Henk's Town Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

Groningen is the capital city of the province of Groningen with a population of 185,000.

It is also the city of my friend Henk Meijer - Floydian - with whom I've spent 3 days last spring, shooting tulips, windmills and canals.

Buin, dta, asajernigan, xavshot, besnard, Didi, Floydian, leo61, Philippe, luisafonso has marked this note useful

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Hunkar (4922) 2009-10-11 6:05

A nice quiet scene with beautiful reflection.

Buin (38280) 2009-10-11 6:08

Hallo Andre!
You have a had a wonderful light that day. This point of view creates a very good depth into the scenery and this steeple really is "towering" it. A worth-showing picture!
Greetings from grey and rainy Germany!
Frank

jga (232) 2009-10-11 6:13

Nice shote with a good light.Thanks.Julien

swiatopelk777 (9308) 2009-10-11 6:15

Hi Andre!
Wonderful vertical take. Good contrast and sharpness. Very fine colours.
Greetings from Warszawa!

dta (6145) 2009-10-11 6:15

Bonjour Andre ,
c'est une belle carte postale , un cadrage absolument parfait . Et en plus avec cette lumière sublime et ce ciel d'orage ...
Merci du partage .

asajernigan (14284) 2009-10-11 6:23

Andre,
This is a nicely composed shot using the vertical format to show the depth of the scene adn the height of the masts and tower. The lighting was outstanding giving the photo a nice warm glow and great colors. The dark sky provides nice contrast to the bright lighting of the scene.
TFS,
Asa

xavshot (63133) 2009-10-11 6:40

Bonjour André
superbe image. Le cadrage vertical est bien vu. J'aime beaucoup les petites branches qui couvrent la composition. La lumière est vraiment belle et fait ressortir les couleurs à la manière d'une peinture. Bravo.
Xavier

besnard (31072) 2009-10-11 7:02

Bonjour André
Un très joli cliché, un format bien choisi pour mettre en valeur ce paysage lumineux sous un ciel chargé.
Merci pour le partage et bonne fin de journée.
Nicole

gildasjan (24143) 2009-10-11 7:08

Bonjour André
Ça c'est de la bonne et belle photo,j'aime beaucoup ce cadrage,cette lumière et le contraste donné par ce ciel.
Bon dimanche
Amicalement
gildas

Tweety (3404) 2009-10-11 7:25

Salut André,
Une belle image même si le ciel paraît maussade. Le cadrage vertical est ici judicieux, les couleurs sont agréables tout comme le reflet.
Bravo à toi pour cette belle image.

Didi (36452) 2009-10-11 8:00

Bonjour André
Bon cadrage vertical qui met en valeur ce vieux quartier au bord du canal.
Bon point de vue avec cette parabole de bateaux.
Amicalement.

lgir (2845) 2009-10-11 8:30

Bonjour André,

j'aime beaucoup la lumière ambiante, elle illumine batiments et bateaux avec un contraste marqué par rapport au ciel menaçant.
Joli travail
Amicalement
Laurent

AROBN54 (10791) 2009-10-11 8:34

Hello, Andre,
what sensational light and color!! Wonderful framing, beautifully composed and the vertical format is perfect. I love the reflections - they look like molten gold. The spring green of the trees is lovely, too. Just a fabulous shot altogether. Many thanks and warm regards,
Shelly

pauloog (6917) 2009-10-11 8:40

Hello Andre,
A lovely dutch city view, enhanced by the contrast between the golden sunny colours of the scene and the dark threatening sky.
Regards,
Paul

hardyuno (2613) 2009-10-11 9:18

Hi Andre,
a pretty nice POV with all ingredients which makes a nearly perfect photo. Soft and warm light, reflections, a nice framing with the branches and excellent colours. TFS
regards
Hartmut

porto62 (1787) 2009-10-11 10:02

Salut André,un autre chef d'oeuvre,tres bonne compo représente tres bien la région,
tres bonne capture de cette luminosité particuliere malgré la journée nuageuse.Tres bon résultat,BRAVO.Alain

bergese (615) 2009-10-11 10:35

Bonsoir andré
Un joli pov,de trés belles couleurs,de beaux reflets,une belle luminosité.Bravo
Isa

Bartleby (5140) 2009-10-11 11:05

Salut André,

quelle lumière! Une prise classique réalisée avec beaucoup de maîtrise.

