The theme for Weekly Lens Artists 126 is ‘A stands for … ’.
A is of course Aqua, water.
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 scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
The theme for Weekly Lens Artists 126 is ‘A stands for … ’. Aachen, the Christmas market.
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The theme for Weekly Lens Artists 125 is ‘you can pick it’.
A view from the ‘red house’ in Monschau. Yesterday I posted the colored version of this photo. Like earlier this week I like to know if you prefer the color or the mono version. Leave your comments with your choice! After all: this week it is your pick.
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The theme for Weekly Lens Artists 125 is ‘you can pick it’.
A view from the ‘red house’ in Monschau.
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The theme for Weekly Lens Artists 125 is ‘you can pick it’. Any way.
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The theme for Weekly Lens Artists 125 is ‘you can pick it’.
Yesterday I posted the monochrome version of this photo. They do differ, not only in color. I wonder which one you prefer.
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The theme for Weekly Lens Artists 125 is ‘you can pick it’.
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The theme for Weekly Lens Artists 125 is ‘you can pick it’.
Where fiction, art and reality meet. I googled for some more information about this fountain and found it on the site of the Aachen tourist service. It is called ‘Kreislauf des Geldes’ aka Money Cycle.
In this cycle money goes from hand to hand. The fountain was created in 1976 by Karl-Henning Seemann. The people shown symbolise avarice, greed, patronage and begging. Just like money, the water in the fountain flows all year round, since it is fed by the thermal springs. In the summer in particular, the fountain is a popular meeting point for Aacheners and visitors to the city, and for young and old looking to cool down in the flowing water. (source: Aachen Tourist service)
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The theme for Weekly Lens Artists 125 is ‘you can pick it’.
A very old sunset from long ago showing the sky over Oegstgeest and the tower of the Roman Catholic Church.
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 scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
The theme of Lens-Artists #124 is ‘Now and then’.
Paris in December 1981. A view from the hill of Sacré Coeur into the city at the end of the Winter afternoon just before sunset. A shot on Kodak Color II brought back to monochrome. Camera unknown.
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.
Originally shot on Kodak color II, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #120 is ‘what a treat’.
I love to take photos from a car (rest assured, I am not doing the driving at those moments). And the result can be quite surprising at times. This one gives me the feeling of a small village, hidden in the landscape.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #120 is ‘what a treat’.
The garden is a special place during each season. It offers a cycle of life yearly; each phase with its own beauty and uniqueness.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #120 is ‘what a treat’.
Coming back to an area I visited a long time ago in my youth, brings back memories about the past. The beauty of nature is sometimes overwhelming, even when it rains.
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Details of a cloudy sky for the Weekly Sky Challenge.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #119 is ‘My hideaway’.
Autumn has come, Summer is over. The garden is no longer the place to enjoy being outside during the pandemic, looking at plants and flowers. Seasons come and go, the natural cycle continues, and Summer is waiting to come back next year, hopefully in a different setting without restrictions.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #119 is ‘My hideaway’.
Autumn has come, rain, wind, cold and nature getting ready to go into rest and wait for Spring. It is warm inside.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #119 is ‘My hideaway’.
Autumn has come, rain, wind, cold and nature getting ready to go into rest and wait for Spring. It is warm inside.
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The Haarlemmermeerpolder under a sunny sky for the Weekly Sky Challenge.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #118 is ‘Communication’.
A walk over a field of heather in the Zandenbos near Nunspeet.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #117 is ‘A photo Walk’.
Last week I had to kill some time in Rotterdam near the Central Station.
Just behind the roof of Central Station is Delftse Poort. Until 2009 the highest building in The Netherlands. The five highest buildings in The Netherlands are all in Rotterdam.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #117 is ‘A photo Walk’.
Last week I had to kill some time in Rotterdam near the Central Station. It was the first time I saw it close. A fourth impression.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #117 is ‘A photo Walk’.
Last week I had to kill some time in Rotterdam near the Central Station. It was the first time I saw it close. A third impression.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #117 is ‘A photo Walk’.
Last week I had to kill some time in Rotterdam near the Central Station. It was the first time I saw it close. A second impression.
Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #117 is ‘A photo Walk’.
Last week I had to kill some time in Rotterdam near the Central Station. It was the first time I saw it close. The coming days I will post some impressions.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #117 is ‘A photo Walk’.
A view on Warmond, near the Kagerplassen.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #117 is ‘A photo Walk’.
A walk over a field of heather near Vierhouten.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #116 is ‘symmetry’.
Again on the road, a view over the fields obscured by rain.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #116 is ‘symmetry’.
The Pas Opweg leading to the Hidden Village in the forest near Nunspeet. In 1943 – 1944 the Dutch resistance build a village where people, wanted by the Germans, could hide.
We are lucky to have thousands of kilometers of free bicycle lanes in The Netherlands. And riding an e-bike for the first time in my life in this forest was a wonderful experience.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #116 is ‘symmetry’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #116 is ‘symmetry’.
Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #116 is ‘symmetry’.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #116 is ‘symmetry’.
Again on the road, a view over the fields obscured by rain.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #115 is ‘Inspiration’.
One of my favorite activities while being on the road in the passenger seat, is snapping photos. Here a drive by of Schiphol Amsterdam Airport.
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he theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #115 is ‘Inspiration’.
One of my favorite activities while being on the road in the passenger seat, is snapping photos.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #115 is ‘Inspiration’.
The Dutch landscape is a continuous source of inspiration. Sometimes in a wide view, sometimes in a close up to pick up some details. A church on a dyke, cows in the polder.
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The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #115 is ‘Inspiration’.
Coming from a land that is flat as a pancake, mountains and hills are a source of inspiration, reflection and sport. Climbing a mountain by bicycle is a wonderful experience, offering lots of insights about who and what you are. This one was shot with Pentax Mju on Fuji Film.
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 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’.
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 theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #113 is ‘A labor of love’.
Ephesus is a beautiful excavation near Selçuk in the west of Turkey. The library of Celsus is an amazing piece of architecture and art.
About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish in – an originally – small series. That series caught on a bit more than I thought. All of them are not retouched yet. Scratches, dust and stains are not removed.
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… ’.
A country tangled in a dreadful civil war, unfortunately.
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. Click the picture for a bigger version
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #112 is ‘Pick a Word… ’.
In 1989 the Notre Dame de Paris was dominating the view of the Isle de France. Let us hope that after the fire she will come back untangled in its old splendor, resting comfortable between the two arms of the Seine.
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. Click the picture for a bigger version
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 #110 is ‘Creativity in a time of Covid’.
Looking back to our history we have known barriers and borders, preventing us to do what we wanted, or keeping us in. The Berlin Wall in November 1989, just before it ‘fell’.
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.
Originally shot with Nikon F301 on Kodak TriX, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #110 is ‘Creativity in a time of Covid’.
Looking back in the archive for another challenge, I dug up some old images. This is Turkey, 1987. It must be Fuji film, and probably Nikon F301 with a long lens, but I am not sure.
About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish in – an originally – small series. That series caught on a bit more than I thought. All of them are not retouched yet. Scratches, dust and stains are not removed.
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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