Schiedam, a photo from Zuid Holland, South

Photographer's Note

Schiedam

Today a new cityscape: this picture shows a part of the town Schiedam in the province Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands, that I visited in August last year.
The photo gives a view over de Lange Haven (Long Harbour) in the centre of the town.

Schiedam is located near the city of Rotterdam and has about 75,000 citizens. It is located at the rivers Schie and Nieuwe Maas. The town is famous for the highest windmills in the world.
The mill you can see in this photo is, if I'm not mistaken, Korenmolen de Walvisch (Corn-Mill the Whale). The little tower is part of de Havenkerk (Harbour-Church).

Hope you like it. :-)

riclopes, xavshot, emjleclercq, singuanti, papagolf21, jhm, Silke, Davidwh, abulafia, atus, Budapestman, AiresSantos, UlfE, bertolucci, Emile, mcmtanyel has marked this note useful

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riclopes (35577) 2007-03-05 13:06

Olá Lars, a favorite already, before the critics? ;-)
This is a beautiful typical image from Neatherlands, as far as I know about it. If it wasn't that mill, this could be Amsterdam...I hope that you don't get upset by this. I know much people from your country don't like the comparison with Amsterdam...
The framing is excellent and my eyes jump from the boats, to the mill and church tower, but its those boats that attract me more. Really beautiful urban scenery, very well captured!
Groet,
Ricardo

xavshot (69835) 2007-03-05 13:07

Bonsoir Lars
le cadrage de cette photo est très bien vu. J'aime bien l'impression de calme qui ressort de cette vue. Beaucoup de détails très agréable à regarder. Bravo.
Xavier

jafadabret (56501) 2007-03-05 14:08

Lars, c'est une composition classique mais qui fonctionne bien. La péniche de droite répond au moulin de gauche qui correspont au clocher de droite.
Plus une belle lumière et la présence de l'eau cela fait un beau cliché.
Jacques

emjleclercq (15778) 2007-03-05 17:59

This one is like an essence of Dutchness : a canal, some old barges and a windmill in the background. Perhaps a bit shaded and thus a bit dark on the left side, but a beautifull image and an excellent point of view.

All the best,

Emmanuel

singuanti (15250) 2007-03-05 22:01

Hi Lars. You have such a good bright and clear shot here. I think the light helped a good bit. I like that we have all the classical things one would expect in the Netherlands without anything modern. Beautiful shot Lars!

papagolf21 (152607) 2007-03-06 3:33

Bonjour, mon ami Lars,
Une photo estivale très agréable à contempler. J'aime votre cadrage qui met bien en valeur la richesse architecturale des différents édifices. Tous les éléments sont présents pour une photo très réussie.
Amitiés.
Philippe

jhm (211738) 2007-03-06 4:20

Dag Lars,

Waar zijn er nog mooier plekjes of dit, ik vind dit prachtig, ik lange tijd gekeken naar de Nederlandse TV "Het moeiste plekje in Nerderland" wel dit hoort daar ook bij.
Diepte en perspectief zij goed aanwezig, maar mijn beste vriend uit Nederland ik heb even een WS gemaakt, ik hoop dat u mij dit niet kwalijk neemt. Bedankt ook voor uw bezoek

Groeten,
John

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Mikos (4326) 2007-03-06 4:50

Hi Tue!

Lovely corner, full of details, with such a great light and colour! The ships and the mill, really enhaces your picture to the max.

Cheers!
Miguel

Davidwh (3662) 2007-03-06 9:59

Hi Lars,
Such a pleasant scene....always relaxing to be next to water.A lovely summers day with nice contrasts in light and deep colours.Well done in getting a good exposure of the skyline with its fluffy clouds.Perfect composition with the river leading round.Well done and TFS.
Regards, David

feather (51130) 2007-03-06 11:30

Very good quality with a pleasant light. The tree on the left works perfectly to frame the image and the perspective view carries our eye through the scene nicely. All the elements tell us clearly that this is Holland.
Kath

abulafia (4900) 2007-03-06 12:19

Hi Lars
Lovely canal view! i haven't been there myself, but it looks like a pretty nice place.
Nice colored shot.
Regards
Harry

atus (15878) 2007-03-06 14:19

Hi Lars,
very well captured shot of a nice perspective and good sense of depth. It is very well framed with the tree and the light control is good. Also nice and natural colours,here. Well done!
Tfs and best regards.
Attila

