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Up the Junction
The theme for this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #172 is a day of my week. The photo above was one of a series I took during a morning when I visited a little village in Norfolk, Wells next the Sea. From the dock the view on the low tide coastline was amazing: boats, gulls, water, sun and clouds. It felt like a photographer heaven where there is too much to shoot in a short time. So this week I publish some of the photo’s from that morning in September.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
In the Balance
The theme for this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #172 is a day of my week. The photo above was one of a series I took during a morning when I visited a little village in Norfolk, Wells next the Sea. From the dock the view on the low tide coastline was amazing: boats, gulls, water, sun and clouds. It felt like a photographer heaven where there is too much to shoot in a short time. So this week I publish some of the photo’s from that morning in September.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
Light at the End
The theme for this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #172 is a day of my week. The photo above was one of a series I took during a morning when I visited a little village in Norfolk, Wells next the Sea. From the dock the view on the low tide coastline was amazing: boats, gulls, water, sun and clouds. It felt like a photographer heaven where there is too much to shoot in a short time. So this week I publish some of the photo’s from that morning in September.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
From a Distance
The theme for this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #172 is a day of my week. The photo above was one of a series I took during a morning when I visited a little village in Norfolk, Wells next the Sea. From the dock the view on the low tide coastline was amazing: boats, gulls, water, sun and clouds. It felt like a photographer heaven where there is too much to shoot in a short time. So this week I publish some of the photo’s from that morning in September.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
Seagulls
The theme for this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #172 is a day of my week. The photo above was one of a series I took during a morning when I visited a little village in Norfolk, Wells next the Sea. From the dock the view on the low tide coastline was amazing: boats, gulls, water, sun and clouds. It felt like a photographer heaven where there is too much to shoot in a short time. So this week I publish some of the photo’s from that morning in September.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
At Low Tide
The theme for this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #172 is a day of my week. The photo above was one of a series I took during a morning when I visited a little village in Norfolk, Wells next the Sea. From the dock the view on the low tide coastline was amazing: boats, gulls, water, sun and clouds. It felt like a photographer heaven where there is too much to shoot in a short time. So this week I publish some of the photo’s from that morning in September.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
Caught in the middle
Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk. One for lens artists weekly photo challenge #171: weird and wonderful.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
Train
One for lens artists weekly photo challenge #171: weird and wonderful.
Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version
Cinema
One for lens artists weekly photo challenge #171: weird and wonderful. Waiting for No Time To Die.
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View on Scheveningen
A view at Scheveningen from a rainy window, over looking the new covered bicycle park in front of the Central Station.
One for lens artists weekly photo challenge #171: weird and wonderful.
Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version
Trailer Park
The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #176 is One image/one story. That theme matches the subject of my photo blog: What’s (in) the picture? Finding stories. Photo’s tell stories. My story (what made me click my shutter), and the story of the spectator.
At the start of my photo path I used to get comments ‘why do you shoot that? That is not a nice photo!’. In a time of film it was impossible to show a result quickly to make my idea visible. Wait, be patient, wait for the print! But a film needed to be developed, and sometimes I could not create the envisioned result in my darkroom. Nowadays you lust look at the back of your camera and share that with the critic. And sometimes even that does not make sense, but it shows a picture.
Photography is about seeing, observing the world. And be ready for the decisive moment as Henri Cartier-Bresson said. My photo’s are my story of the world, my way of giving ‘voice’ to something that made me press the shutter, that reflects inside me. That is extremely subjective. But I learned (via this blog and other feed back) that my story most of the times is different from the one of spectators. My story is not their story. So, what’s behind this photo?
Martin Parr is in my humble opinion a brilliant satirist of the wealthy world. I enjoy his pictures of people, showing how human they are in their environment and behavior. And sitting in a holiday trailer park I was wondering what would be a way of framing what that park meant to me. All the trailers look the same, so I pictured a small bit. With the sky. A holiday at the sea in a trailer park. Hopefully with blue skies.
So what is your story with this photo?
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
The Ship
The Ship, the local in Brancaster, Norfolk. The labelling of the walls is quite artful, A bit of street art for this week’s Lens Artists photography challenge #170 Street Art.
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Bike Park
A bicycle park facility at Tesco’s in Swaffham in Norfolk. A bit of street art for this week’s Lens Artists photography challenge #170 Street Art.
Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version
QE 1
Something ordinary, a bridge to cross. But some bridges make it a bigger experience. Queen Elizabeth bridge at Dartford Crossing. For this week’s lens artists challenge #169: the ordinary.
Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version
Road Sunrise
A sunrise on a road near Horsham for this week’s lens artists challenge #169: the ordinary.
