LAPC #386 invites to use the power of juxtaposition. Basically put two objects in a frame to create a narrative or reaction about their relation. Here the story of two sunflowers.
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The LAPC theme #385 is ‘unusual crop’. Geese in a pretty big V.
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The LAPC theme #385 is ‘unusual crop’. Station Den Haag – Laan van Nieuw Oost-Indië (that is a throat breaker for most of you non-Dutch speakers). Tracking the tracks.
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The LAPC theme #385 is ‘unusual crop’. The skyline over Den Haag, building activities and old spires.
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The LAPC theme #385 is ‘unusual crop’. Sky shots of clouds are mostly abstract. Framing them in a way that makes sense is a challenge at times.
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The LAPC theme #385 is ‘unusual crop’. Here the cropping process in-camera using a zoom.
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The LAPC theme #385 is ‘unusual crop’. This one was cropped/framed by zoom on the iPhone while shooting.
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The LAPC theme #385 is ‘unusual crop’. It is about cropping (re-framing an existing image) for effect. I used an old photo from March 2018 to play with for this theme. I cropped it to get rid of some elements that I kept in the original shot. This theme makes me think about how I shoot and the principles I learned in the past.
I am not sure I fully understand the essence of the brief. I only understand it if I take it literally: how it is unusual for me to use cropping while editing. Let me try to explain. Cropping afterwards is to re-frame a shot. My aim is to frame a desired photo at the shoot on the camera. That is a principal I learned long ago. Modern technology helps. You can see the result of a shot right away on the camera. And zoom lenses give you the flexibility to decide about the framing. Long ago, all I shot was on a 50 mm lens on film. Then sometimes I deliberately shot to ‘crop’ the result. E.g. when I was unable to get close enough. In the darkroom, you enlarged the picture (blow up), and then decided the result of the frame. Nevertheless, this often resulted in a loss of quality (grain, sharpness). So I learned to frame from the start, long ago.
But even in those analogue days, blowing up negatives was creative, it added to the texture of a photo. Nowadays it is easier to be playful using better technology. Camera’s, phones, software, monitors, computers all contribute to more agility in the editing process.
I am curious about the perspective of other ‘old school’ photographers. The ones who used film and a darkroom in the past before the digital age. How do they view this challenge?
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The sky through ice on a window.
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Theme for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #380 is ‘what’s around the corner’.
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Theme for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #380 is ‘what’s around the corner’. A grey Heron in falling snow.
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Theme for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #380 is ‘what’s around the corner’. Snow, no ice.
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Theme for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #380 is ‘what’s around the corner’. Last week we had snow in the village.
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Sometimes I can not resist to take photo’s of people waiting for others outside a shop. Here is one from Westfield in Leidschendam, The Netherlands.
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Sometimes a photo goes wrong. Instead of a short shutter speed, the iPhone comes up with night mode. And occasionally an ‘accident’ creates an image that is quite appealing. Creativity by accident. I happen to like this one.
The image reminds me of the work of Sietse Goverts, a dutch painter.
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Even in Winter there is blossom. Like Spring is already here.
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Even in Winter there is blossom. And in monochrome it looks like snow :-).
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Traces in the sky, passing by and fleeting.
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Even in Winter there is blossom.
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The sky at dusk is a nice canvas to play with.
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At dusk, a beautiful Winter sky.
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The year 2025 ends and we cross over to 2026. I hope the new year will be a good one. I wish it brings some of the desires I cherish in my heart. I am sure others cherish these desires as well.
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The canal in the fog.
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The Groene Maredijk in the Leidse Hout.
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The Groene Maredijk in the Leidse Hout.
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The Groene Maredijk in the Leidse Hout.
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The last leaves of the Magnolia
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A small milestone maid: yesterday I passed the 300.000 views on this blog. Thank you.
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Moorhens in the canal.
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Autumn colors color the village.
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Autumn colors color the village.
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There is not a wall or hill, or other side. It is just green.
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Autumn sunrise over the canal.
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Sunrise on an Autumn morning, from a car (not driving).
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Sunrise on an Autumn morning, from a car (not driving).
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End of the year event in Encore in Scheveningen.
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End of the year event in Encore in Scheveningen.
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An iPhone long lens shot of a heavy rain sky. This was the first of the three photos I published the last three days.
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An iPhone long lens shot of the horizon, catching geese by accident, against a heavy rain sky. I cropped the motorway A44 out on this one.
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A long shot with an iPhone; a heavy rain sky with birds over motorway A44.
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Who says chimneys are boring?
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Who says chimneys are boring?
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Fishing against the backdrop of an Autumn sunrise.
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