Identifying Mountain in The Netherlands - A Challenging Adventure!

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The discussion revolves around identifying a mountain in the Netherlands, sparked by a challenge from one participant. It includes various contributions related to photography, nature, and light phenomena, with a focus on personal experiences and observations rather than a strict identification of the mountain.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant shares a photo of a mountain, initially thought to be in the Netherlands, but later reveals it is from Oregon.
  • Another participant comments on the beauty of the scene and inquires about the presence of Jan Herte tractors, suggesting a playful tone.
  • A participant discusses the use of a wide-angle lens to capture tulip fields, expressing a sense of beauty but also noting the decapitation of tulips after blooming.
  • One participant shares an experience with a compact fluorescent bulb viewed through a BG3 filter, describing an optical illusion that appears as 'sparkles' or 'tiny ants' and speculating on its biological basis.
  • Another participant expresses appreciation for the shared images and comments on the fate of tulips, questioning the lack of distribution to people or institutions.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express appreciation for the beauty of the images shared, but there is no consensus on the identification of the mountain or the fate of the tulips, indicating multiple perspectives and unresolved questions.

Contextual Notes

The discussion includes personal anecdotes and subjective interpretations of visual phenomena, which may depend on individual experiences and definitions of beauty and nature.

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So Omcheeto challenged me to find that mountain in The Netherlands..

OmCheeto said:
Yippie!

Ok. Here's an easy one. It's a picture my sister emailed me last week:

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This should be an easy one for Andre. He lives in the http://stories-etc.com/Netherlands.htm", and should be able to identify that mountain in the background. :rolleyes:

Not too hard indeed, except that it was Oregon. So today I checked if we really had so many bulb flowers here, and this is the result.

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and then suddenly two Oystercatchers cross the view finder...

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Unprepared but still nice: the 100% crop. (sorry for the width)

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Very beautiful.

No Jan Herte tractors?
 
Some more;

What you can do with 12mm wide angle:

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However immediately after the blooming the tulips are decapitated... :frown:

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lisab said:
Very beautiful.

No Jan Herte tractors?

:biggrin: Thanks Lisa, Indeed that herten species is not common here. maybe in a museum for endangered tractors.
 
museum for endangered tractors :D :D
 
[PLAIN]http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/2716/dsc6169.jpg

Sorry- I couldn't resist.

I took this last night- it's a compact fluorescent bulb, taken through a BG3 filter: there's a story why I did this- bear with me, there's a good punchline at the end.

My Ultraphot III was free- the terms were that I had to haul the (disassembled) beast out of the warehouse. It was a gamble that paid off, because hidden in all the drawers was a full set of epi-DIC objectives, a full set of luminars, and more- plus, the scope is in perfect working condition. There was also a bunch of Schott and Kopp color glass filters, which I no idea what to do with. Since I now have a color camera, I re-discovered the glass filters and have been seeing what I can do with them: I'm thinking solar photography, but in any case when I was wandering around looking at stuff through the various filters I noticed that looking at a CFL through the BG3 filter was *really* weird. In fact, looking at *any* intense light though that filter (and only that filter- not the RG645, OG2, 5-60 or 2-60, or any of the other ones) results in the appearance of what can be described as 'sparkles', 'tiny ants', or 'light-dark dashes' crawling around the source. I made my wife look and verify that she saw it, too- I was starting to think there was something *really* wrong with my eyes- but I am convinced it's an optical illusion: I can't capture the effect with a camera.

I did some digging, and the BG3 passband is restricted to only the blue cone sensitivity. So now I am *convinced* it's a biological effect, some combination of bleaching the cones and saccadic movements of the eye. I urge you to get a BG3 filter (they are reasonably cheap) and see for yourself- it's truly bizarre.
 
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SOOO BEAUTIFUL Andre :!)

Thanks for sharing.

Andre said:
However immediately after the blooming the tulips are decapitated... :frown:

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How dare he! Couldn't they just give it to people/hospitals/schools... Oh wait 'nothing's free'
 

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