THE SHADES OF SUMMER GREEN — №2
► █░▓ NO BIKES NEITHER BOATS HERE (so far). Trying to get to the harbor via bike and pedestrian paths as much as possible to evade the already insignificant village traffic, I ran across this serene major park I did not know existed. An elderly lady walking two small dogs explained to me that the whole aria was taken down two years ago in order to build a park upon it. I was taken aback. There are obviously still decision-making people not driven by the power or profit lust. This pond is young and probably 'virgin', i.e. there are still no discarded bikes on the bottom of it.
But remember: behind the every successful Dutchman there is a discarded bike. Or two. Or more.
The village in itself is quite serene. This park is artificial "nature" but it takes an educated architect to create it like this and it adds up to the all-round quiet. I am impressed. Some cities can't (won't) afford this much.
Up until July 18th I had the longest break in publishing images and following the fellow uploads on Flickr since years. Hope that this less enthusiastic, rather sedentary period in my life is now over. I used it partly to study new software and made my first use of it. Not much, but something I had been postponing for years. A small gain but not a negligible one. My photography was not completely put aside, but I never got it to the editing stage. What I took, has yet to be selected and edited. Many boats taken just before sunset still wait to be denoised! Plus some interesting people, those few that grant me their trust and permission to publish.
THE BACKGROUND - In the morning of July 14th I drove to Sleeuwijk, the village across the river, after a long time. Had a good hour available to walk around. Started my hike from the neighbourhood edge next to A27, a few kilometres away and searched for the pathways through the village in order to avoid the local traffic. Without internet, I still made it! But when I reached the river shore at the Yacht and ferry harbour, the first hour had expired. I decided to press on and found a pathway among the blackberries shrubbery along the shore line. It was a gift from above. Beautiful small beaches, lots of ripe, perfectly clean blackberries, mighty ships sailing by, clean water, lazy peaceful cattle enjoying the shade of large trees at noon, perfect weather with some nice water and background lighting... For the first time in more than three decades that I live here have I hiked along the patch of shoreline and have almost reached the big Merwede bridge. Found the way back through the woods and reached the village starting point just short of 2,5 hours of hiking, berry picking and photographing. What a day! And a good night's sleep after it.
Lumix G90 / 12-35mm f2.8 / sooc jpeg edited in Photos 10.0, exported as 16-bit tiff so that you can enjoy the original Panasonic's jpeg ;) Well I could have exported it to *.heic format, it would have taken 25 less space of the drive and I don't see any difference, but my screen is just a non-calibrated 16" and my eyes are aging...
-You are welcome!
~SHORTCUTS~ ...→Press [F11] and [L] key to engage Full Screen (Light box) mode with black background ↔ Press the same key or [Esc] to return... →Press [F] to "Like" (Fave)... →Press [C] to comment.
File name: P1033366.tiff
THE SHADES OF SUMMER GREEN — №2
► █░▓ NO BIKES NEITHER BOATS HERE (so far). Trying to get to the harbor via bike and pedestrian paths as much as possible to evade the already insignificant village traffic, I ran across this serene major park I did not know existed. An elderly lady walking two small dogs explained to me that the whole aria was taken down two years ago in order to build a park upon it. I was taken aback. There are obviously still decision-making people not driven by the power or profit lust. This pond is young and probably 'virgin', i.e. there are still no discarded bikes on the bottom of it.
But remember: behind the every successful Dutchman there is a discarded bike. Or two. Or more.
The village in itself is quite serene. This park is artificial "nature" but it takes an educated architect to create it like this and it adds up to the all-round quiet. I am impressed. Some cities can't (won't) afford this much.
Up until July 18th I had the longest break in publishing images and following the fellow uploads on Flickr since years. Hope that this less enthusiastic, rather sedentary period in my life is now over. I used it partly to study new software and made my first use of it. Not much, but something I had been postponing for years. A small gain but not a negligible one. My photography was not completely put aside, but I never got it to the editing stage. What I took, has yet to be selected and edited. Many boats taken just before sunset still wait to be denoised! Plus some interesting people, those few that grant me their trust and permission to publish.
THE BACKGROUND - In the morning of July 14th I drove to Sleeuwijk, the village across the river, after a long time. Had a good hour available to walk around. Started my hike from the neighbourhood edge next to A27, a few kilometres away and searched for the pathways through the village in order to avoid the local traffic. Without internet, I still made it! But when I reached the river shore at the Yacht and ferry harbour, the first hour had expired. I decided to press on and found a pathway among the blackberries shrubbery along the shore line. It was a gift from above. Beautiful small beaches, lots of ripe, perfectly clean blackberries, mighty ships sailing by, clean water, lazy peaceful cattle enjoying the shade of large trees at noon, perfect weather with some nice water and background lighting... For the first time in more than three decades that I live here have I hiked along the patch of shoreline and have almost reached the big Merwede bridge. Found the way back through the woods and reached the village starting point just short of 2,5 hours of hiking, berry picking and photographing. What a day! And a good night's sleep after it.
Lumix G90 / 12-35mm f2.8 / sooc jpeg edited in Photos 10.0, exported as 16-bit tiff so that you can enjoy the original Panasonic's jpeg ;) Well I could have exported it to *.heic format, it would have taken 25 less space of the drive and I don't see any difference, but my screen is just a non-calibrated 16" and my eyes are aging...
-You are welcome!
~SHORTCUTS~ ...→Press [F11] and [L] key to engage Full Screen (Light box) mode with black background ↔ Press the same key or [Esc] to return... →Press [F] to "Like" (Fave)... →Press [C] to comment.
File name: P1033366.tiff