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From the archive: Water Defense 1982
Coastal defense in Zeeland. For this week’s lens artists challenge #169: the ordinary.
The B4 retouch series
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. All of them are not completely retouched yet. Scratches, dust and stains are not removed.
The picture was originally shot with Pentax K1000 on Kodak TriX, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
From the archive: Zeeland 1982
Coastal defense in Zeeland. The added ball makes it look like a practice for a free kick in a soccer match. For this week’s lens artists challenge #169: the ordinary.
The B4 retouch series
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. All of them are not completely retouched yet. Scratches, dust and stains are not removed.
The picture was originally shot with Pentax K1000 on Kodak TriX, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
Tesco Click and Collect
A click and collect with a hazy morning sun for this week’s lens artists challenge #169: the ordinary.
Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version
Fence
An ordinary fence on the side of the motor way in the north of France for this week’s lens artists challenge #169: the ordinary.
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From the archive: Famous Neighbor at Père Lachaise 1989
One from the archive. Père Lachaise is a famous graveyard in Paris, with lots of celebrities being rested there; another one for this week’s lens artistists challenge #168: seen better days. You can buy a map with the names of the famous on it, to find their graves. One of the youngest to be buried there was Jim Morrisson. Lead singer of The Doors, icon. The first time I visited Père Lachaise was early in 1985. Together with a friend we took a look at his grave; which was not that difficult to find because ‘helpful’ signs on gravestones, with arrows, pointed one in the right direction. At his grave we found a very young girl mourning. I asked her why she was so sad. “Jim is gone!”, she said. She must have been very young when he died in 1971. But her grieve was real. And years later in 2021, on a walk around the local lake, young people were playing The Doors loud on a big ghetto blaster like device. They looked at me as I walked by, smirking at me because they thought I did not like the loudness nor the music. “Great music boys”, I said as I walked by. They were surprised and replied: “Yes, this is great music sir!”. We grinned together, two different generations but the same love for The Doors. Break on through to the other side.
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 Kodak TriX, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
From the archive: Père Lachaise 1989
One from the archive. Père Lachaise is a famous graveyard in Paris, with lots of celebrities being rested there for this week’s lens artistists challenge #168: seen better days.
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 Kodak TriX, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
From the archive: Chapel Naxos 1983
A little chapel in Naxos that could do with some tender loving care to this week’s lens artistists challenge #168: seen better days.
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.
The picture was originally shot with Pentax K1000 on Kodak Plusx, scanned from negative
and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
From the archive: Oracle Delphi 1983
Delphi, the remains of the temple of Apollo where the oracle (Pythia) gave answers to questions. Just a bit tongue in cheek to this week’s lens artistists challenge #168: seen better days.
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.
The picture was originally shot with Pentax K1000 on Kodak Plusx, scanned from negative
and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
Colors of Autumn 2016
This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge (#167) is Colors of Autumn.
At the moment there is not much Autumn colors to be seen in The Netherlands, so one from the archive near Heimbach.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
Colors of Autumn 2016
This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge (#167) is Colors of Autumn.
At the moment there is not much Autumn colors to be seen in The Netherlands, so one from the archive near Heimbach.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
Colors of Autumn
This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge (#167) is Colors of Autumn.
At the moment there is not much Autumn colors to be seen in The Netherlands, so one from the archive. The river Rur near Heimbach.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
From the archive: Fira Santorini 1979
This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge (#164) is ‘Looking Up/Looking Down’.
Again one from the archives. The then small town of Fira, on the island Thira aka Santorini, built on the edge of a former caldera. Since 1979 tourism boomed extremely on this beautiful island. I feel fortunate to have visited it before that tourist flood. But each time I see photos of this place I long to go back. The beaches are perfect: volcanic ashes that does not stick like sand.
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.
The picture was originally shot with Pentax K1000 on Kodak Plusx, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
Dahlia Garden Castle Keukenhof
This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge (#164) is ‘Looking Up/Looking Down’.
This is the garden of castle De Keukenhof, which as the name gives away, provided the name for the famous bulb flower exposition the Keukenhof. There is an extremely beautiful set of Dahlia’s flowering in the beautiful garden. A pleasure to explore all different types of Dahlia’s.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
From the archive: Izmir 1986
This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge (#164) is ‘Looking Up/Looking Down’.
Again one from the archives. This is an original color film, turned into monochrome. I can not remember what camera I used for it, it must have been a simple point and shooter. The bland color photo turned into a lively pattern of monochrome tints. This is a part of Izmir, near the old Kadifekale, a hillcastle on Mount Pagos.
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 a point and shooter on Fuji 200, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
From the archives: Chania Crete 1992
This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge (#164) is ‘Looking Up/Looking Down’.
