Keukenhoff thoughts
Feb 2, 2016 13:37:21 #
brow3904
Loc: Upstate South Carolina
I can't right now because of computer problems. I happen to have access to this one to read my emails. FYI: We stayed at the Marriott Residence Inn at the airport and it was just 10 mins away. You can catch a train at the airport to the middle of downtown and avoid the horrible traffic problems. Just watch out for the bikes because they are everywhere.
Feb 2, 2016 14:06:23 #
lightandshadowjourney wrote:
Hope to be there in Amsterdam during blossoming time and would like to hear suggestions on shots that are not the same as everyone else's. I tend to shoot a wide shot, landscape and portrait, then find items of interest and finally go for shots as close up as I can get. Shooting a Sony A65 with Tamron 18-270. We'll do a river cruise after on the Rhine with lots and lots and lots of photo ops, ending in Basel and Zurich.
You've got good advice already - wear comfortable shoes, get a map of the gardens and use it, look for interesting people to include in compositions. There are opportunities for great closeups of the flowers, and also shots that include the myriad of flowers that are planted in colorful masses. Include the workers in shots, there's plenty of them. Don't miss the windmill, it borders on the tulip fields. Look for the swans and include them in shots of the flowers near wherever you find them. The indoor settings, especially the orchid one, were pretty wonderful for me, and I didn't use a flash, there was enough light to work with. If you aren't taking a macro lens, take advantage of a long focal length on your zoom to isolate blooms. Some squatting down is in order, but I didn't find anyone objecting, and I was there on what they claimed was the busiest day of the year.
Feb 2, 2016 15:03:52 #
Great ideas, 'hoggers! I knew I could count on you. The A65 has a wonderful low light setting that will come in handy and the Tamron lens gets in very tight with good bokeh. Suggestions here are pointing me to grab a P&S with high resolution to use as a backup.
Feb 3, 2016 12:16:16 #
I was there in film days and used Kodachrome. Saw filelds of tulips with a windmill over near the canal. Also many homes with very lovely front yard flower gardens that were formed to make pictures. It was in May. A little cool but lots of blooms/bulbs. This was near Amsterdam.
Feb 4, 2016 11:08:33 #
Thanks, EdR. Had to be very memorable for you to recall such detail. Would be very odd if your R stood for Rader.
Feb 4, 2016 12:29:11 #
lightandshadowjourney wrote:
Thanks, EdR. Had to be very memorable for you to recall such detail. Would be very odd if your R stood for Rader.
Sorry not Rader. R stands for Root, although the USAF had me at a few radar sites ☺️
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