The Netherlands, Katwijk – February 2023
The weekly theme for LAPC #239 is ‘finding peace’. I can’t really choose which of the two I like most, so I publish the color and bnw version.
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The weekly theme for LAPC #239 is ‘finding peace’.
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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’.
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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.
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At sunrise on the marshes at Blakeney. The weekly theme for LAPC #237 is ‘bringing softness’. How sweeter can it get?
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At sunrise on the marshes at Blakeney.
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Sunrise over the marshes near Blakeney.
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Sunrise over the marshes near Blakeney.
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Dog walk at sunrise on the marshes near Blakeney.
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The sun rises, on one of the first days of January, over the marshes at Blakeney.
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Blakeney at sunrise.
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England, Blakeney – January 2023
The theme for LAPC 234 is ‘messages’. Views from the sea towards Blakeney on different times of the day.
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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.
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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.
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England, Holkham – January 202
The theme for LAPC 234 is ‘messages’. The dunes and the retreated sea create a wonderful open space that connects land, sea, sky and men. A space for stories, dreams and desires.
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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.
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England, Blakeney – January 2023
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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.
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England, Holkham – 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.
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Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
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England, London and Norfolk – December 2022
For the first time after the pandemic we were able to spend time at the end of the year in England. This time we welcomed the New Year at the coast of Norfolk. This set of snaps shows the road from Surrey to Norfolk, passing the Dartford Tunnel into Essex and Norfolk.
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A view on Rijnsaterwoude.
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A view on Rijnsaterwoude.
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The Haarlemmermeerpolder under a sunny sky.
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This week lens artists challenge #214 is ‘favourite finds’. A typical Dutch landscape on a warm day, with boats coming and going to the lakes. The find was the little ferry we used to cross this water, the river Zijl near Leiden.
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Just before the rain.
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The rolls always give me the impression they are on their way, rolling.
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The views of the landscapes are taken from the car in the passenger seat. And sometimes that leads to seeing surprising objects in the front of the picture. LAPC #209 is surreal.
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LAPC #209 is surreal. The rolls always give me the impression there are on their way, rolling.
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This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge is #206 ‘Treasures’. Life deserves to be treasured as it rolls out with us on our journey through our years. Lots of change happens during that trip. One of The Netherlands most wonderful features is the low horizon. Meaning we have so much sky, as a giant canvas to show clouds and patterns. The flat horizon does not attract too much attention, just offers some texture to the straight line. Showing the changes over the years as urbanization and commercial estates grow.
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This weeks challenge #205 is ‘the eyes have it’.
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
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The Netherlands, Warmond – May 2022
Lens Artists Weekly Challenge #200 is ‘Three of a kind’.
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The Netherlands, Lisse – April 2022
The growing era of daffodils, hyacinths and tulips for this year is gone. Here a few photos of a little piece of land, with a nice skyline and sun.
The Lens-artists challenge #197 is ‘rule of thirds’. The rule of thirds is a rule of thumb how to compose images. But a photo that creates a journey of the eye can also be made by using lines and colors. Even when the horizon is not on 1/3.
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The Lens-artists challenge #197 is ‘rule of thirds’. The rule of thirds is a rule of thumb how to compose images. There are more ‘rules’; another is the ‘s’ like in the photo above. Whatever rule you like to use: break them and tweak them till you are happy with the result of the photo you are putting together. In the end your gut tells a lot about what constitutes a decent picture to your liking.
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Each year the growers of bulbs try to keep the public out of the fields. If people enter the fields there is an imminent risk of diseases to the bulbs. It is impossible to patrol all fields so soft tactics with signs are being used. And some growers have volunteers to address people who do enter their fields. But in the end it all is depending on the behavior and goodwill of people. Unfortunately some think a field is public space. The other day I heard an anecdote about this ‘freedom confusion’. One day a grower saw a family enter his field, passing by at that moment. He noticed that the car of the man was left open. So he sat in the car. The man ran from the field to his car asking ‘what are you doing? this is my car!’. The grower just replied: ‘and that is my field you entered’.
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The Lens Artists Photo Challenge this week is #195: colorful expressions.
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The Lens Artists Photo Challenge this week is #195: colorful expressions.
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The Lens Artists Photo Challenge this week is #195: colorful expressions.
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This week Lens Artists Photography Challenge #192 is ‘Earth Story’.
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This week Lens Artists Photography Challenge #192 is ‘Earth Story’.
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Covid is still among us, but slowly we start up to the new normal. That means going back to the office some days a week, hence being in a train again. Here a view out of the window.
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Covid is still among us, but slowly we start up to the new normal. That means going back to the office some days a week, hence being in a train again. Here a view out of the window.
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This weeks challenge #187 is ‘water’. Texel one of the West Frisian Island in the Wadden Sea.
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This weeks challenge #187 is ‘water’. Texel one of the West Frisian Island in the Wadden Sea.
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Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.
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.
Originally shot with Nikon F301 on Fuji Film, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
Travel has taught me to be bold and kind to try and make contact and produce the photos you really want. A street scene in Gyantse Tibet. This week’s theme for the Lens Artists Photo Challenge #184 is ‘Travel has taught me’.
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
The weekly LAPC (Lens Artists Photo Challenge) #182 is ‘interesting objects’.
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