2005 River Dijle, a photo from Flemish Brabant, Flanders

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Archive 2005 August

River Dijle of Leuven

De Dijle is a river that flows through the Belgian provinces of Walloon Brabant, Flemish Brabant and Antwerp. It is part of the Scheldt river basin. The area to the east of Brussels, through which the Dyle passes, is called the Dijleland.
The most important places along the Dyle are, with the stream, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Wavre, Leuven, Werchter and Mechelen. The river has a length of 86 kilometers.
This river originates in Houtain-le-Val, a part of the Walloon Brabant Genappe (Genappe). Initially the Dijle flows fairly easily in a north-easterly direction. To the south of Leuven, the Thyle, the Train, the Nethen, the Laan and IJse end up in the Dyle; in Leuven itself also the Food. In Werchter, the Demer ends up in the Dyle, which then makes a turn to the west. In Mechelen, the Dyle is split into a Binnendijle and a diversion line. In the end, the Dijle merged with the Nete into the Rupel shortly after the Zenne flows into its course.
I hope that you enjoy it

Camera Model
Canon EOS 300D DIGITAL
Shooting Date/Time
3/08/2005 14:09:29
Owner's Name
Tv(Shutter Speed)
1/200
Av(Aperture Value)
8.0
ISO Speed
100
Lens
18.0 - 55.0mm
Focal Length
22.0mm
Image Size
3072x2048
Image Quality
Fine
AF Mode
AI Focus AF

holmertz, Fis2, ikeharel, ikeharel, Cricri, pajaran, COSTANTINO, pierrefonds, papagolf21, snunney, alvaraalto, alvaraalto, PaulVDV, PaulVDV, mcmtanyel, macjake has marked this note useful

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holmertz (101890) 2019-01-26 7:35

Hello John,
It's a very narrow river, running between the buildings so closely that the water goes right up to the walls like a canal. The different styles of brickwork seen here provide fine tones to the photo and they all contrast nicely against the many green trees and bushes. The water is also quite green. It's a well balanced and harmonious composition.
Kind regards,
Gert

Nicou (193806) 2019-01-26 8:27

Hello

quel rendu sur ces facadede couleur ocre et ces brique le petit canal que coule au milieu des maisons en fond cette vйgйtation ces arbre vert quel rendu des tons et architecture sueprbe
belle soirйe
Nicou

Fis2 (169609) 2019-01-26 8:37

Witaj John!
A beautiful part of the town, the canal is impressive.
I love brick walls, you showed me a lot.
Excellent framing colors and composition.
Well done.
Good weekend.
Krzysztof

Tue (91478) 2019-01-26 8:52

Hallo John,
Een mooie foto van dit smalle riviertje tussen de oude baksteenarchitectuur door. De kleuren zijn aantrekkelijk, vooral de combinatie van het rood/oranje baksteen en de groene bomen. De compositie is mooi in balans.
Lars

pajaran (114801) 2019-01-26 9:25

Dobro vece, gospodine.
Lep pogled, interesantan tekst ...
Lepo pokazano, dobra perspektiva i kontrast, lepe boje, lepo uhvacen trenutak sa oblacima.
Lep zid i fasada od cigle, lepa arhitektura. Lepa reka i zeleno drvece.
Dobar tekst o koriscenoj tehnici i elementima snimka.
Paja.

Cricri (176) 2019-01-26 9:28

Bonjour John
Une archictecture bien des Flandres, aux pierres rouges, charmant avec le canal et le vert de la vйgйtations, des jolies couleurs malgrй le ciel blanc
Bon Weekend
cricri

nuageux, 6°D a 18h30

Ilonka1974 (10275) 2019-01-26 10:51

Hi John,
Lovely composition and very good presentation.
Sharpness and clarity are perfect.
Well done
Best regards
Janusz

COSTANTINO (115421) 2019-01-26 11:18

Hello dear John and have a nice time
and a happy new day
excellent chosen point of view
showing a part of a river which flows
through the Belgian provinces of
Walloon Btabant
the water is also quite green
regards
Costantino

Silvio1953 (220465) 2019-01-26 11:40

Ciao John, great perspective on beautiful river, wonderful natural colors, excellent clarity and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

jmdias (114170) 2019-01-26 14:11

john

curious view of this canal with the walls and buildings and windows facing the waters. I suppose the level of the river never was so much higher, if this were in my homeland their houses would be demolished en few months by the floods. nice aspect.

take care

jorge

pierrefonds (113492) 2019-01-26 15:50

Hi John,

The length of the river is creating depth. The point of view is showing the details of the buildings. The light is giving good rendering of the colours. Have a nice day.

