What's (in) the Picture?

Chris Breebaart Photography – finding stories

Retro Front

The Netherlands, Leiden – September 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #266 is ‘Time’. The last time I will post about ‘time’.

At the Breestraat in Leiden, one can see an example of a shop front that has been brought back to its old look from years ago. They call it retro. Beautiful.

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GnT o’clock

The Netherlands, Leiden – September 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #266 is ‘Time’. It takes a lot of time to tell everything about the concept of time. 

One of the most heard excuses for having a drink is connected to time. ‘I never drink before 10 pm, but somewhere in the world it is 10 pm’. Cheers.

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On Wings

The Netherlands, Hoofddorp – August 2023
The Netherlands, Hoofddorp – August 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #266 is ‘Time’. It takes a lot of time to tell everything about the concept of time. One aspect of time is how fast or how slow it is.

One common misunderstanding about time is that it can fly. It does not. It is us being mesmerized how a certain amount of time goes faster in specific situations. Eg when you are on holiday, or having a great 😊 time. Each second, minute, hour, day is exactly the same as it ever was. Sometimes time seems to go slower too! Again, a misconception. But what is the figurative opposite of flying? In most of those moments I do wish time could fly.

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Canal Parade Pride Leiden

The Netherlands, Leiden – September 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #266 is ‘Time’. It takes a lot of time to tell everything about the concept of time. One aspect of time is change. In time society changes in most cases. These changes can be political (eg equal voting rights), economical (eg equal pay for men and women) or social (eg inclusion). But of course there are more emancipatory changes possible and needed.

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Rembrandt’s View

The Netherlands, Leiden – September 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #266 is ‘Time’. It takes a lot of time to tell everything about the concept of time.

One of the best musical stories about time is by Pink Floyd: Time of the brilliant timeless album The Dark Side of the Moon, that was released 50 years ago.

This week I try to show aspects that come to my mind. The first is history at present. Places where important moments in time happened. Which you observe from the present.

This is a recent sunset over the Galgewater in Leiden. ‘Where? Why? Of what importance?’ I hear you say. At the bridge on the left side of the frame Rembrandt van Rijn was born. A copy of the mill his father used for his business is on the right. The only thing Rembrandt would have seen is the sunset, and the mills. All the buildings and boats etc are ‘after Rembrandt’.

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Dahlia

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2023

At tuincentrum De Bosrand.

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Fly By

This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #265 is ‘Black and White or Monochrome’.

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Lane 5 Schiphol Amsterdam

The Netherlands, Schiphol Amsterdam – August 2023

This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #265 is ‘Black and White or Monochrome’. The fifth strip of Schiphol is nicknamed the Polderbaan.

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At the Beach

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2023

This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #265 is ‘Black and White or Monochrome’.

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Outlet

The Netherlands – Katwijk aan zee

This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #265 is ‘Black and White or Monochrome’.

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Monochrome Waters

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2023

This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #265 is ‘Black and White or Monochrome’.

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Orchids

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2023

This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #265 is ‘Black and White or Monochrome’. I love working in non color. I am not interested if it is black and white and grey tones or a one color/tone photo.

So here a photo that might be black and white and monochrome.

I developed my skill to identify a good monochrome or black and white photo when I still used film. Translating colors into grey tones is important. If you do not ‘see’ it immediately then see if your camera or phone has a black and white setting. Contrary to an old analogue camera your tests are free and you can see the result immediately. I prefer to shoot in black and white , not in color. Either by using the ‘mono’ setting of my iPhone, or an app like Blackie or Lenka.

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Dirty Windows

The Netherlands, Rijnsburg – August 2023

When you sand clean your outside walls, windows get dirty.

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A Cloudy Windy Day At The Beach

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2023

A windy day with some beautiful clouds on a Sunday at the beach in Katwijk. The clear views showed the curve of the coastline, with the silhouette of Scheveningen in the south, and beyond that, the harbor of Rotterdam.

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Pyloned Sunset

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #264 is ‘primary colours’.

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Thought Trails

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #264 is ‘primary colours’.

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Primary Colour

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #264 is ‘primary colours’.

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Coming Over

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Dahlia’s at Castle Keukenhof

Spot the Sunflower!

