Kasteel de Haar #2 Photo

Photographer’s Note

Kasteel de Haar (see also here) has a rich history, but dating back from the 13th century it has been owned by the van de Haar family, hence the name, and came into the hands of the van Zuylens upon the marriage of Josyna van de Haar to Dirk van Zuylen in 1449. According to legend probably originating from the Renaissance, the van Zuylen family has descended from a Roman dictator in the first century B.C. Other legends differ only a little and still date the family back to an important Roman line.
It was Baron Etienne van Zuylen who started rebuilding the castle in 1892. The Baron had married Héléne de Rothschild whose priceless art and antique collections still adorn the castle.
It took 20 years to complete the reconstruction including the main castle, the gardens, bridges, ponds, moat, stables and guest house you can see below which is connected to the castle by a covered walkway. And all buildings - even the ones in the village - are decorated with the red and white stripe design which is part of the original crest of the family.
(HollandVoice.net)

Please have a look more information here and here.

Please have a look my other Netherlands shots here and here (TrekLens)

lilimih33, Partha_c, marjan, thor68, Standa, jaywalker, NellyD, yigalco, Cricri has marked this note useful

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lilimih33 (9870) 2007-03-24 14:31

Hello Alex!
Beautiful castle! Lovely place!
Nice colours and point of view!
Well done!
Lili

Partha_c (1985) 2007-03-24 14:58

Hi Alex. A beautiful smooth shot with good POV. Conical tops on the castles look great. Well maintained. Good informative narration. Thanks for sharing. Regards.
Partha

marjan (6081) 2007-03-24 15:40

hi Alex, good shot with excelent POV and coloures. Good compo and useful inforamation.
Marjan

mortijo (11983) 2007-03-24 17:51

Excellent shot with an excellent accompanying note. Congratulations.

thor68 (5535) 2007-03-24 20:05

hi alex, i remember #1 where you only showed
the right part more close-up and now it is a
wider view where the left building is added.
very nice, lovely composition of the old castle
with the perfect blue sky above and colorful rose-bushes in front.
excellent job & best wishes, thor.

korbee (2236) 2007-03-25 4:23

A truly wonderfull image Alex,very classic!
Jan

Standa (1861) 2007-03-25 10:04

Hi Alex,
this is simple way how to show all beauty of this monumental castle. But not everybody can see it so good and intagrated as you made. Good work and very interesting note.
Regards,
Stanislav

jaywalker (12186) 2007-03-25 10:59

Hi Alex, What a magnificent castle & beautiful ground, a superb POV & great colours, well focused that roof is amazing, excellent composition & nicely balenced, kind regards Wilson.

jhm (81817) 2007-03-26 7:34

Hi Alex,

Excellent composition of the castle, great architecture details, well balanced light, natural colors, the flowers in foreground care for a soft colours, I can enjoy of this picture.
Question; Spreekt u soms Nederland of bent u van Nederlandes ouders?
Thanks for sharing.

Have a nice day,
John.

NellyD (1872) 2007-03-29 8:48

Hi Alex,

This is a very good shot of this castle.
I like the composition, beautiful colours, excellent sharpness, POV and details.
Well done!
TFS

Greetings, Nel

yigalco (372) 2007-04-08 2:31

Sasha Hi,

Classic photo of castle and good light and composition.
I wish you have clouds in the sky above

Regards,
Yigal

jemaflor (38911) 2007-04-12 7:04

Hi Alex,
Well taken this castle, nice view, lovely light to have beautiful colours for a shot.

Cricri (42894) 2007-04-16 8:21

Bonjour Alex,
Beaucoup de détails a voir de ce trés beau château, de plus joliment cadrer par les parterres de fleurs et le ciel bleu, le tout sous une bonne lumiére, une belle présentation
Have a nice day
cricri

BeanQueen (0) 2007-05-02 13:11