Pierre

abmdsudi (95869) 2019-01-26 17:52

Hi John
A great image and made all the better by the story that accompanies it. It's amazing what power of brown bricks on green foliage can have - a perfect collaboration of soothing colour that I love in this shot. Fine capture of these buildings with taste of oldy worldy, well exposed and composed with the verticals precisely so, and have produced a most eye catching image, well done.
Best regards

papagolf21 (152605) 2019-01-26 23:03

Bonjour, cher ami John,
Je prends toujours autant de plaisir а voir ces prises de vue mettant en avant ce patrimoine prestigieux.
Amitiйs.
Philippe

emka (157280) 2019-01-26 23:51

Hello John,

The red brick houses near the canal look like in Bruges. Lovely mixture of the red walls and greenery. excellent quality of the old photo.

Have a nice Sunday

MAlgo

mkamionka (73224) 2019-01-27 0:28

Hi John,
very attractive visually spot. I like how the buildings are crowded next to the river as if trying to squeeze the river out completely.
Also the red brick contrasts with the green tones of the river.
The sky is a bit sad, it lost the pattern in some places. I suppose in the northern countries it is hard to change that, the weather is very often like that. I am usually quite discouraged by the bad weather that is why in the summer I am outdoor as much as I can while in winter I am mostly sitting at home :(
Very interesting spot, well presented,
M

snunney (130967) 2019-01-27 1:49

Hello John,
The narrow stream like river offers a good lead-line between the beautiful brick built houses. Superb rendering of the rich red tones, which make a fine contrast with the heavily overcast sky. Lots of delightfully rendered textural detail. I love brick in all its forms.

ChrisJ (171146) 2019-01-27 5:18

Hello John,

The canal adds strong lead in lines and linear perspective. I like the small ferns and touches of other greenery added by the moss. Good sharpness and the red brick buildings contrast well with the patches of blue grey sky. Tfs!

lousat (138541) 2019-01-27 6:09

Salut John.Une tres jolie capture de ce petit canal ,les murs semblent une corniche naturelle a l'eau,qualite' parfaite! Belle soiree' et merci,Luciano

mesutilgim (0) 2019-01-27 7:06

Hello dear John,
Another perfect capture and TE entry in your gallery taken with perfect pov.
Very good sharpness and -as allways in your case- many interesting and usefull notes. Nice simple framing.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

Royaldevon (85602) 2019-01-27 9:38

Hello John,

I imagine that you took this photograph from a bridge that was crossing the canal to that you could achieve this fine composition, with the building wall and the canal wall appearing from such strong positions.
This photograph does not bring the animation that we regularly see in your photographs but it does have exquisite, sharp details of the brickwork and many details of the windows and chimneys of these lovely old buildings.

My warm regards,
Bev :-)

rychem (72187) 2019-01-27 20:40

Your last photo showed the winter scenery and the current one shows the summer, a beautiful composition with contrasting colors of red and green
regards Ryszard

alvaraalto (42804) 2019-01-28 3:36

Dag John,
Zo’n small riviertje dat zijn weg vindt tussen de huizen door zorgt toch altijd weer voor een speciale sfeer, die jij altijd weer ongeлvenaard in mooie foto’s weet vast te leggen. Altijd voorzien van interessante, adequate informatie.
Chapeau !
Groet Rob

Porteplume (4036) 2019-01-28 11:35

Bonsoir John,

Wat ‘n prachtig scherp en gedetailleerd foto!
Ik heb de note gelezen maar ik week niet zeker waar dit foto is genomen, is het in Leuven? Heeft U misschien de naam niet terug kunnen vinden in de lijst? Ik wil U graag helpen...

Vriendelijke groeten,
Viviane

PaulVDV (62752) 2019-01-29 11:34

Hallo John,
Ik ben niet helemaal zeker maar denk dat deze foto in of dichtbij het Begijnhof genomen werd.
Mooie combinatie van rode bakstenen en groen gebladerte. De foto toont duidelijk hoe smal de Dijle eigenlijk wel is. Ik geef toe dat deze foto toch wel op ййn van de aller smalste plaatsen genomen werd.
Heldere en scherpe foto, spijtig dat de lucht op dat moment niet mee wilde.
Vele groeten, Paul

mcmtanyel (67529) 2019-01-29 20:05

Hello John,
The view of the brick walls so close together, yet separated by water is quite pleasant. The sky was a bit uncooperative but I think you dealt with it reasonably well.
Regards,
MT

janneman (4037) 2019-01-30 9:51

Mooi doorkijkje in warme kleuren en zoals altijd met een fraai perspectief!!

Groet, Jan

macjake (98260) 2019-02-04 1:20

Hi John
this is like an older more charming version of Venice :)
its great how the bricks are basically all the same orange or red color, even the rooftops are the same. Good idea to place the stream on the left 1/3 location for composition. pleasing scene all the way through. cheers
Craig

Photo Information

Copyright: John Maenhout (jhm) (211734)
Genre: МЕСТА
Medium: ЦВЕТНОЙ
Date Taken: 2005-08-03
Categories: АРХИТЕКТУРА
Camera: Canon EOS 5 D Mark II, 18-55mm/f3.3-5.6, CompactFlash 256 MB, Hoya UV 58mm
Exposure: f/0.6, 30 секунд
Версия: Оригинальная версия
Date Submitted: 2019-01-26 7:20