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Snow in Haarlem (48)
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The last couple of days, we had snow in Haarlem, just like the rest of the Netherland. We had quite a heavy snowstorm yesterday, but today, the snow is melting and the roof my house is leaking a bit.
This street is called Kerstraat (Churchstreet) in the centre of Haarlem. The building you see in the background is the back of the Nieuwe Kerk (New Church), which was built between 1645 and 1649 in Dutch Renaissance style.
The tower of the church, which is not visible here, is designed by Lieven de Key, who designed a lot of buildings in Haarlem in the 17th century. You can see the roman numbers if you look carefully.
The church is called "New Church", because it replaced the older former St. Anna church on the same location. It was the first church was special built for for protestant services.
About the photo: I cropped the tower of the church, because it was overexposed and the sky was very way too white.
This is what I did:
-rotating: 1 degree
-cropping, especially from the top
-contrasts: +3
-saturation: +5 and +15
-blue: -15
-red: +7
-resizing
-sharpness: + 40%
I am not satiesfied with the sharpness though, but if you sharpen the photo more, the snow gets grainy. And after I resized and posted the photo, the problem with the sharpness became even worse, so please take a look to the better ws-version (with higer top) |
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