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Sunset Views in Katwijk – Wind, Water and Cabins

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2024

The view at the beach from the boulevard of Katwijk aan Zee, a few hours before sunset.

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Boulevard View – Katwijk aan Zee August 2024

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2024

The view at the Northsea just before dinner 🙂 at the boulevard of Katwijk aan Zee.

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Spectacular Sunset in Katwijk aan Zee – A Visual Delight

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2024

The theme for this week LAPC 316 is ‘Destanation: Fun‘.  Going to the beach is fun, but witnessing a brilliant sunset on a warm Summer evening, while a display of boats and windmills complete the scene, is true fun. Here is the full view of the scenery of the sunset, I just picked out parts of it in other photos published earlier (and after).

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Beach Fun: Captivating Sunset in Katwijk aan Zee, Netherlands

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2024

The theme for this week LAPC 316 is ‘Destanation: Fun‘.  Going to the beach is fun, but witnessing a brilliant sunset on a warm Summer evening, while a dispaly of boats and windmills complete the scene, is true fun. I published a few of them already two weeks ago (see the archive Katwijk). I hope you still have fun watching them.

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Dramatic Monochrome Skies Over The Netherlands – August 2024

The Netherlands, Voorhout – August 2024

The sky over The Netherlands is a wonderful object for photos, we do have lot of sky over our flat land above the low horizon. And that sky can be quite dramatic, even more in monochrome.

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Vivid Summer Fields: A Colorful Display in Voorhout, Netherlands (August 2024)


The Netherlands, Voorhout – August 2024

In Summer the fields that grow the Spring’s bulb flowers (tulips, daffodils and hyacinths) may grow other flowers. Some years the fields are flooded or covered up to be gassed, to clean, other years they produce crops like these.

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Netherlands Landscape: Summer Scene with Cows, Windmill, and Farm

The Netherlands, Voorhout – August 2024

The Netherlands is as flat as a pancake. That is the way foreigners describe my precious habitat. It is not completely accurate, we do have some hills and dunes. The advantage of a flat surface is that we have lots of sky above the horizon. Here a typical Summer scene: rain filled sky and cows in the meadows, the odd windmill and farm.

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Netherlands Cut Flowers Field in Oegstgeest – The Last of Thistles

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2024

Cut flowers are a common good in The Netherlands. This is the field of a grower, just around the corner. He harvested the thistles and moved them to the flower auction for sale. This is the ones left over on the field. For Lens Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #316 ‘Common Object’.

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Glasshouses in The Netherlands: A Common Object | Lens Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #316

The use of glasshouses is widespread in The Netherlands for all kinds of crops and flowers. Lens Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #316 is ‘Common Object’.

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Common Object

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2024

Lens Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #316 is ‘Common Object’.

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Magnificent Sunset at Katwijk Beach, Netherlands

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2024

Last week we had dinner on the beach and were treated to a beautiful sunset. And, as always when a subject grips me, I took loads of pictures. The iPhone makes it really easy just to snap, zoom, frame and play with light. So the last days I published some of them for the theme of this week for LAPC 314: ‘shorelines‘. It is probably serendipity, but it matched nicely on this set of photos. So to close the week a final one of this sunset. I hope you enjoyed them. And the left over of this shoot will probably appear in the near future.

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Noordzee Beach: A Stunning Sunset View | Lens Artists Challenge 314

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2024

The theme for this week LAPC 314 is ‘shorelines‘. My main shoreline is the beach of the Noordzee. And the views it offers, particularly at special moments of the day like a sunset. The sky looks like it offers an extra layer of reflection for the sun, a second horizon.

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Is It A Romantic Sunset Shot Or Just The Two Of Us?

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2024

When you are on a spot where you see such a wonderful sunset, it is normal to shoot multiple photos. This couple appeared in a few of the photos already, but each time they are in a shot, it is the framing of a different story as I see it. Maybe you do too. The theme for this week LAPC 314 is ‘shorelines‘.

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All Ready For Tomorrow


The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2024

The sun sets, everything is cleaned up and ready for tomorrow for new clients. It is the Summer rhythm of the beach on the shoreline of the Noordzee. The theme for this week LAPC 314 is ‘shorelines‘.

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On The Shoreline


The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2024

Sunsets can be shared! The theme for this week LAPC 314 is ‘shorelines‘.

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Sunset On The Shoreline

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2024

The sun sets in Katwijk, exposing the sea to a layer of gold. The theme for this week LAPC 314 is ‘shorelines‘.

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Fly Over

The Netherlands, Schiphol Amsterdam – August 2024

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Klaus

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2024

The weekly LAPC #313 is ‘cool colors’. Meet Klaus. He is cool.

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Over Looking

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2024

The weekly LAPC #312 is sense of scale’.

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Discover the Corbulo Tunnel Connection in The Netherlands | August 2024

The Netherlands, Voorschoten – August 2024

Building tunnels is not common in The Netherlands, the soil is mostly consisting of clay on top of a sandpackage. However, recently a new connection between motorway A4 and A44 was opened: the Corbulo Tunnel (link to a video). This is a shot from the first time I travelled throught it. The weekly LAPC #312 is sense of scale’

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Windmill De Valk in Leiden, Netherlands – A Living Museum Since 2000

The Netherlands, Leiden – August 2024

Windmill De Valk is one of few left in the city. It is a museum, but since 2000 is it being used for milling again.

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A Lake at Sunset

Wetlands Vlietlanden near Voorschoten on a sunny evening.

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Warmond Regatta: Sailing Under Grey Skies in the Netherlands

The Netherlands, Warmond- June 2024

A small regatta on its way under a grey rainy sky.

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Grey Rainy Sky Regatta in Warmond, Netherlands

The Netherlands, Warmind – June 2024

A small regatta on its way under a grey rainy sky.

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Rowing Backwards

At rowing you move forward by looking backwards all the time, and with a cox the course is set.

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Castle ‘Oud Poelgeest’

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2024

Castle Oud Poelgeest

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Over The Water

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2025

Over grown canal and reflections, the division between the park of Oud Poelgeest and the local ice ring.

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Scenic A12 Motorway Lights Fade in June 2024 – Den Haag

The Netherlands, Den Haag – June 2024

The lights seem to fade slowly along the A12 motorway leading into Den Haag.

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Carpet Crawlers: A12 Motorway in Den Haag | June 2024

The Netherlands, Den Haag – June 2024

The A12 motorway leading into Den Haag downtown. You have to get into town to get out of the car, a free wording of a slogan used in the sixties and later in a beautiful Genesis song ‘Carpet Crawlers’ (the link to the Ray Wilson/Steve Hackette live version of 2014 in the Royal Albert Hall)

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May 2024: Nocturnal Garden Scene in Oegstgeest, Netherlands

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2024

A wet garden at night. And by the way, I love that WordPress AI generating amazing titles that I can not come up with. I stick with them as long as they make me smile. Nocturnal, sounds like a great piece of music.

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Exploring Rotterdam’s Kop van Zuid | Twins (5)

Architecture can be beautiful in full color as well in monochrome. In ‘twins’ I show the monochrome twin of the color shot at the Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam. The fift and last set is again New Orleans.

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Exploring Rotterdam’s Kop van Zuid | Twins (4)

Architecture can be beautiful in full color as well in monochrome. In ‘twins’ I show the monochrome twin of the color shot at the Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam. The fourth set is New Orleans.

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Exploring Rotterdam’s Kop van Zuid | Twins (3)

Architecture can be beautiful in full color as well in monochrome. In ‘twins’ I show the monochrome twin of the color shot at the Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam. The third set is the Montevideo.

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Exploring Rotterdam’s Kop van Zuid | Twins (2)

Architecture can be beautiful in full color as well in monochrome. In ‘twins’ I show the monochrome twin of the color shot at the Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam. The second set is an old elevator at the Rijnhaven.

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Exploring Rotterdam’s Kop van Zuid | Twins

Architecture can be beautiful in full color as well in monochrome. In ‘twins’ I show the monochrome twin of the color shot of the high risings in Rotterdam on the Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam. The first set is De Rotterdam by Rem Koolhaas.

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Exploring Rotterdam’s Kop van Zuid | Bench

The Netherlands, Rotterdam – May 2024

A bench at the Rijnhaven in Rotterdam on the Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam.

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Exploring Rotterdam’s Kop van Zuid | Old and New

The Netherlands, Rotterdam – May 2024

The De Rotterdam towers over the old warehouses on the Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam. The use of housing changed from industrial to living.

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Exploring Rotterdam’s Kop van Zuid | Blocked



The Netherlands, Rotterdam – May 2024

LAPC challenge #305 is about composition: two rectangles as a play tool to frame a photo. Sometimes you get lots more than two, which adds to another aspect of composition: repetition. Not sure if this qualifies as a valid entry, but I do like the building. This is De Rotterdam by Rem Koolhaas.

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Exploring Rotterdam’s Kop van Zuid | Floats

The Netherlands, Rotterdam – May 2024

The Rijnhaven in Rotterdam seen from the Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam.

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Exploring Rotterdam’s the Kop van Zuid: Old Trade

The Netherlands, Rotterdam – May 2024

The Rijnhaven in Rotterdam seen from the Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam.

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Exploring Rotterdam’s Kop van Zuid | New Orleans Skyscraper

The Netherlands, Rotterdam – May 2024

The Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam is home to various highrisings, some named after big cities. This is New Orleans.

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Swan

The Netherlands, Rotterdam – May 2024

Rijnhaven, Kop van Zuid, Rotterdam.

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Erasmus Bridge

The Netherlands, Rotterdam – May 2024

The Erasmus bridge in Rotterdam.

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Skuumkoppen

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2024

A popular beer from an original small independent brewery on the island of Texel is called ‘Skuumkoppen’. It refers to the white on breaking waves.

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The Final Parrot


England, Dorking – Forest Green – May 2024

The outside terrace of The Parrot in Forest Green/Dorking.

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