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Copyright: Alex Shainshein (s_a_s_h_a) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 294 W: 74 N: 417] (2958)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-07-23
Categories: Nature
Camera: FujiFinePix S 7000, Hama UV 0-Haze M55
Exposure: f/8, 1/250 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Travelogue: Netherlands
Date Submitted: 2007-03-20 7:15
Viewed: 689
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 22
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Photo was taken during our sailing in Giethoorn, carfree town known in the Netherlands as Venice of the North. In the old part of the village, there were no roads, and all transport was done by water over one of the many canals.
Please have a look my other Netherlands shots here

Giethoorn is called the Venice of the Netherlands for about 7.5 km of canals run through the little village. Some 50 little wooden bridges span the canals. It was founded around 1230 when fugitives coming from the Mediterranian regions settled there. They found a lot of horns of wild goats there that had probably died in the big flood of St Elisabeth in 1170, and therefore they called the settlement Geytenhorn (horn of goats), later it became Geythorn and now it's called Giethoorn. All traffic has to go over the water, and it is done in so-called "punters", they are 'whisper-boats' for they are driven by an electric motor, so they practically do not disturb the peace and quiet in this scenic little village. The canal is only about 1 meter deep and were digged out to transport the peat, the digging of this peat resulted in many ponts and undeep lakes, called 'Wieden'. Many houses have been built on islands and are only reachable over wooden bridges. Most houses have thatched roofs, the marshy areas provide a lot of reed. In former days only rich people had tiled roofs, for tiles were much more expensive than reed, now it's the other way round: having a thatched roof costs a lot more money than have it covered with tiles. This is a very picturesque place to visit.
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WOW. great scenery here. i like it so much.
Any close shot version?
but this is perfect to me
TFS
Ed

Very interesting, and great shot too !

This place looks so very familiar... and I've never even been there!

I do hope I'm not offending you Alex, when I say there are places in Giethoorn that are so much prettier!
Your picture is good, well balanced and good colors, but it seems a bit dull. Main cause for that is the sky. There is little contrast in it, so there's not much to see. A bunch of fluffy clouds would look so much better.

I know that the weather is something you cannot change very much about.
So... maybe if you try cropping it and framing it....?
You can even try replacing the sky!
Of course all that is a matter of taste and a matter of liking to work on a pic with photoshop. I haven't seen you do a lot of photoshopping so far... ;-)

Cheers!
Anneke

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  • melik Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 120 W: 13 N: 52] (1538)
  • [2007-03-20 9:37]

Hi Alex,

Een geweldige foto. Goed gezien en goed gerealiseerd.

Ömer

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  • jawa Gold Star Critiquer [C: 1372 W: 0 N: 1] (12003)
  • [2007-03-20 9:44]

Hi Alex
This is Hollandpromation.Verry nice registration.
Gr Jos

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  • Fons Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1299 W: 2 N: 202] (15594)
  • [2007-03-20 12:26]

< Prachtig beeld dat kan gebruikt worden
voor de opwarming van de aarde.Met die
mensen buiten ziet het er paniekerig
uit!

so, this is what will happen if the climate
goes on changing and the ice on the poles melt...
hi alex, was this taken from a boat?
very nice scenery, well composed with good
components like the island, the trees, the people
and the water, just too bad about the weather which makes it all kind of grey in grey.
well seen & captured, thor.

Welldone Alex, a real Dutch scene!
TFS
John
* pl

Alex this is a fine picture of Holland
Good composition
RuudBlok

Alex, you make perfect pictures - I'll store it in my memorie - the way you see those people enjoying the day - the distance - it's all perfect.
TFS
Els
:)follow

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  • eleana Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 214 W: 110 N: 93] (3474)
  • [2007-05-14 15:00]

Hi Sasha,
so nice POV and perspective, nice aerial scene, soft and tender colours. Beautiful compo!
Best wishes from Zaporozhye,
Lena

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