{"id":591,"date":"2010-08-23T09:04:33","date_gmt":"2010-08-23T13:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.apostrophicseasons.com\/journal\/?p=591"},"modified":"2019-09-13T14:09:12","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T14:09:12","slug":"amsterdam-reflections-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/2010\/08\/23\/amsterdam-reflections-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Amsterdam Reflections | Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: MEDIUM;\"><strong> Amsterdam | Reflections <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Part II<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-602\" src=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_024-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_024-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_024.jpg 989w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I set out to capture glimpses of the Amsterdam city, I had two thoughts flowing in my mind. One. To capture the Canals lit in the late evening. After the photo shoot, end result was pretty much satisfying. Two. To capture the great architecture of Rijksmuseum and Royal Palace on water. In fact, I also found water sources nearby so as to get the reflections right on them. But, perhaps Amsterdam was not happy with my idea.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-606 size-full\" title=\"Amsterdam_NL_2010\" src=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"989\" height=\"725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_020.jpg 989w, https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_020-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 989px) 100vw, 989px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/imagegallery?g2_itemId=907\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-612\" title=\"Amsterdam_NL_2010\" src=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-607 size-full\" title=\"Amsterdam_NL_2010\" src=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"989\" height=\"766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_019.jpg 989w, https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_019-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 989px) 100vw, 989px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/imagegallery?g2_itemId=925\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-613\" title=\"Amsterdam_NL_2010\" src=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_022.jpg 725w, https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_022-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, both the big attractions were completely covered from outside for restoration work. All I got to witness were those big iron boards with lot of decorative spray work from the creative people of Amsterdam city. However, its not anything new in Europe these days. Most of the famous monuments and ancient buildings are undergoing repair and restoration, including Eiffel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-608 size-full\" title=\"Amsterdam_NL_2010\" src=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"989\" height=\"725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_018.jpg 989w, https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_018-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 989px) 100vw, 989px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/imagegallery?g2_itemId=922\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-609\" title=\"Amsterdam_NL_2010\" src=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"370\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-621 size-full\" title=\"Amsterdam_NL_2010\" src=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_023.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"725\" height=\"989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_023.jpg 725w, https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Amsterdam_NL_2010_023-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/imagegallery?g2_itemId=869\"> AMSTERDAM 2010 PART I and II GALLERY <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amsterdam | Reflections Part II When I set out to capture glimpses of the Amsterdam city, I had two thoughts flowing in my mind. One. To capture the Canals lit in the late evening. After the photo shoot, end result was pretty much satisfying. Two. To capture the great architecture of Rijksmuseum and Royal Palace&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,39,20,26],"tags":[43,44,113,126,183,187],"class_list":["post-591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amsterdam","category-netherlands","category-reflections","category-travel","tag-amsterdam-2","tag-amsterdam-by-night","tag-i-amsterdam","tag-keizersgracht","tag-rijksmuseum","tag-singel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1843,"href":"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591\/revisions\/1843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pradeepshankar.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}