On display
Lens Artists Photo Challenge #270 is ‘on display’. A photo from Arundale Castle.
shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
Lens Artists Photo Challenge #270 is ‘on display’. A photo from Arundale Castle.
shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
25 years ago I was fortunate to visit Yemen. For this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #263 ‘A face in the crowd’ I will publish some street portraits of that trip. Looking back at old photos can raise questions: what happened to them in those 25 years? Especially now this beautiful country is suffering from a terrible war.
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.
Lens Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #262 is ‘framing’. This is Burton Mill Pond in West Sussex.
shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
This week LAPC #260 is ‘overlooked’. Taking the word literally, one from the film archives. One of the ponds in Les Tuileries in Paris, looking at the small arch and the Louvre.
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.
This week LAPC #259 is ‘unbound’. A stray dog takes a break in the shadows at the temple of Kom Ombo.
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. Shot with Nikon F90 on KodakTriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
This week LAPC #254 is ‘spiritual places’. The temple at Karnak. The human measure.
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. Shot with Nikon F90 on KodakTriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
This week LAPC #254 is ‘spiritual places’.
Shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
England, Stonehenge – August 2006
This week LAPC #254 is ‘spiritual places’. In August 2006 I was lucky to visit the inside of Stonehenge at sunrise. It was rather cloudy but it was a beautiful experience to be within the circles of stone, without crowds of people around.
Shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
This week LAPC #254 is ‘spiritual places’. View on the Luxor Temple, with in the back ground the Nile at sunset. On the left one of the obelisks can still be seen, the one that used to be on the right is now in Paris on the Place de la Concorde.
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. Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

The Hill of Tara was the location for the inauguration of the High Kings of Ireland. The candidate should lay his hand on the stone, and if earth roared in acceptance, the candidate should be King. The present stone is not the original one. The original Lia Fáil (Irish for “stone of destiny”) used at Tara for inaugurating the High Kings of Ireland, was taken by the King of Scotland and move to Scone. In 1296, during the First Scottish War of Independence, King Edward I of England took the stone as spoils of war and removed it to Westminster Abbey, where it was fitted into a wooden chair – known as the Coronation Chair or King Edward’s Chair – on which most subsequent English and then British sovereigns have been crowned. For the full story I refer to Wikipedia’s Stone of Scone.
shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version
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’.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
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.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
At sunrise on the marshes at Blakeney. The weekly theme for LAPC #237 is ‘bringing softness’. How sweeter can it get?
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
At sunrise on the marshes at Blakeney.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
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.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
New Year’s Day, geese on the wing over the marshes near Blakeney.
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New Year’s Day, the sun through fog over a parking at Morston Quay 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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The sun rises over Cley next the Sea on a cold Winter morning in early January.
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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.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.





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.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.




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.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.



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.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.




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.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.





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.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.





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.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version
St. James’ church in Shere.
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St. James’ church in Shere.
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Detail of a hunebed (dolmen) at Rolde.
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Detail of a hunebed (dolmen) at Rolde.
shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version
These houses are among the most photographed in Amsterdam. One from the archive.
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A busker playing on a bridge in Amsterdam. One from the archive.
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A photo from the archives. Pathe cinema in Groningen.
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A photo from the archives. A view in a park in Groningen.
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A photo from the archives. A front door of a – probably squatted – house in Groningen. What ‘lies’ behind the door?
shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Detail of the Abbaye de Beaulieu.
The temple of Karnak near Luxor.
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. Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
The temple of Karnak near Luxor.
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. Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version
This week lens artists challenge #214 is ‘favourite finds’. When you explore a city you do not know you walk into places and buildings you know the name of, but have never seen. Sometimes that is a surprising find. Het Steen in Antwerp.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
Impressions of a walk throught Antwerp. Each big tourist city seems to have one, and so does Antwerp. This week lens artists challenge #214 is ‘favourite finds’.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
Belgium, Antwerp – August 2022
Impressions of a walk throught Antwerp. Each big tourist city seems to have one, and so does Antwerp. This week lens artists challenge #214 is ‘favourite finds’.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.






Impressions of a walk throught Antwerp. Some alleys and small streets. This week lens artists challenge #213 is ‘here comes the sun’.
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