Amsterdam canal at night

JonaBeth Russell

Another from the Europe trip, here's a shot of Amsterdam around 1am. The sun never really set all the way here, as you can see in the photo, with a bit of light still happening in the distant sky. However, the city is all hustle & bustle, all day, all night, all morning and repeat.

Funfact: The lots in the city were taxed based upon frontage. So a wide building paid more tax than a narrow building. In order to avoid high taxation, people would buy a small lot, build a narrow building, and go upward with the construction. That's why there are so many 2-rooms-wide, multi-story high buildings in the city! Many of the stair cases are too small to even get a small chair up into the rooms, so there are hoisting beams with rope & pulley systems at the tops of the buildings, which are still used today to get large items to the upper floors.

Juano

Very nice!

black mamba

Nice shot and interesting story about the buildings.

Stumblebum

Brilliant exposure JBR! Nothing blew out or got too hot and very balanced! Looks beautiful! I would explore taking half to three quarter of the inch from bottom to keep focus on best part. Cheers!