is ‘striped and checked’.
The B4 retouch series
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. All of them are not completely retouched yet. Scratches, dust and stains are not removed.
The picture was originally shot with Pentax K1000 on Kodak TriX, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
A test shot for a new long zoom lens.
The B4 retouch series
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. All of them are not completely retouched yet. Scratches, dust and stains are not removed.
The picture was originally shot with Pentax ME super II on Kodak TriX, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #123 is ‘Found in the Neighbourhood’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #123 is ‘Found in the Neighbourhood’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #123 is ‘Found in the Neighbourhood’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #118 is ‘Communication’.
A walk over a field of heather in the Zandenbos near Nunspeet.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #116 is ‘symmetry’.
The Pas Opweg leading to the Hidden Village in the forest near Nunspeet. In 1943 – 1944 the Dutch resistance build a village where people, wanted by the Germans, could hide.
We are lucky to have thousands of kilometers of free bicycle lanes in The Netherlands. And riding an e-bike for the first time in my life in this forest was a wonderful experience.
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The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #99 is ‘old and new’.
This little pond is part of a little park in my village. When I was a toddler I used to feed the ducks and swans here. Sitting there years later I was impressed by the green and shapes of the trees under the Corona blue sky.
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #95 is ‘All Wet’.
You might think seeing this photo ‘this is not all wet, is it?’ And indeed it is not. Some say God created the world and The Dutch created The Netherlands.The first is a question of belief and the latter is a question of opinion. The fact is that a big part of the low lands (Netherlands) are under sea level. This pond collects water, if there is too much rain the excess water is taking down to the sea. This pond is one of the waterworks that manages to keep Dutch feet dry. If we could not manage water this way you would be looking at the sea. So it is not all wet, it is managed wet and we prefer it that way.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2018
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The Netherlands, Leiden – November 2018
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The Netherlands, Leiden – November 2018
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2018
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest October 2018
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2018
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The Netherlands, Leiden – September 2018
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The Netherlands, Leiden – August 2018
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest -August 2018
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The Klinkenbergerplas in Oegstgeest.
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 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 3: the Oortbridge and the canal.
Water is an essential, crucial and critical element of life in The Netherlands. Half of the country is below sea level so we need to manage water. Each day I pass the J.H. Oortbridge over the canal that leads from Warmond to Katwijk. The canal is – apart from being a means of transportation and recreation – used to dump excess sweet water into the sea at low tide. This week’s theme ‘place in the world’ associated with the name giver of this bridge is funny: Jan Hendrik Oort was a famous Dutch astronomer and a pioneer in exploring space outside our world.
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2018
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Spain, East of Ronda – November 2017
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The weekly theme is ‘transformation’.
The Netherlarnds, Leiden – November 2017
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The Netherlands, Wassenaar – June 2017
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The weekly theme is ‘It is easy to be green’.
Spring is started and everything pops out in green and blossom. A wonderful display, sometimes against a backdrop of a rain shower.
The Netherlands, Vught – April 2016
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The weekly theme is ‘relax’. Show something that means relaxation.
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2016
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The weekly theme is ‘relax’. Show something that means relaxation.
Trees on the shores of the Rurstausee in Autumn near Heimbach in the Eifel.
Germany, Heimbach – November 2016
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A photo out of the first ones shot with my new Nikon D500.
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2016
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England, High Kelling – September 2016
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This weekly theme is ‘narrow’.
The Netherlands, Den Haag – July 2016
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NY – Gems and navigating the city This weekly theme is ‘cherry on top’.
The Netherlands are a flat country. Horizons are low. Sometimes you have the luck to cover up a scenic photo with a beautiful cloudy sky. Especially when your are driven in a just purchased new car. No cherries here though.
The Netherlands, Alphen a/d Rijn – July 2016
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The start of a Summer’s day.
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2016
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The weekly theme is ‘details’. And the brief is to show ‘intimate’ details. You do not have to zoom in to highlight a detail, or build up a photo with detailed and non detailed parts.
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2016
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What's (in) the Picture? 