Again one from the archives and hence monochrome. In August 1992 I visited Crete and old town of Chania. The old lighthouse in the old harbour.
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 Kodak TriX, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
From the archive: Tree Oegstgeest 1978
This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge (#164) is ‘Looking Up/Looking Down’.
An old photo of an old tree, still standing.
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.
The picture was originally shot with Pentax K1000 on Kodak Plusx, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
From the archive: Roof Terrace 1992
This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge (#164) is ‘Looking Up/Looking Down’.
Again one from the archives and hence monochrome. In August 1992 I visited Crete and old town of Chania. This was the view up to a very appealing roof terrace.
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.
Click the picture for a bigger versionOriginally shot with Nikon F301 on Kodak TriX, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
Gull Over Wire
This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge (#163) is ‘keep walking’.
This is the Klinkenberger Plas, a favorite for a short walk.
Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version
Here’s looking at you kid
This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge (#163) is ‘keep walking’.
This is the Klinkenberger Plas, a favorite for a short walk.
Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version
Boating
This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge (#162) is ‘all about the light’.
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Cadzand
This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge (#162) is ‘all about the light’.
Shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.Click the picture for a bigger version
Where Cows Once Grazed
This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge (#162) is ‘all about the light’.
This artificial lake used to be meadow. The lake was created by dredging sand, that was needed for roads, new build areas and a railway line. And now it is a recreational area, Klinkenberger Plas.
Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version
Missed the point
This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge (#162) is ‘all about the light’.
Shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.Click the picture for a bigger version
Mirror
This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge (#162) is ‘all about the light’.
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This will pass
This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge (#162) is ‘all about the light’. This Summer is what it is, not the best one we had. Grey, cloudy, rain, and from time to time some sun in between.
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Sky Blue
This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge (#162) is ‘all about the light’. Maybe not a photo you would expcect when it is about ‘light’. But it is. I always love reading quotes from people on blogs, but I am too lazy to look up this one. Someone said: photography is painting with light. Which is true basically, glass, metal or later film was made to be sensitive to light to store images. Sensors do the same, but we are not aware of that process. Just the result.
Last weeks I was looking at the sky more and more because a friend (I call him a friend even though I have not yet him personally for our first beer) Andy Townend ‘shoots a sky a day’ on his Facebook and IG account. A sky with clouds is a painting in light. I long to see blue skies, it is too wet and grey this Summer.
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Shoes
This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge (#161) is ‘feet and shoes’. Trying to find something that fits into this theme was difficult. I am not really into shoes or feet, let alone photos of them! However, I found one. I think. During a visit to the bi-annual photo exhibition at Naarden (FFN) in 2007 I shot these photographers clicking away on a just married couple.
Originally shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version
The Heart of the Matter
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #160 is ‘Your Inspiration’.
One of the biggest inspirations is nature and flowers. In times of Covid19 the back garden is a place to be.
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White Horse
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #160 is ‘Your Inspiration’.
It is nice to look around for striking objects. This one is originally color but in mono the horse comes out.
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Off the Rocks
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #160 is ‘Your Inspiration’.
Bretagne has one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world. I love the rocks and the breaking water. A dangerous shore for sure, but a beautiful source of inspiration. Here a part of the marked entrance to the port of Saint-Malo,.
shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
Bee on Sunflower
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #160 is ‘Your Inspiration’.
One of the biggest inspirations is nature and flowers. In times of Covid19 the back garden is a place to be.
Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version
Saint-Malo Rocks
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #160 is ‘Your Inspiration’.
Bretagne has one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world. I love the rocks and the breaking water. A dangerous shore for sure, but a beautiful source of inspiration. Here the rocks near Saint-Malo,.
shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
Memory
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #160 is ‘Your Inspiration’.
My inspiration for photography is triggered in any place I am, just looking around, looking for the things that strike my eye. One of the maybe peculiar subjects is tombstones or graveyards. Colleville sur Mer, Margraten, Père Lachaise or a little village graveyards in England. They all tells stories about life and people who lived those lifes. In my ‘archive graveyard’ you can find some examples. This is the graveyard at the parish church of Tideswell.
Shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.Click the picture for a bigger version.
Patience
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #160 is ‘Your Inspiration’.
My inspiration for photography is triggered in any place I am, just looking around, looking for the things that strike my eye. It can be near home in the garden, on the road to work or during travels. In the latter case it helps that all I see is new, so my curiosity is raised a bit more than when I cycle the well known route to the station. This dog was waiting patiently for the return of the boss at the post office in Tideswell.
Shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.Click the picture for a bigger version
What's (in) the Picture? 