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Photographer’s Note

An introduction:
Nowhere around the world you can find a place like Kinderdijk. Kinderdijk is the only place in the world where you can find so many windmills concentrated on such a short area. This is one of the reason why Kinderdijk has been added tot the UNESCO world heritage list.

The Kinderdijk milling complex consists of 8 stone brick windmills of the waterboard Nederwaard which were built in 1738, 8 thatched windmills of the waterboard Overwaard built in 1740, 2 stone windmills of the polder Nieuw-Lekkerland built in 1760 and 1 windmill of the polder Blokweer which was built in 1521 and burned down in 1997. Since that day the windmill has been restaured and has been operational since the spring of 2000.

Kinderdijk is the final station of the water of the Alblasserwaard, an area that is approximately 10 by 20 miles wide, before the river Lek takes it to the sea. And even today we still need to dispose the water which comes from rain, but since the 1950's the function of the windmills has been taken over by the pumping station which is one of the largest in the world.

However in case of emergency the windmills still can be used and have been operational up to the Second World War.

As you might have noticed: The Dutch citizens have large history in their battle against the water.

About the photo. It was taken yesterday, and so as you can see it was a beautiful day. And there was snow fallen. I cropped this a little, but of the rest of the photo is done nothing.

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clodreno (0) 2004-01-03 3:55

Lucky you... Here in Italy, it was raining, it was grey..... I simply love the shape of those old windmills Jaap.
Very nice catch.The canal isn't frozen yet?

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papagolf21 (57785) 2004-01-03 4:15

La neige a le don de transformer un paysage et de lui donner des couleurs magnifiques.
Très belle photo, pleine de charme.
Excellente note d'accompagnement.
The snow has the donation to transform a landscape and to give him(her) magnificent colours.
Very beautiful photo, full of charm.
Excellent note of accompanying.

Rockyboy (20582) 2004-01-03 4:31

Snow on a mil is not a commun view. It was a good idea to spend your time taking picture yesterday. I have done the same and I will publish also picture of my region with snow soon. Well done and interesting note!

mortijo (12693) 2004-01-03 4:52

Pracvhtige foto. Heel helder en scherp. Kinderdijk in de sneeuw is geen alledaags zicht.

Beautiful picture. Very clear and sharp.
Kinderdijk under the snow is a sight that one does not see evry day.

PechePassion (483) 2004-01-03 6:12

C'est un plaisir de decouvrir des sites du patrimoine mondial de l'unesco en photo amateur assorti de commentaire ce cet qualité.
En voyant cette photo je me demande si tu en as pris de face ou 3/4 face car la prise de vue par l'arriere est original mais reussit !
Ya pas a dire un beau ciel qui concerve ces couleurs d'origine c'est beau , le soleil qui donne se ton rouge sur le bas du ciel pour finir par un beau bleu est du plus belle effet ! Bravo

Le ruisseau semble etre un paradis de la peche difficile pas vrai ?

Jeppe (18624) 2004-01-03 8:13

Its a beautiful image you made for us Jaap. We do have old windmills in Denmark, but its hard to find one placed as neat as this one. Thanks for sharing and for the notes - Well done.

richtersl (3544) 2004-01-03 9:18

It's nice you were able to take advantage of the freshly fallen snow and get this wonderful composition. The contrast between and sky and the snow looks really good. Well done!

andyohare (437) 2004-01-03 11:08

Lovely scene, very well composed Jaap. And a very useful note, reminding us again how humans endeavour to shape nature.

I wish it would snow here, so I can get some pretty landscapes!

Ebbe (9595) 2004-01-03 12:19

Oh, they come in white too?! Very fine mill capture in winter decorations. The diagonal dyke is a fine lead into the picture. A good one Jaap!

jrj (34791) 2004-01-03 12:52

Great winter shot Jaap. And as so often I think you are very close to make this "painted" feeling in your compositions. Really good! (and interesting notes as well)

Eagle78 (1925) 2004-01-06 14:09

Lovely scene! Winter is here, no doubt about it. Great informative note too!

jhm (85052) 2004-01-07 3:29

Jaap, beautiful picture. Very clear and sharp.
Proficiat Jaap, wonder mooie foto en zeer scherp. De combinatie met de molen, licht bevroren water, sneeuw en een boom, beter had het niet kunnen zijn. De uitleg waarvoor deze molen dient, is prachtig en leerrijk. Ik leer iets van u. Bedankt.

charmante (1053) 2004-01-09 14:20

J'aime cette photo pour sa sens froide ! et la composition est superbe !
I like this photo for its sense of "iceness" , also calmness.
very impressive point of view & composition !

hdl (6737) 2004-01-11 18:12

Waaw. gewoon prachtig. Dit is een foto voor een kalender zodat iedereen ze goed kan zien.