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Photographer’s Note

I took this photo about a week ago, on a rainy day in "Madurodam", a miniature city located in The Hague. It is a model of several Dutch towns on a 1:25 scale. This attraction was built in 1952 and is very popular by tourists. On this photo, you see a canal in Amsterdam.

About the photo: rotated, cropped, warmified a bit, resized and sharpened. It wasn't easy to make the photo smaller without loosing details.

TopGeo, john_c, Tue, marielouitje, sleon, Graal, elmec, jhm has marked this note useful

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mesutilgim (36709) 2007-07-30 10:34

Hi Stef !
Great capture, very nice pov and great colors.
I ask myself, how did they bring (for example) a piano in the third floor ?
TFS
MESUT ILGIM

TopGeo (21723) 2007-07-30 10:37

Hi Stef
Amazing view with beautiful colours and great of the Madorodam small city,well done, this shot! excellent pov and quality
Bravo
Georgios

john_c (24635) 2007-07-30 11:02

Hi Stef,
This is really interesting, taken from an amazing perspective. It looks as if one of the cars is almost falling into the canal...Good lighting, clarity of detail and framing. An imaginative composition. Cheers.
John

marielouitje (256) 2007-07-30 11:16

Hoi Stef,

Geweldige foto! Ik zag niet eens meteen dat het madurodam is! Goede compositie, mooie kleuren en er is veel op de foto te zien (die druppels in het kanaal, leuk). Knap gedaan!

Groetjes
Marie-Louise

Tue (25608) 2007-07-30 11:17

Hej Stefan,
Had je niet moeten zeggen dat het miniatuur is! ;-) Kijken of het mensen opviel! ;-) Leuke foto uit Madurodam, tijd geleden dat ik er was. Mooi rijtje grachtenpanden met ook nog wat weerspiegelingen in het grachtje.
Groeten,
Lars

Silvio1953 (41611) 2007-07-30 12:17

Hi Stef, great POV and splendid perspective, great view of fascinating old houses, excellent sharpness, superb composition, very well done, ciao Silvio
:) tomorrow

jurek1951 (25940) 2007-07-30 12:35

Hi Stef,

what a perfect picture. the light and colours are fantastioc and so is the composition.Well done,
Georg

sleon (9352) 2007-07-30 13:14

HI Stef
Interesting POV here, which really makes a graphic feature of the parked cars and lamposts. Seen from a different angle these everday objects take on a different feel. I like the bright colours, and the raindops on the water also add character to the shot.
REgards, susanna

abdur (81) 2007-07-30 14:13

Wonderful. Very nice angle of view and colorful composition. Thanks.

Graal (57773) 2007-07-30 23:55

Hi Stef,
good POV, intersting place from bird perspective, nice architecture. I like it. Good work.
Gr., Aleksander

elmec (12194) 2007-07-31 2:48

Hello Steff!
Such a lovely houses!
Great scene with many details and great perspective frm the top to the water!
Best regards!

feather (49858) 2007-07-31 7:55

This looks so real; as if you were up in a balloon or something. All credit to the model makers, as the detail is impressive. Credit to you too for capturing the detail so well. Did you try any shots from a low POV? It would be interesting to see how realistic the model is lower down.
Kath

jhm (82341) 2007-08-01 8:34

Hoi Stef,

Ik moet niet alleen de fotograaf bedanken voor dit miniatuur beeld, maar ook de makers in Madurodam, het is bijna echt.
Het eerste dat mij opviel was, waar heeft hij gestaan om dit beeld te kunnen nemen.
Door dat het te lezen staat in uw nota weet men het, maar het is schitterend gedaan, en door u goed aan ons gepresenteerd.
Bedankt voor uw bezoek.

Groeten,
John.

leonorkuhn (13559) 2007-08-02 13:13

Hi Stef,

This photo does not give an accurate sense of scale of the miniature city but I like the good colors and sharpness. Thank you for your critics.

Greetings from Brasil
Leonor

delic (6735) 2007-08-06 7:26

Hello Stef,
A truly enjoyable, colorful miniature cityscape from giant's view up high. I just think you needed a slightly wider angle to get whole of the roofs and the cars at the bottom. Regards,
Hakan

jonathan_hart (22576) 2007-12-22 3:32

realistic and interesting to know
good POV and quality to show this
next time i go in your country i will visit Den Haag (as this year i prefered Delft, Leiden and Amsterdam)
regards
jo