Two majestic deer statues on gate posts in the Palace woods


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With these two majestic deer statues, photographed in the woods of Palace Het Loo, I will end this little series about Palace het Loo. All these images were made in Crown Domain ‘het Loo’, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, during a panel testing day with the Tamron 16-300 mm F3,5-6,3 DiII VC PZD zoom – organized by the Dutch photography Magazine ‘Focus’ . Hope you enjoyed checking them out!

Majestic deer statue on a gate post in the Palace woods
Majestic deer statue on a gate post in the Palace woods
Head of the deer statue in profile
Head of the deer statue in profile
Profile of the deer statue in the autumn woods
Profile of the deer statue in the autumn woods

 

 

A bucket is a bucket


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Photographed in Crown Domain ‘het Loo’, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, during a panel testing day with the Tamron 16-300 mm F3,5-6,3 DiII VC PZD zoom – organized by the Dutch photography Magazine ‘Focus’ .

Buckets in the Royal Stables are still buckets
Even in the Royal Stables buckets are still buckets
Bucket detail in the Royal Stables
Bucket detail in the Royal Stables

Architectural elegance and subtile details in the Royal Stables and Carriage Houses


Nederlands (link).

 Photographed in Crown Domain ‘het Loo’, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, during a panel testing day with the Tamron 16-300 mm F3,5-6,3 DiII VC PZD zoom – organized by the Dutch photography Magazine ‘Focus’ .

Architectural elegance of the Royal Stables and carriage houses
Architectural elegance of the Royal stables and carriage houses

 

The time in Stable Number 2
The time in Stable Number 2
Mercedes-Benz emblem on a car in one of the carriage houses
Mercedes-Benz emblem on a car in one of the carriage houses

 

Entree building Het Loo, Apeldoorn – Modern architecture, abstract impression


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Entree building of Palace Het Loo, modern architecture by architect Koen van Velsen. The combination of windows, stairs, mirrors and reflections of the autumn landscape outside makes for a abstract impression . Photographed in Crown Domain ‘het Loo’, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, during a panel testing day with the Tamron 16-300 mm F3,5-6,3 DiII VC PZD zoom – organized by the Dutch photography Magazine ‘Focus’ .

 

Modern architecture and autumn forest abstract 01
Modern architecture and autumn forest abstract 01

 

Modern architecture and autumn forest abstract 02
Modern architecture and autumn forest abstract 02

 

Modern architecture and autumn forest abstract 03
Modern architecture and autumn forest abstract 03

16mm wide angle to 300 mm tele zoom … what does that look like?


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Yesterday I participated in a testing panel day, organized by the Dutch photography magazine “Focus”.  A group of 12 readers was invited to try out the new, award winning Tamron 16-300 mm F3,5-6,3 DiII VC PZD zoom lens.

16 mm wide angle to 300 mm zoom in one lens… what does that look like?

Well, we went to the Royal Palace “Het Loo” in Apeldoorn, where we could experiment with this awesome lens.

Here is what it looks like:

Royal Stables Palace 'Het Loo' - 16mm wide angle
Royal Stables Palace ‘Het Loo’ – 16mm wide angle

 

Mare and foal on the weather vane of the Royal stables - 300 mm tele
Mare and foal on the weather vane of the Royal stables – 300 mm tele

Such a reach, all within one lens, isn’t that amazing??!!

 

The W.H. Vliegenforest, oldest city forest of Amsterdam – with a touch of Paris


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The W.H. Vliegenbos (W.H. Vliegenforest) in Amsterdam North is the oldest city forest of the city council of Amsterdam. It was created between 1910 and 1918 on the initiative of the socialist councillor W.H.Vliegen, who wanted a forest close to Amsterdam for the workers to be able to go for a walk and enjoy nature.

While the forest has some park-like elements, with an asphalted path and some benches and nice water features, for the largest part (about 15 ha) it is forest, existing of dry and wet Ash-Elms woods. Next to ash trees and elms it also has many poplars and maples, a great variation in structure, and a large diversity of trees, bushes and undergrowth . The remarkable high number of Elms in this forest is due to the very strict policies the city of Amsterdam observes with regard to the Elms disease. Because of this, the W.H. Vliegenbos is the largest still existing Elms-rich forest of the Netherlands, and maybe even of Western Europe.

At the entrance of the Vliegenforest, some large cast-iron arches draw the attention. These arches originate from the old Parisian Market halls, that were demolished in 1971. The Amsterdam artist Peter Diem purchased some of those arches, and donated them to the city council. They were restored and now serve as a remarkable entrance to this city forest.

– All these photo’s were made during the first test-photoshoot with the rented Canon EOS 7D camera (see my previous blog post) –

Source: Nl.Wikipedia, Dichtbij.nl , Knbv.nl , En.Wikipedia ,

Arches of the Parisian markethalls at the entrance of the WH Vliegenbos
Arches of the Parisian fish market halls at the entrance of the WH Vliegenbos, Amsterdam North
Detail of the Parisian arches, donated by the Amsterdam artist Peter Diem
Detail of the Parisian arches, donated by the Amsterdam artist Peter Diem
Some wet benches along the path in the autumn park-like forest
Some wood logs turned into benches along the path in the autumn park-like forest.
Nice water features reflect the colours of fall
Nice water features reflect the colours of fall

… and then the Little Prince arrives …


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… following his mom and dad through the sunlit fountain, and leaving a trail of light … – the fairytale continues –

(see part one in my previous blog post here)

Little Prince following his dad through the sunlit fountain
Little Prince following his dad through the sunlit fountain
Walking through the fountain of light
Walking through the fountain of light

 

Follow your own path, little boy
Follow your own path, little prince
Your mom will wait for you at the other side
Your mom will wait for you at the other side
Sunlit fountain with trail of light
… and you will leave a trail of light …

 

Morning Fountain Tale


Deze blog post in het Nederlands (link).

Early morning in Leiden, the Netherlands. A fountain on the Beestenmarkt. Low sunlight, and some pigeons. With a little fantasy, one doesn’t need much to make a fairytale 🙂 . Feel free to add your own version of the conversation 😉 .

Beestenmarkt in Leiden, the Netherlands

Fountain in morning light. Beestenmarkt in Leiden, the Netherlands
A few pigeons meet to take their morning shower
A few pigeons meet to take their morning shower
Good morning, how are you today?
Good morning, how are you today?
Pigeon in backlight near a city fountain
Looks like it’s going to be a fine day, don’t you think so?
Sparkling fountain water.
Aaaah, that’s nice and fresh!