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Faces of Yemen 1998

Yemen, Jibla – April 1998

25 years ago I was fortunate to visit Yemen. For this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #263 ‘A face in the crowd’ I will publish some street portraits of that trip. Looking back at old photos can raise questions: what happened to them in those 25 years? Especially now this beautiful country is suffering from a terrible war.

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.

Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta . Click the picture for a bigger version.

Faces of Yemen 1998

Yemen, Manakha – April 1998

25 years ago I was fortunate to visit Yemen. For this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #263 ‘A face in the crowd’ I will publish some street portraits of that trip. Looking back at old photos can raise questions: what happened to them in those 25 years? Especially now this beautiful country is suffering from a terrible war.

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.

Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta . Click the picture for a bigger version.

Faces of Yemen 1998

Yemen, Manakha – April 1998

25 years ago I was fortunate to visit Yemen. For this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #263 ‘A face in the crowd’ I will publish some street portraits of that trip. Looking back at old photos can raise questions: what happened to them in those 25 years? Especially now this beautiful country is suffering from a terrible war.

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.

Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta . Click the picture for a bigger version.

Faces of Yemen 1998

Yemen, Kaukaban -April 1998

25 years ago I was fortunate to visit Yemen. For this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #263 ‘A face in the crowd’ I will publish some street portraits of that trip. Looking back at old photos can raise questions: what happened to them in those 25 years? Especially now this beautiful country is suffering from a terrible war.

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.

Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta . Click the picture for a bigger version.

Faces of Yemen 1998

Jemen, Kaukaban – April 1998

25 years ago I was fortunate to visit Yemen. For this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #263 ‘A face in the crowd’ I will publish some street portraits of that trip. The first is from Kaukaban. Looking back at old photos can raise questions: what happened to them in those 25 years? Especially now this beautiful country is suffering from a terrible war.

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.

Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta . Click the picture for a bigger version.

Incoming

The Netherlands, Amsterdam Schiphol – August 2023

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Swan and Fisherman

England, Burton Mill Pond – November 2005

Lens Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #262 is ‘framing’. This is Burton Mill Pond in West Sussex.

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Drawers

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2023

Lens Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #262 is ‘framing’.

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Chicken Tree

The Netherlands, Warmond – July 2023

Lens Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #262 is ‘framing’.

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Heron

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2023

Lens Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #262 is ‘framing’.

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Wet Lands

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2023

Lens Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #262 is ‘framing’. A wetland recreated from meadows.

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Leiden Breestraat

The Netherlands, Leiden – July 2023

Lens Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #262 is ‘framing’. A view of the Breestraat in Leiden.

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Up Hill Landing

The Netherlands, Lijnden/Schiphol Amsterdam – June 2023

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Sky

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest- June 2023

June was a warm month with beautiful sunder skies. Hoping August will bring some more than grey clouds.

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Light over Dark

Lens Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #261 is ‘work in progress’. The sky is never finished.

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Offspring

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest- June 2023

This week LAPC #260 is ‘overlooked’.

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Summer Storm Behind Glass

On July 5th a storm created havoc, lots of rain and fallen trees.

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1979 Steps (about 600)

Greece, Fira/Santorini – July 1979

This week LAPC #260 is ‘overlooked’. Again one from the archives, the then small town of Fira, on the island Thira aka Santorini, built on the edge of a former caldera. The old harbor is deep down, and 600 steps lead you up to the town balancing on the edge of the caldera. Donkeys are used for comfort against payment. Since 1979 tourism boomed extremely on this beautiful island. I feel fortunate to have visited it before that tourist flood. But each time I see photos of this place I long to go back. The beaches are perfect: volcanic ashes that does not stick like sand.

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.

The picture was originally shot with Pentax K1000 on Kodak Plusx, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Paris 2003: watching gulls go by

France, Paris – December 2003

This week LAPC #260 is ‘overlooked’. Taking the word literally, one from the film archives. One of the ponds in Les Tuileries in Paris, looking at the small arch and the Louvre.

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.

Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta . Click the picture for a bigger version.

Dots

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – June 2023

June was a beautiful month full of sun and warmth. July was less, let’s hope August has some more blue skies for us. This week LAPC #259 is ‘unbound’.

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