From the Vaults-103
This shot was my last one from the Dam Boat Guys tour and is of the locks that separate the canals from the wild water it also illustrates the lock in use with other boats coming into the canals.
While looking at the canal water you wouldn’t think it is very clean but three times a week these locks are closed on one side of the city and fresh water is pumped from the Ijsselmeer creating a current to the open locks on the other side of the city keeping the water from being stagnant.
The canals have come a long way in cleanliness in the past 50 years and it actually brought wildlife back to the city with 20 different fish species and crabs living in the canals along with the waterbirds that hunt for such prey like gulls, ducks, herons and cormorants but that being said they still haul upwards of 13,000 bicycles out the water annually.
A funny story not canal related but bird related is that a pet shop owner that hated the sound of parakeets so much he let loose the pair he had in his store in 1976 was rewarded with them breeding and now they scream everywhere throughout the city with over 6000 green necked parakeets serenading all with their noisy songs.
I took this on Sept 9th, 2017 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens at 58mm 1/80 sec f/11 ISO2000 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , Luminar and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
From the Vaults-103
This shot was my last one from the Dam Boat Guys tour and is of the locks that separate the canals from the wild water it also illustrates the lock in use with other boats coming into the canals.
While looking at the canal water you wouldn’t think it is very clean but three times a week these locks are closed on one side of the city and fresh water is pumped from the Ijsselmeer creating a current to the open locks on the other side of the city keeping the water from being stagnant.
The canals have come a long way in cleanliness in the past 50 years and it actually brought wildlife back to the city with 20 different fish species and crabs living in the canals along with the waterbirds that hunt for such prey like gulls, ducks, herons and cormorants but that being said they still haul upwards of 13,000 bicycles out the water annually.
A funny story not canal related but bird related is that a pet shop owner that hated the sound of parakeets so much he let loose the pair he had in his store in 1976 was rewarded with them breeding and now they scream everywhere throughout the city with over 6000 green necked parakeets serenading all with their noisy songs.
I took this on Sept 9th, 2017 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens at 58mm 1/80 sec f/11 ISO2000 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , Luminar and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress