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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Clouds and sky, into the wide open.
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Herbs in the kitchen window that needs a wash.
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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.
Two photos of the power lines at St. George-sur-L’Aa in France. Pick one or both. Both were shot on iPhone without the mono setting.
Every time we travel to or from the UK via the Channel Tunnel, I try to take photos of these steel giants. They carry power lines in the area of St. George-sur-l’Aa. No worries, I’m in the passenger seat.
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Drought in England after months without rain and an unusual amount of heatwaves. The landscape turned dramatically.
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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 heat starting up with the sunrise.
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We witnessed the last partial eclipse in Western Europe for the next 58 years in the beginning of August.
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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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Sunsets these days are sometimes interesting with cloud shapes light up.
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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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Sunsets these days are sometimes interesting with cloud shapes light up.
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Sunsets these days are sometimes interesting with cloud shapes light up. At the golden hour.
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Sunsets these days are sometimes interesting with cloud shapes light up. Even in monochrome.
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Sunsets these days are sometimes interesting with cloud shapes light up.
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Sunsets these days are sometimes interesting with cloud shapes light up.
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The sky at dusk, showing scenery that takes your imagination far. LAPC #408 is ‘over the top’.
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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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Every time we travel to of from the UK via the Channel Tunnel, I try to take photos of these steel giants. They carry power lines in the area of St. George-sur-l’Aa. No worries, I’m in the passenger seat.
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LAPC #406 is ‘summer daze’. The heat presented itself with some abstract sunsets.
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The North Sea and windmills from an Easyjet flight.
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The evening sunset sky, offers a wider range of colours. And cloud shapes.
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In the sky over Kent at sunrise.
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The skies over Kent.
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Early morning, before take off.
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The evening sunset sky, offers a wider range of colours.
Inspired by a Genesis’ song from the Wind and Wuthering album: Unquiet slumbers for the restless sleepers ……. in that quiet earth.
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People who follow my photoblog (thank you!) know my love for monochrome. And sometimes it is a matter of taste what to choose: the original colour shot, or the monochrome version? That is if the original shot is not done in monochrome, I do that quite a lot on iPhone and Nikon Zf.
The question to you is: which one do you prefer, and why? Any comments are as always welcome.
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People who follow my photoblog (thank you!) know my love for monochrome. And sometimes it is a matter of taste what to choose: the original colour shot, or the monochrome version? That is if the original shot is not done in monochrome, I do that quite a lot on iPhone and Nikon Zf.
The question to you is: which one do you prefer, and why? Any comments are as always welcome.
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People who follow my photoblog (thank you!) know my love for monochrome. And sometimes it is a matter of taste what to choose: the original colour shot, or the monochrome version? That is if the original shot is not done in monochrome, I do that quite a lot on iPhone and Nikon Zf.
The question to you is: which one do you prefer, and why? Any comments are as always welcome.
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Almost heaven, West-Sussex………….
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The park of palace Het Loo.
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The sky is an amazing object. It is always there, but we only pay attention to it a few times a day. When there are rain clouds, if it is blue, if the sun comes up, or goes down. And yet, living in a country with a low horizon, it is part of our life. At times a little message comes in making me pay attention. And do something simple, playful with the sky, the clouds and the sun. I admit, mostly near sunset time. Here six photos of the sky taken through a sun screen of a roof window. I do hope you enjoy them.
Lens Artists Photo Challenge #402 is a return to the first ever LAPC: wonder. I added a ‘sky’ archive. It is just an indicator of the role the sky has in my photos, 700 plus photos, so that is a long browse :-). You are warned.
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The pond in the park of palace Het Loo.
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Lens Artists Photo Challenge #402 is a return to the first ever LAPC: wonder. In this world there is plenty to wonder about. Sometimes it only takes a step outside of a pattern. Think of the way we are used to look at the world. In a photo you can use the light and darkness to frame a story of a very familiar subject.
The pond in the park of palace Het Loo.
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Lens Artists Photo Challenge #402 is a return to the first ever LAPC: wonder. In this world there is plenty to wonder about. Sometimes it only takes a step outside of a pattern. Think of the way we are used to look at the world. Just because we stand straight up most of the time (and the advantage is that you can take the photo the ‘right’ way up and just turn it while you edit it).
The pond in the park of palace Het Loo.
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The park of palace Het Loo.
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The lower part of the pond in the park of palace Het Loo.
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The pond in the park of palace Het Loo.
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Incoming air traffic towards Schiphol Amsterdam. Flying over a former lake, the Haarlemmermeer.
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Incoming air traffic towards Schiphol Amsterdam.
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The theme of LAPC #398 is ‘choose your color’. The brief is to present a photo with a dominant color. Despite being a big fan of monochrome, I do love colors. The fun of colors is their subjectivity; any color has fans and haters. The sense making of colors is as diverse as people are unique. And that’s good. We need colors and images in our life to tell our stories.
An abstract of the texture of garden furniture with a little pool of water.
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The theme of LAPC #398 is ‘choose your color’. The brief is to present a photo with a dominant color. Despite being a big fan of monochrome, I do love colors. The fun of colors is their subjectivity; any color has fans and haters. The sense making of colors is as diverse as people are unique. And that’s good. We need colors and images in our life to tell our stories.
So here you can choose between silver and grey. Or both :-).
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Summer is coming nearer, but the present temperatures are not matching that. But behind the glass, out of the wind, being on the beach is a pleasant stay.
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The theme of LAPC #398 is ‘choose your color’. The brief is to present a photo with a dominant color. Despite being a big fan of monochrome, I do love colors. The fun of colors is their subjectivity; any color has fans and haters. And sometimes the use or non use of colors stems from group think.
The sense making of colors is as diverse as people are unique. And that’s good. We need colors and images in our life to tell our stories. Today I stick with blue. Colors are context dependent, hence subjective. Blue is a lot of times associated with sorrow, pain, loss, or life experience. And it creates the most beautiful music.
I’m Mister Blue
I’m here to stay with you
and no matter what you do
when you’re lonely, I’ll be lonely too
René Klijn
While a deep blue sky might express power, focus and the absence of worries. Be any color you want.
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The beach at Het Strand. A bit tongue in cheek: strand in Dutch means beach.
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Grey clouds over the sunset lit up sea.
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The Departement of Eduction, Science and Culture in Den Haag.
Of course the above is applicable to the private sector as well.
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What's (in) the Picture? 