Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
The passage under the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. LAPC #421 is ‘exploring geometry in architecture, nature and daily life’
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Posts tagged ‘Netherlands’
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam: Passage
The passage under the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. LAPC #421 is ‘exploring geometry in architecture, nature and daily life’
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Autumn Sunrise
We slide into Autumn, first slowly, but now with low temperatures and wind faster and faster. The garden adjusts, colours turn. Leaves are shed. And the humid air in the morning offers wonderful light to create amazing views.
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Red Autumn
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2026
We slide into Autumn, first slowly, but now with low temperatures and wind faster and faster. The garden adjusts, colours turn. Leaves are shed
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Reflective Autumn
We slide into Autumn, first slowly, but now with low temperatures and wind faster and faster. The garden adjusts, colours turn and it looks like a time of looking back at the Summer and reflect.
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Morning Dew Grass
Dew drops on grass in the morning sun.
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Autumn 2026
We slide into Autumn, first slowly, but now with low temperatures and wind faster and faster. The garden adjusts.
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Amsterdam 1995: Canal Houses
Amsterdam is famous for its canals, here in the Jordaan, a neighbourhood of Amsterdam. LAPC #419 is ‘landmarks and monuments’.
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.
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Amsterdam 1995: Hooks In Row
A street in the Jordaan, a neighbourhood of Amsterdam. The stairs and doorways of these houses are too small to move big items, so they have a hook to hoist big items through the windows.
Amsterdam 1995: Old Meets New
As in more cities around the world, Amsterdam had to decide what architecture should replace demolished old houses. The French have a ‘laissez faire’ approach and are quite bold in it. The Grand Projects of presidents (Centre Pompidou, The Pyramid at the Louvre, Grande Arche) are very modern constructions in an old context. And more cities insert modern architecture in old contexts. Is it a success? Basically it is the eye of the beholder who judges success or failure. Here a photo of old meeting new in the Jordaan, a neighbourhood of Amsterdam. LAPC #419 is ‘landmarks and monuments’.
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.
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Amsterdam 1995: Westerkerk
The Jordaan is a neighbourhood of Amsterdam. The most iconic landmark is the Westerkerk. The church is right next door to the Achterhuis where the Frank family hid from Nazi prosecution during World War 2. LAPC #419 is ‘landmarks and monuments’.
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.
Amsterdam 1995: Jordaan
A street in the Jordaan an old neighbourhood of Amsterdam.
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.
Amsterdam 1995: Café de Looier
The Jordaan is a neighbourhood of Amsterdam.
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.
Autumn: Grass
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – September 2026
September was a warm month, but also the last moment everything was still green. Autumn is definitely arrived now.
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Still Green
September was a warm month, but also the last moment everything was still green. Autumn is here now, but nice to see a photo of a green Magnolia basking in the sun.
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Orange Crush
Lens Artist’s Photo Challenge 414 looks back at challenge 44: Harmony. A silent image of a peaceful sunset.
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Rose Duo
I can’t choose. I like them both. Same rose in two frames.
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Water Lines
The days before I published photos that I took at the same time as this one. This overview gives you an idea how the previous photos came about, and show you the canal in a different way, to give an idea of the canal, its size and its environment.
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A Long Shot
A slightly different shot than yesterday. With a bit more of the atmosphere of the canal itself.
The Netherlands has its fair share of water (canals, lakes, ponds) and a fair share of bridges and even aquaducts. LAPC #413 is ‘bridges’. The two overlapping bridges (behind the front one is a motorway bridge) are not my favourites as the brief of LAPC asks for. They are the most practical in daily life to cross the canal. In the Archive bridges you find more photos of bridges. Most of them are from ordinary daily life close to home. But two of my favourites are the Millennium Bridge in London and the Pont de Normandie in Normandy.
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Masked Bridge
The Netherlands has its fair share of water (canals, lakes, ponds) and a fair share of bridges and even aquaducts. LAPC #413 is ‘bridges’. The two overlapping bridges (behind the front one is a motorway bridge) are not my favourites as the brief of LAPC asks for. They are the most practical in daily life to cross the canal. In the Archive bridges you find more photos of bridges. Most of them are from ordinary daily life close to home. But two of my favourites are the Millennium Bridge in London and the Pont de Normandie in Normandy.
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Framed Wedding
During a visit to the Apple Store in Den Haag, this scene was outside. In the frame of the door, looking into the Passage, and old shopping mall.
