New on 500px : The ‘zijlpoort’ at sundown in Leiden by RichardSteenvoorden by RichardSteenvoorden

One of the old historical gateways to Leiden, the zijlpoort, in the evening at sunset. Beautiful sunlight and reflection in the canal.

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New on 500px : Port of Leiden at sunrise by RichardSteenvoorden by RichardSteenvoorden

The port of Leiden, the historical harbour. The water is called the ‘gallow waters’ or ‘het galgewater’ because of the fields of gallows in the long long history ago.

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New on 500px : Sunset Zaanstad 2 by hanssoowijl by hanssoowijl

The biggest tourist attraction in the Zaanstreek is the Zaanse Schans. Each year over 800.000 visitors from all over the world come to visit the mills and authentic workshops that tell the tale of how the region gained its succes.

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New on 500px : Canals of Leiden at sunset by RichardSteenvoorden by RichardSteenvoorden

The marekerk left. With ‘de oude vest’ and ‘de oude singel’ as the streets on both sides.

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New on 500px : Blue hour in Zaanse schans (The Netherlands) by JazzMatezz by JazzMatezz

I borrowed an OLYMPUS OM-D E-M5ii with Olympus 12-40mm 2.8 lens for free on 6 May 2016 for a weekend. The day after I decided to go to The Zaanse Schans, a windmill and museum park in Noord-Holland province which was the most popular attraction with foreign tourists in the Netherlands last year. After arriving just 15 min before sunset I made some sunset photos but was less satisfied because of the positioning of the windmills and the position of the sun. I decided till the blue hour kicked in and I made this photo of the famous cheese farm during the. I wasn’t the only photographer who was busy there.

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About the lens & camera combination:
I actually llike this combination and prefer it above my Nikon D7100 kit. It is small, light, lens is very sharp and not so much flare when shooting in the sun or street lights, I like the focus peaking and magnification combination(nice for nightphotography), facetracking is a nice feature and usefull, and it can shoot like a machine gun (handy for small kids ;-). But i won’t switch to Olympus because in the future I would like to switch to a full frame camera because I like to shoot land/sea and cityscapes.

More about the cheesefarm from the photo
The Catharina Hoeve is an authentic 17th-century cheese farm, situated at the Zaanse Schans, close to Amsterdam. The Zaanse Schans is a popular tourist attraction for good reason: its historical wooden houses, warehouses and fully-operating windmills offer a true taste of ‘Old Holland’. Upon arrival at the Catharina Hoeve you can attend a cheese making demonstration, as well as tasting the various products and exploring the gift shop, where you’ll find a wide variety of cow, sheep and goat products. Entrance and tasting is free. Demonstrations are available in multiple languages.

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