Catch if you can
A long dry Summer with a garden begging for rain.
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Hosta
The Netherlands, Lisse – August 2025
The garden of castle De Keukenhof.
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Castle Gardens
The garden of castle De Keukenhof.
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Keukenhof Castle’s Garden
The Netherlands, Lisse – August 2025
In Summer the garden of castle De Keukenhof is filled with beautiful Dahlia’s.
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Low Tide
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #359 is ‘Tools of Photo Compositions: Lines, Colors and Patterns’.
The harbor of Le Conquet at low tide during sunset, as equestrians pass by. To say I was surprised when I spotted the horses, is an understatement.
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
Let It Roll
France – Morbihan, Questembert – August 1996
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #359 is ‘Tools of Photo Compositions: Lines, Colors and Patterns’.
The dreamy field with freshly pressed straw rolls offers a nice challenge. It is an opportunity to create something that makes sense in images. The idea that they actually roll. Near Questembert in the Morbihan region of Brittany.
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
Brouillard
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #359 is ‘Tools of Photo Compositions: Lines, Colors and Patterns’.
A local railway track, disappearing in the fog. A photo from almost 30 years ago, taken in Brittany at St. Samsom-sur-Rance, near Dinan.
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
Station to Station
Tram station Prinses Beatrixlaan.
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Golden Summer Morning
And the sun also rises in gold on a Summer morning. And when you shoot it in color, it is literally photographer’s gold.
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Capturing Summer Mornings in Oegstgeest
Summer mornings can sometimes welcome you into a warm, joyful and laid back day. This is one of those days filled with ease. The sun also rises, each day, at more or less the same place. And when you catch it early, it is photographer’s gold.
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Summer Morning
Sun shining through the trees on the start of another warm Summer day.
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Contemplation
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Water Play
The iPhone 15 Pro Max is a wonderful clever piece of photographic technology. It is the ideal snap instrument, that is always in my pocket. The quality of the images is improved immensely over the years. And to be honest, I shoot most of my photos with it nowadays. Just because I always have my phone with me. What I still do not like is the quality of images when you use the zoom. This shot is on full zoom and the details disappear. Unfortunately I was not able to move closer at that moment. At these moments I wish I had my Nikon Zf at hand, with a nice long lens.
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Hosta After Rain
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Cross Town Wedding
In the charming streets of Delft, a couple dressed as bride and groom had us questioning whether we’d stumbled upon a wedding or a spontaneous costume party. Either way, love was in the air, or at least some excellent snap photo ops!
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Exploring Delft: A Glimpse of City Hall and New Church
The city hall of of Delft with the steeple of the New Church in the background.
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Studying Hard
The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #356 is ‘Quiet Hours’.
Delft has a technical university with a long history in engineering and water management. The plan for Dutch coast defense implemented in the Delta Works originated here. Deltares is a major technological institute for research focusing on water management.
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Rendezvous
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Roger that, Roger
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Sunset
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Coming Home
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On Policy
The LAPC challenge for this week (#354) is ‘reflections’. Reflecting can be visual but also in a way of contemplating. On the photo three Dutch government policy departments.
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Leiden Marathon seen from Joop Zoetemelk Path
The Leiden Marathon as seen from the bicycle path, dedicated to one of the most successful Dutch professional cyclists, Joop Zoetemelk near Rijpwetering.
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Nobody Can Wait Forever
Den Haag Central Station.
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Arrival
Den Haag Central Station.
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Den Haag Central Station
Den Haag Central Station.
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Den Haag Tower
Den Haag Central Station.
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Through The Wire
Each time I pass here on the way to or from Calais, I take a picture of the power lines in St. Georges-sur-l’Aa.
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Group Call
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Timeless Guildford
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Short Cut
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Shop In Line
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Guildford High Street
Guildford High Street.
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Guildford High Street: Better Days
Some shops had better days in Guildford High Street.
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Guildford High Street
Uphill Guildford High Street.
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Angel Gate Guildford
The old Posting House in Guildford now the Angel Hotel.
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Exploring Guildford: The Surrey Scholar
England, Guildford – April 2025
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #350 (congratulations!) is ‘zooming’. A zoomlens gets you nearer to the subject, and can be used for lots of creative effects. The brief for this LAPC is to be creative, but in this photo I used the zoom just to get closer to a section of the ‘full picture’ of the Surrey Scholar on High Street in Guildford. The zoom puts the statue in a different light, taking the context away.
- archive England
- archive Guildford
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When You Feel Spring
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Last Field
All the bulb flowers of Spring are now gone. We have to wait for next year to see tulips, daffodils and hyacinths ruling the fields of our flat lands. Until then we enjoy nature exploding in its full force, and after that its decline into Winter. But for now it’s amazing how fast everything springs out.
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On the beach
The Netherlands, Noordwijk – March 2025
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All Quiet
The Netherlands, Noordwijk – March 2025
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Leiden Breestraat
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Yellow Tulip Road
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Tulips
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest and Voorhout – April 2025
Tulips in the garden and on the field. It might be that the bulbs for our red tulips next year in the garden come from this production field in Voorhout.
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High Rise
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Haagse Poort (Gateway to Den Haag)
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Magnolia Revisited
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2025
This year I followed the flowering of the magnolia tree in our front garden. The mono photos are taken with Nikon Zf, the colors come from the iPhone.
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The White House
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High Key
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First Spring Day Sunset
The first Sunset of Spring.
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What's (in) the Picture? 