The Zaansche Schans

So Linda and I visited Holland too, not just Paris. There is a lot of water in Holland. Not surprising really as 2/5 of Holland lies below sea level. It’s why there are windmills in Holland, many were built to pump water.

There is a region called De Zaansche Schans, where there are a bunch of windmills in working order. There is one setup as a saw mill and another for grinding wheat. Yes, wind power was put to good use in the old days, kind of ironic that wind is once again a power source that is popular.

The shot below is taken just around the corner of those windmills (don’ worry, I’ll be posting pictures of them too). I loved the sky and the wide angle view of the water and house, just seem to make the composition come together for me. The two ducks were a bonus.

This is an HDR, made from 3 exposures each two stops apart.

HDR tonemapped

One Response to “The Zaansche Schans”

Leave a Reply

Lightroom
Tips & Tutorials
Recommended
Support This Site
Visitors come from . .
Licensing

Images
All Images are Creative Commons: Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivative Works.

Use
You may use the images on your blog, for fun etc, but you must
1. Link to www.albertdebruijn.com
2. Give credit to Albert de Bruijn

Commercial Use
If you wish to use any of these images commercially, contact me.

Secured for spam by MLW and Associates, LLP's Super CAPTCHASecured by Super-CAPTCHA © 2009-2010 MLW & Associates, LLP. All rights reserved.