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A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.
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Lens Artists Photograph Challenge #253 is ‘Fragments’. Fragmented thoughts under a canape of flowers.
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This year the wisteria was flowering like never before, and the smell and view was so enjoyable. Now it is over its peak, lucklily we still have the photos and memories.
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The Lens Artists Photo Challenge #251 is ‘buildings and other structures’. This the Alrijne Hospital in Leiden. The wings form a beautiful shape with some organic trees and green under a contrasting sky.
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April was wet, and that’s probably why the garden is bursting in flowers and growth.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2023
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One of my most loved moments is the sight of apple blossoms in Spring. This was early Apri.
The LAPC theme #248 is ‘mood’.
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Tulips are the last Spring bulb flowers to appear. The reds are in house, the others are in the garden. Lens Artists Photography Challenge #245 is ‘Environment’.
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The Lens Artists Photo Challenge #241 is Spring. The Magnolia slowly opens up, with in the background a passing bicycle to add some Dutch flavour to the photo :-).
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The Lens Artists Photo Challenge #241 is Spring. The Magnolia slowly opens up.
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The Lens Artists Photo Challenge #241 is Spring. March still delivers snow from time to time.
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Spring is here, the garden awakes slowly.
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England, Great Bookham – December 2022
The Lens Artists Photo Challenge #233 is ‘a one lense walk‘. At the end of 2022 we visited Polesden Lacey, a now National Trust estate.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2022
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It is the end of the year and the Weekly Photo Challenge is ‘Last Chance’.
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The theme for the weekly lens artists challenge is ‘diagonals‘.
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The theme for the weekly lens artists challenge is ‘home sweet home‘. Red apple trees in the garden.
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The theme for the weekly lens artists challenge is ‘textures‘. Leaves against the sky.
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The theme for the weekly lens artists challenge is ‘textures‘. Grasses in Autumn with a bit of sun behind deliver magic each time.
Autumn 2022.
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Autumn 2022.
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This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #221 is ‘favourite flowers’. The mild weather makes the garden explode in last flowers. This rose is one of them.
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The Dahlia’s are late this year, but still beautiful.
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The Dahlia’s are late this year, but still beautiful.
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The Lens Artists Challenge of this week #219 is treasure hunt. Autumn arrived and shows sunshine with rain, offering a wonderful combination in the morning.
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The garden of castle De Keukenhof.
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Bee at work in the garden of castle De Keukenhof.
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This week lens artists challenge #214 is ‘favourite finds’. In the garden of castle De Keukenhof is a beautiful display of dahlia each Summer.
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The Netherlands, Lisse – August 2022
This week lens artists challenge #214 is ‘favourite finds’. In the garden of castle De Keukenhof is a beautiful display of dahlia each Summer.
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This week lens artists challenge #213 is ‘here comes the sun’. In the garden of castle De Keukenhof is a beautiful display of dahlia each Summer.
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Lens Artists Photo Challenge #211 is ‘what is your groove’. Basically I enjoy looking around, up and down till something strikes me as interesting. Like kids playing with water, a dog who is mad of water and two adults testing a drone at a garden party.
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This is an entry for ‘texture’, the monthly Thursday Special Pick a Word of Lost in translation. Each month five words, to be visualized in a photo. It is fun to play with.
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Lens Artists Weekly Challenge #202 is ‘Minimalism/Maximilism‘.
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Lens Artists Weekly Challenge #202 is ‘Minimalism/Maximilism‘.
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Lens Artists Weekly Challenge #202 is ‘Minimalism/Maximilism‘.
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Lens Artists Weekly Challenge #202 is ‘Minimalism/Maximilism‘.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2022
Lens Artists Weekly Challenge #200 is ‘Three of a kind’.
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Lens Artists Weekly Challenge #200 is ‘Every little thing’. Lots of small things, but flowers, and how they open up meeting the sun, are all around. Here the first part of an Allium flower courageously opens up.
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