Posts tagged ‘landscape’

There was an opening of a photo exhibition in the forest. The people have left and a lonely tent is still there. Amsterdam Forest, Amsterdam. Click on it to enlarge.

Slowly spring is arriving in the Netherlands. There have been a couple of good days in a row now. Still quite chilly and foggy in the morning, but the afternoons are bright and comfortable. Minervalaan, Zuidas, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Click on it to enlarge.

“Amsterdam thanks its Canadians” is a monument in Amsterdam on the Apollolaan. It stands along the route the Canadians took when the liberated Amsterdam in the spring of 1945 at the end of the second world war. As a boy I often passed it on my way to school. I did not like it because [...]

This afternoon I was in the center of Amsterdam. The canals and the 17th century houses looked wonderful in the low winter light. The canals beg for panorama shots. There is so much to see and there are so many corners and angles. Here’s an example. Leidsegracht, Amsterdam. Click on it to enlarge.

The small village of “Oost”, which means “east”, in Dutch. For more photos in this series have a look at my gallery of photographs of the island of Texel. Village of Oost, Texel. Click on it to enlarge.

The photo was taken in National Park “Dunes of Texel” in the Netherlands. This area is called “de Slufter”. It was on a foggy morning. The sun was trying to clear the sea fog and the light was beautiful. More information about the Texel Dunes National Park and the “De Slufter” can be found on this Wikipedia [...]

On my recent holiday to Austria I made several pictures of hang gliders. But which one do I like best? I already selected the one where they form a triangular shape. Below is a selection of two of these. How much mountains as a border below is enough? Do I want them to be really [...]