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Bridged
The Netherlands has its fair share of water (canals, lakes, ponds) and a fair share of bridges and even aquaducts. LAPC #413 is ‘bridges’. This two bridges (overlapping) are not my favorites, but with the bridge this one is taken from, the most common I see every day.
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Haarlem Station
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At The Start Of A Holiday
Just after take off, a plane with most likely a holiday destination, comes straight over Zandvoor circuit.
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Directions
The Netherlands, Zandvoort – August 2026
Beaches and sunsets, sea meeting land, space wide open.
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Kite Surfer
The beach at Zandvoort. A kite surfer taking on the wind and waves.
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Mono and/or colour? Zandvoort Beach
The beach at Zandvoort. The west coast of The Netherlands is one big sand beach. Choosing for mono or colour is a choice for atmosphere. But also a way to get more attention to certain parts of the frame. Silhouettes in black in mono work stronger than in colour for me. But in the end, it is a matter of taste of course.
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Mono and/or coloured? Before Take off, Schiphol
Waiting for boarding can be boring, but sometimes there is an opportunity for a nice photo. And again, a tough choice, pick your favourite. LAPC #412 is ‘places shaped by water’. The airport Schiphol is located in what used to be a lake till the mid 1800 century.
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Mono and/or Colour? Dutch Polder Landscape
A polder landscape. Living below sea level water management is needed to keep us dry. Here you see a typical polder landscape.
LAPC #412 is ‘places shaped by water’.
Nobody Can Wait Forever
Waiting for boarding on Schiphol Amsterdam.
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Overhead Blues
Incoming traffic for Schiphol Airport, which is an overhead blues for us being disturbed every two minutes for another one, while sitting in the garden.
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Into The Blue
Clouds and sky, into the wide open.
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Mono and/or Colored? Haarlem Station
One of the first questions I had buying my first digital DSLR was ‘how do I shoot monochrome photos from now?’. In the past it was just choosing what film I put in a camera. Going digital implied using editing to revert from color to monochrome. More recently black and white modes came back on devices. Not only on iPhone. My choice for Nikon Zf was influenced by it. But it all is a question of taste.
The same photo of the station of Haarlem in color and (edited) monochrome. Pick one or both.
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The Final Lap: F1 Grand Prix Zandvoort 2026
The Final Lap. The sixth and last episode of F1 racing on Zandvoort. A big event, bigger than motor racing. A major event with an atmosphere that is now a benchmark for F1 races. But unfortunately is commercially no longer interesting enough for the big greed. The last time the Orange Army is out to cheer Max Verstappen a final time on his home circuit. Which unfortunately lasted one lap in the race.
The photos are shot on the Friday. It was my first visit to a F1 event. Quite remarkable to witness. And hear. Just snapped a bit noticing the limitations of an iPhone under these circumstances.
Summer Sunrise
Summer heat starting up with the sunrise.
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Eclipse
We witnessed the last partial eclipse in Western Europe for the next 58 years in the beginning of August.
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Vincent
It seems I’m into sky and clouds during the warm days this Summer. This landscape is typical Dutch with some hints towards paintings of Vincent Van Gogh. Sun is setting. Not a starry night yet.
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Detailed Space
Sunsets these days are sometimes interesting with cloud shapes light up.
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Impressionism
Sunsets these days are sometimes interesting with cloud shapes light up. With poor light conditions it can turn out to be a quite rough photo. I added to that roughness deliberately.
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Sky Foam
Sunsets these days are sometimes interesting with cloud shapes light up.
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Golden Hour
Sunsets these days are sometimes interesting with cloud shapes light up. At the golden hour.
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Sky Stripes
Sunsets these days are sometimes interesting with cloud shapes light up. Even in monochrome.
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Dots
Sunsets these days are sometimes interesting with cloud shapes light up.
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Beam me up Scotty
Sunsets these days are sometimes interesting with cloud shapes light up.
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Sheet
This Sumer a lot of nights were really warm, so a sheet is just what you need for cover LAPC #408 is ‘over the top’.
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Wet Road Side
This was the last rain we had, and before that we had more than a month without rain. It is dry, rivers run low.
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Here comes the flood
The sky at dusk, showing scenery that takes your imagination far. LAPC #408 is ‘over the top’.
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Where do the sheep clouds go at night?
LAPC #408 is ‘over the top’. The sky at dusk, showing what we call ‘schapenwolken’ in Dutch. Literally over the top. In case you can not sleep, counting them would help. But where do they go after you counted them?
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Front Garden
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Agapanthus Blues
It is the time for Agapanthus again. Coming up showing off their beautiful flowers in the garden.
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