Blue Flight
The theme for this week Lens-artists challenge #153 is ‘Wonderful World’.
Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version
The theme for this week Lens-artists challenge #153 is ‘Wonderful World’.
Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger 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
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The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #150 is ‘Let’s go wild’.
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The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #150 is ‘Let’s go wild’.
A sunset.
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The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #150 is ‘Let’s go wild’.
A sunset.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #150 is ‘Let’s go wild’.
Near our house there is an artificial lake created by the need for sand for infrastructural building. The sand was used to build a railway and as a base for houses and roads. On the banks is big nest box for Sand Martins. They come all the way from Africa and normally hatch in steep river walls. After creating their offspring they move back to Africa. In the setting sun they play in the sky, chasing each other.
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The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #150 is ‘Let’s go wild’.
A sunset.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version
The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #145 is ‘getting to know you’. Nice to see more sunsets now the days are longer.
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The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #145 is ‘getting to know you’. A phenomenon I know my entire life is the weather. However, it still has it surprises, ice rain on a Spring Day?
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Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version
Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version
The theme for Weekly Lens Artists 126 is ‘A stands for … ’.
A is of course Aqua, water.
I just found out that I republished this photo. First time was March 2020.
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.
The picture was scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version
The theme for Weekly Lens Artists 126 is ‘A stands for … ’.
A is of course Aqua, water.
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.
The picture was scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
The theme for Weekly Lens Artists 125 is ‘you can pick it’.
A very old sunset from long ago showing the sky over Oegstgeest and the tower of the Roman Catholic Church.
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.
The picture was scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
Another one for Hammad’s freshly start up Weekly Sky Challenge #1.
Into the sunset, a reminder of a wonderful Summer we had, albeit in strange times.
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Details of a cloudy sky for the Weekly Sky Challenge.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #117 is ‘A photo Walk’.
Last week I had to kill some time in Rotterdam near the Central Station.
Just behind the roof of Central Station is Delftse Poort. Until 2009 the highest building in The Netherlands. The five highest buildings in The Netherlands are all in Rotterdam.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #116 is ‘symmetry’.
Again on the road, a view over the fields obscured by rain.
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Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #114 is ‘Negative Space’.
A plane approaching a runway at Schiphol Amsterdam.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #112 is ‘Pick a Word… ’.
This was a dark, big tangled sky that brought a lot of rain.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #112 is ‘Pick a Word… ’.
This was a dark, big tangled sky that brought a lot of rain.
Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #111 is ‘Everyday Objects’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #108 is ‘Sanctuary’.
Sometimes you have to go elsewhere to find a sanctuary. New horizons.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #103 is ‘Surprise’.
Framing a cloudy sunset I got a surpise of a gull flying by.
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The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #97 is ‘pastimes’.
During the intelligent lockdown we can make short bicycle trips to have some excercise and see the beauty of nature bursting out in Spring. Yesterday I posted two motor powered parachutes against the sky. This is taken from the same viewpoint.
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The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #97 is ‘pastimes’.
During the intelligent lockdown we can make short bicycle trips to have some excercise and see the beauty of nature bursting out in Spring. These two pilots take it to a higher level in their favourite pastime. Zooming in with the iPhone 11 Max gave this almost paint like rendering of the sky.
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Normally the sky would be filled with them on a clear day: the trail lines of aeroplanes on high altitude flying over.
In Corona times hardly any are visible in the sky. It is much quieter, the skies are much clearer.
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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
A road barrier for road works, separating tow carriage ways on the M1 forms a nice robust foundation for a rolling landscape, driving by in a car.
The theme for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #60 is ‘framing the shot’.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2019
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Shot with iPhoneX edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version
Shot with iPhoneX edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger 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 iPhoneX edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version
The weekly theme is ‘experimental’.
During a short holiday in the South of Spain we had an apartment with a breath taking view over the Mediterranean Sea. Using a long lens made the view even more fun. The effects of light, water and sky were quite surprising.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link
The weekly theme is ‘experimental’.
During a short holiday in the South of Spain we had an apartment with a breath taking view over the Mediterranean Sea. Using a long lens made the view even more fun. The effects of light, water and sky were quite surprising.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link
The weekly theme is ‘experimental’.
During a short holiday in the South of Spain we had an apartment with a breath taking view over the Mediterranean Sea. Using a long lens made the view even more fun. The effects of light, water and sky were quite surprising.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link
This weekly theme is ‘elemental’.
This is one of the most known old country manors of England: Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, from the top of the Cascade.
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
A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link
Chaos in the end results into an order of something new in a different form or shape. It is about flow and freedom to play and create and destroy. For me clouds fit that picture especially when they tower over us as giants looking down on our flat land.
Or race it on the wind in Autumn, or slowly hover lazily as in Summer. In my head I can always hear this song looking at clouds in a blue sky: Sky Blue by Peter Gabriel.
Shot with iPhone 6s plus using Huemore edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version
A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link
This weekly theme is ‘cherry on top’.
The Netherlands are a flat country. Horizons are low. Sometimes you have the luck to cover up a scenic photo with a beautiful cloudy sky. Especially when your are driven in a just purchased new car. No cherries here though.
shot with iPhone 6s plus using Hueless, edited using Snapseed and Marksta, click the picture for a larger version
A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link