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Old tulips
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Copyright: WALTER ito (WALTERito)
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| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2006-04-23 |
| Categories: Event |
| Camera: Sony DSC-V3 |
| Exposure: f/4, 1/200 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2006-04-24 14:50 |
| Viewed: 397 |
| Points: 6 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Many people tend to associate tulips with The Netherlands, and they are right in doing so as the Dutch export this flower worldwide.
A lesser known fact is Antwerp's contribution to the European tulip story...
In 1562 an Antwerp merchant discovered tulip bulbs among a shipment of textiles from Constantinople. As the bulbs resembled onions, he stewed and ate a few and planted the remaining bulbs in his garden. This small event heralded the start of the tulip's conquest of Europe. In 1578 the first tulips made their way to London and in 1593 they cropped up in Leyden (the Netherlands).
Soon the tulip flowered in Antwerp and Flemish gardens among numerous other rare blooms. The Flemish rapidly gained a reputation for their tulip varieties and until the 19th century Flemish tulips were coveted all over the world. As the printing centre, Antwerp played an important role in the dissemination of tulip-related knowledge. Scientific books by great botanists rolled of the presses in the Plantin and Moretus print workshops.
(source folder dewereldinantwerpen.be)
Yesterday was heritage-day in Belgium, with colour as general theme, and here the tulip as symbol of this. I visited a few interesting places among which the mentioned print-workshop. In the enclosed garden tulips were blooming, and I tried to capture both the tulips and the museum in one picture as illustration to the story.
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Hi Walter, Plantijn Moretus en het Rubenshuis waren twee van mijn favotiete bezokplaatse, binnetuinen in't midden van de stad, oases van vrede. Great comp, low angle, nice one, thanx, M, (*_*)
- Dingo
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Well Walter, this is an 'unusual' picture for you - but a very well succeeded one. I love the compo, but I wonder how you got this large a DoF at f4...
Anyway, TFS.
very nice composition and pov,congratulations
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