Weekly Photo Challenge: Textures

In a shop window in Rotterdam, I saw these textures of wool and textile.

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Community garden (Volkstuintjes) in The Hague

Close to the heart of The Hague, you’ll find the Clingendael Park. And only a bike ride away, you get to the allotments which form the community garden or approximately 35 volkstuintjes, which together form a kind of cooperative. On a beautiful Friday evening, all members got invited for home-made drinks and food, to celebrate the beginning of the summer. It was a great opportunity for me to take some photos and hear more about this particular piece of land and everything that grows there. It is behind a big fence, but you are welcome to look around.

Black berries, strawberries, raspberries, I got to taste them all. Pumpkins started to grow, as well as tomatoes, paksoi and zucchini, and if you treat them well, they’ll give a great harvest. Of course, there are lots of flowers, depending on the season (and the owner of the plot). In the beginning of the year, there is a kind of lottery, so you never really know which plot will be yours for that forthcoming year. The neighbouring farmer provides the manure. The members built their own well, so that they always have additional water if rain falls short.

The main problem is taking good care of your plot. If you don’t attend to it regularly, it will be covered in weed in no time, which is not looked well upon. In fact, you may then risk loosing your membership. There are always plenty of others on the waiting list.

Not so for those celebrating on that Friday evening. They were very knowledgable and managed to take a lot of produce home, on their bikes of course!

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Anything that Flies

These photos were taken on a very early morning in the beginning of May.

 

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Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Mirror Images or Reflections

Some cows for this week’s challenge.

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Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Trees

Here is my response to Cee’s challenge, more can be found here. I used Silver Efex Pro 2 to change the photos to black and white.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Mirror

This photo was taken in the Royal Gardens in The Hague, which you can enter going through the regular entrance, but also through an alley, when you get to a door, ring the bell, and the door will then be opened. Lucky neighbours looking out over the garden. More responses to this challenge can be found here.

Dunes @ 55mm

It was a funny day, between rain and shine…

 

Developing Your Eye II, Day Six: “Landscape”

Today, take a picture of a landscape. Focus on the gestalt — the entire setting as a whole, rather than a specific subject or focal point within the scene. The setting itself is the star.

Developing Your Eye II, Day Four: “Natural World”

Today’s challenge message:

Capture the natural world: snap a moment outside, big or small. From a close-up of a leaf in your backyard to a panorama from your morning hike, we invite you to document this wondrous world around us.

Tip: While shooting outdoors, look for natural lines that lead your eyes to different parts of the frame. Study the bend of a stream, or the curve of a petal. How can you use these lines in your composition?

ISO 200, 27 mm, f/14, 1/170 sec

Developing Your Eye II, Day Three: “Scale”

Today, play with scale: use anything and everything — from your Chihuahua to your Mini Cooper — to convey size in your image.

ISO 200, 27 mm, f/14, 1/180 sec