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Photographer’s Note

Boat driver already left for opposite side of Suriname River on its muddy water; New Amsterdam. I photographed the scene at Leonsberg's small catwalk.

I lefted bollard at right side because want to show you about the differences between low and high tide. The dark area on bollard is approximately 3 meter.

Leonsberg : Located at northern part of Paramaribo. Closer to the Atlantic Ocean and at the beginning of beautiful Suriname River’s big mouth.

Leonsberg is a Dutch name. “Berg” means “hill” in English. It means the part of this area is “Leon’s Hill” May be there was a lot of “Dutch Leon” who were protecting the Paramaribo (capital city of Suriname) during colonization period ;)

Suriname River : The Suriname River is 480 km long and flows through the country of Suriname. Its sources are located in the Guiana Highlands on the border between the Wilhelmina Mountains and the Eilerts de Haange Mountains (where it is known as the Gran Rio). . The river flows below the reservoir along Brokopondo, Berg en Dal, the migrant communities Klaaskreek and Nieuw-Lombè, Jodensavanne, Carolina, Ornamibo and Domburg, before reaching the capital Paramaribo on the left bank and Meerzorg on the right bank. At Nieuw-Amsterdam it is joined by the Commewijne and immediately thereafter at the sandspit Braamspunt it flows into the Atlantic Ocean.

The river has several sets of rapids as well as a few dams, the largest of which is the Afobakadam. The river's flow is interrupted by the Brokodo Reservoir, which therefore divides the river into two sections. The upstream section runs almost entirely through the Sipaliwini district, and the downstream section runs through the Brokopondo, Para, Commewijne, Wanica and Paramaribo districts.

You may have a look about the history of New Amsterdam on my another photograph here :New York was New Amsterdam

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sufi (9568) 2006-10-07 8:09

Merhaba Ertugrul...
It's a wonderful point of view and perfect perspective, indeed... The colors, the natural light, the details and the clarity are perfect...
TFS...
Stay well..
Salim.

Robbienight (613) 2006-10-07 8:11

I like this image, there's a lovely contrast of light and colours between the sky and the rest of the landscape.
Good job, TFS.

efigesta (12181) 2006-10-07 8:27

Hi
interesting shot here, great pov great sky, nice colors
regards
manuel

anesugur (16998) 2006-10-07 8:44

Merhaba Ertugrul,
Nehir üzerinde bulutlar çok güzel görünüyor.
Ama ben nehrin rengine takıldım. Demekki erozyon sadece ülkemizin problemi değil.
Selamlar. Uğur

josepmarin (34081) 2006-10-07 9:12

Merhaba, my friend Ertugrul,
Wow! a fantastic sky the one that you have caught in this photo, giving much protagonism him, because its great beauty deserves it.
The boat leaving its wake on the so cloudy and dark water is a good graphical detail, that it gives a great resistance with the rest of the image, and mainly, with wonderful clouds in the sky.
Great shot,
Regards,
Josep

corsicastorm (3224) 2006-10-07 10:01

Magnifique contraste entre mer et ciel; dommage que la barque soit un peu trop central; bel photo mais pour la baignade on est pas prêt de m'y voir...

Silvio1953 (42769) 2006-10-07 14:25 [Comment]

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ahmetgedikli (22094) 2006-10-07 17:34

Merhaba Ertuğrul,
Yine çok güzel renklerle bezenmiş bir kompozisyon. Suyun rengi, göğün rengi, o bembeyaz bulutlar... Selamlar, saygılar.
Ahmet

atus (15476) 2006-10-08 6:04

Hello Ertugrul,
very well captured clear shot from a good pov with great perspective, fantastic and very well saturated colours and fabulous sky. Well done and best wishes!
Attila

izmirli (3283) 2006-10-08 18:31

merhaba sevgili arkadaşım
wonderful blue sky and clouds.beautiful skyline and composition.well done.
sevgi ve saygılarımla.
gürkan akçakır.

kency (2346) 2006-10-09 10:33

Very nice I see you've been on the road a lot
Ertu,I like this on..........Cheers.
I'll be back.

tigra (2968) 2006-10-09 15:33

Merhaba Ertugrul,
exellent shot! This captire is sharp and detailed.
And the sky is unbelievable blue:)
Katia

Tezic (16927) 2006-10-09 16:26

Merhaba, iyiki açmışım bu fotoğrafı... çok başarılı bir kadraj ve nefis bir gökyüzü.. tebrikler..

Benedict (7062) 2006-10-09 22:22

beautiful!the constrast colors of the clear blue skies and the murky waters are very sharp!
benedict

Scharan (13955) 2006-10-10 18:16

Excelente foto Ertugrul. O céu se destaca, está maravilhoso manchando a água escura com seu tom de azul lindíssimo. Ótima composição, parabéns!!!
Grande abraço,
Vera.

