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Sunny Street: Breestraat Leiden

A black and white photograph of Breestraat in Leiden, featuring the town hall in the background, with people walking and bicycles parked along the street.
The Netherlands, Leiden – September 2025

The Breestraat in Leiden with the townhall.

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Night Fall

A dramatic sky filled with dark clouds and a hint of blue peeking through, captured at dusk.
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2025

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Stunning Sunset Over Oegstgeester Kanaal

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2025

And yes, another sunset. Well, they come around every day. This one is a golden gem.

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And Another Sunset Nudge

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2025

One can not take enough photos of sunsets.

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Exploring Leiden’s Scenic Canals: A Summer Evening

The Netherlands, Leiden – July 2025

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #359 is ‘Tools of Photo Compositions: Lines, Colors and Patterns’.
A sunset over the Galgenwater in Leiden. A warm Summer night, with lots of boats cruising the canals. In the background the replica of the windmill of Rembrandt van Rijn’s father.

Archive Leiden

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Low Tide

France, Le Conquet – August 1996

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.
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Unexpected iPhone Long Exposure Sunset Shot

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2025

While trying to take an after sunset photo, my iPhone decided it needed a long exposure. The result an unexpected shot. This is the photo I aimed for. It was published two days ago. It shows the sun reflecting in the clouds after sunset.

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Stunning Sunset Reflections in Oegstgeest

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2025

The sun reflects its light in the clouds after sunset.

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Sunset

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2025

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Rusper Church

England, Rusper – April 2025

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When You Feel Spring

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2025

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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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High Key

The Netherlands, Noordwijk – March 2025

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First Spring Day Sunset

The Netherlands, Noordwijk – March 2025

The first Sunset of Spring.

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Tearful Sunset

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2025

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Sunset



The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2025

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Source of Origin

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2025

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Sunset From Train


The Netherlands, Amersfoort – January 2025

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Sky

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2025

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Dusk

England, Holt – Langham – December 2024

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Space

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2024

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Balance

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2024

Sunset over a rooftop.

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A Lake at Sunset

Wetlands Vlietlanden near Voorschoten on a sunny evening.

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Sunset


The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2024

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The Parrot

England, Dorking – Forest Green – May 2024

The Lens Artist Photo Challenge celebrates its 300th episode! A big cheer for the four founders for starting it and keeping it alive. This one is ‘delicate’.

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Shepherd’s Delight

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2024

The reflection of the sunset in the sky and water, a beautiful display of colors towards the East.

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Spring Sunset Skies

Skies can be amazingly dramatic these days, sometimes aided by a whiff of Sahara sand in the mix of light and clouds.

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Sunset Noordwijk

The Netherlands, Noordwijk – February 2024

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Windmill at Winter Sunset

The Netherlands, Voorhout – January 2024

An iconic view of The Netherlands for many tourists. Windmill ‘Hoop doet leven’ in Voorhout against the Winter sunset.

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Sea Front

England, Walmer – December 2023

Dusk at Walmer for LAPC #284 ‘day&night’.

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Boat Ride at Dusk

The Netherlands, Leiden – September 2023

A sunset over the Galgewater in Leiden.

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Light

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2023

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On Wings

The Netherlands, Hoofddorp – August 2023
The Netherlands, Hoofddorp – August 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #266 is ‘Time’. It takes a lot of time to tell everything about the concept of time. One aspect of time is how fast or how slow it is.

One common misunderstanding about time is that it can fly. It does not. It is us being mesmerized how a certain amount of time goes faster in specific situations. Eg when you are on holiday, or having a great 😊 time. Each second, minute, hour, day is exactly the same as it ever was. Sometimes time seems to go slower too! Again, a misconception. But what is the figurative opposite of flying? In most of those moments I do wish time could fly.

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Rembrandt’s View

The Netherlands, Leiden – September 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #266 is ‘Time’. It takes a lot of time to tell everything about the concept of time.

One of the best musical stories about time is by Pink Floyd: Time of the brilliant timeless album The Dark Side of the Moon, that was released 50 years ago.

This week I try to show aspects that come to my mind. The first is history at present. Places where important moments in time happened. Which you observe from the present.

This is a recent sunset over the Galgewater in Leiden. ‘Where? Why? Of what importance?’ I hear you say. At the bridge on the left side of the frame Rembrandt van Rijn was born. A copy of the mill his father used for his business is on the right. The only thing Rembrandt would have seen is the sunset, and the mills. All the buildings and boats etc are ‘after Rembrandt’.

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Pyloned Sunset

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2023

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #264 is ‘primary colours’.

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Close to the edge

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest-June 2023

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Sky

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest- June 2023

June was a warm month with beautiful sunder skies. Hoping August will bring some more than grey clouds.

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Light over Dark

Lens Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #261 is ‘work in progress’. The sky is never finished.

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Chimney

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest-June 2023

When we had Summer 2023 sunsets.

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Dots

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – June 2023

June was a beautiful month full of sun and warmth. July was less, let’s hope August has some more blue skies for us. This week LAPC #259 is ‘unbound’.

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Sunset

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – June 2023

June was a beautiful month full of sun and warmth. July was less, let’s hope August has some more blue skies for us. This week LAPC #259 is ‘unbound’.

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Before the Storm

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Holiday

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – June 2023

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Time to go Home

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – June 2023

There is a moment you have to leave the beach and head home.

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Donna Donna

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2023

Swallows in the sky, reminding of an old song made very popular by Joan Baez but in its origin it is a yiddish folk song.

This week’s Lens Artists Challenge is ‘Simplicity Photography’.

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See Sea, The Sun

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – June 2023

This week’s Lens Artists Challenge is ‘Simplicity Photography’.

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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.

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Hot Summer Dawn

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2023

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In Flow

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