This Dutch coastal landscape shows a minimalistic scene featuring typical wooden breakwater poles that gradually vanish in the misty water of the North Sea, near Westkapelle in the province of Zeeland in The Netherlands.
The sandy beaches of the Netherlands often have these wooden breakwaters. They keep the beaches from eroding too quickly. Most of them are quite old by now and in many of them the symmetry no longer exists. So, in a way, this configuration of vanishing wooden breakwater is rather unique.
A longer shutter time of two minutes gave the water of the North Sea a misty look and feel. As a result, the scene is more dreamy and zen.
It was medium tide on a sunny day in November. The water wasn’t too wild and the clouds moved slowly. The tide was just high enough, so that the wooden breakwater poles were fully submerged only 50% of the time. The poles fade away a bit, as a result of this and the longer exposure time. Using black & white seemed to go well with the dreamy character of the photograph.
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Looking for a different perspective? Check out the photo titled At the Sea. It features a wooden breakwater photographed sideways.
George Hardmann –
Awesome! I read that it’s 8298 x 11065 pixels … does that mean I could print this very big?
Johan Peijnenburg –
Thanks! Yes, for sure😊 I will get in touch …
Kate Bengtson –
Lovely!
Johan Peijnenburg –
Thanks Kate!