Budapestman (82620) 2007-03-07 6:37

Hi Lars,
Very fine and spectacular photo. I like the fascinating details and the picturesque composition. Beautiful place. Thank you, nice days
George

AiresSantos (56155) 2007-03-08 3:40

Olá Lars,
Magnificent perspective of the Schiedam. Gorgeous canal view. I like your POV, natural colours and details.
TFS and greetings
Aires

danyy (0) 2007-03-08 4:53

Bonjour Lars,
Les Pays-Bas, petit pays mais qui sait montrer un style propre; architecturalement traditionnel, construist le long de canaux et toujours ces moulins très bien entretenus.
Une photo qui montre tout cela sous un cadrage et une exposition soignés.

Bien à toi.
Daniel.

John_F_Kennedy (43797) 2007-03-08 10:01

Such a beautiful place, calm, old architecture.
Well done
Achim

Silke (3027) 2007-03-08 10:54

The size of these canal boats is quite unexpected and is really clearly shown by their position in front of the houses here
I love the PoV, the composition and the colours
TFS
Silke
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Didi (61589) 2007-03-08 13:51

Hello Lars
Very interesting composition with very good and soft lights.
To give more depht in the foreground I used The clone masq on the quay. Cheers.

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UlfE (14641) 2007-03-08 15:28

Hi Lars,

Excellent shot. The composition is perfect with the wind-mill, the houses, the river and the boats. If it was not for the cars and if you would have made it B& W it could have been taken a hundred years ago. Have a nice evening.

Cheers,

Ulf

bertolucci (14052) 2007-03-09 3:59

Hej Lars, opnieuw een zeer bekende plek voor mij hier, en je hebt hem mooi in de bocht vastgelegd. Een fijn perspectief is het resultaat en natuurlijk laten de kleuren en de details niet te wensen over. Een fraaie Schiedam plaat met een rustige sfeer!
Fijn weekend,
Bert

capthaddock (28790) 2007-03-09 16:10

Hi Lars - I like the unusual combination of windmills in an urban setting, having the 3 typically dutch subjects in one: the mill, the canal, and the dark brick buildings.

Emile (20352) 2007-03-12 20:21

Hola Lars.
Beautiful place and a great shot with a very good composition, your POV and colors are excellent. Very well done. TFS.

pablominto (53746) 2007-03-13 15:41

Hello Lars,
An attractive urban scenery with an unmistakably Dutch touch!
Lots of interesting details to explore, both in ships and architecture...
Well composed image with a fine sense of depth, attractive colours!
Greetings,
Pablo -

ahmetgedikli (25609) 2007-03-14 16:22

Hi Lars,
This is a beautiful composition. The light, colours and POV are superb. Very well done.
Best regards.
Ahmet

t0mmm1 (5442) 2007-03-15 11:47

Hi Lars,
wonderful composition. I like this old houses facing the river full of old boats... I could live here ;)))

paura (25802) 2007-04-01 21:24

Lars,
Nice composition and excellent POV to show this beautiful place. The colors are really nice.

Paulo

Steft (6109) 2007-08-04 18:59

Hoi Lars,
Hier ben ik al lang niet meer geweest. Mooie foto. De wolk linksboven is erg mooi! Echt een typisch Nederlands plaatje.
Toch vind ik de foto een beetje aan de sombere kant. Jammer dat er niet net wat zon was.
Stef

mcmtanyel (69195) 2017-12-18 22:16

Hello Lars,
This is a pleasant canal photo containing those old boats with character. They remind me of barges I used to see in Turkey when i was young.
Regards,
MT

jmdias (116441) 2018-11-17 11:57

lars

many dutch elements in this compo with canal, mill, boats and typical façades in brown. nice result but I feel it would be nice to see something in the lower part of the compo.

take care

jorge