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            GLIMPSES OF THE SUMMER PASSED — XVII

ꒌ  Још осам минута до заласка сунца. Али проређени гости на горњој палуби крузера више га не виде – заклоњено је 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 средишњој Европи, и она плови под заставом Швајцарске. Велики део посаде и особља на овим крузерима 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. The view of the Sun, 8 minutes before its setting, is being blocked by the riverbank, trees and a levee. Few passengers bravely remain on the upper deck, understanding that this is a magical moment before the dark sets in. Sailing downstream they will be soon nearing the magical Y-branching, actually bifurcation where Boven Merwede splits into Beneden Merwede (leading northwest to Rotterdam urban area) and Nieuwe Merwede (leading southwest to the magisterial works at the North Sea inflowing behind the Hollands Diep and Haringvliet). 'Nieuwe' means 'New', that branch starting off two miles down from where the ship is here. New Merwede 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. This is the spot from which I take most of my river pics. The riverbank lies 30 meters behind my back, giving impression that you stand in the midst of the river stream. There are times when the spot I stand on here gets flooded. Also times when I couldn't get closer than 900 m to the shore (from where the levee stands, every some years the flood reaches the levee). 

At the moment of publishing this image, Lady Diletta has been pushing southwards (upstream) over Rhine, halfway between the Dutch/German border and Düsseldorf. This was captured exactly four months ago. If you take a closer look (larger screen), you'll see 12 passengers populating the upper deck and three watching the sunset from their cabins. Behind the cruiser are the cranes in Werkendam, the small town of the orthodox protestants and big shipyards on the other side of the river. 

Lumix G90 / Lumix 12-35 mm f/2.8. —At 35mm (70mm full frame equivalent) and resulting f/2.8 aperture. Shutter speed priority at 1/320 sec. Overexposed ⅓ of a stop. ISO 250. 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. I tried to recreate the scene as I remember it. Using '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, 35mm (=70mm), ISO 250 (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:	35mm (35mm equivalent: 70mm)
ISO:	250
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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