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Photographer’s Note

De Sint (the Saint) is back again. Every year he is celebrating his birthday (for 1700 years) in Holland with the dutch children and every year somewhere in November on a sunday afternoon he is arriving by steamboat from his residence in Spain with his white horse and his black servants (who are all named Piet - black Piet and dressed like 16th century pages).
They (the Piets) are carrying tons of sweets and candy throwing it around while Sint Nicolaas (Sinterklaas)is waving to the children.
The children sing Sint Nicolaas songs (There are a lot of classics among them with names like 'Look yonder comes the steamboat' and 'Hear who knocks there children')

I must say it is fun to try to explain in English what a traditional dutch celebration is about.
In the 19th century dutch immigrant brought the Sint to the USA where he was transformed in a northpole resident with rendeers and sleigh. The black servants disappeared and also his bishops clothes, though the red and white stayed.

phwall, claudio74, patdeph, Vasa, siamesa, lucasgalodoido, Cretense, jhm, Bluejeans, Longroute, danos, riclopes has marked this note useful

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phwall (5556) 2009-11-16 19:46

Hi Gerrit,
What fun this must be for children and adults as well.
Good frame, the proportions work well.
One small point is the heavy contrast, I can see from the shadows on the face of the background building that the light is quite low but the blacks do look like they are heavily crushed.
A very nice shot nonetheless. It is always invigorating to see so many happy smiling faces.

Best wishes
Peter

claudio74 (6445) 2009-11-16 21:10

Hi Gerrit
Itis always a lot of fun to see Sinterklaas and swaart piet, I think it wasnt so easy to take the picture in the middle of the fool.
Well done
regards
Claude

bracasha75 (22031) 2009-11-16 22:16

Hey Gerrit
Well ,this is what i call keeping tradition
Very niuce picture from Amsterdam
TFS
Cheers,Braca

patdeph (17796) 2009-11-16 22:26

hello Gerrit
I like the joyful atmosphere,where the beautiful colors are superbly emphasized by the light!Superb!
Regards
Pascale

jasmis (50298) 2009-11-16 23:56

It looks almost like a painting. Superb deep colours and an impressive situation.
Regards.

gilou530 (35156) 2009-11-17 9:08

salut gerrit
une image trés contrastée sous une lumière dure mais l'action est bien présente, beau cadrage
amitiés
gilbert

carper (64746) 2009-11-17 9:31

leuk Gerrit.
mooie aankomst van de stoomboot, ja het is een traditie, toch wel leuk dat we die nog hebben. prettige avond.
groet jaap

Fis2 (45725) 2009-11-17 12:28

Witaj Gerrit!
Curious scene,
Good reportorial photo.
I like the colors and light.
Very impressive picture.
Regards
Krzysztof

Vasa (5500) 2009-11-17 16:45

Nice meeting with this steamboat, Gerrit. We have one in Belgrade, but it is not working. Great light for your photo friend,

Branko

siamesa (12820) 2009-11-17 23:19

Hi Gerrit

Amazing capture of the people celebrating this date.I like very much these saturaded colours. Very attractive picture. Parabéns.
Abraços
Maria

lucasgalodoido (16601) 2009-11-18 5:49

Olá Gerrit,
impressionante mesmo essa multidão aguardando o retorno do santo. Gostei do forte contraste e saturação de sua foto também.
Parabéns e Abraço

Cretense (55946) 2009-11-19 2:41

Hello Gerrit!

Beautiful photo, beautiful event, great to see such gathering of colorful crowd! Great composition and framing, great light management, beautiful colors!

Hercules

jhm (82421) 2009-11-19 3:59

Dag Gerrit,

Hij zal zeker niet te laat zijn wanneer hij nu reeds in Nederland is toegekomen de Sint.
De kinderen zijn zeker met zijn alle verheugd op deze gebeurtenis.
Een foto lekker in de kleur echt een dagelijks leven foto.
Goed gedaan, bedankt.

Groeten uit Vlaanderen,
John

Bluejeans (32173) 2009-11-22 10:15

Ola Gerrit,
Beleza de cena cheia de pessoas junto deste canal ver chegar este barco cheio de doces , a alegria deve ser imensa :), parabéns!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

Longroute (9295) 2009-11-23 1:42

A very original photo, both for the presence of all that crowd and the light maagement which gave you intense and warm colours. It looks like a old times picture. I like the view of this old steam boat full of people and with colourful balloons. The canal gives a fine sense of depth and the bridge and building in the bg are a lovely sight.

Best regards,
Donato

mauro61 (15422) 2009-11-23 5:54

ciao Gerrit,
bella e colorata immagineaffollata di gente con una perfetta inquadratura e il battello protagonista,
ottima gestione della luce,
buona giornata
maurizio

danos (32364) 2009-11-24 0:43

Good morning Gerrit,
a nice snapshot of the annual celebrations of the De Sint with a lot of children as their parents too,to enjoy and to be happy to relive his arriving by steamboat from his residence in Spain.Informative your note too.

Have a nice day,Danos

riclopes (32973) 2009-11-24 3:00

Olá Gerrit, wonderful festive mood from last year. Love to see the crowd filling every spot available on the margins. I suppose the bridge will open to let the big chimney pass through... ;-)
rgds,
ric

Photo Information

Copyright: Gerrit van der Linden (Gerrit) (35661)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-11-16
Camera: Canon EOS 400 D, Tamron 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II, B+W 62mm Circular Polarizer
Exposure: f/22, 1/25 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-11-16 18:57