Polder landscape, a photo from Flevoland, North

Photographer's Note

This polder landscape I shot today on my way home from a meeting. The Flevopolder is completely reclaimed from the sea. This means that all the elements in the landscape which are above the level of the bottom of the sea are man-made.
There are several large cities in the Flevopolder like Almere, Lelystad and Dronten but for the rest it is pretty empty farmers land as you can see here.

Today was very cloudy, reason why I changed this one to Black and White. I hardly had to change anything anyway. I did leave the noice on purpose here.

This is my first Black and White ever so it is an experiment. Any comment is very welcome so I can improve, both the nice ones, but especially the hard ones.

Nicou, ribeiroantonio, Wanda1, maltese, urs0114 has marked this note useful

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Nicou (193806) 2007-02-19 14:41

Hello,

Tr鋊 belle composition que ces lignes 幨ectriques qui se perdent dans la brume. -bien vu.

Bravo et belle soir嶪.

Nicou

xavshot (69835) 2007-02-19 14:57

Bonsoir Harko
tr鋊 belle perspective et joli n&b. J'aime bien le format carr� de la photo : il apporte un bel 廦uilibre. Bien vu.
Xavier

oriolm (1142) 2007-02-19 15:12

Powerful winter view!

Budapestman (82620) 2007-02-19 16:59

Hi Harko,
This is a particular and very impressive photo. Superb composition and effective choice the B&W. Suggestive atmosphere and spectacle. Splendid work. Thank you, nice days
George

ribeiroantonio (22730) 2007-02-19 19:39

You asked for comments. Here are mine:
-) The B&W is very nice with a good range of grey and black.
-) The composition and POV are perfect.
-) The noise does not border me. Actually I found it an added value to the picture.
-) The square framing is excellent and I also like the white border.
-) However, I do not like the blur or the lack of sharpness. It seams out of focus.
Antonio

Wanda1 (15142) 2007-02-19 22:42

Hi Harko,
The repetitive patterns created by the structures are great, and you have a good perspective and composition. I like grain especially in black and white photos so the noise is okay for me. Good choice to change it to black and white.
Regards
Wanda

teutza (10590) 2007-02-20 6:04

HY Harko,
beautiful simetry and repetition!!
great work
teo

maltese (22909) 2007-02-20 10:06

Hello Harko
Le choix du cadrage carr� est excellent, le N&B et le grain apportent un cot� dramatique � la photo, j'aime beaucoup ta composition avec ces pylones d嶰al廥 sur la droite.
Du tr鋊 beau travail
Amicalement
Herv�

devimeuxbe (58557) 2007-02-20 17:53

Hi Harko
Interesting composition. The different plans are beautifull. I like the light and the smoke and the beautifull graphism.
Bertrand

suhan (3552) 2007-02-22 4:24

wonderful perspective and atmosphere.
very nice cadrage, simple but strong composition.
very well done
tfs-regards
merve-suleyman

barrufeto_77 (28888) 2007-02-22 5:38

Hi Harko.

That's an excellent composition. The repetition in this B&W was a nice idea.

Rgs, Oscar