Hazy
The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #179 is Serene. A grey morning in Autumn.
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Posts from the ‘canal’ category
Serene Autumn
The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #179 is Serene. A little canal on a grey morning in Autumn.
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How Amsterdam Airport Schiphol was created
The theme for this week’s Lens-artists Photo Challenge #178 is You Choose. The only thing I chose for this blog was the subject and the photo. The choice to build this canal was made long ago, and one of the spin offs is Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
Before the pandemic I used to cross this canal twice a day, and I took loads of photos of it, but just recently I found out about its history and historical purpose.
As most of you probably know the Dutch have a long relationship with water, and learned how water could be managed over the ages. About half of The Netherlands is below sea level; the question was and is how to keep it dry? Some say that God created the world but the Dutch created The Netherlands. In reality we manage water. In days of climate change that gets more complex. Not only the amount of water coming in by rivers and rain is growing, the soil of The Netherlands sinks as well.
In 1840 this canal was build. From 1848 the former lake the Haarlemmermeer was turned into the Haarlemmermeerpolder and this canal was used to dump the water of that lake into the North Sea. Schiphol (ship hell) was a spot in that former lake notorious for ship wrecks as the story goes.
Nowadays the canal takes out the water from the West of The Netherlands to the sea at Katwijk.
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Boating
This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge (#162) is ‘all about the light’.
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Young family
Right in front of the door, a young swan family takes a nap sometimes.
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Swans
Right in front of the door, a young swan family takes a nap sometimes.
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Reflection
The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#143 for this week is ‘colorful April’.
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Duck
The theme for this week Lens-artists challenge #155 is ‘on the water’.
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Delft over Bridges
The theme for this week Lens-artists challenge #153 is ‘Wonderful World’.
Delft, like other cities in the West of The Netherlands, has an extended canal system, that was used in the past for transport. Lots of little bridges connect the city streets.
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Consider Waterlilies
The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #152 is ‘Shadows and Shades’.
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Rapenburg Leiden
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Bridge Revisited
The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #149 is ‘cool colors, blue and green.
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Bike and Bridge: Green and Blue
The theme for his week Lens-artists challenge #149 is ‘cool colors, blue and green.
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Duck
The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#144 for this week is ‘taking flight’.
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Duck
The Lens Artists Photo Challenge#144 for this week is ‘taking flight’. This duck can fly but choose to swim by.
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Waterfront
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Just before curfew
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Swan
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Birch
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Another Bridge
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Bridge
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Hazy Bridge
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Birch 2
And again: which one do you prefer? This monochrome version or the version I published earlier?
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Birch
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Swans
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Swans and Pedestrians
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There is always the sun
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #122 is ‘The sun will come out tomorrow’.
The sun is always there, even when you do not see it. On this day it was out sparkling over the canal, high lighting a beautiful sky.
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Ahoy
Another one for Hammad’s freshly start up Weekly Sky Challenge #1.
Into the sunset, a reminder of a wonderful Summer we had, albeit in strange times.
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Warmond
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #117 is ‘A photo Walk’.
A view on Warmond, near the Kagerplassen.
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Sunset
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Bridge
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #116 is ‘symmetry’.
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Inspiration
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #115 is ‘Inspiration’.
The canal that runs through my village is always an inspiration. Each season has its new perspective. The image is a bit shaky, using the zoom on the iPhone.
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On Golden Pond
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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Reflections
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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Boating
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #108 is ‘Sanctuary’.
A skipper, very focused on his motor.
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Go West
The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #108 is ‘Sanctuary’.
Returning home from a boat ride, into the sunset.
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Canal
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Sunset Canal
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #95 is ‘All Wet’.
You might think seeing this photo ‘this is not all wet, is it?’ And indeed it is not. Some say God created the world and The Dutch created The Netherlands.The first is a question of belief and the latter is a question of opinion. The fact is that a big part of the low lands (Netherlands) are under sea level. This small canal is part of the waterworks that manages to keep Dutch feet dry. If we could not manage water this way you would be looking at the sea. So it is not all wet, it is managed wet and we prefer it that way.
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At The Waterfront
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2020
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #95 is ‘All Wet’.
You might think seeing this photo ‘this is not all wet, is it?’ And indeed it is not. Some say God created the world and The Dutch created The Netherlands.The first is a question of belief and the latter is a question of opinion. The fact is that a big part of the low lands (Netherlands) are under sea level. This canal is one of the waterworks that manages to keep Dutch feet dry. This canal is taking water from ‘polders’ back to the sea. If we could not manage water this way you would be looking at the sea, with the building on the left just above the sea level. So it is not all wet, it is managed wet and we prefer it that way.
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Amsterdam
The Netherlands, Amsterdam – September 2011
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #82 is ‘capital’
Typical Amsterdam: canals lined with trees, bridges and bicycles.
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Red Geraniums
The Netherlands, Delft – June 2018
The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #81 is ‘find something red’
A house on a canal at Delft.
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Sunset (Silhouette)
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – August 2019
The theme for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #62 is ‘silhouettes’.
Instead of ‘hard’ silhouettes I find it sometimes more pleasing to show some details in the darker parts.
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Water edge
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2019
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Sunset
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2019
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Sunset
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2019
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Stille Rijn Leiden
The Netherlands, Leiden – November 2018
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Oude Rijn Leiden
The Netherlands, Leiden – November 2018
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Sky Lines
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2018
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It is written in the wind
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2018
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Autumn 6: Blue Sky Water
The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – November 2018
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