Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A great and productive stroll as usual, of which 'ijskoud', 'paling' and 'hard working woman' really stood out for me. Thanks for showing, Philippe Op 12-mei-07, om 18:31 heeft Nathan Wajsman het volgende geschreven: > I am sort of spamming the list with images right now, I guess...but > it is simply because I have taken a lot of pictures during the past > couple of weeks, and I suppose that is a good thing :-) > > April 30th is the closest the Netherlands has to a national > holiday, Queen's Day. It is not actually the current queen's > birthday, but the date was kept since the weather is often good in > late April. The two main traditions are the "vrijmarkt", literally > "free market" which starts early in the morning, and where anybody > can set up a stand and sell whatever junk they wish to sell. Places > are allocated on a first-come, first-serve basis, so some people > actually camp out overnight to secure the choicest spots. > > The other Queen's Day tradition is, unsurprisingly, to drink a lot > of beer a watch others doing the same, preferably outdoor, and > preferably dressed in something orange. > > This year I walked through the free market in Almere, where I live, > and spent the afternoon drinking beer and watching the human > traffic in Hilversum, where my children go to school. The results > are here: > http://www.frozenlight.eu/queensday/ > and as always, comments are gratefully welcomed. > > Nathan > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Almere, The Netherlands > > Opportunistic Image Acquisition > > General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com and http:// > www.greatpix.eu > Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com > > Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 > Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com > > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >