Back home...., a photo from Zuid Holland, South

Photographer's Note

Please, click on the picture for a larger version

This is the place where I live, it is the Northern island (Noordereiland) of Rotterdam, which originated because of the extension of the Rotterdam city and Harbour. In 1879 they began to dig a new harbour on the southern border of the river Maas, and the Noordereiland was the result of that. It’s a pleasant part of Rotterdam, which feels like a small village, but with the city near by.
The red bridge is my favorite bridge, the 'Willemsbrug', (built in 1991, and designed by Maarten Struijs), I cross it everyday, and it leads straight to the island. The views over the water, and to the island are stunning, there's always wind, but very nice and fresh wind.
The green steel bridge (built in 1927 and designed by P. Joosting) is the former railway bridge, called the 'Hef', and it really is a landmark. I love that bridge, beautiful steel, and really sturdy. The railroad went underground through the city center in 1993, and this bridge is since a industrial monument.
The row of houses that you see in the small version, are the older houses. The part where I live, more to the right, is from after World War II, as that part was bombed by the nazi's in May 1940.
The new red building shaped like a bow, is the 'Wilhelminahof', build in 1996, and designed by Cees Dam & Partners. The complex,consists of a courthouse with 14 courtrooms for the district court and the subdistrict court, offices for the judiciary, customs offices, tax-collection offices, for the private market.
Further to right, is the Dutch Telecom-building of KPN, designed by Renzo Piano.
And then the famous Erasmus bridge, designed in 1997 by Ben van Berkel. He created an architectural work of art. The cable-stayed bridge links the citycenter and the ‘Kop van Zuid)’ (thus runs ALONG the island).
Then, not finished yet, is Netherlands highest appartment building, designed by Mecanoo architects, Montevideo, and at last, the office of the Rotterdam Port Authorities, designed by Norman Foster.
There's a lot to enjoy in Rotterdam, and certainly a lot of new architecture!

The panorama is made out of 10 pictures, last year I uploaded ths place in two, but my wish was to do it in one, with again a beautiful sky.

weswang, RGatward, eleparc, Fixfocus, namaste_oti, ChrisJ, bertolucci, Michael_Gan, jhm, Intruder, pamastro, orme, notrap, abulafia ha contrassegnato questa nota come utile

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cgrindahl (6113) 2005-05-23 2:56

This is very nicely done Rinie with fine detail and rich colors. And your stitching work is first rate as well. The more I play with this kind of presentation the more I enjoy it. Today I finished one that had about twenty RAW photos in it. It was close to 600MB before I merged layers at the end of the process. The silliness, of course, is that I have nowhere to display such a monster and no printer capable of printing it. At 300 dpi, it would be over eight feet long!

Great work! I hope you'll give us more panoramas of your home city.

snuggleaphagus (4146) 2005-05-23 3:14

Wow this is beautiful...
The setail is incredible and the sky magnificent.
the long post is amazing and the great detail available is interesting i spent quite a while just looking at the windows.
beautifully executed.

RGatward (20108) 2005-05-23 3:19

I know that bridge! Good idea to present this view as a panorama, what a nice day you had for it on my birthday :-)

Porteplume (4036) 2005-05-23 3:36

Wij gaan zometeen weg, moest eerst TE checken voor de computer uitschakeld moet worden om mee te gaan op vakantie... :o)

Maar toen zag ik dit schitterend panorama en moest ik even toch zeggen dat je uitstekkend werk heb gedaan! Ik zeg niet zo gauw "WOW!" maar nu zeg ik het nog 'n keer WOW!
Compositie & kleuren zijn excellent. Ik mis alleen nog 'n kruisje waar je ongeveer woont zoals je doet als je 'n kaart stuurt van je vakantie verblijf... Dit foto geeft inderdaad 'n vakantiegevoel midden in de stad, ik begrijp wel waarom je zo blij bent om daar te leven. ;o)))

softflower (0) 2005-05-23 4:17

Très belle panoramique Rinie, j'aime beaucoup !
Bravo !
Nico.

dolin (7369) 2005-05-23 4:34

Hi Rinie.
Very nice panorama of Rotterdam.
The sky is perfect and the colors of this city and this bridge are nice.
Interesting framing and good composition.
Nice view.
Fred

(I come back for the smile!)

weswang (18247) 2005-05-23 4:36

Hi Rinie, A beautiful shot. Thank you for providing some extra footage in the long version. It is nice to see two bridge on two different side of the image. A very colorful, nice contrast and clear image. Thanks for sharing.

