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Where Old Meets New aka Advertising Space

The Netherlands, Leidschendam – February 2025

This week Lens Artist Photo Challenge #335 is exploring color versus monochrome aka black and white. Compare a color photo with a monochrome print of it. What works better? 

A few days ago I published a resembling shot in color and mono. This post differs from the earlier ones. The tree on the right went out of the frame. And a very modern advertising pole pops up in the background.

My love for the bleak colors of Winter’s light are the same. But I prefer this mono version, even if it was originally shot in color. GrainLab is a great tool, and the atmosphere of the photo is ‘old’ but the view is modern.

Shot with iPhone 15 Pro Max edited using Snapseed, GrainLab and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Meet The Ducks

The Netherlands, Leidschendam – February 2025
The Netherlands, Leidschendam – February 2025

This week Lens Artist Photo Challenge #335 is exploring color versus monochrome aka black and white. Compare a color photo with a monochrome print of it. What works better? 

Two landscapes, originally shot in color. I do prefer the monochrome version. That was tweaked with GrainLab.

Yesterday I publiced this one in color. I do like it, the bleak colors of Winter light are nice. But I prefer this mono version, even if it was originally shot in color. The dark spots are much more toned and I do like the grain feel of Kodak Tri X.

Shot with iPhone 15 Pro Max edited using Snapseed, GrainLab and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Back Up

The Netherlands, Leidschendam – February 2025

This week Lens Artist Photo Challenge #335 is exploring color versus monochrome aka black and white. Compare a color photo with a monochrome print of it. What works better?

I tend to think in black and white at most moments. Just my preference. And if I can I shoot just in a mono mode on my iPhone or my recent purchased Nikon Zf.

Yesterday I publiced this one in color. I do like it, the bleak colors of Winter light are nice. But I prefer this mono version, even if it was originally shot in color,

Shot with iPhone 15 Pro Max edited using Snapseed, GrainLab and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Don Quichotte has to stand tall nowadays

The Netherlands, Leidschendam – February 2025

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Grey and Flat

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2025

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Magnolia Up Close

The Netherlands, Oegstgeestt – January 2025

The Magnolia in the front garden is slowly waking up from Winter.

Shot with Nikon Zf, edited using Snapseed, GrainLab and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Crying Winter

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2025

A wet Winter.

Shot with Nikon Zf, edited using Snapseed, GrainLab and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Sunset From Train


The Netherlands, Amersfoort – January 2025

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Amersfoort 4


The Netherlands, Amersfoort – January 2025

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Amersfoort 3


The Netherlands, Amersfoort – January 2025

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Amersfoort 2


The Netherlands, Amersfoort – January 2025

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Amersfoort 1

The Netherlands, Amersfoort – January 2025

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Glass Houses

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2025

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Tunnel

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2025

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Klinkenberger Plas

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2025

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Sky

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – January 2025

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Dusk

England, Holt – Langham – December 2024

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Restaurant Toilet With A View

England, Fakenham – Binham – January 2025

Right next to the Binham Priory is The Parlour. A working dairy farm with a monumental breakfast.

Shot with iPhone 15 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version.

Restaurant Toilet


England, Holt-Weybourne – December 2024

The Maltings – The Grain Store in Weybourne. Sometimes a toilet is worth a photo.

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Holt Shops at Night

England, Holt – January 2025

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Eric’s at Holt

England, Holt – January 2025

A visit to England without fish and chips?

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Blakeney Sunrise


England, Blakeney – December 2024

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Through The Hedges – A Morning Walk in Blakeney

England, Blakeney – December 2024

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Morning Walk Blakeney

England, Blakeney – December 2024

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The Grain Store at Weybourne

England, Holt-Weybourne – December 2024

The Maltings – The Grain Store in Weybourne. A beautiful restored barn, and great ambiance to enjoy good food.

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All Along The Watertower

England, Manningtree – Horsley Cross – December 2024

Ending the year in the UK, a roadside view from the car over a foggy Essex countryside. Hence the sharpness is not optimal.