Philippe

feather (50154) 2009-10-11 12:35

Henk told me there was nothing to photograph in his town! I was wondering if he would briefly come out of his 'retirement' to add his comments.
The light is gorgeous (evening?)and it helps the appearance of the reflections too. The brooding sky and wonderful light make a perfect combination. The vertical format was the best choice and the few leaves at the top of the image is a great addition.
Kath

gilou530 (35700) 2009-10-11 12:45

salut andré
une image avec une lumiére extra qui baigne ce port typique et ce clocher du plus bel effet, bravo
amitiés
gilbert

Floydian (30970) 2009-10-11 15:32

Well well well....if that isn't the Noorderhaven ;-))))
Hey Giant...i thought you had all your Dutch shots lost, seems this one survied.
I know where you stood, i think i passed this place hundreds and hundreds of times without stopping or even thinking in taking one single picture. You see, when living here i see nothing, while you present a picture-perfect postcard from Groningen.
At least you put this town on the map here, i think thousands of extra tourists will come out next year and flood the city ;-)
How is life buddy, all well in SA? Wrote you a mail with Bjork inside to your GMail account, hope you got it.
Take care my friend....hugs the the both of you...!!!

brano14 (1952) 2009-10-11 19:32

Hello Andre,
Great POV, many nice details, good strong colors, good framing with those branches,
Thanks!
Brano

abulafia (4802) 2009-10-11 21:26

Hi Andre

This looks truly wonderful....and Dutch:)

Nice one
Harry

leo61 (43772) 2009-10-11 21:40

Hi Andre!
Very nice and very Dutch!
Good composition with the branches at the side and on top.
But I like most the warm light at the nice scenery and the contrast with this dark,grey sky.
Regards,leo

claudio74 (6684) 2009-10-11 22:06

Hello Andre
Une vue typique hollandaise mais avec une superbe lumiere bien contrastee aussi grace au ciel.
Bien vu
A+
Claude

cbrman (19051) 2009-10-11 22:24

Hello André,

Je pensais justement à Henk ! Que devient-il ? Je vais lui écrire un petit mot.
Une vue que j'aurais aimé saisir ! Ces façades sont splendides sous cette lumnière. Ce que j'aime particulièrement ce sont ces mats qui se marient si bien avec la flèche colorée de cette église.
Une très belle image pleine de profondeur vraiment bien composée !
Bravo !

A+

Dominique

ktanska (16695) 2009-10-12 3:28

Hi Andre,
As far as I can remember, Henk never showed these corners of his home town here.
This looks very nice. Cosy old town with canals. I like that warm spring sunshine, background clouds provide good contrast.
Kari

kschanna (6) 2009-10-12 4:44

Hello Andre,

The range of light captured in this one in addition to the beautiful colors is great. I like how the masts and the rower in the bg are competing for a top spot.

Thanks for sharing
Kamran

jjcordier (25256) 2009-10-12 4:48

André
Merveilleuse lumière que tu as exploitée au mieux (ça va de soi!)pour composer cette superbe photo au cadrage millimétré. Une merveille!
Amitiés
JJ

sandpiper (1635) 2009-10-12 5:12

Hi Andre

Impressive composition. I can see an oil painting here if were in the 1800s (but luckily were are not). Lots of great elements to look at, from the moody sky, the church tower, the boats, the buildings; great stuff. And no people. Nice relections too.

Chris

Philippe (11787) 2009-10-12 5:38

Bonjour, André. Une photo aux couleurs bien saturées, ce qui donne de superbes contrastes. La courbe du quai nous emmène très bien dans l'image. J'aime aussi beaucoup la façon dont le clocher fait écho aux mâts des bateaux et le superbe vert des jeunes feuilles.
Bonne journée,
Philippe

carper (65696) 2009-10-12 9:21

very nice Andre.
I have never been in Groningen in my life. But I know it's a very nice city with a lot of photographers with our friend Henk. You made a fine cityscape of Groningen with the famous Martini tower, well composed shot, nice atmosphere, good perspective and details, have a nice day.
regard jaap

pasternak (13650) 2009-10-13 0:52

Excellent light and framing, but above all - the progression of verticals is very well captured.

Cheers
A

npecanhuk (14718) 2009-10-13 2:44

Hello André!
Technically speaking, everything is excellent in this one too, but I specially like the management of light, the pov and the composition! The vertical format was quite suitable for this image and I do love all the details, including the reflections and the contrast between the coloful boats and buildings, all hit by the sunlight and the dark and grey cloudy sky!
TFS - congratulations!
Best regards,
Neyvan

cherryripe (19187) 2009-10-13 12:40

Resalut André
Habitant une si jolie ville, je me demande pourquoi Henk la quitte pour voyager ;-)
J'aime beaucoup ton pdv le long le quai avec la ligne des jolis bateaux avec le clocher bien placé derrière. Belle lumière aussi.
Bonne soirée
Nikki

barni (14569) 2009-10-13 12:45

Salut André
Magnifique point de vue. J'aime beaucoup la présence des mat.
Bonne soirée
Christophe