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No One is an Island
Off the west coast of Lesbos.
No man is an island,
Entire of itself,
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thy friend’s
Or of thine own were:
Any man’s death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in mankind,
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee. John Donne
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
Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa is one of the most famous and genius works of art in the world. I was lucky to view it for the first time when the Louvre was not modernized. On a Monday morning in February 1984 me and a friend were the only persons in the room to admire her mysterious smile. In 2008 I saw her again from a distance, in a sea of pressing people, holding up phones and camera’s to get a glimpse of her. I have not been there since, but I can imagine what it must look like on a normal day before the pandemic. A wave of smartphones will be raised towards her, in a never ending stream of people on visiting times of the Louvre. Apparently 80% of the visitors of the Louvre come to see her.
I read in an article that at present people seek personal attention in combination with important objects and/or moments. A selfie is the instrument to gain that attention on Instagram or Twitter or Facebook or Tiktok. Mona Lisa/Lisa Gherardini never wanted that attention, a brilliant artist painted her portrait. And the rest is history. She must feel lonely now, no one is coming to see her. Or is she finally getting her well deserved rest.
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My First WordPress Photo Publication
January 2008 I joined WordPress. This is the first photo I published on WordPress. A taverna in a hamlet in Greece. Quite obvious what struck me in this picture: all men, all apparently in thoughts. What is going on?
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Portal
Bayeux is an old village in Normandy France. Home of the Bayeux Tapestry. Here the entrance to the cathedral.
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Mont Saint Michel
Le Mont Saint Michel is an old village on a rock in a bay on the west of France in Brittany. It is positioned in between Normandy and Brittany, and is famous for its abbey.
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Reflection 2021: my favorites
The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#180 is showing favorite pictures of 2021. Yesterday’s post showed the top ten of photos that got the most views last year. In this post I will pick my favorites. Some new work from this year, and some archive shots.
Bubbles for 2022: Happy New Year
Wishing you all a wonderful, happy, healthy and inspirational new year. I hope we are able to travel more, be near to loved ones and friends and enjoy the world and our communities in more harmony together.
Shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.Click the picture for a bigger version
Bayeux
Bayeux is an old village in Normandy France. Home of the Bayeux Tapestry.
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Jersey: Cock and Bottle
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St. Paul’s
Millennium Bridge and St. Paul’s in London.
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Millennium Bridge Saint Paul’s View
Millennium Bridge and St. Paul’s in London.
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Up the River: Tate Modern
Millennium Bridge towards Tate Modern in London.
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Up the River: Millennium Bridge
Millennium Bridge and St. Paul’s in London.
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Up the River: O2
The O2 Arena maiden name Millennium Dome in Greenwich.
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Up the River: O2
The O2 Arena maiden name Millennium Dome in Greenwich.
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Grey Day
The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #179 is Serene. A grey morning in Autumn.
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Boat
The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #179 is Serene. A grey morning in Autumn.
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Hazy
The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #179 is Serene. A grey morning in Autumn.
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Serene Autumn
The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #179 is Serene. A little canal on a grey morning in Autumn.
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Almost Winter Solstice Sunrise
The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #179 is Serene.
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Aquatic Silhouette
The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #178 is You Choose.
The shore before Saint Malo, in Brittany.
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Barfleur
The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #178 is You Choose.
The harbor of Barfleur, a small village in the West of Normandy.
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Millennium Wheel
The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #178 is You Choose. The London Eye.
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Palace Evolution
The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #178 is You Choose. The palace of Westminster, long seen as the mother of parliaments and an example of a well functioning parliament, but in recent years showing a decline of parliamentary sovereignty to a more and more authoritarian executive. Shot from the London Eye as a view from an observer from a distance.
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Grey Morning
The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #178 is You Choose. A grey morning in Autumn, on the edge of Winter.
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How Amsterdam Airport Schiphol was created
The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #178 is You Choose. The only thing I chose for this blog was the subject and the photo. The choice to build this canal was made long ago, and one of the spin offs is Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
Before the pandemic I used to cross this canal twice a day, and I took loads of photos of it, but just recently I found out about its history and historical purpose.
