What's (in) the Picture?

Chris Breebaart Photography – finding stories

Posts tagged ‘Weekly Photo Challenge’

Consider the Lillies

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2021

The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #178 is You Choose. About choices in life. Some are easy if there is a lot to choose from.

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

Row

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2008

Theme #177 of Lens Artists Photo Challenge is celebrating.

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

Cyclame

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2021

Theme #177 of Lens Artists Photo Challenge is celebrating.

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

Float

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2021

Theme #177 of Lens Artists Photo Challenge is celebrating. Float on the wind.

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

Fall Back

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2021

Theme #177 of Lens Artists Photo Challenge is celebrating. Beauty.

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

Plumes against a green backdrop

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2021

Theme #177 of Lens Artists Photo Challenge is celebrating. Beauty.

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

High Lights

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2021

Theme #177 of Lens Artists Photo Challenge is celebrating. A moment during the day, seeing the light of the sun split. A moment of presence and focus, being quiet for a moment. Thinking of Nicolas Cramer.

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

Light

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2021

Theme #177 of Lens Artists Photo Challenge is celebrating. A moment during the day, seeing the light of the sun split on a shrubbery in the front garden. A moment of presence and focus, being quiet for a moment to celebrate life.

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

Evidence of Autumn

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2021

The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #176 is One image/one story. That theme matches the subject of my photo blog: What’s (in) the picture? Finding stories. Photo’s tell stories. My story (what made me click my shutter), and the story of the spectator.

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

Walks

England, Wells next the Sea – September 2021

The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #176 is One image/one story. That theme matches the subject of my photo blog: What’s (in) the picture? Finding stories. Photo’s tell stories. My story (what made me click my shutter), and the story of the spectator.

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

Dogs

England, Wells next the Sea – September 2021

The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #176 is One image/one story. That theme matches the subject of my photo blog: What’s (in) the picture? Finding stories. Photo’s tell stories. My story (what made me click my shutter), and the story of the spectator.

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

Autumn

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2021

The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #176 is One image/one story. That theme matches the subject of my photo blog: What’s (in) the picture? Finding stories. Photo’s tell stories. My story (what made me click my shutter), and the story of the spectator.

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

Life Cycle

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2021

The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #176 is One image/one story. That theme matches the subject of my photo blog: What’s (in) the picture? Finding stories. Photo’s tell stories. My story (what made me click my shutter), and the story of the spectator.

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

Lights

England, Southwell – December 2015

The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #176 is One image/one story. That theme matches the subject of my photo blog: What’s (in) the picture? Finding stories. Photo’s tell stories. My story (what made me click my shutter), and the story of the spectator, as I wrote earlier.

shot with iPhone 6s plus using Hueless,  edited using Snapseed and Marksta, click the picture for a larger version

Blue

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2021

Christmas is coming. Some people can’t wait to set up their gardens with light figures. Here is one I would consider, if I would decorate the garden. For this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #175 Follow your bliss.

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Sail Away

England, Sheringham – September 2021

Set your own course guided by your heart. For this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #175 Follow your bliss.

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

Cliff

England, Sheringham – September 2021

For this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #174 Shapes and Designs.

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Up Front

England, Brancaster – September 2021

For this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #174 Shapes and Designs.

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Harwich Sunrise Sky

England, Harwich – September 2021

The sky at sunrise in Harwich. For this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #174 Shapes and Designs.

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Pigs

England, Thetford – September 2021

Pigs in a field, from a car. For this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #174 Shapes and Designs.

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Autumn

The Netherlands, Zoetermeer – October 2021

Wild mushrooms. For this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #174 Shapes and Designs.

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Blowing in the Wind

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2021

Grass in the garden, waving in the wind. For this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #174 Shapes and Designs.

