Good Morning
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Den Haag Holland Spoor
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Bicycles Breestraat
Bycycles passing the townhall of Leiden at the Breestraat, for Lens Artists Photo Challenge #292 ‘People here, there and everywhere’.
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Leiden Townhall
The townhall of Leiden.
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Thinking in the Rain
Winter rain and a bronze statue.
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By train
This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #292 is ‘People here, there and everywhere’. One of the stations in Den Haag, Laan van Nieuw Oost-Indië.
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Liberation 1945
This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #292 is ‘People here, there and everywhere’.
I do not know who took this photo, I do not know the date. We assume it is just after World War 2, May 1945. And we assume my father took it. The photo lacks focus unfortunately, but that adds to the thrill of figuring out what is on it. Luckily we could ask the youngest sister of my father (my last aunt still alive); she thinks it is taken just after the war.
There is a parade on the street, observed by people; among them the sisters and brother of my father from the top window of my grandfather’s house (called Weltevreden) where my father lived. The point of view is from a window of the house where my mother lived, and where I would be born 14 years later.
The negative is quite poorly and damaged, but a sweep through Lightroom and Snapseed provided this old memory.
More Soft Rain
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Soft Rain
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Workplace with a view
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Growing Up
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You have to color within the lines
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #291 is ‘Cityscapes’, The view on the public transport hub and adjacent high risings.
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Growing Up Magnolia 2
I started documenting the Magnolia, taking a photo a day from the kitchen window. Here is the second gallery.
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First Terrace Sun
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #291 is ‘Cityscapes’. The first sun got people out to enjoy the rays while having a drink on the junction of the Oude Rijn and Nieuwe Rijn in Leiden. On the right De Waag, the weighing house.
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At The Start Of The Day
Sunrise on the J.H. Oortbrug.
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Carriage Wheels
An old photo of ‘ringsteken’ (if you follow the link you can see some photo’s in action). A traditional activity where horse pulled carriages try to pick off little metal rings from a rope held piece of wood hanging over the road. For lens artists challenge #290 Circular by Wonders.
About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.
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Python
The Efteling is a famous theme park in Kaatsheuvel in Brabant. This is one from a dusty archive, with a negative that could have been a lot better in exposure, but at that time you could not look at the back of the camera to see information for improvement! It shows the rollercoaster Python, circling towards the end of the ride. For lens artists challenge #290 Circular Wonders.
About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.
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Horizon
On the road looking out of the window.
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Red Lights
No one seems to like these circular wonders, created to keep traffic circulating and flowing in a safe fashion. Especially when they are red, a circular red or an arrow for direction. For lens artists challenge #290 Circular Wonders.
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Growing Up Magnolia
I started documenting the Magnolia, taking a photo a day from the kitchen window. Here is a first gallery.
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Sunrise
Sunrise on the J.H. Oortbrug for lens artists challenge #290 Circular Wonders. What is most the biggest wonder? The wheels or the sun? It is the first photo of the iPhone 15 Pro Max.
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Sunset Noordwijk
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Water Watcher
A familiar sight in the neighborhood. He never looks good on iPhone but now on Nikon the details of his feathers are quite impressive.
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Rose
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Magnolia
After dropping its leaves the Magnolia immediately prepares to grow out again in Spring, I always wonder where they get their weather information.
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Rain/Reign o’er me
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #289 is ‘tools of photo composition’. Rain on a window distorts the sharpness outside, and adds something extra to the shape of the trees on this wet, Winter day.
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Glass
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #289 is ‘tools of photo composition’. Light, form and shapes when they appear not to be there.
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Waiting
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #289 is ‘tools of photo composition’. Waiting for a train, enjoying the sun.
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Weather with you
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Birches
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Sunrise
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Street Light Shine
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Willows
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Magnolia Triple
The Magnolia is in front of the house, outside the kitchen window. Lens Artists Photo Challenge #288 is ‘window shopping’. It is a beautiful view to see it daily taking small steps into Spring.
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Going for Gold
Lens Artists Photo Challenge #288 is ‘window shopping’. Most of the time it is an activity associated with shop displays. I take a different angle, and use windows to shop for something new.
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Blue Sky
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Over The Lake and Far Away
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See the sun
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Tunnel
The A4 tunnel at Leiderdorp, there is light at then end of it. This week’s Lens Artists Challenge #287 is ‘Sound’
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Den Haag Central Station 10, 9, 8
Central Station Den Haag, a busy mobility hub. This week’s Lens Artists Challenge #287 is ‘Sound’
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Light
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:
- Winter sunset
- Winter sunset with car
- Windmill in Winter sunset (monochrome version of the first one)
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Flying Blues
This week’s Lens Artists Challenge #287 is ‘Sound’. Seeing this incoming flight immediately gives the association of its sound. The memory provides that information instantaneously. The image pleases the eye, it is not necessarily the ears agree.
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Mono Flowers
Being spoiled by the availability of fresh and cheap cut flowers all year, I’m not too fond of fake flowers. But sometimes they make a nice statement.
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Out of the window
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Dover
Entering the city of Dover from inland offers a beautiful view on the harbor.
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Windmill at Winter Sunset
An iconic view of The Netherlands for many tourists. Windmill ‘Hoop doet leven’ in Voorhout against the Winter sunset.
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Pond Life
A sunny afternoon in Winter for this week’s Lens Artists Challenge #286 ‘Weather’.
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En passent
Leiden on a rainy Winter day for this week’s Lens Artists Challenge #286 ‘Weather’.
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Seafront Silhouette
The theme for this week’s Lens Artists Challenge #286 is ‘Weather’.
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Moving the Posts
Sea view.
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