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Posts tagged ‘garden’
Hosta
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #120 is ‘what a treat’.
The garden is a special place during each season. It offers a cycle of life yearly; each phase with its own beauty and uniqueness.
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Season’s End
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #119 is ‘My hideaway’.
Autumn has come, Summer is over. The garden is no longer the place to enjoy being outside during the pandemic, looking at plants and flowers. Seasons come and go, the natural cycle continues, and Summer is waiting to come back next year, hopefully in a different setting without restrictions.
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Autumn
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #119 is ‘My hideaway’.
Autumn has come, rain, wind, cold and nature getting ready to go into rest and wait for Spring. It is warm inside.
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Last of Lavender
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #113 is ‘A labor of love’.
The garden is a haven and a wonderful example of a labor of love.
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Hebe
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #111 is ‘Everyday Objects’.
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Rain
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #111 is ‘Everyday Objects’.
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Bee
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #111 is ‘Everyday Objects’.
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Crocosmia Lucifer
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #109 is ‘Under the sun’.
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Hosta
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #109 is ‘Under the sun’.
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Agapanthus
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #108 is ‘Sanctuary’.
The backyard is the sanctuary, being not too big but full with Agapanthus, who particular enjoy this Summer season. The flowers are a sanctuary for bees, buzzing over from the neighbor’s hives.
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Rose Bulb
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #108 is ‘Sanctuary’.
Corona times give another dimension to life, and the need to take regular stay-cations, or do things differently. In this case working with my hand instead of working with my head. The backyard is the sanctuary, being not too big but full with flowers, among them roses. The flowers are a sanctuary for bees, buzzing over from the neighbor’s hives.
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Agapanthus Sanctuary
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #108 is ‘Sanctuary’.
I have not participated in the LAP for a few weeks due to DIY at home. Corona times give another dimension to life, and the need to take regular stay-cations, or do things differently. In this case working with my hand instead of working with my head. The backyard is the sanctuary, being not too big but full with Agapanthus, who particular enjoy this Summer season. The flowers are a sanctuary for bees, buzzing over from the neighbor’s hives.
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Lavender 2
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Agapanthus
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Lavender
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Rose above
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Pots
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Agapanthus in the Rain
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #104 is ‘Summer’.
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Heads Up
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #104 is ‘Summer’.
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Bee
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #104 is ‘Summer’.
Flowers and bee.
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Purple Blue
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Mind the gap
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #103 is ‘Surprise’.
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G and T
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #103 is ‘Surprise’.
A nice gin and tonic, a cold surprise on a warm day.
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Little Quiet Moment
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #102 is ‘A Quiet Moment’.
A baby toad sitting in the sun, in our backyard.
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Red 3
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #101 is ‘single flower’.
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Rose
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #101 is ‘single flower’.
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Red 2
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The Long And Winding Road
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #100 is ‘the long and winding road’.
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Red
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #99 is ‘old and new’.
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Green
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #99 is ‘old and new’.
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Interruption
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #99 is ‘old and new’.
During the Corona crisis, most air traffic came to a stop. The skies are blue, and occasionally a plan (mostly cargo) comes over.
Normally every minute a plan approaches Schiphol Amsterdam Airport 25 kilometres to the North. The old is no longer, this new is for the time being.
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The Flower and the Bee
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #99 is ‘old and new’.
Bees are under thread of extinction worldwide. If we loose them our ecosystems will stop. The simple thing of a flower and a bee makes our world work.
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Bulbs
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #98 is ‘delicate colours’.
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Hanging
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #98 is ‘delicate colours’.
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Wisteria
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #98 is ‘delicate colours’.
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Grass
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2020
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Proud Parents
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2020
We have a family of great tits as guests in our backyard. The parents fly in and out to feed the unseen – but quite vocally present – brethren. The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #96 is ‘cropping the shot’. Show how and why you crop shots, that is the basic question.
