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Posts tagged ‘Autumn’

Festive Lights

The Netherlands, Denmark Haag – December 2024

Lots of lights guide the Christmas shoppers.

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Amaryllis

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2024

Some color on a grey day.

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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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Old Trees

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2024

These trees are a decade older than I am. When I was young they were small as well.

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Raindrops

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Klinkenberger Plas

The Klinkenberger Plas in Autumn.

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Rijnstraat 8 Den Haag: A Visual Journey

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Night Dinner

The Netherlands, Noordwijk aan Zee – October 2024

Dinner at the a dark beach at the Nomade Beach House.

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Drawing Lines


The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – November 2024

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Scheveningen by Storm

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – November 2024

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Sticking In


The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – November 2024

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Saving Lifes


The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – November 2024

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Kite

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – November 2024

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Blue Water

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – November 2024

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Leaving

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – November 2024

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View of Scheveningen from Katwijk aan Zee

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – November 2024

View on Scheveningen in the distance.

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Ripples

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Feeling Blue

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2024

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All Along The Watchtower

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Single Leave Window

A leave on a window.

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Autumn Light

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2024

Autumn was mild and bright till last week.

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Autumn Tradescantia

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2024

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Golden Slumbers

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2024

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Red and Gold

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2024

The iPhone had developed into a nice camera. It is not the same quality als a DSLR or system camera, but it is a lovely point and shooter with more and more options added. The zoom is quite nice, but the human side – holding it still – is a challenge.

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Blue Canal in Autumn

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2024

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Leiden seen in passing by: Tree obscuring monument


The Netherlands, Leiden – October 2024

A tree obscures the Flowermill (Meelfabriek) is an old industrial monument as seen from a passing car while not driving. 

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Leiden seen passing by: Monumental New Life


The Netherlands, Leiden – October 2024

The Flowermill (Meelfabriek) is an old industrial monument being converted into hotels and apartments. As seen from a passing car while not driving. 

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Leiden seen passing by : Zijlpoort

The Netherlands, Leiden – October 2024

The Zijlpoort in Leiden seen from a passing car while not driving.

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Autumn Leaves

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2024

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Bike Lane

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2024

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Silence in Nature: Exploring Autumn’s Beauty

This week lens artists challenge #323 is ‘silence’. Autumn is a time where we move towards the end of the cycle, preparing for Winter. A time of letting go with the awareness that nature is preparing for Spring. The cycle of life at work, complexity in simplicity.

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Lens Artists Photo Challenge #323: Embracing Silence

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2024

This week lens artists challenge #323 is ‘silence’. How to depict silence?

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Going Up Going Down

The Netherlands, Zwanenburg – October 2024

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Apples

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2024

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Embracing Imperfection: Life’s Beautiful Cycle (Look what the cat left behind)

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2024

Maybe the best example of perfect imperfection is the cycle of life we see every day around us. When the leaves fall in Autumn in fact nature is preparing for its next Spring. This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #322 is ‘there is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in’. The quote is from a verse by Leonard Cohen about imperfection and beauty, redemption, healing and growth.

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, in everything
That’s how the light gets in

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There is a Crack in Everything: A Photographic Journey

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2024

This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #322 is ‘there is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in’. The quote is from a verse by Leonard Cohen about imperfection and beauty, redemption, healing and growth to overcome pain and hurt. The origin is more ‘cosmic’ and is much older (e.g. Rumi): the only perfect ‘being’ (the light) is the source of all. As humans we are not perfect but we can let the light in to heal our wounds and pain. And essentially learn from it.

Yesterday I showed a photo from the bright side, this one is from the sunrise, and I must say I love the light and the atmosphere.

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The Sunny Side

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2024

This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #322 is ‘there is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in’. It is from a verse by Leonard Cohen about imperfection and beauty. This photo is just a blunt statement: the light comes from the right. But considering my more frequent photo moments in the early morning on this spot, it is after noon. A total different view on the same view. The way the light hits a scene gives it meaning. And shows different details. It softens, warms an strikes with a tender touch, showing the deeper beauty. Not perfect, but priceless.

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The Last of the 2024 Roses

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2024

Summer is gone, the garden turns to Winter. The warm weather pulled out some more flowers.

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Intentional Creative Movement – Light

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – September 2004

This week’s Lens Artitsts Photo Challenge (#321) is Intentional Camera Movement (ICM). Yesterday I published photos shot analogue on film: the result is only visible after developing the film. This one is from 2004 with my first digital Nikon D70. The fun of digital is that you can actually see on the back what the result is, and use this feedback to try again. Digital gives freedom and is cheap and gives instant feedback. 20 years of digital playing.

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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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Autumn Sunrise

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2024

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Stunning Autumn Gold

Autumn has arrived. Some trees take a fast lane to color and shed, some take more time. Each year this tree is delight of gold.

This week’s Lens Artitsts Photo Challenga (#321) is Intentional Camera Movement (ICM). That is a creative technique, but in this case the movement was non-intentional, caused by the extreme zoom of the iPhone, my unsteady hand and the amount of light available. However, it gave an overall glow to the photos that I do like. I hope the hose of this week Anne is not offended by this entry.

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Embracing Autumn: The Beauty of Rain

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2024

Autumn brought is rain. After a beautiful Summer that was quite dry it is time to get used to grey clouds and their contents. And be grateful we do have rain.

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Rose


The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2024

This week’s theme for LAPC #319 is ‘setting a mood’.

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Rose

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2024

This week’s theme for LAPC #319 is ‘setting a mood’.

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Arcadian View

The Netherlands, Wassenaar – September 2024

A view over the meadows in an old Dutch masters light.

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East and West Border at Moltkebrücke in November 1989

Germany, Berlin – November 1989

The view on the Moltkebrücke over the river Spree on an Autumn morning in November 1989. The world was waiting for the Berlin Wall to open formally. Further upstream the Spree was part of the border between East and West. We are walking towards the transitpoint for foreigners in the Invalidenstrasse (link to interactive map of the former Berlin Wall) to enter East Berlin.

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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Watcher of the Skies

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2023

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Oegstgeesterweg

The Netherlands, Leiden – December 2023

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