Belgium, Antwerp – August 2022
Impressions of a walk throught Antwerp. Here the Cathedral of Our Lady. This week lens artists challenge #213 is ‘here comes the sun’.
Top row middle and right shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version. Top left and bottom picture shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the pictures for a larger version
Belgium, Antwerp – August 2022
Impressions of a walk throught Antwerp. three fronts of houses: from old to more modern. This week lens artists challenge #213 is ‘here comes the sun’.
Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger versio
Belgium, Antwerp – August 2022
Impressions of a walk throught Antwerp. Here the Grote Markt, overseen by the Cathedral of Our Lady, where some people enjoy a coffee in the morning sun while others prefer a Belgium beer. This week lens artists challenge #213 is ‘here comes the sun’.
Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version
Belgium, Antwerp – August 2022
Impressions of a walk throught Antwerp. Here the Grote Markt with the townhall and all those beautiful facades and views, overseen by the Cathedral of Our Lady. This week lens artists challenge #213 is ‘here comes the sun’.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.
This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge is #206 ‘Treasures’. This trip to Nepal and Tibet will be in my memory forever. Not only for the uniform of this door man.
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 weeks challenge #205 is ‘the eyes have it’.
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 weeks challenge #205 is ‘the eyes have it’.
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 weeks challenge #205 is ‘the eyes have it’.
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 weeks challenge #205 is ‘the eyes have it’.
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 weeks challenge #205 is ‘the eyes have it’.
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 weeks challenge #205 is ‘the eyes have it’.
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 Photo Challenge #204 for this week is ‘doors and doorways’. Blue doors in Caylus, France.
shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
Lens Artists Photo Challenge #204 for this week is ‘doors and doorways’. The partly open gate of the church in Montmorrilon, France.
shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
Lens Artists Photo Challenge #204 for this week is ‘doors and doorways’. Old houses in Caylus, France.
shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
Lens Artists Photo Challenge #204 for this week is ‘doors and doorways’. An old photo of a gate in Cordes-sur-Ciel in France.
shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
Lens artists photo challenge #199 is ‘mechanical/industrial’. I have a soft spot for planes coming over against the backdrop of the sky.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
The Lens-artists challenge #197 is ‘rule of thirds’. The rule of thirds is a rule of thumb how to compose images. There are more ‘rules’; another is the ‘s’ like in the photo above. Whatever rule you like to use: break them and tweak them till you are happy with the result of the photo you are putting together. In the end your gut tells a lot about what constitutes a decent picture to your liking.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
The Netherlands, Voorhout – April 2022
After two years of pandemic, the flower parade was finally back!
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 D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
The Lens Artists Photo Challenge this week is #195: colorful expressions.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
The Lens Artists Photo Challenge this week is #194: bokeh. With a 😉 to the paintings by Barnett Newman.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
The Lens Artists Photo Challenge this week is #194: bokeh. A wild bee over new blossom.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
The Lens Artists Photo Challenge this week is #194: bokeh. Spring is the time for bulb flowers: daffodils, tulips, hyacinths. The garden is popping with tulips right now. And in two weeks the flower parade will take place after two years of absence. Looking forward to it, especially the smell of the flowers.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
The Lens Artists Photo Challenge this week is #194: bokeh. Spring is the time for bulb flowers: daffodils, tulips, hyacinths. The garden is popping with tulips right now. And in two weeks the flower parade will take place after two years of absence. Looking forward to it, especially the smell of the flowers.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
The Lens Artists Photo Challenge this week is #194: bokeh. Spring is the time for bulb flowers: daffodils, tulips, hyacinths. The garden is popping with tulips right now. And in two weeks the flower parade will take place after two years of absence. Looking forward to it, especially the smell of the flowers.
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 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
This week Lens Artists Photography Challenge #192 is ‘Earth Story’.
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
This week Lens Artists Photography Challenge #191 is ‘Curves’. 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
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
This week Lens Artists Photography Challenge #191 is ‘Curves’.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
This week Lens Artists Photography Challenge #191 is ‘Curves’.
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 D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
This week lens artists photo challenge is ‘that special place’. The time when the trees start to grow out again, Spring is in full swing and it gets warmer.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
This week lens artists photo challenge is ‘that special place‘. The empty branches of a tree in Winter. During this pandemic I realized that the immediate outside of my house is an inspiration for photos. During the seasons and days it is always nice to look out and sometimes catch a nice view. Looking back over the years I realize that I have always been intrigued by little details near the places where I lived. Making these places special in a certain way.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
This week lens artists photo challenge is ‘that special place‘. The moon is a big inspiration for stories and songs. The Dark Side of the Moon is a brilliant album by Pink Floyd, Mad man Moon on Trick of the Tail by Genesis, R.E.M.’s Man on the moon, Moon over Bourbon Street by Sting are some of them. And of course a French folk song ‘Au clair de la lune’. And the moon has impact on our lives on this planet: the moon causes tides on seas, and apparently has impact on the menstrual cycle.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
This week lens artists photo challenge is ‘that special place’. In this photo it refers to the moment of the photo. I was lying on the floor figuring out if the reflections of the Musée Carré d’Art could build up to some composition. Then, a young girls came into the frame, and I just snapped.
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
The sun through bare trees on a Winter’s day with fog.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
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 weeks challenge #187 is ‘water’.
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 weeks challenge #187 is ‘water’. Texel one of the West Frisian Island in the Wadden Sea.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
This weeks challenge #187 is ‘water’. Texel one of the West Frisian Island in the Wadden Sea.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
This weeks challenge #187 is ‘water’. The Reeuwijkse Plassen is a lake area in the West of The Netherlands.
Shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.Click the picture for a bigger version
This weeks challenge #186 is ‘Low Light’. Monochrome gives a soft grey tone from light to dark, aand nice details in the darker areas, which you can not see easily by eye.
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 weeks challenge #186 is ‘Low Light’. A guard of the Bank of China in Lhasa.
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 Fuji Film, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version
This weeks challenge #186 is ‘Low Light’. Meet Murphy, the cutest dog ever. Even if the original is not that well, software helps us to make it look good and show his cheeky eyes.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
This weeks challenge #186 is ‘Low Light’. Using the available light is primarily a question of creativity and secondarily the available technology. The advice when using a Kodak Instamatic (a very old point and shoot film camera in the 1970’s) was to keep the sun in the back. My advice is not to do that. When using film it was a calculated guess (the result came after developing of the film). Nowadays in digital times the result is immediately available on your camera, hence a source of more playing around and tweaking. Playing with light is playing with the source of light. This photo of Strandhill was taken on a ‘normal’ sunny day. The angle used makes it much more dramatic. This photo ‘See Sea’ gives an idea of the light as it was that day. The fog and dark sky added to the atmosphere (in the Archive Ireland you can find two more photo’s of this perspective taken at the same moment).
Strandhill in Sligo is a small town, looking out over the Atlantic Ocean to the West. Rising over it is Knocknarea with Queen Maeve.
shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
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