Dutch Savannah ⛵︎SPOILED (but summer vibes unfazed)
► █░▓ ⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽ 🐆 INSTEAD of RHINOs, HIPPOs and LIONs, this moving construction appeared at high noon. A large man-made object translating with a conspicuous speed through the calm waters.
It's the local passenger ferry, heading from Sleeuwijk to Werkendam along the Boven Merwede river. The shape of the ferry is striking and ingenious. It is not only adding to the stability of the vessel, it may as well hint on catamaran build. I imagine somebody must have gotten a prize for corporate identity design here. The idea has been conceived and consequentially applied — from bridges and lock gate sentry boxes to ferry boats and the town hall building (the roof of latter you can just see perking above the bow of the ferry). I guess the underlying idea was to resemble a wave, as the town historically couples its existence with the waters of this mighty river, the largest Rhine branch in its Lowlands delta. At this point already enforced by the most of Meuse waters (Afgedamde Maas). –Everything has been marked up for your convenience.
However. After two decades of letting it sink in my impartial observing, I must come up with a following verdict... I don't like it. Its hyper-modern implementation somehow doesn't blend with the historic environment. Which has in essence remained rural, in spite of all the recent development.
—To my utter amazement, the vessel's bridge was in darkness, the front and rear windows completely shielded by the roller blinds. Yes, the light was very bright, a mere minute after high noon. But I would never have guts to rely only on monitor screens when navigating in such busy waters. Not to mention the summer low levels...
Lumix G90 / Lumix 12-35 mm f2.8. —At 33mm (66mm in full frame) and f6.3 aperture priority. Shutter speed of 1/640 sec freezes movement of the ferry which has considerable speed.
This is a sooc jpeg edited in Apple Photos 10.0, exported as 16-bit tiff. The green seems too warm here, but the grey of the ferry is right.
~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: P1033384.tiff
Dutch Savannah ⛵︎SPOILED (but summer vibes unfazed)
► █░▓ ⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽ 🐆 INSTEAD of RHINOs, HIPPOs and LIONs, this moving construction appeared at high noon. A large man-made object translating with a conspicuous speed through the calm waters.
It's the local passenger ferry, heading from Sleeuwijk to Werkendam along the Boven Merwede river. The shape of the ferry is striking and ingenious. It is not only adding to the stability of the vessel, it may as well hint on catamaran build. I imagine somebody must have gotten a prize for corporate identity design here. The idea has been conceived and consequentially applied — from bridges and lock gate sentry boxes to ferry boats and the town hall building (the roof of latter you can just see perking above the bow of the ferry). I guess the underlying idea was to resemble a wave, as the town historically couples its existence with the waters of this mighty river, the largest Rhine branch in its Lowlands delta. At this point already enforced by the most of Meuse waters (Afgedamde Maas). –Everything has been marked up for your convenience.
However. After two decades of letting it sink in my impartial observing, I must come up with a following verdict... I don't like it. Its hyper-modern implementation somehow doesn't blend with the historic environment. Which has in essence remained rural, in spite of all the recent development.
—To my utter amazement, the vessel's bridge was in darkness, the front and rear windows completely shielded by the roller blinds. Yes, the light was very bright, a mere minute after high noon. But I would never have guts to rely only on monitor screens when navigating in such busy waters. Not to mention the summer low levels...
Lumix G90 / Lumix 12-35 mm f2.8. —At 33mm (66mm in full frame) and f6.3 aperture priority. Shutter speed of 1/640 sec freezes movement of the ferry which has considerable speed.
This is a sooc jpeg edited in Apple Photos 10.0, exported as 16-bit tiff. The green seems too warm here, but the grey of the ferry is right.
~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: P1033384.tiff