Night Job
When snow falls, bicycle paths and main roads are the first to be cleared of snow.
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Little White Buddha
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Qat
This week’s theme of the weekly lens artists challenge (#134) is ‘from forgotten to favorite’.
I am scanning my archive of negatives and find some treasures I had forgotten about.
Plateaus of qat (or khat) in the sunrise near Manakhah in the Haraz mountais in Yemen.
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. Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
Sunrise
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Land Cruiser
This week’s theme of the weekly lens artists challenge (#134) is ‘from forgotten to favorite’.
The desert of Yemen 1998, a Toyota Land Cruiser in dust in a convoy.
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. Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
Garden Lights
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Ardennes 1977
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.
Winter Sunrise
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Spring Time
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Winter Sunset
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Just before curfew
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A bit of Winter
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Spring
This week the Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘the personal photographic journey’.
You can find a short overview of my photographic journey on ‘my about/Chris Breebaart’ page .
I hope you do not mind me referring to that information briefly.
This week an uplifting photo of Spring. I am looking
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Road
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.
Pylon
The theme for the lens-artists #132 is ‘striped and checked’.
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Chartres
The theme for the lens-artists #132 is ‘striped and checked’.
Part of the cathedral at Chartres.
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.
Margraten landscape
The theme for the lens-artists #132 is ‘striped and checked’.
Flowing lines in the hill landscape of Limburg.
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.
On The Road
The theme for the lens-artists #132 is ‘striped and checked’.
One from the archive of 1982. Not too many lines but they are 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.
Rows in Landscape
The theme for the lens-artists #132 is ‘striped and checked’.
Carnac is a council in Brittany (Bretagne, France) famous for its stone alignments.
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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
Stripes in landscape
The theme for the lens-artists #132 is ‘striped and checked’.
One from the archive of 1982. A plowed field in Zeeland. The lines are there, I am not sure if it is 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.
My Hometown 8
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.
My hometown 7: Errands
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.
My Hometown 6
The theme for the lens-artists#131 is ‘emotions’.
An old tradition is ‘ringsteken’. Literally stitching a ring from a wood block, hanging from a rope over the road, sitting in a carriage, pulled by one or more horses. The jury is watching.
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.
My Hometown 5
The theme for the lens-artists#131 is ‘emotions’.
An old tradition is ‘ringsteken’. Literally stitching a ring from a wood block, hanging from a rope over the road, sitting in a carriage, pulled by one or more horses.
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.
Margraten 2
The theme for the lens-artists#131 is ‘emotions’.
This is the American cemetery in Margraten. One name among many.
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.
Colleville sur Mer
The theme for the lens-artists#131 is ‘emotions’.
The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville sur Mer.
shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
My Hometown 4
The theme for the lens-artists#131 is ‘emotions’.
An old tradition is ‘ringsteken’. Literally stitching a ring from a wood block, hanging from a rope over the road, sitting in a carriage, pulled by one or more horses.
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.
Margraten
The theme for the lens-artists#131 is ‘emotions’.
This is the American cemetery in Margraten. A place for sadness, but also joy and many thanks.
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.
My Hometown
Winter 1979, an old former farmhouse ‘Ora et Labora’.
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.
My Hometown 3
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.
My Hometown 2
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.
Spring forward
The theme for the lens-artists#130 is ‘It’s a small world’.
Looking forward to flowers coming out end at the end of Winter.
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Hebe
The theme for the lens-artists#130 is ‘It’s a small world’.
The winter is mild so far, and plants are a bit mixed up. This Hebe flowered till deep in December.
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Long May You Run
The theme for the lens-artists#130 is ‘It’s a small world’.
One from the archive of 1982. A motor cycle in close up showing its chrome heart.
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.
Downside Up
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Lake walk
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Building Blocks
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Instagram’s Top Nine 2020
I use Instagram more or less as a copy of this blog. In my 2020 Reflection I showed the top ten photos with the most views on WordPress. This IG top nine is based on likes. It is funny to see the differences in outcome. Maybe tastes do differ? At the bottom of this post you find the nine links to the photos on this blog.
Here are the links to the photos on this blog:
Winter Sunrise
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
Lighthouse
A photo of long ago. The lighthouse of Haamstede in Zeeland, The Netherlands.
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.
Swan
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2020 Reflection
The theme for the lens-artists#129 is ‘favorite 2020 photos’.
This is the top 10 of the photos that got the most hits last year. I can’t wait to go out again, travel, go to work and snap what it is there! Till then the world is smaller unfortunately.
Dog
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Lake Side
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Birch
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Happy New Year
Wishing you all a wonderful, healthy, prosperous, creative, joyful, loving 2021. Wrap your arms around the new year, and I wish we all can wrap our arms around loved ones and friends a lot more than in 2020!
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Dusk
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Moorhen
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Another Bridge
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Bridge
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