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Tulips 2008

The Netherlands, Lisse – March 2008

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#143 for this week is ‘colorful April’.
An old photo of De Keukenhof Lisse in 2008.

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

Tulips

The Netherlands, Lisse – March 2008

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#143 for this week is ‘colorful April’.
An old photo of De Keukenhof Lisse in 2008.

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

Yellow

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2021

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#143 for this week is ‘colorful April’. To start this week, not a typical Spring flower, a rose.

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Magpie

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2021

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#142 for this week is ‘you pick it’. It is Spring and birds are building nests. This magpie hits our hanging baskets for building material.

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

Pylon

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2006

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#142 for this week is ‘you pick it’. From the archive, a mono pylon photo.

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

Cyclamen

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2021

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#142 for this week is ‘you pick it’.

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

Daffodils

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2021

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#142 for this week is ‘you pick it’.

Daffodils in the rain.

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

Grass

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2021

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#142 for this week is ‘you pick it’.

So here is the first pick: an old grass in sunlight.

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

Reeuwijkse Plassen

The Netherlands, Reeuwijk – August 2014

A sunny morning on the Reeuwijkse Plassen near Reeuwijk. I forgot about the point and shoot camera I used.

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 an unknown point and shoot pocket camera on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Dusk

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2021

The 140th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is ‘change of scenery’.

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Spring Daffodil


The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2021

The 140th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is ‘change of scenery’. During the pandemic my window to the world shrunk. But this year I do what I always do in Spring: shooting the flowers growing right outside the kitchen window. The good old Nikon D500 with long lens being in use again, waiting on the kitchen table each morning when I open the shutters. A micro or macro change of scenery, but nature nurtures not only its plants. Indeed you do not have to go far for a change of scenery.

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

Spring

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2021

The 140th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is ‘change of scenery’. During the pandemic my window to the world shrunk. But this year I do what I always do in Spring: shooting the flowers growing right outside the kitchen window. The good old Nikon D500 with long lens being in use again, waiting on the kitchen table each morning when I open the shutters. A micro or macro change of scenery, but nature nurtures not only its plants. Indeed you do not have to go far for a change of scenery.

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

Red

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2021

The 139th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘natural light’.

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

Rain Drops

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2021

The 137th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘soft’.
Soft rain aka drizzle.

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Soft

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2021

The 137th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘soft’.
Soft snow on a gentile Buddha.

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

……………….. Is A Rose Is A Rose 5/5

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2021

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…….. Is A Rose Is A Rose …………. 4/5

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2021

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Spring

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2021

The 136th Weekly Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘things that start with the letter S’.
One of the first crocuses in the garden.

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…….. Is A Rose Is A Rose …………. 3/5

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2021

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A Rose Is A Rose …………. 1/5

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2021

This week’s theme of the weekly lens artists challenge (#135) is ‘glimpse into your world’. Roses are an inspiration.

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Spring

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2021

This week the Lens Artists Challenge is about ‘the personal photographic journey’.

You can find a short overview of my photographic journey on ‘my about/Chris Breebaart’ page .
I hope you do not mind me referring to that information briefly.
This week an uplifting photo of Spring. I am looking

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


Margraten landscape

The Netherlands, Margraten – October 1982

The theme for the lens-artists #132 is ‘striped and checked’.

Flowing lines in the hill landscape of Limburg.

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 TriX, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Margraten 2

The Netherlands, Margraten – October 1982

The theme for the lens-artists#131 is ‘emotions’.

This is the American cemetery in Margraten. One name among many.

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 TriX, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Margraten

The Netherlands, Margraten – October 1982

The theme for the lens-artists#131 is ‘emotions’.

This is the American cemetery in Margraten. A place for sadness, but also joy and many thanks.

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 TriX, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

My Hometown

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 1979

Winter 1979, an old former farmhouse ‘Ora et Labora’.

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 TriX, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

My Hometown 3

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 1979

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 TriX, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

My Hometown 2

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 1979

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 TriX, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Spring forward

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2019

The theme for the lens-artists#130 is ‘It’s a small world’.

Looking forward to flowers coming out end at the end of Winter.

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

Hebe

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2020

The theme for the lens-artists#130 is ‘It’s a small world’.

The winter is mild so far, and plants are a bit mixed up. This Hebe flowered till deep in December.

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

Downside Up

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2019

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

Happy New Year

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2020

Wishing you all a wonderful, healthy, prosperous, creative, joyful, loving 2021. Wrap your arms around the new year, and I wish we all can wrap our arms around loved ones and friends a lot more than in 2020!

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Another Bridge

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2020

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COVID Christmas

The Netherlands, Den Haag – December 2020

The weekly theme for lens artists weekly photo challenge (in short LAPC) #127 is ‘precious moments’.

A memory can be triggered by here and now. Last weekend I visited Den Haag physically for the first time after the lock down started in March. It was exciting and at the same time sad to see the city and the familiar landmarks. ‘Normally’ at this time of year, the center is crowded with people doing Christmas shopping, but now it is (depending on the hour of the day) more or less quiet. At times it is however too busy. The apparent human need to cluster closely together (in shops, or at home) is probably a reason why we see a rise in cases again. Tonight a more strict lock down will be announced. To curb the second wave. Department stores like the 150 year old Bijenkorf and other ‘unnecessary’ shops will close again. That hurts them enormously. But luckily there is light at the end of this tunnel. I hope the light of Christmas will soon turn into a bright sun that opens up our now small worlds and gives us the space and opportunities to be more human again. Till then: courage.

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