Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Occupy Mars? A good spot in a nice collection. I have never been to Eindhoven but thanks to PSV I have definitely heard of it. A city with ambitions, and even a flat iron building - what's not to like? Douglas On 25/10/2021 08:41, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Last week I was in the Netherland from Tuesday morning to Friday evening, > my first business trip abroad since early March 2020. Most of the trip was > in Eindhoven, where our office was sponsoring the DesignEuropa Award in > conjunction with the Dutch Design Week being held there, and we held our > semi-annual meetings with our stakeholders there as well. So lots of work, > but also some time to explore Eindhoven and to visit my friends Anna and > Geert, who worked for the company on the outskirts of Eindhoven that I > managed from 2005 to 2007. > > Eindhoven is the fifth-largest city in the Netherlands but is much less > known than Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht (the top 4). Partly > this is because it is well away from the metropolis formed by the four big > cities on the eastern shore of the country, and partly because for a > tourist there isn?t much to see in Eindhoven. It is a city that grew > because of the Philips company, founded there in 1891, and today it is a > very dynamic high-tech region, with an ecosystem of smaller companies that > grew around the two big ones (besides Philips, ASML is also based in > Eindhoven). It is a liveable and functional city, but it does not have the > charm of Amsterdam with its canals or the amazing architecture of > Rotterdam. So chances are that most of you have never visited Eindhoven. > Here is a small gallery of photos taken during a couple of days, including > small urban details, and even some people: > > http://www.frozenlight.eu/eindhoven_oct2021/ > <http://www.frozenlight.eu/eindhoven_oct2021/> > > All images made with the Panasonic GX80 and mostly the 12-60mm Panasonic > lens. A few of the nighttime images with the 1.7/20mm Panasonic. > > As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated. > > Nathan > > > Nathan Wajsman > photo at frozenlight.eu > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > YNWA > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information