MIG13 (0) 2006-10-11 0:25

Hi, Ertugrul! Another nice pic, taken in a sunny day and showing vivid colours. Good depht and POV. The note is very useful! Best regards! Miguel.

prezntime (3945) 2006-10-11 23:50

Hello Ertugrul.
That is a dramatic difference between high and low tide if that is what the white and black signify. Great saturation in this shot. The puffy clouds hang in the sky quite leisurely. The boat motoring into the shot creates a nice pull for the eyes. Very well done contrast between the blue of the sky and the brown of the water.
Well done,
Chris.

amstel (2298) 2006-10-20 5:13

Hi Merhaba,

Great shot, fantastic sky with the plain blue and contrasting white clouds. I like the two vertical parts of the photo, very different but very beautiful.

cheers

a-ghuspe (0) 2006-10-26 21:57 [Comment]

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robertosalguero (110) 2006-10-28 23:48

White clouds, blue sky and a muddy river. A perfect combination to create a good picture. The perspective of the three elements along with the good use of light is excellent here. Good colors and details. I'm glad you included a person in the frame to add that extra graphical detail. Nice work Ertugrul :-)

Roberto

vagabondtravels (6115) 2006-10-30 5:58

Hey Ertugrul

Great pov and colors. What a sky.
Well seen and captured.
Good work.
Ben

guillaumejm (30) 2006-11-01 17:27

Hello,
Gorgeous lanscape : the colours are vivid and very well contrasted. the boat remind us the human life. Sky is wonderfull. Clouds look like to be in 3 dimensions!.
Best regards
JMarc

elmec (12194) 2006-11-08 13:29

Hello Ertugrul!
Very nice composition with the brow water and dark places there. Very nice sky, but best is the running boat!
Best regards!

Vagabond (5797) 2006-11-13 10:36

Excellent picture with very good composition and capture of colours of water and sky added by the movement of the small boat.
Congratulations ..
Rui

riclopes (33131) 2006-11-20 5:47

Olá Ertgrul, another excellent composition of the Suriname river. Again the cloudy sky is quite attractive and here I like the diagonal of the surf left by the boat, as if he was going to fly to the clouds. Beautiful colors and good option of including the pole at right for the tide information.
Best regards,
Ricardo

tabora (13640) 2006-11-21 16:10

Bonsoir Ertugrul,
La barque donne de la vie a l'ensemble , et nous conduit vers l'horizon et ce joli ciel.
La couleur de l'eau n'est pas très engageante.
Amitiés Joseph

stego (22448) 2006-11-21 20:57

Merhaba Ertugrul.
Another awesome photo! As usual with you, amazing light, colors and sharpness. It's impressive how you achieved such striking compo with so little lements and all that emptyness. You had a help from the clouds, but your talent helped a lot more.
TFS.

Photo65Net (43096) 2006-12-05 13:13

Hi,
I really like the dynamic of this pic.
Colors are superb, and special congrats for the sky tones.
Good job,
JB.

gunbud (28153) 2007-01-10 23:18

Hi Ertugrul,
Very well defined colors with the muddy water giving way to the deeper water blue to the sky full of puffy white clouds. Very interesting note, where I live in New York State the Dutch were the first Europeans and many town end in berg and rivers in kill.
Regards, Tom

COSTANTINO (23179) 2008-01-29 6:21

Hi Kilik,
The clouds into the sky run,run,run...
It seems that they want to leave the
picture and leave away...
Bravo,you succeded to give movement
to your foto
COSTANTINO

danos (33240) 2008-04-28 3:05

Hello Ertugrul,
nice and idyllic this scene with the lonely boat to cross the muddy water of the river.New Amsterdam in the other side of Suriname River is well placed in the frame as the superb clouds decorate so splendid the blue sky.I like this scene with the informative note to complete the image.

Regards,danos

jusninasirun (10213) 2008-09-26 8:39

Hello Ertugrul. This is just splendid. The pole is well anchored as if it launches the boat to the water. Well framed perspective with wide sky and puffy white clouds. I like the shady area with good view of the distant horizon. Very well managed light and shadow and TFS. Best regards. Jusni

gracious (20017) 2008-12-27 9:52

Merhaba my dearest friend from Suriname!
Selamalh!!
What a great view over the Suriname muddy river and makes a great and good colour contrast agasint the beautiful blue sky! the depth and the cotton clouds just makes this composition completed in quality!
the cpl really do very well in this shot!
my sincere thanks for your wonderful sharing and the beautiful friendship that I cherished!
my big hug from NZ
THE MOST JOYFUL AND HAPPY NEW YEAR2009 be with you and family!!
your distance friend Tony

paura (39202) 2009-04-22 15:55

Ertugrul,
A powerful image here, friend, from this pure nature. The boat input a nice escale sence in the composition. Well done!

Abraço

Paulo

fabianoleite (1621) 2009-09-18 16:23

The sky is perfect, and the colors of the river are great, too. Nice composition. I like the boat as a subject. Congratulations!