International Travel Final

I decided to have all my international travel photos be from Amsterdam. There are so many ways to travel in that city that I thought this would be a good theme for travel, granted that it's only travel within the city. The only means of transportation that are lacking are via car, walking, and airplane but those are all pretty standard everywhere so I just focused on the one's special to Amsterdam.

Via Horse and Buggy
Nikon D5200
55-300mm
55mm
f/4.5
1/60 sec
ISO 500
No flash
Comments: I've seen a lot of horse and carriage in Italy but none quite so fancy as this with an actual buggy and a guy with a top hat. I was impressed. I brought the blues down to make the stone look more natural and boosted the browns and oranges to make the horses more vibrant.

Via Bicycle
Nikon D5200
55-300mm
135mm
f/4.8
1/160 sec
ISO 1000
No flash
Comments: Amsterdam has the most bicycles than any other place in the world. Most people that live here own three bikes. So needless to say bikes are chained up absolutely everywhere. Instead of parking garages for cars this was a parking garage for your bike. I originally had this in color and like it that way because there are some colorful lights in the background but ultimately I put it in black and white to make the metal bars stand out more.

Via Canal Boat
Nikon D5200
18-55mm
55mm
f/5.6
1/640 sec
ISO 200
No flash
Comments: Canal tours are very popular for tourists, its a good way to see the city in a short hour and learn about the city's history (plus it's pretty warm inside them). So here is a picture of a canal tour boat taken from another tour boat. I boosted colors and cropped so the boat was more on the right side of the frame.

Via Tall ship
Nikon D5200
18-55mm
30mm
f/4.5
1/1250
ISO 200
No flash
Comments: You might not be able to get around the city in these with all the bridges but they are great for going out on the sea. Plus they're nice to look at. I boosted the blues and other colors and cropped for a wider shot.

Via Normal Boat
Nikon D5200
18-55mm
18mm
f/4.0
1/1000 sec
ISO 200
No flash
Comments: Normal people have boats too, they're easy to navigate through the canals. If you look closely there is a guy waving in the center window. I boosted colors and cropped so the boat was more on the left side of the frame.

Via Duck Dingy
Nikon D5200
18-55mm
55mm
f/5.6
1/100 sec
ISO 200
No flash
Comments: Not all the boats are in the best of condition but hey they still work just fine and you don't really care what happens to them. So when a pair of ducks sits and craps in your boat it's not big deal. I cropped down so you couldn't really see the street above because there was a distracting car in the way. I brought the colors out a bit.

Via Drunk Bike

Nikon D5200

18-55mm

38mm

f/5.6

1/400 sec

ISO 400

No flash

Comments: One of the three bikes most people own is a drunk bike, this bike is the one they take to the bars with them. They are generally not in the best of shape and very elaborately decorated for the reason that when you are headed home from a night out you won't mistake your bike for someone else's. This one had fake flowers all over it. Some are painted very bright others have tape decorating them. I only focused on the handle bars for this one to put emphasis on the flowers. I cropped it down and left it not being completely straight because it is a drunk bike after all.