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

Roof Abstract

The Netherlands, Zoeterwoude – May 2015

A roof of a shopping mall. The theme for this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #173 is interesting architecture.

shot with iPhone 6s plus using Hueless, edited using Snapseed and Marksta, click the picture for a larger version

Concrete

The Netherlands, Den Haag – July 2015

The concrete factory of Dyckerhoff Basal in Den Haag. The theme for this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #173 is interesting architecture.

shot with iPhone 6s plus using Hueless, edited using Snapseed and Marksta, click the picture for a larger version

Little Town

The Netherlands, Schiedam – May 20215

Schiedam, a small town under the smoke of Rotterdam, with its own iconic windmill. Just a little street in a little town, old and more modern mixed. The theme for this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #173 is interesting architecture.

shot with iPhone 6s plus using Hueless, edited using Snapseed and Marksta, click the picture for a larger version

Fly Over Bicycle

The Netherlands, Zoetermeer – July 2015

A fly over for bicycles (we do have lots of bicycle lanes in The Netherlands) in Zoetermeer, architecture as art. The theme for this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #173 is interesting architecture.

shot with iPhone 6s plus using Hueless, edited using Snapseed and Marksta, click the picture for a larger version

Windmills

England, Sheringham – September 2021

Windmills on the horizon at Sheringham, Norfolk. Modern shapes of an iconic object. The theme for this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #173 is interesting architecture.

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

Pamela Mae

England, Wells next the Sea – September 2021

The theme for this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #172 is a day of my week. The photo above was one of a series I took during a morning when I visited a little village in Norfolk, Wells next the Sea. From the dock the view on the low tide coastline was amazing: boats, gulls, water, sun and clouds. It felt like a photographer heaven where there is too much to shoot in a short time. So this week I publish some of the photo’s from that morning in September.

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

Wells next the Sea

England, Wells next the Sea – September 2021

The theme for this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #172 is a day of my week. The photo above was one of a series I took during a morning when I visited a little village in Norfolk, Wells next the Sea. From the dock the view on the low tide coastline was amazing: boats, gulls, water, sun and clouds. It felt like a photographer heaven where there is too much to shoot in a short time. So this week I publish some of the photo’s from that morning in September.

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

Up the Junction

England, Wells next the Sea – September 2021

The theme for this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #172 is a day of my week. The photo above was one of a series I took during a morning when I visited a little village in Norfolk, Wells next the Sea. From the dock the view on the low tide coastline was amazing: boats, gulls, water, sun and clouds. It felt like a photographer heaven where there is too much to shoot in a short time. So this week I publish some of the photo’s from that morning in September.

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

In the Balance

England, Wells next the Sea – September 2021

The theme for this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #172 is a day of my week. The photo above was one of a series I took during a morning when I visited a little village in Norfolk, Wells next the Sea. From the dock the view on the low tide coastline was amazing: boats, gulls, water, sun and clouds. It felt like a photographer heaven where there is too much to shoot in a short time. So this week I publish some of the photo’s from that morning in September.

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

Light at the End

England, Wells next the Sea – September 2021

The theme for this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #172 is a day of my week. The photo above was one of a series I took during a morning when I visited a little village in Norfolk, Wells next the Sea. From the dock the view on the low tide coastline was amazing: boats, gulls, water, sun and clouds. It felt like a photographer heaven where there is too much to shoot in a short time. So this week I publish some of the photo’s from that morning in September.

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

From a Distance

England, Wells next the Sea – September 202

The theme for this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #172 is a day of my week. The photo above was one of a series I took during a morning when I visited a little village in Norfolk, Wells next the Sea. From the dock the view on the low tide coastline was amazing: boats, gulls, water, sun and clouds. It felt like a photographer heaven where there is too much to shoot in a short time. So this week I publish some of the photo’s from that morning in September.

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

Seagulls

England, Wells next the Sea – September 2021

The theme for this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #172 is a day of my week. The photo above was one of a series I took during a morning when I visited a little village in Norfolk, Wells next the Sea. From the dock the view on the low tide coastline was amazing: boats, gulls, water, sun and clouds. It felt like a photographer heaven where there is too much to shoot in a short time. So this week I publish some of the photo’s from that morning in September.

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

At Low Tide

England, Wells next the Sea – September 2021

The theme for this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #172 is a day of my week. The photo above was one of a series I took during a morning when I visited a little village in Norfolk, Wells next the Sea. From the dock the view on the low tide coastline was amazing: boats, gulls, water, sun and clouds. It felt like a photographer heaven where there is too much to shoot in a short time. So this week I publish some of the photo’s from that morning in September.

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

Caught in the middle

England, Wells-next-the-Sea, September 2021

Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk. One for lens artists weekly photo challenge #171: weird and wonderful.

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

Train

The Netherlands, Voorschoten – October 2021


One for lens artists weekly photo challenge #171: weird and wonderful.

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

Cinema

The Netherlands, Den Haag – October 2021


One for lens artists weekly photo challenge #171: weird and wonderful. Waiting for No Time To Die.

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

View on Scheveningen

The Netherlands, Den Haag – October 2021

A view at Scheveningen from a rainy window, over looking the new covered bicycle park in front of the Central Station.
One for lens artists weekly photo challenge #171: weird and wonderful.

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

Trailer Park

England, Wells next the Sea- September 2021

The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #176 is One image/one story. That theme matches the subject of my photo blog: What’s (in) the picture? Finding stories. Photo’s tell stories. My story (what made me click my shutter), and the story of the spectator.

At the start of my photo path I used to get comments ‘why do you shoot that? That is not a nice photo!’. In a time of film it was impossible to show a result quickly to make my idea visible. Wait, be patient, wait for the print! But a film needed to be developed, and sometimes I could not create the envisioned result in my darkroom. Nowadays you lust look at the back of your camera and share that with the critic. And sometimes even that does not make sense, but it shows a picture.

Photography is about seeing, observing the world. And be ready for the decisive moment as Henri Cartier-Bresson said. My photo’s are my story of the world, my way of giving ‘voice’ to something that made me press the shutter, that reflects inside me. That is extremely subjective. But I learned (via this blog and other feed back) that my story most of the times is different from the one of spectators. My story is not their story. So, what’s behind this photo?

Martin Parr is in my humble opinion a brilliant satirist of the wealthy world. I enjoy his pictures of people, showing how human they are in their environment and behavior. And sitting in a holiday trailer park I was wondering what would be a way of framing what that park meant to me. All the trailers look the same, so I pictured a small bit. With the sky. A holiday at the sea in a trailer park. Hopefully with blue skies.

So what is your story with this photo?

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

The Ship

England, Brancaster – September 2021

The Ship, the local in Brancaster, Norfolk. The labelling of the walls is quite artful, A bit of street art for this week’s Lens Artists photography challenge #170 Street Art.

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

Bike Park

England, Swaffham, Norfolk – September 2021

A bicycle park facility at Tesco’s in Swaffham in Norfolk. A bit of street art for this week’s Lens Artists photography challenge #170 Street Art.

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

QE 1

England, Dartford Crossing M25 – September 2021

Something ordinary, a bridge to cross. But some bridges make it a bigger experience. Queen Elizabeth bridge at Dartford Crossing. For this week’s lens artists challenge #169: the ordinary.

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

Road Sunrise

England, Horsham – September 2021

A sunrise on a road near Horsham for this week’s lens artists challenge #169: the ordinary.

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

Tesco Click and Collect

England, Horsham – September 2021

A click and collect with a hazy morning sun for this week’s lens artists challenge #169: the ordinary.

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Fence

France, Les Moëres – September 2021

An ordinary fence on the side of the motor way in the north of France for this week’s lens artists challenge #169: the ordinary.

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

From the archive: Chapel Naxos 1983

Greece, Naxos – July1983

A little chapel in Naxos that could do with some tender loving care to this week’s lens artistists challenge #168: seen better days.

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.

From the archive: Oracle Delphi 1983

Greece, Delphi – July1983

Delphi, the remains of the temple of Apollo where the oracle (Pythia) gave answers to questions. Just a bit tongue in cheek to this week’s lens artistists challenge #168: seen better days.

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.

Colors of Autumn 2016

Germany, Heimbach – November 2016

This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge (#167) is Colors of Autumn.

At the moment there is not much Autumn colors to be seen in The Netherlands, so one from the archive near Heimbach.

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