This photo has an almost old-fashioned flavor. You manage to produce nostalgia for the past on a contemporary landscape. But perhaps this is because the port motif has long been linked to Amsterdam through painting. It’s a beautiful image. I like the balance of the greys between sky and water, and the reflections.
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Moody picture! I love it!
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This photo has an almost old-fashioned flavor. You manage to produce nostalgia for the past on a contemporary landscape. But perhaps this is because the port motif has long been linked to Amsterdam through painting. It’s a beautiful image. I like the balance of the greys between sky and water, and the reflections.
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Interesting place, shame about the weather
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Yes. I’m already thinking I need to return in summer
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It is a wonderful scene in cloudy weather and yet so interesting again! great picture!
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Yes, I’d like to get back in spring/summer to see it more lively. I like it now but I’d love to see the contrast
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Beautiful shapes and reflections! Everything looks so still.
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Yes, it was sunny and very windy when I arrived that morning. But by the afternoon it was still and grey
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