Queen’s Day

30Apr08

Queen’s Day (Dutch: Koninginnedag) is a celebration in the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles, and Aruba on April 30 (or April 29th if the 30th is a Sunday). Originally a celebration of the queen’s birthday, it is now mainly known for the ‘vrijmarkt’ (literally ‘freemarket’), the one day in the year that anyone is allowed to sell anything in the streets and ‘koninginnenacht’ (Queen’s Night) on the preceding night. It is also a Dutch holiday.
Source: Wikipedia

Queen's Day

Queen's Day

Queen's Day

Queen's Day

Queen's Day

Queen's Day

Queen's Day

Queen's Day

Queen's Day

Queen's Day
All photographs by Wouter Brandsma



2 Responses to “Queen’s Day”  

  1. 1 Cristi

    Great shots, you seems to be getting along nicely with street photography. I like the tonality in your pictures and while I prefer the high contrast look I like the look you get for street photography.

  2. Thanks Cristi!

    I have compared my post processing with the Tri-X setting in Alien Skin Exposure 2 and there is not much difference in contrast. I just lightened some parts more to strenghten the high contrast. I use Lightroom for converting and I like it that I can tweak the individual colourchannels.


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