wvandergroef , yeah it's me's photostream

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Hello to you all , photography lovers and possible photography addicts !

My name is Wim van der Groef , born , raised and living in that small , windy , froggy and dense populated country along the North Sea and behind the dunes and the dikes , and a very enthusiastic amateur-photographer for many years now .
I am certainly not a technically skilled photographer ( one might even call me the Fred Flintstone of modern photography .... ) , and I dare to state even that , from a technical point of view at least , none of my pictures are that difficult to make ; the final results of my photographic efforts are just there thanks to a fairly good camera and a somewhat skilled photographer's eye , if I may add...
The pictures I take ( or am trýing to take ...) , are mainly abstract and notably minimal pictures , most of the times derived from nature , aiming at trying to get to the core , to the very essence even , of what is all to be seen in the outside world , waiting to be snapped and thus waiting to be discovered by me or by you .
I truly hope you will all enjoy consuming those final , hopefully rather tastful , photographic fruits of mine .....





But now for something completely different ......
I happen to be the founder and administrator of e i g h t unique groups , if I may say so , all meant for Dutch pictures from days long gone bye :

1) Goeree-Overflakkee , van oude mensen de dingen die voorbijgaan

www.flickr.com/groups/goeree-overflakkee/


2) Dutch life stories / Nederlandse levensverhalen

www.flickr.com/groups/life_stories_from_holland__nederlan...


3) Holland before the year 1920 / Nederland van vóór 1920

www.flickr.com/groups/nederland_voor_1920_holland_before_...

4) ziekenhuis Zuidwal

www.flickr.com/groups/994423@N25/


5) Nederland in de jaren 60

www.flickr.com/groups/nederland_in_de_jaren_60/


6) Nederland in de jaren 70

www.flickr.com/groups/nederland_in_de_jaren_70/


7) Amsterdam en Amsterdammers uit reeds lang vervlogen tijden

www.flickr.com/groups/amsterdam_en_amsterdammers_uit_reed...


8) Rotterdam en Rotterdammers uit lang vervlogen tijden

www.flickr.com/groups/rotterdam_en_rotterdammers_uit_lang...


But to finally end this summary I would like to go back once again to the present , to the early years of the new millennium , to refer you all to possibly / apparently / clearly / surely the very most interesting photo group here on Flickr ........ and that can't be anything else but ......:

www.flickr.com/groups/ecmrecordcoverphotographs/