Brouwersgracht.             Flash version (autorotating)

Magere brug.

Oudezijds Voorburgwal.

Begijnhof.

Colours of Autumn.

Kralingse Plas, Rotterdam.

Red Oaks near Karpendonkse Plas, Eindhoven.
A hi-res version of this pano (equirectangular size 12000x6000) is available here (beware: 10MB!).
A SPi-V version of this panorama is available here (simple mode) and here (autorotate).

Red Oaks at St. Catharina graveyard, Eindhoven.

Glorieuxpark, Eindhoven. Location (uses google maps).



Middelburg abbey.

Location (uses google maps).



Binnenhof, The Hague.

Location (uses google maps).



View of the historic city center of Dordrecht, from it's medieval church tower.

17th century graves in Dordrecht's church. Location (uses google maps).

In the above panorama are visible (in the distance) the Amercentrale (at 17 km) and Tilburg's Westpoint tower (height 143m, at 37 km).
The image below was also taken from Dordrecht's tower (on the same day), with a 300mm lens (click to enlarge).




Veluwezoom, part of Veluwe National Park.

Location (uses google maps).

Speulderbos, part of Veluwe National Park.

Tallest trees in Holland.

Holland's tallest trees (ca. 50m) are found in the park of Palace Het Loo.
These trees are Douglas firs, planted ca. 150 years ago.



Cloudscapes, Kampina nature reserve.

Kampina's lakes are freezing over. A layer of winter smog is visible at the horizon, and around the sun.
This brown smog is caused by nitrogen oxides.



Velderbos.

'Negen Dreven' is a crossing of nine tracks in the historic Velderbos estate.



Ice skating on Rotterdam's frozen waters.

Historic harbour Voorhaven. Windmill De Distilleerketel is visible under the sun.

Kralingse Plas. Windmills De Ster and De Lelie are located along the shoreline.





Grey skies over the Zeeland bridge.

On board of a replica of a VOC Eastindiaman, the Amsterdam, located in Amsterdam.

Pedestrian bridge in the historical center of Schiedam. Location (uses google maps).




Blossoming trees on the cemetery of Nederhemert-Noord.

Inside Utrecht's Dom Church.

Building of the Dom Church started during the 13th century, to be completed 3 centuries later.
Location (uses google maps).

Panoramic imaging of a cathedral like this one is very difficult, due to extreme dynamic range.
Brightest subjects are the colourful stained glass windows, while the floor graves are very dark.
Exposure of the images was such that the windows only slightly saturated, resulting in some very dark spots elsewhere.
Look HERE to see an unprocessed panorama.
The panoramas shown above were strongly processed in order to boost brightness of especially the dark parts;
the darkest parts received very little light however, therefore these parts look somewhat noisy.
Advanced panographers use High Dynamic Range techniques (wiki) to image such subjects.

Dom Square, between Dom Church and Dom Tower. Long ago this was the center part of the church's ship.
It collapsed during a storm in 1674 and was never rebuilt.

Canals near Dom Tower.

A cold Christmas morning on Dom Square, Utrecht.




Blossoming trees along the Appeldijk (apple dike).

In spring, this route along the Linge river is one of the Dutch' favorite cycling routes.

Some panoramas made in the historical center of Leiden (near Amsterdam).

Oude Rijn (canal).

Galgewater (canal of the gallows).

Herensteeg.

De Burcht (medieval fortification).



Windmill and castle at Neerijnen.

This image is used as a banner by Stichting odivdv.

Location (uses google maps).





Churches at Delft.

Inside the Oude Kerk (Old Church).

View of Delft, from the tower of the Nieuwe Kerk (New Church).

The above panorama was taken on a day of rather good visibility (by Dutch standards), thanks to low humidity and low level of air pollution.
The skyline of Amsterdam (Zuidas and Rembrandt tower), at a distance of 52 km, is just visible. Image was made with a 300mm lens (click to enlarge).


Through the skyline of Rotterdam (at ca. 14 km), is visible the Amercentrale power station (at 47 km).




Inside St. Jan's cathedral at Den Bosch.

Hills in southern Holland (Limburg).

