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Posts tagged ‘Blakeney’

Walk

A wide landscape featuring a grassy hill with various people walking along the top, under a cloudy sky.
England, Blakeney – December 2025

The path along the seafront in Blakeney.

Shot with Nikon Zf,edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Blakeney

A tranquil scene of a river with a wooden boat and surrounding grassy banks, reflecting the evening sky, with a couple of people walking along a nearby wooden pier.
England, Blakeney – December 2025

The seafront in Blakeney.

Shot with Nikon Zf,edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Rejected Photos

Lens-artists Photo Challenge #382 is about rejected photos. What do you do with photos you do not like? You can throw them away, or you can keep them. And if you keep them what can you do with them? First a story of myself, how I work. And in the end an example.

I am a snap shooter for a long time. When looking at this question for myself, I have to distinguish between the analog age and the digital age. But in both ages it is about quality, how you can assess that and what instruments are available after shooting. And above all: how can you be creative, and how much room is there to experiment?

The analog age was expensive: film was expensive, darkroom materials were expensive too. And being a poor student I shot as efficient as possible. You had to be patient while shooting, and selective. You also needed to trust your skills. Experience was essential to figure out what worked and what not. To produce good prints you needed to develop darkroom skills. And some negatives were impossible to print. But you kept them all. I never threw away negatives. That decision was beneficial in the digital age. After scanning my negatives, I properly made them look like what I had in mind when shooting them. What the darkroom did not deliver, software did.

In the digital age the cost of a photo is nearly non existent. The original photo (the former negative) can be copied lots of times. From the start technology offers instruments to oversee the quality of the photos. What you shoot is instantly visible on the camera. You can try different changes in the photo. Adjustments like shutter time, focus, and shutter opening can be tested most of the time. The RAW format offers flexibility for editing the ‘negative’ after the shoot. Software offers lots of creative tools to change the photo, or create new images.

So, do you keep rejected (bad) photos or not? I do reject photos, overseeing the result on my camera. I keep photos that can come to a good result after editing. The rest I remove straight away (e.g. bracketing shots).What I keep is stored on my NAS, where I use Lightroom as my archiving tool. I use editing tools to tweak a photo slightly. My favorite is Snapseed for web and social media publication. And Lightroom and Photoshop for prints.

The digital age is a time for unlimited creativity. The photos of ‘dinner at Wiveton Bell’ are an example of testing out the iPhone in a very dark situation. I shot about 8 frames, I kept them all but had my doubts. At home I worked them in Lightroom and Snapseed. And was surprised by what came out. And the ones that did not work were indeed deleted.

On the left the photo published and on the right the original RAW file.

Down To The Harbour

England, Blakeney – December 2025

Westgate Street in Blakeney, the access to the Quay at the seafront.

Shot with Nikon Zf,edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Old Pub

A picturesque village square featuring traditional architecture with red-tiled roofs, surrounded by several buildings and a clear blue sky.
England, Blakeney – December 2025

The King’s Arms in in Blakeney. Founded in 1763. And still sells fresh beer.

Shot with Nikon Zf,edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Keeping Warm

Narrow alleyway between two buildings with pebbled walls and brick accents, leading to a wooden gate and rooftops in the background under a clear blue sky.

England, Blakeney – December 2025

An alley in Blakeney.

Shot with Nikon Zf,edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Marshes With a bit of Cley Next The Sea (on the left)

Black and white landscape of a grassy marshland with distant trees and a cloudy sky.
England, Blakeney – December 2025

The last in the series of monochrome, more or less minimal photos for this week’s Lens artists photo challenge #381 (minimalism in black and white photography). 

Shot with Nikon Zf,edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Marshes

Black and white image of tall grass in a field, with varying shades and textures, capturing the natural landscape.
England, Blakeney – December 2025

Lens artists photo challenge #381 is ‘minimalism in black and white photography’. The marshes at first sunlight, as the light details the waving reeds.

Shot with Nikon Zf,edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

View on Cley Next The Sea

Black and white landscape featuring a vast field of tall grass and a lone tree, with a distant view of a windmill and hills under a muted sky.
England, Blakeney – December 2025

Lens artists photo challenge #381 is ‘minimalism in black and white photography’. Overlooking the marshes at first sunlight in the direction of Cley next the sea.

Shot with Nikon Zf,edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

No Horizon

England, Blakeney – December 2025

Lens artists photo challenge #381 is ‘minimalism in black and white photography’. The marshes at first sunlight.

Shot with Nikon Zf,edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Marooned

Black and white photograph of a dilapidated shipwreck on a barren landscape under a cloudy sky.
England, Blakeney – December 2025

An old boat, slowly decaying on the marshes near Blakeney. Lens artists photo challenge #381 is ‘minimalism in black and white photography’.

Shot with iPhone 15 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

The Runner

A person walking down a path towards the horizon, surrounded by a grassy landscape and a cloudy sky, in black and white.
England, Blakeney – December 2025

Lens artists photo challenge #381 is ‘minimalism in black and white photography’. The marshes at Blakeney are a place for running and hiking.

Shot with Nikon Zf,edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Bus Stop Morning

A black and white photograph of a quiet road with street signs and a central traffic island in the distance, surrounded by trees and a cloudy sky.
England, Blakeney – December 2025

Lens artists photo challenge #381 is ‘minimalism in black and white photography’. A bus stop at sunrise.
If you wonder how it looks in color? Here is an iPhone shot of 2024 at the same spot. In the monochrome the sun is not over the horizon, in the color one it is.

Shot with Nikon Zf,edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Dinner at the Wiveton Bell in Norfolk

Having dinner at the Wiveton Bell. A beautiful moonlight night, an open invitation to play with the iPhone. The results did surprise me.

