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Countryside after Sunset
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Last weekend we travelled the northern province of our country: Friesland. It was cold, sometimes cloudy, sometimes sunny. At night temperatures dropped below zero and in the daytime struggled to reach 5C. However the landscape is beautiful here. Wide open spaces dotted with trees, farmhouses and windmills. This moment was captured just after sunset. Hope you see the beauty of this landscape in the slowly forming mist.
Have a nice week,
Els
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To be complete I will have a look what Wikipedia has on offer about this province:
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This article is about the Dutch province.
Provincie Fryslân (nl)
Provinsje Fryslân (fy)
Province of Friesland
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Capital Leeuwarden
Queen's Commissioner drs. E.H.T.M. (Ed) Nijpels
Religion (1999) Protestant 39%
Roman Catholic 8%
Area
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• Water
3,349 km˛ (3rd)
2,392 km˛
Population (2006)
• Total
• Density
642,230 (8th)
192/km˛ (11th)
Anthem De âlde Friezen
ISO NL-FY
Official website www.fryslan.nl
Friesland (pronunciation (help·info), West Frisian: Fryslân) is a province in the north of the Netherlands and part of the bigger region known as Frisia. Its name in the West Frisian language is Fryslân, which has also been its official name since 1997, and is therefore also used in official Dutch language publications. Friesland has 643,000 inhabitants (2005) and its capital is Leeuwarden (Ljouwert), with 91,817 inhabitants, in the center of the province.
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Distinguishing features:
Friesland distinguishes itself from the other eleven provinces through having its own language, West Frisian, which is also spoken in a minor part of the province of Groningen, to the east. Closely related languages, East Frisian ("Seeltersk", which is different from "East Frisian (Ostfriesisch)", a collection of Low German dialects of East Frisia) and North Frisian, are spoken in the Saterland and in North Friesland areas in Germany, respectively. Friesland was a part of the German empire until 1680 when it separated and joined the Netherlands. Part of Friesland is still considered part of Germany (Ostfriesland).
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The English language is also closely related to West Frisian. There is a saying about it: "As milk is to cheese, are English and Fries." Another version of this saying reads (in West Frisian): "Bűter, brea, en griene tsiis; wa't dat net sizze kin, is gjin oprjochte Fries", which in English reads: "Butter, bread, and green cheese, whoever can't say that is no sincere Fries" (According to legend, the 16th century Frisian freedom fighter Pier Gerlofs Donia forced his captives to repeat this shibboleth to distinguish Frisians from Dutch and Low Germans). The saying plays on the sound differences between the Dutch and Frisian words for "butter, bread, and green cheese", which in Frisian are pronounced almost identically to their English counterparts (showing the original closeness between the two languages), while in Dutch ("Boter, brood, en groene kaas"), these words sound quite different.
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Friesland is mainly an agricultural province. The famous black and white Friesian cattle and the well known black Friesian horse originated here. Tourism, mainly on the lakes in the south west of the province, and on the islands in the Wadden Sea in the north, is an important source of income, too. Technology companies such as Asset Control have also set up base in Friesland.
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The province is famous for its speed skaters, with mass participation in cross-country skating when weather conditions permit. In winters that are cold enough to allow the freshwater canals to freeze hard, the province is the focus of the Elfstedentocht (Eleven cities tour), a 200 kilometers ice skating tour. In the warmer months, many Frisians practice wadlopen, the traditional art of wading across designated sections of the Wadden Sea at low tide. Another Frisian practice is fierljeppen, a sport with some similarities to pole vaulting. A jump consists of an intense sprint to the pole (polsstok), jumping and grabbing it, then climbing to the top while trying to control the pole's forward and lateral movements over a body of water and finishing with a graceful landing on a sand bed opposite to the starting point. Because of all the diverse skills required in fierljeppen, fierljeppers are considered to be very complete athletes with superbly developed strength and coordination. Another interesting feature are the many windmills. There are 195 windmills in the province of Friesland, from a total of about 1200 in the entire country. |
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An extremely well captured and lovely moment with some of the most sublime colours, textures, tones and lights. The colours have been managed well as well. The overall composition and perspective are nice. good image indeed.
hello Els
Nice POV , nice note , you picture take to me an impression of quietness
thanks for the partage
Dominic
Hallo, there I don’t know if I have Rugby on the brain, but the stripes in the air remind me of a Rugby field. Love the frame of mind that this picture puts me in just by looking at it; I can imagine what it must feel like being there, thank you for yet another beautiful picture.
Hello Els,
Very beautiful perspective and landscape.Beautiful colours and details.Well done.TFS.
Greetings.
H.Ayhan
Hello Els,
very beautiful pov to show this great landscape!
perfect sharpness, vivid colour and details
very well done
cheers
Tony
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(19980) - [2007-11-20 21:39]
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Hello Els,
The narrow canal on the left makes a very nice vertical line as it leads the eye to the lovely mist shrouded windmills. The lush green grass contrasts beautifully with the pale blue sky. The golden evening sky is complemented wonderfully with the blue sky. The unsaturated colors work to make this a very peaceful deramy image.
Regards, Tom
Hello Els,
A fine atmosphere has been captured!
But I have to admit I like the old windmills better than the modern version...
The light is very attractive, and I notice the diagonal ditch to reflect the afternoon sky!
Greetings,
Pablo -
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(16076) - [2007-11-21 2:53]
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Good morning Els!
You captured a very beautiful scenery with natural colours of the suset. Lovely background with old and modern windmills. Thanks for very interesting and informative note
regards
ziggy
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- Tue
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Hej Els,
Een prachtige foto van dit Friese landschap. De molens, zowel oude als moderne, en boerderijen staan mooi in de verte tegen het zachte licht in de lucht afgetekend. Het slootje is uitstekend in de voorgrond en de vliegtuigstrepen zijn ook een leuk detail. Mooi werk!
Groeten,
Lars
Hi Hendrika,
really lovely and peaceful view like you know well how to create...I like the diagonal compo with the water and the very green fields, in contrast to the soft sky and its windmils, beautiful light, very very nice. I would have made the horizon less close to the middle of the pic
TFS
Best regards
Michčle
Hi Els. Mooi lijnen spel zowel op de gron als in de lucht. Dat weise landschap trek mij alijd erg aan. Weids,rust, stilte en veel vogels. geweldig.
gr Frans
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Hoi Els,
Wat een prachtige weids landschap en die kleuren na zo' n zonsondergang zijn echt heel bijzonder, mooi zacht licht ook.
Het perspectief vind ik ook erg goed, daardoor laat je goed zien hoe weids het landschap is.
Mooi gedaan!
Groetjes, Nel
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- edal
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Hello Hendrika!
Nice calm picture of the wings of the mills. Some traces in the sky show how cold is up there...
Nice capture.
Anton
Hi Els,
Oh this is so beautiful, the sunset with the jet streams , windmills, and the long view, its mezmerizing.......TFS
Donna:o)
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