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Mr. Duck


The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2025

This little guy is going to be a daddy soon, as Spring is coming in.

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Magnolia Close Up Daily 10

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2025

Since January I try to take regular photos of the Magnolia tree in the garden. The coming days I will publish a daily photo of a close up. For some it will be boring and repetitive, for most (I hope) it will be fun.

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

Magnolia Close Up Daily 9


The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2025

Since January I try to take regular photos of the Magnolia tree in the garden. The coming days I will publish a daily photo of a close up. For some it will be boring and repetitive, for most (I hope) it will be fun.

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

Magnolia Close Up Daily 8


The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2025

Since January I try to take regular photos of the Magnolia tree in the garden. The coming days I will publish a daily photo of a close up. For some it will be boring and repetitive, for most (I hope) it will be fun.

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

Magnolia Close Up Daily 7


The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2025

Since January I try to take regular photos of the Magnolia tree in the garden. The coming days I will publish a daily photo of a close up. For some it will be boring and repetitive, for most (I hope) it will be fun.

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

Magnolia Close Up Daily 6

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2025

Since January I try to take regular photos of the Magnolia tree in the garden. The coming days I will publish a daily photo of a close up. For some it will be boring and repetitive, for most (I hope) it will be fun.

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

Magnolia Close Up Daily 5

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2025

Since January I try to take regular photos of the Magnolia tree in the garden. The coming days I will publish a daily photo of a close up. For some it will be boring and repetitive, for most (I hope) it will be fun.

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

Magnolia Close Up Daily 4

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2025

Since January I try to take regular photos of the Magnolia tree in the garden. The coming days I will publish a daily photo of a close up. For some it will be boring and repetitive, for most (I hope) it will be fun. And they are not all in monochrome :-).

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

Magnolia Close Up Daily 3


The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2025

Since January I try to take regular photos of the Magnolia tree in the garden. The coming days I will publish a daily photo of a close up. For some it will be boring and repetitive, for most (I hope) it will be fun.

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

Magnolia Close Up Daily 2


The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2025

Since January I try to take regular photos of the Magnolia tree in the garden. The coming days I will publish a daily photo of a close up. For some it will be boring and repetitive, for most (I hope) it will be fun.

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

Magnolia Close Up Daily 1

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2025

Since January I try to take regular photos of the Magnolia tree in the garden. The coming days I will publish a daily photo of a close up. For some it will be boring and repetitive, for most (I hope) it will be fun.

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

Magnolia Close Up Entangled

Since January I try to take regular photos of the Magnolia tree in the garden. The coming days I will publish a daily photo of a close up. For some it will be boring, for most (I hope) it will be fun.

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

Magnolia Up Close

The Magnolia in the front garden is slowly waking up from Winter.

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Crying Winter

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2025

A wet Winter.

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Green Aliens

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2025

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Ready for Spring

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2024

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Autumnal process

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Autumn Tradescantia

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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Apples

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2024

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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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Sky High

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – September 2024

The roses did well this year.

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Capturing Vibes of Summer: Butterflies, Bees, Flowers

To remind ourselves of the Summer, a few colorful photos.

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Apple Time: Autumn has arrived

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – September 2024

Autumn is here and the apple tree is filled with little apples. The view helps to get over to the new season.

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Dahlia in Bloom at Castle De Keukenhof, Lisse – August 2024

The Netherlands, Lisse – August 2024

In Summer the garden of castle De Keukenhof is filled with beautiful Dahlia’s. I just choose one for the photo.

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Agapanthus

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2024

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Purple

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2024

We are lucky to have lots of cheap supply of plants for the garden in garden centers in The Netherlands.

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Capturing the Essence of a Typical Dutch Summer in Oegstgeest

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2024

June was wet, and July started wet but seems to end with more sun and less rain. It is a typical Dutch Summer.

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Capturing the Charm of Paris: Balcony and French Windows in December 1993

France, Paris – December 2003

LAPC 309 is about balconies. I have to admit that I do not pay special attention to balconies, unless they trigger me as I look around and they catch my eye. I do however ‘collect’ French windows. So occasionally they pop up in a frame. This is one of those, in one of my favourite cities, Paris. From the analogue archive of December 1993.

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.

Moving Up

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2024

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Stunning May and June 2024 Rose Garden in Oegstgeest, Netherlands

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May and June 2024

A rose is a rose is a rose, someone wrote that a long time ago. But it is still true, each rose is unique. So much symbolism and sweetness in a picture. The garden offers them in abundance this year.

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Lavender

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest- June 2024

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Allium Bulbflowers in Oegstgeest, Netherlands – A Twin Set of Mono and Color

Allium is one of our favorite bulbflowers in the garden. I present it as a twin set of mono next to color. Each version brings out different qualitaties in the flower I think, but that is of course subjective.

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May 2024: Nocturnal Garden Scene in Oegstgeest, Netherlands

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2024

A wet garden at night. And by the way, I love that WordPress AI generating amazing titles that I can not come up with. I stick with them as long as they make me smile. Nocturnal, sounds like a great piece of music.

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Murphy

England, Morton – May 2024

Murphy, a Showstopper. He is quite a showman himself, adorable and so cute. Never stops playing until he falls over.

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Wisteria


The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2024

The Lens Artist Photo Challenge #301 is ‘floral’. A red rose against the drop of Wysteria.

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Rose

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2024

The Lens Artist Photo Challenge #301 is ‘floral’. A red rose against the drop of Wysteria.

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Red Rose

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2024

The Lens Artist Photo Challenge #301 is ‘floral’. A red rose against the drop of Wysteria.

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Wisteria 2

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2024

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Wisteria

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2024

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Greenfield

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2024

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #296 is ‘abstracts’.

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Garden

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2024

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Mother Duck

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2024

To our surprise we found this duck sitting on a nest, hidden in the grasses of our front garden. Finally ten little chicks came out.

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Easter

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2024

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Thinking in the Rain

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2024

Winter rain and a bronze statue.

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Growing Up

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2024

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Growing Up Magnolia 2

I started documenting the Magnolia, taking a photo a day from the kitchen window. Here is the second gallery.

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Growing Up Magnolia

I started documenting the Magnolia, taking a photo a day from the kitchen window. Here is a first gallery.

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Magnolia Triple

The Magnolia is in front of the house, outside the kitchen window. Lens Artists Photo Challenge #288 is ‘window shopping’. It is a beautiful view to see it daily taking small steps into Spring.

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