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Capturing Road Side Views: The Sun Also Rises – Colchester

England, Colchester- Little Bentley – December 2024

Ending the year in the UK, a roadside view from the car over a foggy countryside. Hence the sharpness is not optimal.

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Capturing Road Side Views: Fakenham

England, Fakenham – Pensthorpe – December 2024

Ending the year in the UK, a roadside view from the car over a foggy Norfolk countryside. Hence the sharpness is not optimal.

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Capturing Foggy Countryside: We Stand Alone – Stowmarket, Suffolk


England, Stowmarket – Little Stonham – December 2024

Ending the year in the UK, a roadside view from the car over a foggy Suffolk countryside. Hence the sharpness is not optimal. This is another one I used GrainLab to put in an analogue grain feeling. It softened the darks and gave the photo a more balanced view in the highlights. Snapseed tends to distort big surfaces in the sky, and this is a nice retouch effect to repair that.

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Capturing Foggy Countryside: England Roadside Views – Stowmarket, Suffolk

England, Stowmarket – Little Stonham – December 2024

Ending the year in the UK, a roadside view from the car over a foggy Suffolk countryside. Hence the sharpness is not optimal. This is the first time I used GrainLab to put in an analogue grain feeling. It softened the darks and gave the photo a more balanced view in the highlights. Snapseed tends to distort big surfaces in the sky, and this is a nice retouch effect to repair that.

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Impressions of a bridge in Winter (7)

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2024

The last in a series of seven photos, taken on a foggy morning from the J.H. Oortbrug in Oegstgeest.
The photos can be found in the archive Oegstgeester Kanaal, link down here.

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Impressions of a bridge in Winter (6)

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2024

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Impressions of a bridge in Winter (5)

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2024

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Impressions of a bridge in Winter (4)

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2024

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Impressions of a bridge in Autumn (3)

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2024

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Impressions of a bridge in Winter (2)


The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2024

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Impressions of a bridge in Winter (1)

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2024

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Monochrome Autumn


The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2024

One of the first photos of my new camera, the Nikon Zf. A retro FM2 on the outside but on the inside full of brilliant Nikon Z technology. Its a real hands on camera, with manual settings. I’m learning to use it. One of the reasons to buy it was the availability of three monochrome presets. 

Shot with Nikon Zf, edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Another Bridge

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2024

Crossed to a new year, 2025 is just started. I wish everyone a wonderful 2025 in good health, with loads of love and moments in which wishes become reality. Where we can talk and bridge judgments.

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Monochrome Leaves

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – December 2024

The first photos of my new camera, the Nikon Zf. A retro FM2 on the outside but on the inside full of brilliant Nikon Z technology. Its a real hands on camera, with manual settings. I’m learning to use it. One of the reasons to buy it was the availability of three monochrome presets.

Shot with Nikon Zf, edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Exit Santa 2024

The Netherlands, Wassenaar – December 2024

And off he went.

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Capturing the Charm of Paris: Balcony and French Windows in December 1993

France, Paris – December 2003

LAPC 309 is about balconies. I have to admit that I do not pay special attention to balconies, unless they trigger me as I look around and they catch my eye. I do however ‘collect’ French windows. So occasionally they pop up in a frame. This is one of those, in one of my favourite cities, Paris. From the analogue archive of December 1993.

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.

Drops

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest- February 2024

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More Soft Rain

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest- February 2024

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Soft Rain

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February 2024

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Growing Up Magnolia 2

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – March 2024

I started documenting the Magnolia, taking a photo a day from the kitchen window. Here is the second gallery.

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

Horizon

The Netherlands, Woubrugge – February 2024

On the road looking out of the window.

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Growing Up Magnolia

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – February/March 2024

I started documenting the Magnolia, taking a photo a day from the kitchen window. Here is a first gallery.

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

Sunrise

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest- March 2024

Sunrise on the J.H. Oortbrug for lens artists challenge #290 Circular Wonders. What is most the biggest wonder? The wheels or the sun? It is the first photo of the iPhone 15 Pro Max.

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Sunset Noordwijk

The Netherlands, Noordwijk – February 2024

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