Jan Hemels
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| Country: | Netherlands  |
| City: | Alkmaar |
| Registered: | February 26th, 2007 |
| Num of photos: | 587 |
| Age: | 65 |
| Selected as fav: | 192 |
| Photogear: | Olympus E 5 with Zuiko 14-54 mm f 2.8-3.5 II, Zuiko 50-200 F2.8/F3.5 and E 510 + kitlenses |
Spring lunch in the park
During one of my long walks in the beautiful city of Amsterdam I paused for a quick lunch bite in the Sarphatipark (1885) named after the Jewish doctor and philanthropist Samuel Sarphati (1813-1866) .
My telelens was drawn to two beautiful ladies that were having lunch [...]
Making a video clip with LMFAO
Yesterday when I made a fotoshoot in Amsterdam I - completely by chance - ran into the Westermarkt where they were preparing to shoot a video clip. I was there at a few minutes to 3 o'clock.
It was a very interesting happening to follow. It [...]
PERSONA ( NON ) GRATA
Rating has been a source of controversy on this site for a long time. The last few weeks I see that I regularly receive three to five votes more than comments after which my photo drops to the second or third or even lower page. It [...]
Martinair Last Flight
Yesterday 31-10-2011 I was having an icecream at the beach when totally unexpected for me I saw a plane coming closer accompanied by another one.
I grabbed my camera and made a few shots and seeing the message on the plane I realized it was the [...]
Taj Mahal
Last December during our 4th trip to India we revisited India's prime landmark and World Miracle the Taj Mahal.
The history of this magnificent and unrivalled architectural marvel is well known and can be found in many places like on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal
On our first visit to [...]
WATERSPREEUW, DIPPER OR CINCLUS CINCLUS
This morning for the first time ever I visited the Dune Reserve of the Amsterdam Waterworks where water from the Rhine River is infiltrated through many canals into the sandy soil.
After purification this water is pumped up and used as drinking water in the Amsterdam [...]
Fire in Alkmaar
This morning at 7.15 hours a great fire started in Alkmaar .
At 7.45 I opened the curtains of my bedroom and had this view, I took my brand new Olympus E 5 camera and made my very first shot with this acquisition
After having breakfast I [...]
The Sunset of 6-10-2010
the sunset of 6 october 2010 was really exceptional, unfortunately I noticed the splendid colours rather late as I was active on the PC as usual. I went doen and took a first shot out in the garden when there was still a lot of [...]
WOOPHY WEEKEND ALKMAAR (6) END
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After the boat trip in the Eilandspolder we had a quick lunch on a nice terrace in De Rijp enjoying the wonderful weather.
The next part of the program was a visit to the splendid church dating back in its present form to 1655. The church [...]
WOOPHY WEEKEND ALKMAAR (5) DE RIJP
The 2nd (for some 3rd) day showed again very good weather.
On our route with 10 cars from Molengroet to De Rijp we had a short photoshop in Rustenburg where 3 mills are situated along the Ringvaart. They were used to reclaim the Schermer polder [...]