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LADY DILETTA (I) Races Against the Night

LADY DILETTA (I) Races Against the Night

            GLIMPSES OF THE SUMMER PASSED — XV

ꒌ  Још само девет минута до заласка сунца. Али проређени гости на горњој палуби крузера више га не виде – оно је већ заклоњено обалом, растињем и насипом, иако има још девет минута до астрономског заласка. ЛЕЈДИ ДИЛЕТА је речни путнички крузер. Као и већина других из ове категорије у централној Европи, плови под заставом Швајцарске. Најчешће кроз Аустрију, Немачку и Холандију. Велики део посаде и особља је из ”јефтинијих” земаља. Порез плаћају и својој матичној земљи и Швајцарској, у којој добијају плату од швајцарске фирме која их запошљава.

► █░▓  ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈   Inland passenger cruise ship, sailing under the flag of Switzerland, enters pervading dusk. Our view of the Sun, still 9 minutes before its setting, is being blocked by the riverbank, its trees and a levee. Some passengers bravely remain on the upper deck, understanding that this is a magical moment par excellence before the dark sets in. They are nearing the magical Y-branching, actually bifurcation where Boven Merwede splits into Beneden Merwede leading northwest to Rotterdam and Nieuwe Merwede leading southwest to the magisterial works at the North Sea inflowing. 'Nieuwe' means 'New', this branch was literally made by St. Elizabeth's flood in 1421. So you get the idea - the 'new' in Europe begins somewhere in XIV century. The flood mentioned was the 7th worst in the long drenched history of the Lowlands and ranks 20th on the list of deadliest floods in history.

Back to our day and age. In the foreground you see the last, most protruding stones at the very tip of Rastko's groyne; they are being flooded for months at a time. This is the spot from which I take most of my river photographs. The riverbank is then some 30 meters behind my back, so you really feel like standing in the middle of the river. There were times when the whole goyne was flooded. Also when I couldn't get closer than 900 m to the riverbank (from where the levee stands). 

At the moment of publishing Lady Diletta is pushing southwards over Rhine, halfway between the Dutch/German border and Düsseldorf. 

Lumix G90 / Lumix 12-35 mm f/2.8. —At 15mm (30mm full frame equivalent) and resulting f/2.8 aperture. Shutter speed priority at 1/320 sec. Overexposed ⅓ of a stop. ISO 320. White balance set manually to "shade". Handheld with support. This is a sooc jpeg edited in Apple Photos 10.0, cropped to 16×9 format; exported as jpeg. 'Keen' Legacy filter (~40%) in Flickr's online photo editor. 

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Taken in: Holland / North Brabant / De Hoef (show map)

Taken on: June 19, 2025

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Camera: Panasonic DC-G90, f/2.8, 1/320 sec, 15mm (=30mm), ISO 320 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Panasonic DC-G90
Lens:	LUMIX G VARIO 12-35/F2.8
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/320)
Focal Length:	15mm (35mm equivalent: 30mm)
ISO:	320
Exposure Bias:	+0.33 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Shade
Gain Control:	High gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Ver.1.2
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