On The Waterfront: Maandagse Wetering
The Maandagse Wetering, a good spot to enjoy the sun while fishing.
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The Maandagse Wetering, a good spot to enjoy the sun while fishing.
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The sky over The Netherlands is a wonderful object for photos, we do have lot of sky over our flat land above the low horizon. And that sky can be quite dramatic, even more in monochrome.
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The Netherlands is as flat as a pancake. That is the way foreigners describe my precious habitat. It is not completely accurate, we do have some hills and dunes. The advantage of a flat surface is that we have lots of sky above the horizon. Here a typical Summer scene: rain filled sky and cows in the meadows, the odd windmill and farm.
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The sky is amazing. And everyone with a creative open mind can instantly play with it in lots of ways. Racing clouds home or seeing objects in it. And sometimes it shows an old map leading you into the unknown. The longer you look the more you find. Drawing you in more and more. Connecting with something new but familiair.
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The sky is amazing. And everyone with a creative open mind can instantly play with it in lots of ways. Racing clouds home or seeing objects in it. And sometimes it shows an old map leading you into the unknown.
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The sky and clouds are a magnificent and continuous source of inspiration.
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No one seems to like these circular wonders, created to keep traffic circulating and flowing in a safe fashion. Especially when they are red, a circular red or an arrow for direction. For lens artists challenge #290 Circular Wonders.
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The cliffs at Kingsdown at noon for LAPC #284 ‘day&night’.
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The moon over the Channel. ForLAPC # 283 ‘dramatic’.
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The moon over the Channel with two anchored ships on the horizon. ForLAPC # 283 ‘dramatic’.
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On the road to Christmas to Le Shuttle in Belgium.
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Belgium, Veurne and Koksijde – December 2023
On the road to Calais and Le Shuttle, on a dark grey morning through le plat pays of Jacques Brel.
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The start of a brand new year, the first day with 365 following, given this is a leap year. A calm sea, the light breaking into the waves, painting a gorgeous sky in the clouds. It’s all in the details. The small boat heading out to a new port of call.
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The pattern of raindrops or the clouds through the window is unique each time you watch it. The wind being the big agency driving it all. The lens artists photo challenge #278 is ‘unique’.
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The windmill ‘Hoop doet leven’ between Oegstgeest and Voorhout in a backdrop of rain with matching cars to the dark sky.
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With a bit of imagination you can spot some ghosts in these night clouds. Happy Halloween!
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In the flat low lands we have lots of sky. A simple grey covered sky with some backlight can turn into a vivid abstract. Lens Artists Photo Challenge #271 is ‘contrasts’.
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In the flat low lands we have lots of sky. A simple grey covered sky with some backlight can turn into a vivid abstract. Lens Artists Photo Challenge #271 is ‘contrasts’.
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Lens Artists Photo Challenge #270 is ‘on display’. Nelson overlooking London on top of his crows nest on Trafalgar Square.
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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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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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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Lens Artists Photo Challenge #264 is ‘primary colours’.
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Lens Artists Photo Challenge #264 is ‘primary colours’.
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June was a warm month with beautiful sunder skies. Hoping August will bring some more than grey clouds.
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Lens Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #261 is ‘work in progress’. The sky is never finished.
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The Netherlands, Langbroek – July 2023
Kasteel Sandenburg in Langbroek. An old estate in the center of The Netherlands. Lovingly nicknamed the sugar cake. I wonder why.
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Lens Artists Photograph Challenge #253 is ‘Fragments’.
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The LAPC theme #248 is ‘mood’.
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Lens Artists Photography Challenge #245 is ‘Environment’. I am happy to live near to the sea and beach. Even on a grey day.
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Skyline Zoetermeer.
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The weekly theme for LAPC #244 is ‘glowing moments’.
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The Netherlands, Katwijk – March 2023
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The Netherlands, Noordwijk – February 2023
The weekly theme for LAPC #244 is ‘glowing moments’.
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A polder near Zoetermeer.
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