At the highest point of Holland (323m), the Vaalserberg, where three countries meet
(Holland, Belgium, Germany) at Drielandenpunt.
The horizon is obscured by a layer of mild smog.
Location (uses google maps).

Field of rapeseed near Vijlen.
Location (uses google maps).

Location (uses google maps).

Ruined church in Ammerzoden. The church was destroyed by the French in 1672.

The tower and part of the ship were rebuilt in recent years.
Location (uses google maps).

View from tower of Sint Maartens church at Zaltbommel.

Skyline of Utrecht, as observed from tower of Sint Maartens church at Zaltbommel (distance ca. 34 km).

Kerkstraat.



The bridges at Zaltbommel.

These bridges (crossing the Waal river) are among the busiest of Holland.
The old bridge (built in 1933) is being demolished. Location (uses google maps).

A SPi-V version of this panorama is available here (random movement).

In the foreland of the Waal river (main branch of the Rhine).

Shore of Waal river, near Heerewaarden. Location (uses google maps).

Grassland near Heerewaarden. Location (uses google maps).
The water has receded after a recent flooding; barbed wire is left covered with (drying) grass.




Along the Maas River, southern Holland.

Cemetery, Ravenstein. Location (uses google maps).

Railroad bridge across Maas River, Ravenstein.

Shore of Maas River, Batenburg. Location (uses google maps).

Park, Appeltern. Location (uses google maps).

Path along Beatrix canal, near Eindhoven. Summer 2006.
A hi-res version of this pano (equirectangular size 12000x6000) is available here (beware: 10MB!).

Same spot. Winter 2006. The leaves have fallen!

SPi-V is a suitable viewer for blending these two panoramas (use button at lower left).

Same spot. Winter 2007. A cold mist has left the trees covered with ripe.
One of the trees was broken by the storm of January 18, 2007.

The death of the poplar trees, seen from the same spot. Winter 2012.
As happens so often in Holland, a characterful green area is carelessly wiped out.



Some panos made in Eindhoven, southern Holland.

St. Trudo cemetary, Eindhoven. Location (uses google maps).

The thaw has started (causing snow to fall fom the trees), St. Trudo cemetery.

Sunflower on a grave, St. Trudo cemetary.

Behind St. Trudo cemetary lies a 'hidden park'. Few people ever venture here.
So the trees could grow to become big, wild and beautiful.

Golf court near Eindhoven.

Ice skating ring, Eindhoven.

Evoluon, Eindhoven. Location (uses google maps).

Piazza, Eindhoven. Location (uses google maps).

After the storm of January 18, 2007.




In the foreland of the IJssel river (lower branch of the Rhine).

A grey day in the foreland of the IJssel river, near Zalk. Location (uses google maps).

Stork's nesting tower near IJssel river, Zalk.

Rising water in the IJssel river, near Zalk.




Night sky panorama

Under the stars in Kampina Nature Reserve, southern Holland. Location (uses google maps).
Can you find Orion? Big Dipper?
Unfortunately there is so much light pollution in Holland (1, 2, 3) that imaging of the milky way (overhead in this pano) is impossible.

Annotated version.

Night sky at Mariapeel, southern Holland. Location (uses google maps).
This pano was built from 7 images (6 horizon, 1 zenith). An AstroTrac was used to track the stars during an exposure time of 8 minutes.
Using stars as control points results in a pano with a zigzag horizon and a blurred landscape. So a second, non-tracked pano was made.
These two panos were blended into the pano shown above.



A night sky panorama with the Milky Way (taken in Indian Himalaya) can be viewed here.

Another Kampina night pano.

Please visit another page for panoramas of classical Dutch windmills.




These panoramas were made in the Netherlands. Equipment used was a Minolta 7D DSLR in combination with a Sigma 12-24 @12mm or Sigma 8mm fisheye. Since April'08 I am using a Nikon D60 with a Nikon 10.5 mm fisheye. Camera was either handheld or mount on a tripod with a Nodal Ninja 3 panoramic head. Stitching was done by Hugin in combination with Enblend; pano2vr was used to convert an equirectangular panorama to flash.

[© P. van de Haar. This page was last updated on April 1, 2012]