As most of you probably know the Dutch have a long relationship with water, and learned how water could be managed over the ages. About half of The Netherlands is below sea level; the question was and is how to keep it dry? Some say that God created the world but the Dutch created The Netherlands. In reality we manage water. In days of climate change that gets more complex. Not only the amount of water coming in by rivers and rain is growing, the soil of The Netherlands sinks as well.
In 1840 this canal was build. From 1848 the former lake the Haarlemmermeer was turned into the Haarlemmermeerpolder and this canal was used to dump the water of that lake into the North Sea. Schiphol (ship hell) was a spot in that former lake notorious for ship wrecks as the story goes.
Nowadays the canal takes out the water from the West of The Netherlands to the sea at Katwijk.
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Consider the Lillies
The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #178 is You Choose. About choices in life. Some are easy if there is a lot to choose from.
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Row
Theme #177 of Lens Artists Photo Challenge is celebrating.
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Cyclame
Theme #177 of Lens Artists Photo Challenge is celebrating.
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Float
Theme #177 of Lens Artists Photo Challenge is celebrating. Float on the wind.
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Fall Back
Theme #177 of Lens Artists Photo Challenge is celebrating. Beauty.
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Plumes against a green backdrop
Theme #177 of Lens Artists Photo Challenge is celebrating. Beauty.
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High Lights
Theme #177 of Lens Artists Photo Challenge is celebrating. A moment during the day, seeing the light of the sun split. A moment of presence and focus, being quiet for a moment. Thinking of Nicolas Cramer.
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Light
Theme #177 of Lens Artists Photo Challenge is celebrating. A moment during the day, seeing the light of the sun split on a shrubbery in the front garden. A moment of presence and focus, being quiet for a moment to celebrate life.
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Evidence of Autumn
The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #176 is One image/one story. That theme matches the subject of my photo blog: What’s (in) the picture? Finding stories. Photo’s tell stories. My story (what made me click my shutter), and the story of the spectator.
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Walks
The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #176 is One image/one story. That theme matches the subject of my photo blog: What’s (in) the picture? Finding stories. Photo’s tell stories. My story (what made me click my shutter), and the story of the spectator.
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Dogs
The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #176 is One image/one story. That theme matches the subject of my photo blog: What’s (in) the picture? Finding stories. Photo’s tell stories. My story (what made me click my shutter), and the story of the spectator.
Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version
Autumn
The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #176 is One image/one story. That theme matches the subject of my photo blog: What’s (in) the picture? Finding stories. Photo’s tell stories. My story (what made me click my shutter), and the story of the spectator.
Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version
Life Cycle
The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #176 is One image/one story. That theme matches the subject of my photo blog: What’s (in) the picture? Finding stories. Photo’s tell stories. My story (what made me click my shutter), and the story of the spectator.
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Lights
The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #176 is One image/one story. That theme matches the subject of my photo blog: What’s (in) the picture? Finding stories. Photo’s tell stories. My story (what made me click my shutter), and the story of the spectator, as I wrote earlier.
shot with iPhone 6s plus using Hueless, edited using Snapseed and Marksta, click the picture for a larger version
Sheringham Shore
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Dogs
Dogs.
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Brancaster
Thinking back, and looking forward to Spring and Summer.
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Autumn Sunset
The Autumn was short this year. High temperatures were pleasant, but the amazing colors on leaves that are normal for this time of year, were not present. And when the weather changed the leaves came off the trees very fast. Luckily the sunsets are always there.
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Short Cut
A small short cut in Norfolk advised by TomTom delivers wonderful scenery.
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Blue
Christmas is coming. Some people can’t wait to set up their gardens with light figures. Here is one I would consider, if I would decorate the garden. For this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #175 Follow your bliss.
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Sail Away
Set your own course guided by your heart. For this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #175 Follow your bliss.
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Cliff
For this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #174 Shapes and Designs.
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Up Front
For this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #174 Shapes and Designs.
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What's (in) the Picture? 