People who follow my photoblog (thank you!) know my love for monochrome. And sometimes it is a matter of taste what to choose: the original colour shot, or the monochrome version? That is if the original shot is not done in monochrome, I do that quite a lot on iPhone and Nikon Zf.
The question to you is: which one do you prefer, and why? Any comments are as always welcome.
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Almost heaven, West-Sussex………….
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Four mares, hopefully four new foals.
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Last year in May Skywalker was born with a hip problem. He recovered from that. Here he is a year and some months later.
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Sometimes a little detail catches the eye. And keeps catching the eye. And then you take some photo’s. The red roses in the mix at early sunlight.
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The last stages of the Allium flower.
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The early sunrise light is almost magical.
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Climate change seems to kick in, with a heatwave stronger than before the last week. Sit in the garden, having a drink, have a read. Chill.
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Even after blooming the Allium flower stays remarkable.
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LAPC #403 focuses on photography tools: perspective, depth and scale. Roses in the warm after sunrise light.
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LAPC #403 focuses on photography tools: perspective, depth and scale. Normally it is better to cut the flower off after it has died, to keep the food in the bulb for next year. But an Allium turns into something quite spectacular.
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LAPC #403 focuses on photography tools: perspective, depth and scale. Sometimes framing helps to tell a story.
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LAPC #403 focuses on photography tools: perspective, depth and scale. A ‘iPhone long shot’ of an Allium.
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The Netherlands, Lisse – May 2026
LAPC #403 focuses on photography tools: perspective, depth and scale. Here two photos of the same group of Aliums in a field, slightly different use of depth and framing. The main difference is the use of focus and framing. I am not sure which one is better, so you be the judge of it.
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LAPC #403 focuses on photography tools: perspective, depth and scale. Here a little detail on a sunny morning. The sunny backlight in the undergrowth.
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The park of palace Het Loo.
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The pond in the park of palace Het Loo.
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Lens Artists Photo Challenge #402 is a return to the first ever LAPC: wonder. In this world there is plenty to wonder about. Like how they build something as beautiful as this, brought back to its original state in the nineties of last century, was created. It is part of a big palace, palace Het Loo.
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Lens Artists Photo Challenge #402 is a return to the first ever LAPC: wonder. In this world there is plenty to wonder about. Sometimes it only takes a step outside of a pattern. Think of the way we are used to look at the world. In a photo you can use the light and darkness to frame a story of a very familiar subject.
The pond in the park of palace Het Loo.
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Lens Artists Photo Challenge #402 is a return to the first ever LAPC: wonder. Embrace the world and what it brings to you.
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Lens Artists Photo Challenge #402 is a return to the first ever LAPC: wonder. In this world there is plenty to wonder about. Sometimes it only takes a step outside of a pattern. Think of the way we are used to look at the world. Just because we stand straight up most of the time (and the advantage is that you can take the photo the ‘right’ way up and just turn it while you edit it).
The pond in the park of palace Het Loo.
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The park of palace Het Loo.
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The lower part of the pond in the park of palace Het Loo.
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A pirate island in the middle of the pond in the park of palace Het Loo.
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The best of Spring: young green on trees, in such a vibrant color in the park of palace Het Loo.
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The park of palace Het Loo.
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A boathouse in the park of palace Het Loo.
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The front of palace Het Loo.This week’s LAPC #401 is ‘Focus on the subject (#121 revisited).
If you are interested what posts I entered for LAPC #121, you can find them following this link.
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To the brave and courageous
Who were willing to pay the ultimate price
And gave me my freedom
As a precious treasure
Never to be taken as a right
But like they did then to be defended
Again and again
Lest not forget
The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville sur Mer.
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The pond in the park of palace Het Loo.
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The pond in the park of palace Het Loo is filled with carps.
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A pond in the park of palace Het Loo.
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Colour and monochrome version of a statue in the park of palace Het Loo.
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Bench and statue in the park of palace Het Loo.
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LAPC #400 (congratulations) is ‘ rule of three’. Three geese in the park of palace Het Loo.
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LAPC #399 ís ‘stuck in a place’. Egidio offers a way to create motivation or inspiration to go out and about. This method is in my words ‘open up to what is right under your nose’. For me the garden is always a source of inspiration.
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LAPC #399 ís ‘stuck in a place’. Egidio offers a way to create motivation or inspiration to go out and about. This method is in my words ‘open up to what is right under your nose’. For me the garden is always a source of inspiration.
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LAPC #399 ís ‘stuck in a place’. Egidio offers a way to create motivation or inspiration to go out and about. This method is in my words ‘open up to what is right under your nose’. For me the garden is always a source of inspiration, especially when it has rained and the sunlight creats little diamonds on leaves. In this case Hosta and water drops.
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LAPC #399 ís ‘stuck in a place’. Egidio offers a way to create motivation or inspiration to go out and about. This method is in my words ‘open up to what is right under your nose’. For me the garden is always a source of inspiration, especially when it has rained and the sunlight creats little diamonds on leaves. In this case, the same Hosta and water drops in color.
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LAPC #399 ís ‘stuck in a place’. Egidio offers a way to create motivation or inspiration to go out and about. This method is in my words ‘open up to what is right under your nose’. For me the garden is always a source of inspiration, especially when it has rained and the sunlight creats little diamonds on leaves. In this case, Hosta and water drops.
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An abstract of the texture of garden furniture.
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Incoming air traffic towards Schiphol Amsterdam. Flying over a former lake, the Haarlemmermeer.
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Incoming air traffic towards Schiphol Amsterdam.
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The theme of LAPC #398 is ‘choose your color’. The brief is to present a photo with a dominant color. Despite being a big fan of monochrome, I do love colors. The fun of colors is their subjectivity; any color has fans and haters. The sense making of colors is as diverse as people are unique. And that’s good. We need colors and images in our life to tell our stories.
An abstract of the texture of garden furniture with a little pool of water.
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The theme of LAPC #398 is ‘choose your color’. The brief is to present a photo with a dominant color. Despite being a big fan of monochrome, I do love colors. The fun of colors is their subjectivity; any color has fans and haters. The sense making of colors is as diverse as people are unique. And that’s good. We need colors and images in our life to tell our stories.
So here you can choose between silver and grey. Or both :-).
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Summer is coming nearer, but the present temperatures are not matching that. But behind the glass, out of the wind, being on the beach is a pleasant stay.
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The theme of LAPC #398 is ‘choose your color’. The brief is to present a photo with a dominant color. Despite being a big fan of monochrome, I do love colors. The fun of colors is their subjectivity; any color has fans and haters. And sometimes the use or non use of colors stems from group think.
The sense making of colors is as diverse as people are unique. And that’s good. We need colors and images in our life to tell our stories. Today I stick with blue. Colors are context dependent, hence subjective. Blue is a lot of times associated with sorrow, pain, loss, or life experience. And it creates the most beautiful music.
I’m Mister Blue
I’m here to stay with you
and no matter what you do
when you’re lonely, I’ll be lonely too
René Klijn
While a deep blue sky might express power, focus and the absence of worries. Be any color you want.
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