De Zaanse Schans - Holland Part 1
Aug 28, 2016 22:38:42 #
Fair warning for those who don't particularly care for my view of the world, but this was such a scenic area of the Netherlands that I will be sharing a bunch.
Zaanse Schans is essentially a windmill museum. Most, if not all, have been moved here from other locations and there is a society of craftspeople that dedicate their time to the preservation of this part of their past. Before I visited this place, I was under the mistaken impression that windmills were primarily for moving water, which they do very well (approx 1,100 gallons per minute) but stay tuned and I will show you some of their other uses.
Zaanse Schans is essentially a windmill museum. Most, if not all, have been moved here from other locations and there is a society of craftspeople that dedicate their time to the preservation of this part of their past. Before I visited this place, I was under the mistaken impression that windmills were primarily for moving water, which they do very well (approx 1,100 gallons per minute) but stay tuned and I will show you some of their other uses.
Even the museum was pretty. We took a pass and went right to Zaanse Schans.
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A canal and a windmill. It doesn't get much more Dutch than this.
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The sign reads: The sailmakers path
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I just like the reflections.
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Aug 29, 2016 05:19:43 #
Interesting series of well taken photographs on the subject, thank for the tour.
Aug 29, 2016 07:55:11 #
Zaanse Schans is a really neat place! I toured there several years ago. Nice shots!
Aug 29, 2016 11:08:16 #
Leicaflex wrote:
Interesting series of well taken photographs on the subject, thank for the tour.
Thank you. I don't know why but these were the best of the bunch. I took roughly 1500 shots on that trip and there were maybe 20 or 30 that don't need serious help.
It is my pleasure to be able to share su h a pretty place as well as a small piece of my roots.
Aug 29, 2016 11:11:51 #
billmck wrote:
Zaanse Schans is a really neat place! I toured there several years ago. Nice shots!
Ironically, our Dutch friends had never been there. I thought that was funny but I should talk, I grew up 25 miles from San Francisco and it wasn't until I was 50-something and living in Colorado that I took my first ride on a cable car.
Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.
Aug 29, 2016 14:02:32 #
Very good captures Mike interesting set. Particularly like the compositions of #2 and #4. 
Aug 29, 2016 17:50:37 #
Sylvias wrote:
Very good captures Mike interesting set. Particularly like the compositions of #2 and #4.
Thank you Sylvia, these were getting a lot closer to where I would like to be all of the time and considering that (once again) they had no PP, I thought they came out well.
Aug 29, 2016 17:52:18 #
Mike D. wrote:
Thank you Sylvia, these were getting a lot closer to where I would like to be all of the time and considering that (once again) they had no PP, I thought they came out well.
Keep shooting.
Aug 29, 2016 17:53:18 #
Aug 30, 2016 00:33:38 #
Aug 30, 2016 00:40:23 #
sailorsmom wrote:
Really beautiful, Mike!
It was very scenic and I actually learned a few things. What a concept, huh?
Thanks for following along.
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