This week’s DP Photo Challenge asks for Minimalism.
While riding my bike on my way home, I used my iPhone 5 to capture this peaceful view from a bridge over the Amstel river, which crosses the city of Amsterdam.
We Need Minimal Views to Open our Minds
Sights & Insights 
Is the Amtsel River where they get the beer?? 🙂
janet
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Hi Janet, the beer owes its name to the river. It is one of the brands of Heineken, but the brewing plant, which used to be in Amsterdam, is in another city, called Zoeterwoude. The plant was at the riverbank, and they used the ice from the river to control de temperature of the brewing process.
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I figured the beer must have gotten its name from the river. I didn’t know about the ice but I knew a river of beer was only a fantasy. 🙂
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But you were right; how could I have shot the bird if it hadn’t been still, drunk from the river?
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🙂
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i don’t like being a consumer but these bloody phones are great aren’t they? imagine all the photos we would have missed…
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Exactly! We can’t. And that’s why i bought the extra lenses for iphone that give me fish eye, macro and wide angle in one little thing.
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One word to describe your photo!!! PEACEFUL!
I can almost see the motion of the water, captured by you and your iPhone!
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Imagine if I had your super powerful iPhone 6! 😉
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Yours is powerful too!:)
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The camera of 5s and 6 is the same, but am still using a 5, with no reason to change it, as it serves me perfectly well as a tel…
I found the 6 so big…what is your opinion?
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The 6 felt so big but now I’m completely used to it… I thought I wouldn’t but after a few days, it was OK😃
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I guessed you’d get used to it. I’ll wait till next year when my phone contract ends and I can get a new one!
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the full image is very pretty. how close is the bridge to the water? it feels like it’s really close.
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Thanks I.M. It’s around 3-4 meters.
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Thanks for the ping back.
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I love the birds sitting on the sticks (“sticks” might not be the right word for theses), it’s a great catch!
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Thanks, Mara! It looks like sticks anyway!
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I love your photo, water is a source of peace and tranquility for me. The ‘sticks’ are called pilings…perhaps from a long ago dock or building. I read that the Royal Palace of Amsterdam was built on 13,659 wooden piles.
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Thank you! We share the same feeling about water. I live in front of a canal and that’s so relaxing!
Thanks for the info on the palace!
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