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conrad
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The Other Side Of The Camera
Since my youth, taking photos has almost always meant being behind the camera. I started taking photos because I wanted to have memories of outings, holidays and family gatherings, and it was me who captured pictures of the other family members, and ...
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15 Jun 2013 11:40AM | Read
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Every Disadvantage Has an Advantage
Just paraphrasing Dutch football star Johan Cruijff here, he once said "Every advantage has a disadvantage" - but I suspect that, like a mathematical equation, you can turn that around as well. For several years now, I've had to work my [...censo...
14 Jun 2013 12:31PM | Read
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Made Me Laugh
You see all kinds of things on the road. Unusual vehicles, strange people, funny texts. Especially campervans seem to be a favourite kind of transport to put texts on. An acquaintance of mine, with a religious background, used to own a campervan ...
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4 Jun 2013 11:24AM | Read
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Breda
I used to go to the historic Dutch city of Breda often, but things have changed and I seldom have to go there anymore. Recently a work assignment brought me to the area, though, and when I went into the city centre to find a bite to eat, I was struck...
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27 May 2013 10:40AM | Read
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Art Deco
Some years ago, I took photos in and around an old, abandoned art deco building in the Netherlands - Radio Kootwijk. It used to be a radio station for international phone communications, but of course at some point it was redundant, and vacated. ...
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22 May 2013 11:03AM | Read
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Barrels of Fun
I've been looking at some really nice buildings lately, one more stately and opulent than the other. But although the rooms where the rich owners used to live are very impressive, I rather like the cellars - you can have barrels of fun there with a c...
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13 May 2013 5:34PM | Read
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Museum Find
I came across this rather nice Ammonite in a museum. Quite liked it.
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6 May 2013 7:12PM | Read
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One Year
I just realised it's exactly one year ago today I took my dearest canine friend Ashley for her last swim. Hard to believe that her heart and kidneys were already failing and that she had very little time left to live. Nothing spectacular about thi...
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30 Apr 2013 12:36PM | Read
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Rock, Sea and Sky
Going through my iPhone film roll, I found a few pleasant shots from a visit to Swanage. This is one of them. Post-processed with the Snapseed app. (I may actually have gone a bit over the top with the processing, but it was only to have a bit of ...
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26 Apr 2013 11:45AM | Read
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Tilt-Shift Tree
Don't you just love all the spring blossoms on trees and shrubs? I certainly do! But just a straight shot of a tree can be quite dull, so I was looking for something unusual to do with this one. So I included the blossomless tree on the left a...
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24 Apr 2013 11:10AM | Read
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Arty Windmill
A few days ago, I took this iPhone image of a Dutch windmill in passing. Except for a relatively interesting sky it didn't have much going for it, so I started playing around with it in different apps. After taking it through about three apps, thi...
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18 Apr 2013 12:26PM | Read
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Washing Up Face
Many people don't like washing the dishes, they hate it when it's time to do the washing-up. I don't mind it so much myself. But from not minding it, it actually becomes fun when you have a funny face like this joining you in the activity. Made m...
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14 Apr 2013 6:53PM | Read
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Bleak Day Iphoneography
It's hard to imagine now, with the blazing sunshine outside, but we did have quite a few bleak days during the winter, didn't we. On one of those days I passed this location and just had to stop and take a quick snap with my ever-ready iPhone. And...
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2 Apr 2013 11:21AM | Read
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