* Augustijnenkaai * Ghent, a photo from Oost-Vlaanderen, Flanders

Photographer's Note

The Lievekaai is a romantic place in Ghent, thanks to the many weeping willows here the water and shadows on the square.
Photo taken from Augustine on the quay, in the background you see a piece of the Counts.
Where are the weeping willows are used to the turning basin - many ships through the Lieve van Damme came to the city were too big to enter (or were not in because they were captains of unfree). They had to solve their goods here, turn around and return.
The turning basin was filled in around 1830, because the silting of the Zwin (Dear and themselves) with the trade Damme was insignificant. On the square (now the Children's Square) got the carters and moving space for their horses carts and trolleys to park.

The neighborhood around the Lievekaai is worth definitely worth a visit: the Prinsenhof Gewad poles and going, the St. Anthony Quay is very picturesque (with the Bridge of the Imperial Pleasures, with pictures of Walter De Buck

sothy81, dip, asajernigan, snunney, macondo, Longroute, carper, lucasgalodoido, pasternak, delpeoples, jhm has marked this note useful

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silah (2798) 2010-03-18 14:52

Wow! What a great perspective it is. I liked the composition and reflections on water. Well captured photo. GREETINGS, Salih.

sothy81 (9646) 2010-03-18 15:21

This is beautiful! I love the water tunnel. Great show of architecture. Light and colors are wonderful! Sothy

dip (21408) 2010-03-18 15:28

Hello John,
a wonderful image,excellent point of view and perspective,
the lighting and the colors are really amazing,
very well done!
Dimitris.

asajernigan (21427) 2010-03-18 17:36

John,
This is a beautiful scene and you have captured it perfectly. Your POV is great with the canal leading the eye into the scene. The reflection adds nice depth for the scene. The lighting and colors are fine and the photo has excellent sharpness.
TFS,
Asa

jurek1951 (42198) 2010-03-18 20:49

Hi John,
This picture is a masterpiece,very nice scenery.
great composiiton and nice sharpness, beautiful reflections,
Georg

macondo (20449) 2010-03-19 2:15

Hello John.
I like this photo for its lovely late winter colour and light, and because it brings back to me the memories of my visits to Gent. It is nicely composed to allow the perspective lines made by the canal to lead the eye to the Gravenstein Castle. The bare willow trees look superb on the right side. Your polariser has made the colours very rich and the sky a beautiful deep blue. Gent is certainly a wonderful city.
Regards,
Andrew

snunney (130967) 2010-03-19 2:16

Hello John,
Another fine composition from the beautiful city of Ghent. The light is perfect to bring out the detail in the architecture and offers some lovely reflections as well. A superb long perspective down the canal to the distant bridge that makes an interesting focal point. Lovely natural colours and excellent sharpness.

gilou530 (34) 2010-03-19 7:29

salut john
une ville que je ne connais pas mais qui me semble avoir un charme certain comme l'est brugges, une belle perspective de ce canal avec une lumi駻e id饌le et bien maitris馥, calme et s駻駭it� dans ce cadrage
amiti駸
gilbert

npecanhuk (79329) 2010-03-19 10:39

Hello John!
A very interesting and really beautiful urban photograph!
Sharpness, exposure, pov, dof, colors and composition are all excellent!
The architectural details are so attractive! That reflection on the waters of the canal is so wonderful!
TFS - congratulations!
My warmest regards,
Neyvan

Longroute (19600) 2010-03-19 10:49

Very nice perspective enriched by these fine reflections on the canal. The eye is really lead towards the castle in the bg, just at the center of the photo. Actually all the lines converge in that point: a very pleasant effect.
Best regards,
Donato

carper (96) 2010-03-19 11:25

prachtige plaat John,
zeer fraaie sfeer, goed perspectief, uitstekende kleuren, erg goed werk. prettig weekend.
groet jaap

lucasgalodoido (27698) 2010-03-19 13:55

Hi Jonh,
very bneautiful view of this city, and I like of this POV too, with the river and the castle in BG. Great job, my friend.
Regards,
Lucas

Cricri (176) 2010-03-21 9:32

Bonjour John
Une ville qui me tente de visiter un jour......une tr鑚 belle mise en valeur du canal, une belle r騏ssite avec le temps, la lumi鑽e est sublime et le POV extra
Amiti駸
cricri

pasternak (15185) 2010-03-22 6:38

Really nice view of one of the corners of the beautiful Ghent, great perspective leading to the castle.

Cheers
A

delpeoples (60342) 2010-03-22 20:05

Hi John, another Jaap-esque photograph that you must be delighted with. Again, impeccable symmetry, strong natural colour, excellent Depth of Field, but most of all flawless light management. Thanks for sharing and I wish you a lovely evening, Lisa

mafegan (8626) 2010-04-08 4:12

Hello John
Symetrical scene perfectly composed. Great reflections and perfect dof. The flight trail to the left seems to complete the composition. Tfs, Marlene

jhm (211736) 2010-07-18 2:59

Dag John,

Ik zocht zowat in uw gallerij, ik vond deze foto uit Gent, op het einde van uw foto woont een van de bekende VTM reporters.
Een voorjaars foto met behoorlijk perspectief en diepte.
Mooi foto werk John.
Bedankt voor het nemen een beeld van mij als favoriet.

Prettige dag verder,
John.

Photo Information

Copyright: john vantighem (john1) (4028)
Genre: 場所
Medium: カラー
Date Taken: 2010-03-07
Categories: 日常生活
Camera: Sony Alpha 200K, Sony 18-70 f:3.5-5.6, SanDisk Ultra II 4Gb, Jessops Circular Polariser
Exposure：　f/5.6, 1/160 seconds
Photo Version：　Original Version
Date Submitted: 2010-03-18 14:47