The bottom right photo is taken with the night modus. The rest with the manual mode of ‘real light’.

The one of the church reminds me of a medieval painting.

Shot with iPhone 15 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version. 

Through The Hedges – A Morning Walk in Blakeney

England, Blakeney – December 2024

Shot with iPhone 15 Pro Max edited using Snapseedand Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Morning Flight 3

England, Blakeney – January 2023

At sunrise on the marshes at Blakeney. The weekly theme for LAPC #237 is ‘bringing softness’. I pulled the camera following a flight, coming in towards the rising sun, and here coming into the light.

Here is morning flight 1, here is morning flight 2. And if you follow my blog you have seen the photo of the same flock after they passed the sun ‘winter sunrise over the marshes’.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

Morning Flight 2

England, Blakeney – January 2023

At sunrise on the marshes at Blakeney. The weekly theme for LAPC #237 is ‘bringing softness’. I pulled the camera following a flight, coming in towards the rising sun. Here is morning flight 1.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

Walk the Dog

England, Blakeney – January 2023

At sunrise on the marshes at Blakeney.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

Sunrise over Marshes

England, Blakeney – January 2023

Sunrise over the marshes near Blakeney.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

Marshes at Sunrise

England, Blakeney – January 2023

Sunrise over the marshes near Blakeney.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

Dog Walk

England, Blakeney – January 2023

Dog walk at sunrise on the marshes near Blakeney.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

Blakeney Point

England, Blakeney – January 2023

Blakeney Point

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

On the Wing

England, Blakeney – January 2023

New Year’s Day, geese on the wing over the marshes near Blakeney.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

New Year’s Day

England, Blakeney/Morston Quay – January 2023o

New Year’s Day, the sun through fog over a parking at Morston Quay near Blakeney.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

Winter Sunrise over Marshes

England, Blakeney – January 2023

The sun rises, on one of the first days of January, over the marshes at Blakeney.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

Winter Sunrise at Cley Marshes

England, Blakeney – January 2023

The sun rises over Cley next the Sea on a cold Winter morning in early January.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

Blakeney Hotel and Harbor at Sunrise

England, Blakeney – January 2023

Blakeney at sunrise.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Lightoroom, Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

Views of Blakeney

England, Blakeney – January 2023

The theme for LAPC 234 is ‘messages’. Views from the sea towards Blakeney on different times of the day.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

Salt Marshes at Blakeney

England, Blakeney – January 2023

The theme for LAPC 234 is ‘messages’. The coast of north Norfolk is one big nature resort with salt marshes and wildlife. The continuous change of the sea water coming in and out, the light changes during the day time and the vastness and beauty are stunning.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

Murphy’s and Cooper’s Law

England, Blakeney – January 2023

The theme for LAPC 234 is ‘messages’. Meet Murphy (the brown Show Cocker) and Cooper (the white brown). Both of them love water (and mud) and love chasing a ball together. When there is water or mud (preferably both) and a ball to catch, they do not stop playing.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

Wrecked and stranded

England, Blakeney – January 2023

The theme for LAPC 234 is ‘messages’. At some places old and abandonded boats can be found in the salt marshes. Messages and old stories.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

Moon over Marshes

England, Blakeney – January 2023

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge #233 is ‘a one lense walk‘. The first week of 2023 we had a short stay at Norfolk; the beauty of its coast and its wildlife gave ample opportunities for photos. The Nikon D500 has the 18-105 mm lens on it. The marshes on the quay of Blakeney around sunrise.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

View from a House on Blakeney Marshes

Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Weathered – Sign

This week theme is ‘weathered’.

 

England, Blakeney – August 2017

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link

Temporary: Low Tide 2

The weekly theme is ‘temporary’.

England, Blakeney – August 2017

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link

 

Peek: Horizon

The weekly theme is ‘peek’.

England, Blakeney – August 2017

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Rounded: Seals

The weekly theme is ‘rounded’.

 

England, Blakeney Point – August 2017

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link

Rounded: 360 Blue

The weekly theme is ‘rounded’.

 

England, Blakeney – August 2017

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link

Rounded: Low Tide

The weekly theme is ‘rounded’.

 

England, Blakeney – August 2017

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link

Rounded: Marsh Coast

The weekly theme is ‘rounded’.

England, Blakeney – August 2017

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

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Waiting: seals

This weekly theme is ‘waiting’.

Seals at Blakeney Point, waiting………. sleepy.

England, Blakeney Point – August 2017

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

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Shiny: Sunset over a drink

This weekly theme is ‘shiny’ as in a distraction.

The coast road near Blakeney brings you to some nice pubs in a beautiful setting.
This is the Wiveton Bell.

England, Blakeney – August 2017

shot with iPhone 6s plus using Hueless,  edited using Snapseed and Marksta, click the picture for a larger version

A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link

Shiny: Selfie with Seals

This weekly theme is ‘shiny’ as in a distraction.

Taking a selfie while being close to a colony of common seals can be distracting.

 

England, Blakeney Point – August 2017

shot with iPhone 6s plus using Hueless,  edited using Snapseed and Marksta, click the picture for a larger version

A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link

Transmogrify: Remembering

The weekly theme is ‘transmogrify’.

Benches to remember loved ones in thoughts while sitting.

 

 

Shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version,

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Transmogrify: Prams and Parenthood

The weekly theme is ‘transmogrify’.

The harbour in Blakeney Norfolk.

 

England, Blakeney – September 2016

Shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

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Local: The Eagle has Landed

The weekly theme is ‘local’.

The Blakeney Hotel in Blakeney Norfolk. Here John Higgins did his research for his book ‘The Eagle has Landed’.

 

England, Blakeney – September 2016

Shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link