Basically I am not an avid cropper. Certainly in the days of film, cropping let always to the loss of quality. In digital times that is somehow different, especially using RAW format and a much better image capture technology. But in general: when taking the photo I try to frame it the way I want the final result to look like. Sometimes (digital is cheap) I take different frames of the same subject. But sometimes that is not possible.
In this photo – to close the series – a lucky shot of the two proud and very busy parents. I was focussing on one of them in the Wisteria, when the other came into the shot as well. The quality is not that great but it closes this series nicely.
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Stepping Out
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2020
We have a family of great tits as guests in our backyard. The parents fly in and out to feed the unseen – but quite vocally present – brethren. The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #96 is ‘cropping the shot’. Show how and why you crop shots, that is the basic question.
Basically I am not an avid cropper. Certainly in the days of film, cropping let always to the loss of quality. In digital times that is somehow different, especially using RAW format and a much better image capture technology. But in general: when taking the photo I try to frame it the way I want the final result to look like. Sometimes (digital is cheap) I take different frames of the same subject. But sometimes that is not possible.
In this photo the nest is on the back of our shed, and I can sit about 10 meters away, more or less hidden. Even using a long lens (300 mm on a not full frame sensor so approximately 450 mm) I can not get ‘close enough’. Because they are quite tiny, a distant shot is not that interesting to look at. Then cropping is a logical step to come up with a presentable result.
Yesterday I published ‘In Coming‘ that shows how one of the parents approaches the nest. Today a take off from the nest. It is relatively easy to record the departure from the nest: when you see the head, start using the burst and all chances are that you have one nice shot in flight. To show you the amount of crop I added the original frame below.
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In Coming!!
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2020
We have a family of great tits as guests in our backyard. The parents fly in and out to feed the unseen – but quite vocally present – brethren. The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #96 is ‘cropping the shot’. Show how and why you crop shots, that is the basic question.
Basically I am not an avid cropper. Certainly in the days of film, cropping let always to the loss of quality. In digital times that is somehow different, especially using RAW format and a much better image capture technology. But in general: when taking the photo I try to frame it the way I want the final result to look like. Sometimes (digital is cheap) I take different frames of the same subject. But sometimes that is not possible.
In this photo the nest is on the back of our shed, and I can sit about 10 meters away, more or less hidden. Even using a long lens (300 mm on a not full frame sensor so approximately 450 mm) I can not get ‘close enough’. Because they are quite tiny, a distant shot is not that interesting to look at. Then cropping is a logical step to come up with a presentable result.
It is relatively easy to record the departure from the nest: when you see the head, start using the burst and all chances are that you have one nice shot in flight (see for an example here). In a shot like that you can zoom in quite close. Taking photos of the arrival to the nest is a bit more tricky. I found out that they come back using a certain pattern. They pause and sit 2 meters out on the wisteria, checking if returning is safe. But to catch them in flight I had to open up the frame a bit more. They are extremely quick and I can not see them take off for the final jump, so when I hear them I start using the burst, hoping it works out well. To show you the amount of crop I added the original frame below. A great tit in full brake.
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Wisteria
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2020
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Birdhouse
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2020
We have a family of blue tits as guests in our backyard.
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Wisteria
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
During corona lockdown the back garden is a frequented place, especially when the weather is nice.
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #94 is ‘At Home’.
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Grass
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
During corona lockdown the back garden is a frequented place, especially when the weather is nice.
A few days ago I posted this one in monochrome. Maybe it is fun to spot the differences?
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #94 is ‘At Home’.
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Grass Mono
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
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Grass
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2020
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Autumn
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – September 2019
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Seeing Double: Late Lavender
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2019
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #69 is ‘seeing double’.
The weather is very mild and surprisingly the lavender flowered again.
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Layered: Red
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – September 2019
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #67 is ‘layered’.
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Layers: A Flower?
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2019
A few weeks ago I published this photo as Mono Flower in black and white. I promised to publish it in color later.
I wonder what version is favoured by you!
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #67 is ‘layered’.
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What's (in) the Picture? 