Sea Front
Dusk at Walmer for LAPC #284 ‘day&night’.
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Dusk at Walmer for LAPC #284 ‘day&night’.
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I pictured a rainbow
You held it in your hands
I had flashes
But you saw the plan
I wandered out in the world for years
While you just stayed in your room
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon
The whole of the moon
The Waterboys – Whole of the moon
The moon over The Channel for LAPC #283 ‘quote or poem’.
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The Channel under a silver moon for LAPC # 283 ‘dramatic’.
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The moon is up over an off shore supply vessel.
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Arriving by LeShuttle (formerly known as Eurotunnel) and passing through Dover to catch a different glimpse of the famous white cliffs.
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Last weekend we stored the Christmas decorations for this season of light.
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A view up north towards Deal.
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England, Walmer – December 2024
The panoramic mode on the iPhone is not a favorite setting for me. On Instagram you get bombarded by adds about all Apple did not tell you about taking photos on iPhone: some work, eg using panorama setting for a wider angle (the fun for me using an iPhone is to be curious about all you can do finding it out for yourself).
But making a panorama having a straight line in front of you (a road eg) is hilarious. What would a sky panorama look like? So I did a 360 sky and a 180 horizon of the sea front at Walmer. Just for fun.
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The start of a brand new year, the first day with 365 following, given this is a leap year. A calm sea, the light breaking into the waves, painting a gorgeous sky in the clouds. It’s all in the details. The small boat heading out to a new port of call.
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2023 is in its final day, tomorrow opens a brand new year. Not a complete blank canvas, but one with lots of room and opportunities for new initiatives, changes, life! I wish you a wonderful new year in freedom, as a gull on his wings soaring the sea and land. Carpe diem!
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A Magnolia tree. Autumn is a time of rapid changes. It can be light and sunny with wonderful colors on display, or grim and dim in rain. Both have its unique beauty in my humble opinion.
The lens artists photo challenge #278 is ‘unique’.
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The windmill ‘Hoop doet leven’ between Oegstgeest and Voorhout in a backdrop of rain with matching cars to the dark sky.
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Two prints from the same panorama source on the iPhone. Choose your favorite! LAPC #276 is ‘looking up/looking down’.
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Lens Artists Photo Challenge #269 ‘over the edge’.
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Lens Artists Photo Challenge #269 ‘over the edge’.
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The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – September 2023
Lens Artists Photo Challenge #269 ‘over the edge’.
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Lens Artists Photo Challenge #269 ‘over the edge’.
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The iPhone improved amazingly for taking photos over the years, but long shots are still a way off what I would like.
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The Netherlands, Alphen aan den Rijn – September 2023
Windmill Vrouwgeestmolen at the Heimanswetering.
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A sunset over the Galgewater in Leiden.
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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 change. In time society changes in most cases. These changes can be political (eg equal voting rights), economical (eg equal pay for men and women) or social (eg inclusion). But of course there are more emancipatory changes possible and needed.
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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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This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #265 is ‘Black and White or Monochrome’.
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The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – August 2023
This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #265 is ‘Black and White or Monochrome’.
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This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #265 is ‘Black and White or Monochrome’.
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Lens Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #262 is ‘framing’. This is Burton Mill Pond in West Sussex.
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Lens Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #262 is ‘framing’.
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Lens Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #262 is ‘framing’. A wetland recreated from meadows.
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This week LAPC #260 is ‘overlooked’.
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On July 5th a storm created havoc, lots of rain and fallen trees.
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This week LAPC #260 is ‘overlooked’. Taking the word literally, one from the film archives. One of the ponds in Les Tuileries in Paris, looking at the small arch and the Louvre.
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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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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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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There is a moment you have to leave the beach and head home.
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The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2023
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This week’s Lens Artists Challenge is ‘Simplicity Photography’.
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Sea fog creeps in from the sea, making a warm day chilly for a moment.
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