What's (in) the Picture?

Chris Breebaart Photography – finding stories

Posts tagged ‘Summer’

Sea Fog

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – June 2023
The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – June 2023

Sea fog creeps in from the sea, making a warm day chilly for a moment.

Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

What happens on a bulb field in Summer?

If the soil is not being cleaned by flooding or gassed by covering it in plastic, the fields that are covered in Daffodils, Hyacinths or Tulips in Spring, in Summer are growing cut flowers for sales.

Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Hot Summer Dawn

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2023

Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Stonehenge Analogue

England, Stonehenge – June 2005

This week LAPC #254 is ‘spiritual places’.

  • 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. Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Boat Trip

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2023

Lens Artists Photograph Challenge #253 is ‘Fragments’. Fragment of a journey.

Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Busy Bee

The Netherlands, Lisse – August 2022

Bee at work in the garden of castle De Keukenhof.

Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Castle Keukenhof

The Netherlands, Lisse – August 2022

This week lens artists challenge #214 is ‘favourite finds’. In the garden of castle De Keukenhof is a beautiful display of dahlia each Summer.

Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Having a break

England, Peterborough A1 services – July 2022

This week lens artists challenge #213 is ‘here comes the sun’.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

Blue Feather

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2022

This Summer the sky seems to be a source for me. Clouds are magnificent at times.

Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Open Skies

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2022

This Summer the sky seems to be a source for me. Clouds are magnificent at times.

Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Slow Turn

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2022

This Summer the Sky seems to be a source for me. A love and hate one, incoming flights can be annoying. But clouds are magnificent at times.

Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Covered Sky

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2022

This Summer the Sky seems to be a source for me. A love and hate one, incoming flights can be annoying. But clouds are magnificent at times.

Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Small

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2022

This Summer the Sky seems to be a source for me. A love and hate one, incoming flights can be annoying. But clouds are magnificent at times.

Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Into the dark blue sky

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2022

This Summer the Sky seems to be a source for me. A love and hate one, incoming flights can be annoying. But clouds are magnificent at times.

Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Blue on White

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2022

This Summer the sky seems to be a source for me. A love and hate one, incoming flights can be annoying. But clouds are magnificent at times.

Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Blue on Blue

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2022

This Summer the Sky seems to be a source for me. A love and hate one, incoming flights can be annoying. But clouds are magnificent at times.

Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Watching Services

England, Peterborough A1 services – July 2022

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #211 is ‘what is your groove’. Basically I enjoy looking around, up and down till something strikes me as interesting. And being cheeky at times, like here while having a little pause on the road trip at a service station.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

Spot the Pigeons

England, Southwell – July 2022

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #211 is ‘what is your groove’. Basically I enjoy looking around, up and down till something strikes me as interesting. Being in a lovely small English town, enjoying a lunch, seeing some pigeons on a nice old red bricked house.

Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Garden Party

England, Morton – July 2022

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #211 is ‘what is your groove’. Basically I enjoy looking around, up and down till something strikes me as interesting. Like kids playing with water, a dog who is mad of water and two adults testing a drone at a garden party.

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

Musée Carré d’Art 1997

France, Nimes – August 1997

This week lens artists photo challenge is ‘that special place’. In this photo it refers to the moment of the photo. I was lying on the floor figuring out if the reflections of the Musée Carré d’Art could build up to some composition. Then, a young girls came into the frame, and I just snapped.

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

Arles 1997

France, Arles – August 1997

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

Reeuwijkse Plassen

The Netherlands, Reeuwijk – August 2014

This weeks challenge #187 is ‘water’. The Reeuwijkse Plassen is a lake area in the West of The Netherlands.

Shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.Click the picture for a bigger version

Saint Antonin-Noble-Val 2003

France, Saint Antonin-Noble-Val – August 2003

This weeks challenge #186 is ‘Low Light’. A little alley in a medieval village. The dark parts are as interesting as the light contrasts. St. Antonin-Noble-Val is a small village in France, with a scenic old town center.

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

From the archive: Chapelle Finistère 1981

France, Porspoder (Côte des Légendes) – August 1981

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 originally shot with Pentax K1000 on Kodak Plusx, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

From the archive: Brouillard Portsall 1981

France, Portsall – August 1981

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 originally shot with Pentax K1000 on Kodak Plusx, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

From the archive: Famille Porspoder 1981

France, Porspoder – August 1981

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 originally shot with Pentax K1000 on Kodak Plusx, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Red Grass

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – September 2021

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

Plumes

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2021

Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

At the Heart

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2021

Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

Opening Up

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2021

Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

Future Image

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2021

Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

Way to go

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2021

Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

Dahlia’s

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2021

Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

Dahlia 2

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2021

Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

Dahlia

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2021

Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

Thistles

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2021

Just around the corner there is a field where flowers are grown for commercial sales.

Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

Cyclamen

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2021

Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

Agapanthus Blues

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2021

Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

The Heart of the Matter

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2021

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #160 is ‘Your Inspiration’.

One of the biggest inspirations is nature and flowers. In times of Covid19 the back garden is a place to be.

Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

Window

France, Domfront – July 2013

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #159 is ‘Postcards’.

Domfront in Normandy.

shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Don Quichot the French

France, Domfront – July 2013

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #159 is ‘Postcards’.

In Domfront in Normandy they show old knights and medeaval games to tourists in Summer, in a superb backdrop of the old town. That delivers contrasting images.

shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

We’ll meet again

England, |Dover – August 2013

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #159 is ‘Postcards’.

Sailing away from Dover and its white cliffs.

shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.  Click the picture for a larger version.

Samos 1983

Greece, Samos – July 1983

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #158 is ‘Along back country roads’.

The airport of Samos is just near a beach. Luckily there were about two flights a day. The backroads of the Greek islands are the ferry services between them.

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.

The picture was originally shot with Pentax K1000 on Kodak Plusx, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Le Conquet

France, Le Conquet – July 1996

The theme for this week Lens-artists challenge #156 is ‘black and white’.

Le Conquet is a small village in the Finistère in the West of Brittany (Bretagne) in France.

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

Rendez-vous

France, Le Conquet – July 1996

The theme for this week Lens-artists challenge #156 is ‘black and white’.

Le Conquet is a small village in the Finistère in the West of Brittany (Bretagne) in France.

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

Sunset at low tide Le Conquet

France, Le Conquet – July 1996

The theme for this week Lens-artists challenge #156 is ‘black and white’.

Le Conquet is a small village in the Finistère in the West of Brittany (Bretagne) in France.

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

Shutters

France, St. Antonin Noble Val – July 2004

The theme for this week Lens-artists challenge #156 is ‘black and white’.

St. Antonin de Noble Val is a small village in France, with a scenic old town center. Shutters and balconies line the fronts of the houses.

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

High Street

France, St. Antonin Noble Val – July 2004

The theme for this week Lens-artists challenge #156 is ‘black and white’.

St. Antonin de Noble Val is a small village in France, with a scenic old town center. Shutters and balconies line the fronts of the houses.

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

Swans

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2021

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Leaves come back

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2021

Shot with Nikon D500, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version