Lauwersmeer: harbour with windmills

Posted by Illuci (Hurdegaryp, Netherlands) on 9 March 2008 in Business & Industry.

Official mills work slowly
Dutch proverb, meaning that the civil service always works slowly due to bureaucracy.

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Comments (12)

e. from New York, NY, United States

Wonderful idyllic scene. :) Beautiful capture!

9 Mar 2008 6:05am

the lightwriter from oosterwolde, Netherlands

Hi I. NIce rhithm in different layers. Is this Delfzijl?

9 Mar 2008 9:51am

@the lightwriter: Thanks! no, please read the title. It's the harbor near Lauwersoog, just at the shore of the Lauwersmeer.

Hinah from Karachi, Pakistan

interesting! i like the repetition and perspective.

9 Mar 2008 10:58am

vu@granby - Wolfgang Prigge from Canada

Just a short word before I go outside to dig us out of the latest snowstorm. I like the perspective with the lines of the windmills and the ships getting narrow to the right.

9 Mar 2008 11:01am

GJC from Kyoto, Japan

I like the pattern: windmill, boat; windmill, boat . . . Nicely seen.

9 Mar 2008 2:13pm

Ina from Krugersdorp, South Africa

I like to see it different... :) Each boat has it own windmill on board!

9 Mar 2008 3:50pm

@Ina: Thanks Ina, yes you are right, and when they go our fishing they first have to put the mills on the quai :)!

standley from brou-sur-chantereine, France

J'aime beaucoup la répétition dans cette image, mais j'avoue que je n'aime pas l'esthétique de ces moulins modernes!

9 Mar 2008 8:38pm

Illuci from Hurdegaryp, Netherlands

Tu n'est pas le seul qui ne les aime pas,, mais je trouvais la combination avec les bateaux pêcheurs valait bien la peine. Ils sont là, et par continuer de s'ennuyer on fait sa vie difficile, je croix. J'aime mieux les moulins anciens, mais comment penseriont les gens de ces moulins traditionels dans leur époque quand ils étaient nouveaux?

9 Mar 2008 9:16pm

MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom

They are trying to put these kind windmills, on the hills in a village not far from where I live, but the people are not happy! I think they are a wonderful idea, I would gladly swop the Toll Road we have by us for the windmills.
A great shot Erik.

9 Mar 2008 9:22pm

Illuci from Hurdegaryp, Netherlands

I didn't like these mills but now that I see them more and more I must admit that we have to get used to them, just like our ancestors had to get used to the traditional mills which we appreciate so much today as "natural" part of the landscape. The only difference is that all modern artefacts show the appearence of almost unlimited building and construction technology which our ancestors lacked, they don't have that "human measure" anymore, being built bit by bit in overseeable efforts by craftspeople, and not by engineers.

9 Mar 2008 9:45pm

hwalk from Utah, United States

The angle that you have on the boats makes the picture peaceful--the boats keep going on.

10 Mar 2008 12:48am

ajoeh from Mataram, Indonesia

Wonderful capture with alternating boat and windmill.

11 Mar 2008 8:11am

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