Featured Work
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Mill "WELGELEGEN" by Minne
Cornmill “Welgelegen”. / This mill was build in 1849 and restored in 1990. You can finfd this mill in Heerenveen, province Friesland, the Netherlands. /
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Late in the afternoon. by Minne
Concrete station in Steenwijk province Overijssel, the Netherlands. /
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Aekeringezand by Minne
Aekeringezand, Drents-Friese Woud, the Netherlands. /
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Mill " de Zwaluw " by Minne
This mill ” de Zwaluw” is a corn and saw mill. It is build in 1875 and is restored between 1984 and 1988. /
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Fishing Boats by Minne
Fishing Boats in Lauwersmeer,province Groningen,the Netherlands. /
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Church in my village by Minne
Enlightened Church in a misty night. Willemsoord, province Overijssel, the Netherlands. /
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Wooden Shoes On Tree by Minne
I saw this trree in Bontebok a little village in the province Friesland, the Netherlands. /
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Watch-Tower by Minne
Vieuw from under. /
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City Park by Minne
Vieuw of the City Park Steenwijk, province Overijssel the Netherlands. /
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St. Clemens Tower Steenwijk by Minne
The tower of Steenwijk is 85 meters high and one of the highest towers in the Netherlands.
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Recent Work
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Amsterdam bridges I by jchanders
Here another picture taken at the Nieuwe Herengracht in Amsterdam, this time showing the bridge at the side of the River Amstel. It is one of the traditional wooden bridges, so well-known in the Netherlands, from the latter part of the 17th century. While most of the old bridges in Amsterdam – and there are very many of them, with all the canals – are stone bridges, automatically limiting the passage on the water to only smaller boats, this wooden bridges could be opened and so allowed the passages of bigger boats. My next submission will show one these stone bridges. Amsterdam, 30th December 2008, 3.04 pm / Panasonic DMC-TZ3, 4,6-46 mm at 4,9 mm / F 3,4, 1/400, ISO 100
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Wise words by ienemien
The Butterfly A man found a cocoon of a butterfly / One day a small opening appeared / He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours / It struggled to force its body through that little hole / Then it seemed to stop making any progress / It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could / And it could go no farther. So the man decided to help the butterfly / He took a pair of scissors and snipped off / The remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily, BUT, / It had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings / He continued to watch the butterfly / He expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge / And the body would contract / Neither happened! / In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling / Around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. / It was never able to fly. The man acted with well-intentioned kindness / But he didn’t understand the consequences. / The restricting cocoon and the struggle required to get / Through the tiny opening, were nature’s way of forcing fluid / From the body of the butterfly once it achieved it’s freedom / From the cocoon. Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. / If nature allowed us to go through life without any / Obstacles, it would cripple us. / We would not be as strong as we could have been / And we could never fly / Have a great day, great life, and struggle a little. / Then fly! by the famous Greek writer/philosopher Nikos Kazantzakis. Photo made in the Butterfly Valley, Luttelgeest, Provence Flevoland, The Netherlands.
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Clouds in the Air by AnnieSnel
Dutch landscape. River the Vecht. /
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Misty Road by ienemien
Country road in the Misty Fields of Fochteloerveen, Provence Drenthe/Friesland, The Netherlands.
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Flamingo Reflections by ienemien
Flamingo Island, I like the reflections in the water. / Photo taken in Zoo Noorder Dierenpark, Emmen, Provence Drenthe, The Netherlands
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Coloured Lines by AnnieSnel
Tulip fields in Holland /
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Let us go out and find the light by jchanders
Another lightful morning shot from last summer, taken here in the forests near Laage Vuursche. Near Laage Vuursche, 24th July 2008, 7.04 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 46 mm / F 4,5, 1/30, ISO 200
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Butterfly Dance by ienemien
I love this wonderful pink flower and the Butterfly like it to dance…. Butterfly Valley, Orchideeen Hoeve, Luttelgeest, Provence Flevoland, The Netherlands.
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Peel Winter 2 by liesbeth
It’s been years since we had such a wonderfull pure white blanket…
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Walking in a winter wonder land... by Yool
As is fuji finepix S8100 / Walk near the German border it snowed last night !!!! / /
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Cold walk... by Yool
as is fuji finepixS8100 / Stream near Wylerbergmeer. / /
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Water Wheel. by Minne
Delden, province Overijssel, the Netherlands.
About This Group
Dutch Touch, for works of art, that are related to matters Dutch, such as pictures taken in the Netherlands, or anywhere else in the world, of Dutch-related people, places and objects. (Writing and journals, ONLY with a DUTCH TOUCH.)
Also works that relate to Dutch writing, visual arts, etc., anywhere in the world.
Please visit Minne our current challenge winner.
Minne is the one with the beard.
He lives in a small village, called Willemsoord, in the Netherlands. This village is surrounded by several nature reserves like swamps, forests and a moor. When possible Minne spends some time visiting these areas to enjoy nature and to take photos.
Works uploaded to Dutch Touch must NOT simply be only produced BY a Dutch-born person. As explained above, there needs to be a Dutch touch to the picture itself, e.g., a Dutch-born person IN it, or a Dutch related object IN it.
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