Leeuwarden II #2: Oldehoven Tower

@ajoeh: Terima kasih, Ajoeh!

@e.: Being Dutch or half Dutch is not a trivia, e. :) Though, "Dutch" doesn't sound very positive in English, an heritage of the Dutch-English sea wars (Michiel de Ruyter who sailed on the Thames, breaking the chains that had been stretched from bank to bank to stop his ships, which failed). "Dutch uncle", "Dutch treat", "going Dutch" etc. Please be convinced that all this doesn't make sense. New York has been bought bt the British from the Dutch (Peter Stuyvesant) in exchange for Surinam, the most stupid swop the Dutch ever made in their history. Harlem (Haarlem) and Brooklyn (Breukelen) and even the word Yankees (Jan-Kees) are from Dutch origin and we are proud of that. (And what about coleslaw, and maybe there are more American words derived from Dutch). Thanks to have come out of the closet, e.!

@Lorraine: Thanks Lorraine!

@eddy: Thanks Eddy, I tried but didn't succeed in getting more contrast without losing structure and detail. It was how the weather was that day: not totally clear with very light clouds so the sun could shine only through a kind of veil.

@Helma: Thank you Helma!

@the lightwriter: Yes, the tower looks a bit vulnerable, so tilted, and the tree wants to protect it :). Thanks for the comment!

@Seraphine: Thanks, Seraphine, for this poetic response! (I think it's too much for this humble B&W experiment)

@MaryB: The filter operation is quite difficult: an improvement in one part causes often a deterioriation in another part. I wanted to have the contrast a bit higher, but this caused unacceptable black shadowing of the green bushes. After all I'm satisfied with the result because of the light greys, like with a pencil drawing, contrasting with the rather strong B&W texture of the bark.

@Wolfgang Prigge: Dank je wel, ik ben blij dat je me vriend noemt :)