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May-29-2008, 04:02 AM
I've had the honor of a very special friend visiting me for a few days. The weather has been really kind to us and we were able to spend pretty much all the time outside.
We first had a look around Utrecht, the city where I am currently residing, and where I grew up as well. It's interesting to see how someone else that does not know the city views it. When living somewhere it is easy to take things that you see on a regular basis for granted.
There is a very big church downtown, the St Martin Cathedral, or Dom Church. It has sort of a square with a monument in front of it:
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/303440795_HnEWu-L.jpg
There is also a beautifully enclosed garden/courtyard:
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/296615621_RNkyU-L.jpg
(posted here (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=94083), also)
There are some open corridors around the courtyard:
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/303441037_HJWZP-L.jpg
We visited Amsterdam, also. I rarely ever go there, so I was as much as of a tourist there as Schmoo;
These things I thought were funny for some reason; You can put your contacts in them
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/303432742_TzmE9-L.jpg
Noticed all the fisheye shots so far? I don't have a fisheye but Schmoo did. She took a few shots, and then I got hold of it.... pretty much until she left :lol3 But just to prove that I wasn't completely hogging it:
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/303441298_4kFz6-L.jpg
Like Schmoo, I love to just sit somewhere, look at people, eat and drink a bit, talk a bit, take some photos.
At one point we were sitting down close to a fairly busy road, and I tried my luck at panning. It's hard, really really hard;
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/303434315_YcAur-L.jpg
Public transportation in the Netherlands is actually quite good, so we took a train to Amsterdam and back;
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/303434897_crLgi-L.jpg
I was so happy to have someone around that also likes to shoot, that I thought I had to document that & her. I may have overdone it a bit, judging by her reaction :lol3
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/303435076_se2di-L.jpg
Possibly more, later.
We first had a look around Utrecht, the city where I am currently residing, and where I grew up as well. It's interesting to see how someone else that does not know the city views it. When living somewhere it is easy to take things that you see on a regular basis for granted.
There is a very big church downtown, the St Martin Cathedral, or Dom Church. It has sort of a square with a monument in front of it:
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/303440795_HnEWu-L.jpg
There is also a beautifully enclosed garden/courtyard:
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/296615621_RNkyU-L.jpg
(posted here (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=94083), also)
There are some open corridors around the courtyard:
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/303441037_HJWZP-L.jpg
We visited Amsterdam, also. I rarely ever go there, so I was as much as of a tourist there as Schmoo;
These things I thought were funny for some reason; You can put your contacts in them
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/303432742_TzmE9-L.jpg
Noticed all the fisheye shots so far? I don't have a fisheye but Schmoo did. She took a few shots, and then I got hold of it.... pretty much until she left :lol3 But just to prove that I wasn't completely hogging it:
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/303441298_4kFz6-L.jpg
Like Schmoo, I love to just sit somewhere, look at people, eat and drink a bit, talk a bit, take some photos.
At one point we were sitting down close to a fairly busy road, and I tried my luck at panning. It's hard, really really hard;
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/303434315_YcAur-L.jpg
Public transportation in the Netherlands is actually quite good, so we took a train to Amsterdam and back;
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/303434897_crLgi-L.jpg
I was so happy to have someone around that also likes to shoot, that I thought I had to document that & her. I may have overdone it a bit, judging by her reaction :lol3
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/303435076_se2di-L.jpg
Possibly more, later.