From the Vaults-47
I love carnivals and exhibitions they were always held in September where I grew up and apparently follow a similar path in the Netherlands as several places we visited had their main squares dressed up and covered with tents and children’s rides which is great for the locals but not so much for travel photographers.
Our visit to Amersfoort coincided with one such festival putting into motion my fall back method of trying to capture the heart of a town by utilizing good light with common local life scenes that are not so common at least to my Canadian eyes.
Amersfoort has always been a prosperous place first making its fortune in beer and wool then moving into supplying the Dutch with locally grown tobacco realizing early on that even in bad times people still find money to spend on beer and smokes given man’s constant need for supply of his vices.
Perhaps covering all their bases from vices of the body to supplication of the soul, the town of Amersfoort also became a medieval pilgrimage center based on a few small miracles attributed to a tiny clay statue of Mary to this day celebrated by the naming of the local brew house Brouwerji ‘t Mirakel
I took this on September 20, 2017 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens at 48mm 1/6s, f/11 ISO 100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz Denoise, Luminar and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress.
From the Vaults-47
I love carnivals and exhibitions they were always held in September where I grew up and apparently follow a similar path in the Netherlands as several places we visited had their main squares dressed up and covered with tents and children’s rides which is great for the locals but not so much for travel photographers.
Our visit to Amersfoort coincided with one such festival putting into motion my fall back method of trying to capture the heart of a town by utilizing good light with common local life scenes that are not so common at least to my Canadian eyes.
Amersfoort has always been a prosperous place first making its fortune in beer and wool then moving into supplying the Dutch with locally grown tobacco realizing early on that even in bad times people still find money to spend on beer and smokes given man’s constant need for supply of his vices.
Perhaps covering all their bases from vices of the body to supplication of the soul, the town of Amersfoort also became a medieval pilgrimage center based on a few small miracles attributed to a tiny clay statue of Mary to this day celebrated by the naming of the local brew house Brouwerji ‘t Mirakel
I took this on September 20, 2017 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens at 48mm 1/6s, f/11 ISO 100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz Denoise, Luminar and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress.