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Bunker 599

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Bart_van_der_Wolf

pro member
Hi,

Just a quick impression of one of the bunkers (number 599) that is part of the New Dutch Waterline (NDW), a military line of defence in use from 1815 until 1940 protecting the cities of Muiden, Utrecht, Vreeswijk and Gorinchem by means of intentional flooding.

It was transformed into a piece of landscape art by literally cutting it in two with a very powerful saw ...

Bunker599_8488-94_HDR(7).jpg


Due to the light conditions this was recorded as a 7 exposure bracketed HDR, processed in SNS-HDR, straight from Raw. I used the TS-E 24mm in a down shifted position to raise the horizon while avoiding keystoning, with foreward tilt for the plane of focus to accent the path into the distance. This allowed to shoot full frame, and no cropping was required.

And here an impression in another direction.

Bunker599_8421-24_HDR(4).jpg


Cheers,
Bart
 
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Bart_van_der_Wolf

pro member
Robert Watcher said:
Very nice geometry and leading lines in your captures.
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Thanks Rob. That's the reason I took them the way I did.

The first because of the asymmetry in the left and right half, despite the symmetrical perspective. The second because of the stairs going up to the sky, as a lighter element compared to the solid concrete at the right, where the saw cut pattern leads the eye back into the image (for those cultures that read from top left to bottom right).

Cheers,
Bart
 
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Mark Hampton

New member
Bart_van_der_Wolf said:
Hi,

Just a quick impression of one of the bunkers (number 599) that is part of the New Dutch Waterline (NDW), a military line of defence in use from 1815 until 1940 protecting the cities of Muiden, Utrecht, Vreeswijk and Gorinchem by means of intentional flooding.

It was transformed into a piece of landscape art by literally cutting it in two with a very powerful saw ...

Bunker599_8488-94_HDR(7).jpg


Due to the light conditions this was recorded as a 7 exposure bracketed HDR, processed in SNS-HDR, straight from Raw. I used the TS-E 24mm in a down shifted position to raise the horizon while avoiding keystoning, with foreward tilt for the plane of focus to accent the path into the distance. This allowed to shoot full frame, and no cropping was required.

And here an impression in another direction.

Bunker599_8421-24_HDR(4).jpg


Cheers,
Bart
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I have been waiting for two years for you to post an image - i am not disappointed Bart. bang on - on all fronts - is it part of a body of work based on the bunkers?

cheers
 
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Bart_van_der_Wolf

pro member
Mark Hampton said:
I have been waiting for two years for you to post an image - i am not disappointed Bart. bang on - on all fronts - is it part of a body of work based on the bunkers?
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Hi Mark,

Thanks. I've been more active in posting images in the earlier years of OPF, currently I'm also involved in software development for image enhancement, but that's very time consuming. Besides, I don't want to be overly present because I tend to look at things with a technical eye, and want to give room for the more artistic types of photography by others (like you) as well.

Bunkers (and other architecture like urban landscapes, also here and here) are one of my preferred topics (and we have plenty/hundreds of those bunkers), but I also shoot Macro (not only insects), and nature/landscape, or documentary. I also like shooting birds (mostly of the feathered kind ;) ) I don't shoot many people, although occasionally I do. Boats are also interesting subjects to shoot.

Cheers,
Bart
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Bart_van_der_Wolf said:
Hi,

Just a quick impression of one of the bunkers (number 599) that is part of the New Dutch Waterline (NDW), a military line of defence in use from 1815 until 1940 protecting the cities of Muiden, Utrecht, Vreeswijk and Gorinchem by means of intentional flooding.

It was transformed into a piece of landscape art by literally cutting it in two with a very powerful saw ..
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Bunker599_8488-94_HDR(7).jpg




Bunker599_8421-24_HDR(4).jpg




Bart,

Immediate monumentality! This image sums up so many giant iconic works of man with steps massivity and paths. The simplicity and boldness captivates us and is at once both inspirational and humbling.

Kudos to the Dutch and your own vision!

Asher
 
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Bart_van_der_Wolf

pro member
Asher Kelman said:
Immediate monumentality! This image sums up so many giant iconic works of man with steps massivity and paths. The simplicity and boldness captivates us and is at once both inspirational and humbling.

Kudos to the Dutch and your own vision!
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Hi Asher,

Thanks for the kind words. The bunkers are Dutch, the vision is mine.

Cheers,
Bart
 
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Mark Hampton

New member
Bart_van_der_Wolf said:
Hi Mark,

Thanks. I've been more active in posting images in the earlier years of OPF, currently I'm also involved in software development for image enhancement, but that's very time consuming. Besides, I don't want to be overly present because I tend to look at things with a technical eye, and want to give room for the more artistic types of photography by others (like you) as well.

Bunkers (and other architecture like urban landscapes, also here and here) are one of my preferred topics (and we have plenty/hundreds of those bunkers), but I also shoot Macro (not only insects), and nature/landscape, or documentary. I also like shooting birds (mostly of the feathered kind ;) ) I don't shoot many people, although occasionally I do. Boats are also interesting subjects to shoot.

Cheers,
Bart
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Bart thanks for pointing the work out - its good to see not only from a technical view point but for the work it self.

as we say in scotland pow.pow.pow
 
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Michael Nagel

Well-known member
Bart,

I looked into the project - I like the idea as cutting through the bunker and providing a way is opposite to the purpose of the building. There is hardly a stronger contrast.

Your pictures provide an excellent view of this idea, the presentation suits the intention.

Thanks for showing!

Best regards,
Michael
 
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Bart_van_der_Wolf

pro member
Nicolas and Mark, thanks for your comments.

Michael Nagel said:
I looked into the project - I like the idea as cutting through the bunker and providing a way is opposite to the purpose of the building. There is hardly a stronger contrast.
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Hi Michael,

I agree, it's a creative approach with multiple layers. One of the benefits of this particuar setting is that it is open to the public, no limits. Approx. 100 metres to its left is another bunker, but that one is closed with a gate, and several others to its right but some are burried under shrubs and surrounded by small creeks. Here is a short movie about the making of.

Your pictures provide an excellent view of this idea, the presentation suits the intention.

Thanks for showing!
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Thank you for your comments.

Cheers,
Bart
 
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