Kerkje van Oosterend Photo

Photographer’s Note

Kerkje van Oosterend (Little church of Oosterend)

This is the church of the small village of Oosterend on the island of Texel.

Oosterend is on the East-side of the island with about 1,400 inhabitants. There live a lot of fishermen and this little church is the most characteristic building in the village.
The church is the oldest one on the island and we know there already was a church in the 12th century on this place.

Texel (pronounced: Tessel) is an island and a municipality between the North Sea and the Waddenzee (Wadden Sea). It belongs to the province of Noord-Holland. It is the biggest and most populated of the Dutch Waddeneilanden (West Frisian Islands). The Wadden Sea is a protected nature area with a chain of islands. The first island is Texel, the last one is the island of Fanø in Denmark.
Texel has about 14,000 inhabitants, forms one municipality including 7 villages and a couple of townships. The 'capital' of the island is Den Burg. The island is quite touristic, but is well-known for its wildlife and its sheep. It is really a very charming island with some lovely villages.

I took this picture today, being on a one-day-sightseeing tour on Texel with some friends. The weather was great!

Hope you like this picture!

MvS, devimeuxbe, weswang, singuanti, PixelTerror, thohau, jmdaoudal, jjbach, capthaddock, jhm, Hanssie, Jeppe, jafadabret, riclopes has marked this note useful

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MvS (4163) 2005-03-30 16:53

Gonatt LarZ.
Jag måste erkänna att jag ofta har svårt att kommentera bilder på kyrkogårdar, men detta är inte första gången jag gjort det på TE. Man börjar vänja sig - det är ju vackra fridfulla platser trots omständigheterna.
Idag har du fått till en riktigt bra bild! Jag försökte fotografera en riktigt fin kyrka i helgen, men jag tror inte jag publicerar resultatet av kvalitetsbrister i mitt fotograferande.
Vi ses!
Magnus

weswang (18223) 2005-03-30 17:01

Hi Lars, A very clear and sunny day indeed. The grave yard looking angle shows the style and the age of the church very well. A photo with nice contrast, very clear detail, and excellent POV.

devimeuxbe (56598) 2005-03-30 17:04

Hi Lars
I like your picture and i am interesting to see some picture of your country.
Nice picture, nice light and color. Thanks.
Bertrand

alvaraalto (5353) 2005-03-30 17:13

Hi Lars,
Mooi, deze eersteling van je nieuwe collectie. We zijn benieuwd naar je volgende eilanders.
groet Rob

singuanti (15240) 2005-03-30 22:43

Lars that's quite the scene with those graves so prominent. In America they are usually behind or well off to the side of the church. I guess being that much older you start to run out of space. I agree you had some very nice weather and it really shows. I wouldn't change a thing here with this shot. I still think it's neat we have technology in place that let's me see other's people's shots halfway around the world this quick. Thanks for sharing your shot with us Lars!

thohau (949) 2005-03-31 2:28

Hi Lars!
I like the texture of the church and its position surrounded by those old graves. Very nice shot and informative note again!
Take care,
Thorsten

aloyho (6111) 2005-03-31 2:51

Hi Lars,
Indeed an interesting place and quite unusual for us here to see the graveyard so prominent beside the church. I like the soft earth colours of the church, it shows resilience through the passage of time. Thanks and regards.

PixelTerror (88585) 2005-03-31 3:46

Hej Lars,
When I saw the name over the vignette, I immediately associated it to Texel, as Oosterend was the place where we used to go when in vacation there to taste delicious niewe haring. But we stayed mostly around the harbour so we did not give enough consideration to this nice church, I like your presentation of it within its environment.
Have a nince day,
jean-yves

papagolf21 (57785) 2005-03-31 4:15

Bonjour Lars,
Les églises sont les représentantes de notre histoire, de notre pays, de nos ancêtres.
J'aime beaucoup cette photographie. Je suis toujours intéressé par l'architecture et ici, j'apprends beaucoup.
Très bonne composition.
Very well done.
Amitiés.
Philippe

jmdaoudal (82) 2005-03-31 4:21

This is a very beautiful cemetery tight to the church like in Brittany :))).
Very good composition with a good angle. well framed. and good light.
Compliments
Jean Michel

jjbach (9113) 2005-03-31 5:29

Hi Lars,
Very nice composition, clear and bright! Beautiful colours. I like the graves in the foreground. Very informative notes.

Regards John

capthaddock (28640) 2005-03-31 6:54

Hi Lars - very nice building well captured and comprehensive note as usual.

Kenny10pin (19301) 2005-03-31 11:31

interesting shot of the graves and the buidling, it looks very impressive, very good angle and the height of the building is great, well done

jhm (85052) 2005-03-31 11:34

Wel Lars, een mooi uitstapje met als gevolg een schitterende foto van dit kerkje en zijn overleden inwoners, zeer scherp in beeld gebracht want de mogelijkheid bestaat om de tekst op de grafstenen te lezen. Er moeten in vroegere tijden Vlamingen geweest zijn want de naam op eens der grafsstenen verwijst in die richting.
Mooi gedaan,
Groeten,
John.

Hanssie (9133) 2005-03-31 12:54

Vanuit een prachtige hoek genomen, Lars, met de grafstenen in je voorgrond !
Zeer mooie scherpte, goede kleur, een mooie kerk en ja, Papagolf heeft hem ook al gezien, onze kerken-specialist.

Jeppe (18624) 2005-03-31 13:31

En nydelig kirke med omliggende kirkegård. Jeg kan godt lide tårnet med udkigsposten - tak Lars for billedet og for den fine note.

Steft (5962) 2005-04-01 6:31

Nå Lars, jeg vidste ikke at du var på Texel i forgårs;) Var du på ferie deroppe, eller hvad? (Du kunne næsten svømme til Danmark, ikke? :P )

Billedet er i hvert fald meget fedt. Himlen har en smuk farve, kontrasterne er gode og jeg synes det er sjovt at man kan læse hvad der står på gravstenene. Et godt stykke arbejde!

riclopes (33487) 2007-06-02 13:26

Olá Lars, I like the detail of the date (1724). It would be easier to learn dates of old buildings if they all had the date so well visible in the façade ;-) Excellent framing with all these cemetery signs in foreground. Interesting the strong impact they give with all those contrasts and black stones. In Portugal everything is much more whiter in cemeteries.
Enjoy the weekend,
ricardo

jafadabret (41625) 2008-02-12 10:17

Lars bonsoir.
Le relief est ici extraordinaire cela est dû à la lumière qui vient sur le côté. Dommage qu'il y ait cette maison accolée à l'église. Les cimetières étaient souvent tout près de l'église.
Jacques