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Posts tagged ‘Amsterdam’

Bird Under A Wire

A small bird standing on the platform of Amsterdam Central Station, beneath a large, arched glass roof.
The Netherlands, Amsterdam – September 2025

A small bird in a big Amsterdam Central Station. The things you see while waiting for a train.

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Museum at night (2)

The Netherlands, Amsterdam – November 2024

The Scheepvaartmuseum/National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam.

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Museum at Night (1)

The Netherlands, Amsterdam – November 2024

The cellar of the Scheepvaartmuseum/National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam.

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All Along The Watchtower

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Going Up Going Down

The Netherlands, Zwanenburg – October 2024

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Exploring the Amsterdam-Sloterdijk Power Plant

A fossil power plant on smoke, next to the A5 in Amsterdam-Sloterdijk.

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Citroën Traction Avant at Amsterdam Schiphol

Driving passed Schiphol we were overtaken by four Citroën Traction Avant. Three of them were into sticker collecting, the fourth was beautiful pristine.

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Fly Over

The Netherlands, Schiphol Amsterdam – August 2024

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En Passant: Amsterdam South Axis

From a drive by, Amsterdam Zuidas.

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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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Coming Over

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Incoming

The Netherlands, Amsterdam Schiphol – August 2023

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Up Hill Landing

The Netherlands, Lijnden/Schiphol Amsterdam – June 2023

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Peter Gabriel Amsterdam

Some iPhone shots of the Amsterdam show of the i/o tour, a fabulous show of Peter Gabriel and his wonderful band. The artwork was amazing to watch, each song got a different artful backdrop. When you are 73 years old and still able to touch people this way, creating new work.

Visiting concerts like this makes me dream of being able to bring a proper camera and shoot it from the front of the stage and backstage as a concert photographer. That would be wonderful and challenging. Now it is a look from the distance meeting the limitations of the iPhone; which is by itself a really remarkable camera.

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Amsterdam 2007: Canal Icons

The Netherlands, Amsterdam – May 2007

These houses are among the most photographed in Amsterdam. One from the archive.

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Amsterdam 2007: Busker

The Netherlands, Amsterdam – May 2007

A busker playing on a bridge in Amsterdam. One from the archive.

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Close encounter

The Netherlands, Schiphol – August 2022

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Approach

The Netherlands, Schiphol – August 2022

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Wiggle

The Netherlands, Schiphol – August 2022

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Fly Over

The Netherlands, Amsterdam Schiphol – June 2022

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Take Off

The Netherlands, Amsterdam Schiphol – April 2022

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Crossing Borders

The Netherlands, Amsterdam Schiphol – April 2022

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Sky Lines

The Netherlands, Amsterdam Schiphol – April 2022

mLens artists photo challenge #199 is ‘mechanical/industrial’. I have a soft spot for planes coming over against the backdrop of the sky.

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Free Bird

The Netherlands, Schiphol – April 2022

Lens-Artists weekly photo challenge #198 is ‘light and shadow’.

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Meting Delta

The Netherlands, Schiphol Amsterdam – April 2022

The Lens-artists challenge #196 is ‘humor‘. A bit of a weird moment meting a Delta plane overhead.

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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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Just passing by: Schiphol Amsterdam Airport

The Netherlands, Amsterdam – September 2020
The Netherlands, Amsterdam – September 2020
The Netherlands, Amsterdam – September 2020
The Netherlands, Amsterdam – September 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #115 is ‘Inspiration’.

One of my favorite activities while being on the road in the passenger seat, is snapping photos. Here a drive by of Schiphol Amsterdam Airport.

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Approach

The Netherlands, Hoofddorp – August 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #114 is ‘Negative Space’.

A plane approaching a runway at Schiphol Amsterdam.

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A Magical Place

The Netherlands, Amsterdam – September 2019

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #63 is ‘magical’.
The Johan Cruijff Arena, home of Ajax Amsterdam, just before the start of a home match.
One of the fixed events at a home match is a young player juggling a ball in the middle of the pitch.
This boy of 8 managed to do that 2736 times. Then he had to stop because the match started.
Apart from the magic of that boy, this is the place where Ajax creates its magic.

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Arrival

The Netherlands, Schiphol Amsterdam – August 2019

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Turn Over

The Netherlands, Amsterdam – June 2019

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Lifecycle

The Netherlands, Amsterdam – September 2018

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Front

The Netherlands, Amsterdam – September 2018

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The fire inside

The Netherlands, Amsterdam – September 2018

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Olympic Flame

The Netherlands, Amsterdam – September 2018

The Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam, home of the 1928 Summer Olympics.

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Lined Up

The Netherlands, Amsterdam – August 2018

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Pitch

The Netherlands, Amsterdam – August 2018

The Johan Cruijff Arena, before kick off of the new season.

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Start Of Season

The Netherlands, Amsterdam – August 2018

The Johan Cruijff Arena, before kick off of the new season.

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Skies over Runway 5 Revisited

The Netherlands, Schiphol – June 2018

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Skies over Runway 5

The Netherlands, Schiphol – June 2018

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Easy Jet

Easyjet coming in easy.

The Netherlands, Zwanenburg – March 2018

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Prolific: Johan Cruyff Arena

This weekly theme is ‘prolific’.

The Netherlands, Amsterdam – April 2018

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Weathered – Take Off

This week theme is ‘weathered’.

The Netherlands, Amsterdam – January 2018

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Transformation: Approach

The weekly theme is ‘transformation’.

 

The Netherlands, Amsterdam – November 2017

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Layered: Sky 1

This weekly theme is ‘layered’.

 

Amsterdam, Westhaven – July 2017

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Elemental: Sky

This weekly theme is ‘elemental’.

The Netherlands, Amsterdam Schiphol – July 2017

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