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jchanders — How a great morning began
Published: 2005-12-27 04:37:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 664; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 61
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Christmas day had brought perfect mild weather with a lot of sunshine here, and yesterday began the same way. Only in the afternoon the sky clouded heavily and some "wet snow" started to fall.This shot was taken shortly after sunrise at the Loosdrechtse Plassen, beautiful big lakes some 4 to 10 miles west of Hilversum/The Netherlands. Lakes that are great for boating, for fishing and - at certain places - for swimming. And in the winter for dreamlike scating. Oh, if we had such a winter again ... and if only I was young again!
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your gallery is great
and this photo is amazing
the colors :
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Great that you are so enthusiastic.
Perhaps you will like to take a look at my other two galleries on dA, if you do not know them already:
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A really awesome picture. I love this!
Schitterend!
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I am very glad you are so positive about various of my shots. Especially as you have such a beautiful gallery yourself.
Perhaps you feel like having a look at my other two galleries too:
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I will (take a look at your other galleries)
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That is a very pleasant promise. And it is great that you have decided to watch my gallery! I mean this one!
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Excellent Sunrise photo with great note,colors,sharpness,pov,reflections,focus,frame and silhouette.
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I am very pleased to read that you like this shot so much.
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yessssssssss 
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A fav! A fav! I managed to get another one from you! Many, many thanks!
And let me tell you: all that trouble in tempting those birds to come into the picture again in time! Not to speak about those clouds!
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Another winning shot. This has such a strong morning -as opposed to evening - light and feel. (Sorry to be so late with my comments but I have got so far behind over the last three weeks it is going to take me till Easter to catch up!
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Thanks a lot for keeping up. Rather late than never! Actually I know the feeling by now. The price of getting "too" popular!
But is great, of course, that you are so positive.
Many thanks for both favs, too!
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Beautiful beautiful beautiful.. I can't do anything but be amazed by the beauty and peacefullness of this photo..
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What a lovely reaction! Especially as you know so well what peacefull lakes are, with so many great lake shots taken yourself.
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Beautiful Jurgen, so peaceful .. I wish my mornings could start in such a way!
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Well, you have to take some trouble to find the spots like this. Staying in bed is easier! I know, in your case it is the kids that chase you out of bed. In my case that is long ago ... but sometimes I feel the urge, and I am glad you like the result of that morning!
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I wander for hours around the woods when I get the chance looking for good views .. it's just difficult with very young children, they get fed up after a while and although they'll walk a good couple of miles or so, much more than that and they start to whine .. and of course we don't have any water anyway!
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I realize that things are not so very easy with this life period that you are in now. On the other hand, we had three little ones ... and I sometimes wish I could go back. It is a difficult time in many ways, too, and I no longer know how we coped, but it was also so enjoyable, so much love, so much joy, so much fun ... And it passed so quickly!
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It's made much harder by my husband being away from home on business so much .. it's sad because he misses out on so much. You are of course right, at present Liesl, my 2 1/2 year old, is asleep on my knee .. she won't do it for very much longer which will be sad, they grow so quickly .. it is one of the main reasons that I am a stay at home mother .. these formative years are so important I think, as did my mother and the 4 of us have turned out pretty okay I think!
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Yes, I think you made a very wise decision! It is not always easy, but I am old-fashioned enough to think that it is better for the kids, too. I pity your husband! It must be hard for him! But sometimes things cannot be helped, I fear.
Take care. And do have fun! Lots of it!
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Yes, I was glad I could get myself out of bed and on the bike that early! I am happy you are so fond of one of the results!
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I am glad you like so much of my stuff once again.
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Very nice shot. Interesting that you mention the lake no longer freezing over. I have also observed a warming in the climate since the days of my childhood, and I am still quite young! I recently heard a statistic on the local news, saying that now five Decembers in a row have been above normal in temperature, with a total of eight out of the last 10 being above normal. The exceptions being the years of 1996 and 2000. I also remember seeing lakes and ponds freeze up solid and having plenty more snow in the winters while growing up.
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Yes, there seems to be a real change. But I just looked up the dates of the "Eleven-towns-tour", the most famous Dutch or better Frisian scating tour, and while the last one was in 1997, there were also long stretches between the others. For the fun of it I give you the short English version of the text in Wikipedia: [link]
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I read the article. It is very interesting to see how these events are planned on such short notice. You are right about the large gaps between them; and yet I still sense that there has been a change in the climate, as you tend to agree.
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lovely shot, you did well, it is difficult to take shots towards the sun and not have other aspects of the image ruined by the light
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Fortunately the sun was just behind those trees on the left. Otherwise the mirroring might have indeed spoiled the picture.
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Gorgeous, simply uplifting, truly. The colors are so vivid and the silhouettes of the trees aren't glared out by the sun. It looks so calm and peaceful and such a lovely reflection in the water. Now by saying you aren't so young anymore...what do you consider old....should I be calling you sir?
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Never call me Sir. I am older than most people I met on DA, apart from my old friend Giorgio who is 79 and still has a young mind! What a shining example!
And if you really want to know it: I am 62
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Goodness, Maybe older but not old by any standards. Please forgive the sir comment then, I was taught to respectfully address adults....of course, adults now being what I am. I am, myself, 38. I will call you friend, then.
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38 is very young, I would say. Enjoy it! And indeed, please keep calling me friend.
Take care
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Can I give you a double 
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What a lovely reaction! Many thanks for the fav!
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Very nice, I like this. It's very peaceful.
If only you were young again? You are not that old, are you?
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Well, young is a relative matter. But still, the outside tells too. And I cannot deny that I am 62 by now.
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Never mind!
And as to the "wise" comments, age must have had some effect!
Take care!
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I am glad you like it so much.
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Mmmm...this shot is beautiful and is warming me right up. Love how it just glows!
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