The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #115 is ‘Inspiration’.
The canal that runs through my village is always an inspiration. Each season has its new perspective. The image is a bit shaky, using the zoom on the iPhone.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #115 is ‘Inspiration’.
Seeing something big, like a big field of heather, is always a prompt to be inspired. Even when it rains.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #114 is ‘Negative Space’.
I am not sure if this photo is about ‘negative space’. But it shows a way of looking at ‘space’ for sure.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #114 is ‘Negative Space’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #114 is ‘Negative Space’.
A plane approaching a runway at Schiphol Amsterdam.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #114 is ‘Negative Space’.
The bridge from the other side, see photo yesterday.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #114 is ‘Negative Space’.
The term ‘negative space’ to me is confusion: technically it is the space around the main subject of a photo. It means ‘negative’ as opposed to ‘positive’ attention for the main subject. The word ‘negative’ as a noun brings back good old memories. Being older I actually worked and work with negatives (for the millennials: it has to do with film, the light sensitive stuff we used to put in a camera to get a photo on (in negative) that later could be printed (in positive).
So ‘negative space’ is about the focus a viewer of a photo is offered in a photo. If there is a lot to see around the subject, than that distracts from that subject. In other words: it is a creative tool a photographer can use.
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The flowering heather at Gortel, too bad the rain came in, but the view is still breathtaking
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #113 is ‘A labor of love’.
Regardless one’s opinion about religion: faith is a labor of love.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #113 is ‘A labor of love’.
The garden is a haven and a wonderful example of a labor of love.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #113 is ‘A labor of love’.
The theme is meant to honor Labor Day in the United States of America. But I decided to give my own twist to the theme, and add parenthood to the label ‘labor’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #112 is ‘Pick a Word… ’.
This was a dark, big tangled sky that brought a lot of rain.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #112 is ‘Pick a Word… ’.
This was a dark, big tangled sky that brought a lot of rain.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #112 is ‘Pick a Word… ’.
Paula of Lost in Translation has been hosting a monthly challenge on her site: pick a word and post a photo that describes or portrays or symbolizes or associates with that word or words. Since Paula was away for a while, AC used this theme to bring it back to life. And what happens? Paula announced she will restart hosting the challenge. It can not be a coincidence.
This photo is a corridor of a beautiful, comfortable and welcoming hotel in Nunspeet in The Netherlands, Dorpsherberg De Roskam. It is a wonderful place to explore De Veluwe by foot or (electric) bicycle. We had a short stay over to pick up old youth memories and enjoy the flowering heather. It is a busy but not too crowded place, not exuberant but functional and practical. With a staff that is friendly, welcoming and always near when needed. If you are able to visit, I recommend you do so. This small business initiative deserves to grow.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #111 is ‘Everyday Objects’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #111 is ‘Everyday Objects’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #111 is ‘Everyday Objects’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #111 is ‘Everyday Objects’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #110 is ‘Creativity in a time of Covid’.
Sometimes a sunset can give courage and hope.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #110 is ‘Creativity in a time of Covid’.
In The Netherlands, lock down started in March this year. For me the biggest impact was the obligation to stay in or close around the house. I hate talking about ‘normal’ or the ‘new normal’ but all of a sudden I was not on my bicycle twice a day to the station to take the train to commute to work. And hence my ‘spontaneous inspiration’ diminished for taking photos on my iPhone. Luckily the garden was a real treat in colors, flowers, sun (we just exit the heatwave), and still is. The biggest ‘creativity’ was doing DIY in and around the house. The DIY shops thrived during the lock down, everybody got working on projects.
So, how creative am I during times of Covid? I am still the same person in looking at objects; the world I can physically see however is smaller. Lock down is lifted gradually, so my world is growing again. But this limitation led me to see much more detail and up close, and wonder about the smaller things in life that are important, which I took for granted or did not give attention before. Which helps me to be patient, and support people who keep us going forward (care staff, hospital staff, scientists and even the government and all others who keep the country going). Challenging, but not impossible. Balancing, experiencing the unknown.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #109 is ‘Under the sun’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #109 is ‘Under the sun’. Even when it rains we are under the sun.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #108 is ‘Sanctuary’.
The backyard is the sanctuary, being not too big but full with Agapanthus, who particular enjoy this Summer season. The flowers are a sanctuary for bees, buzzing over from the neighbor’s hives.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #108 is ‘Sanctuary’.
Sometimes you have to go elsewhere to find a sanctuary. New horizons.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #108 is ‘Sanctuary’.
As a kid I liked to look up at the clouds in the sky, dreaming away with the shapes. And sometimes had the feeling that the sky was not up there but down. Peter Gabriel wrote a beautiful song about it, Downside Up.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #108 is ‘Sanctuary’.
Corona times give another dimension to life, and the need to take regular stay-cations, or do things differently. In this case working with my hand instead of working with my head. The backyard is the sanctuary, being not too big but full with flowers, among them roses. The flowers are a sanctuary for bees, buzzing over from the neighbor’s hives.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #108 is ‘Sanctuary’.
I have not participated in the LAP for a few weeks due to DIY at home. Corona times give another dimension to life, and the need to take regular stay-cations, or do things differently. In this case working with my hand instead of working with my head. The backyard is the sanctuary, being not too big but full with Agapanthus, who particular enjoy this Summer season. The flowers are a sanctuary for bees, buzzing over from the neighbor’s hives.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #105 is ‘Spring’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #104 is ‘Summer’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #104 is ‘Summer’.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #104 is ‘Summer’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #104 is ‘Summer’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #104 is ‘Summer’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #103 is ‘Surprise’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #103 is ‘Surprise’.
Framing a cloudy sunset I got a surpise of a gull flying by.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #103 is ‘Surprise’.
A nice gin and tonic, a cold surprise on a warm day.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #102 is ‘A Quiet Moment’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #102 is ‘A Quiet Moment’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #102 is ‘A Quiet Moment’.
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