SophieL (6042) 2005-05-23 6:00

I remember a note you wrote to Curtis, saying that you had trouble taking pictures from your country because the landscape is so flat that you get a lot of empty space and just a little line of land in the middle. Panoramic vision is a great way to overcome this issue! Of course when you have such a great light and beautiful sky, it makes it even more powerful.
The large version is wonderful, I like the row of windows between the two bridges. Really great job!

spence (65) 2005-05-23 8:46

Beautiful shot, from bridge to bridge, Rinie. Such gorgeous colours, and good balance between the sea, the charming buildings and the really fabulous sky.

rbcy1974 (20758) 2005-05-23 9:01

Hi Rinie,
Very nice panoramic shot. Great colours and contrast. Like the architectural details. I have read that Roterdam has very avant garde architecture, like a Blade Runner type of city.
Regards
Daniel

MiguelP (14470) 2005-05-23 17:15

Asthonising dear... Great photo, no wonder my boss choose all the time to go to the Rotterdam film festival... I like the combination of new bridges and buildins and traditional houses, but what I like the most is this cloudy beautifull sky, air-little sheeps, I wonder: Do we human dream with electric sheeps? Take care Rinie.

eleparc (24063) 2005-05-23 18:15

you seemed to have a nice weather... nice shot!
Eric

Fixfocus (9385) 2005-05-23 19:36

A panorama view at it´s best and the Northern Island is certenly a perfect subject for this kind of view.Beautiful light and colors in your shot,excellent sharpness.
groeten!
h.

flydragon (0) 2005-05-24 3:07

hello Rinie
woww nice pano here ,o)
hahah u didnt finish your homework ;o)
" I will finish my note later "
how many picture for this pano
your place seems nice
i should come visit you for a tea one day
regards dear Rinie ,o)
••luckyfly••

jinju (14265) 2005-05-24 3:23

Superb Rini. Was this stitched together? I dont see any stitching at all. What a fantastic and grand view on Rotterdam. Truly a beautiful city.

namaste_oti (705) 2005-05-24 3:28

Hi Rinie,
Very good panorama picture Rinie. A very good surprise when we open "large post". Maby details , nice colors and light.
Great shot and realisation.
Olivier

ChrisJ (171340) 2005-05-24 4:35

Hi Rinie

A superb wideangled panoramic format choice, with excellent sharpness, lighting, color & saturation. Well done!

Leonie (8809) 2005-05-24 8:45

Hi Rinie!
Fantastic panoramic shot! The house front on the opposite shore is beautiful..and your stitching is a masterpiece..I guess everything has been said by the previous commentors here... I yet have to learn how to produce such panoramas..but I think I will wait until I have a better photo equipment, computer and camera..

Cheers, well done! Léonie

everlasting (19680) 2005-05-24 11:41

I remember this panorama last year, probaly the first photo of yours that caught my eye. The stiching is excellent. The framing ditto. And the sky is beautiful.

(We really have to make a date for Prachtig)

bertolucci (14052) 2005-05-25 17:37

Yo Rinho :-) It was a great pleasure to look @ this marvelous pano and it got even better doing it again after a lovely evening in great company. This is really perfect: the stitching, the saturation and contrast, the high definition, the sky. You really captured the essential beauty of our beautiful hometown here! And as you say "this one goes straight into my favorites".
I hope you get some biking done 2morrow:-)
Bert

clodreno (0) 2005-05-26 19:27

vey nice image Rinie... i guess this is "your" bridge..
so now you are doing Panoramas!
i flew over Amtsterdam today.. didn't see you but made it safely in Bologna..

recepyuksel (18640) 2005-05-29 17:06

excellent panorama. congrats.

oochappan (4880) 2005-05-30 3:42

You were right to stich them together, it makes it even more sensational to see the whole pano together, I have to get a third screen to get it all on it, you used the maximum widht, I feel already tired to do that on one of my captures, I know it cost an incredible time to make it that perfect as you show here.
Thanks for the effort, it is one of the best pano's I ever have seen here on TE, congratulations.
Groe(n)tjes
Henk

Intruder (3099) 2005-06-01 22:16

hi Rinie,
beautiful panoramic shot, i really love the larger version. such a great stichting work and so nice details. it would made a nice poster on the wall if you print it.
best regards

pamastro (7296) 2005-06-05 2:05

Wow this is an incredibly long one Rinie. I felt, as I scrolled, that I was there turning my head at the view. The clouds help with the scrolling as they seem to be rolling on over the top. It's well framed on the ends by the two impressive bridges with the older bridge between over the buildings. The textures are really beautiful and the colors as well. It's so vivid and life like. You captured the day well through your lens. Very well stitched, too, Rinie!

orme (7219) 2005-06-07 22:58

This is a wonderful panoramic shot, Rinie. The detail and colours are just excellent.
Good note. Well done.

nerve (10231) 2006-02-20 13:11

i havents seen this one before, obviously missed it..
Such a great panaroma, i simply love it..
Thank you Rinie for reminding me my Holland memories..
Take care.

dkeus31 (27739) 2006-05-31 15:28

Hello Rinie,
The LP here is a superb view of Rotterdam's well known bridges.
Sky is good, light is good, colors are good, maybe missing a watertaxi ;o)
Regards,
Didier

abulafia (4900) 2008-06-07 5:40

Well i guess this is really a large view Rinie:)
Very nice stitching and quite a view.
Very nice
Harry

Photo Information

Copyright: Rinie Hoff (Rinie_Hoff) (9340)
Genre: Luoghi
Medium: Colore
Date Taken: 2005-05-17
Categories: Vita quotidiana, Architettura
Camera: Canon PowerShot G5
Esposizione: f/4.5
Versione Foto: Versione Originale
Tema(i): Red, Sturdy and Beautiful, the Willemsbrug, Your favourites [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-05-23 2:40
Preferiti: 3 [vista]