Paard van Marken - Netherlands - a photo on Flickriver

The lighthouse is commonly known as the 'Horse of Marken' because of it's characteristic shape with the tall, built-on keeper's house. Most probably it is, after the 'Brandaris' on Terschelling, the best-known and the most frequently photographed lighthouse of the Netherlands. The present lighthouse was built in 1839, upon the foundations of an earlier tower that was broken down that same year. The Zuyder Zee still was open sea by then and the lighthouse was of great importance for the shipping traffic to and from Amsterdam. In 1901 the tower got electric light. After the damming of the Zuyder Zee the lighthouse remained operational and to this very day it continues to be an important beacon for the shipping on the IJsselmeer. In 1989 the lighthouse was automated and since then there is no longer a light keeper living on Marken.
The 'Horse of Marken' stands on its own tiny island at the end of a narrow causeway and is almost completely surrounded by water, which makes its location so photogenic.
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The lighthouse stands 200km from where i live, and after several sunrise pictures i made here last year (see here and here and here) i decided this time for a sunset shoot.
Sunset was nice, warm light, nice mood, a bit windy, and all i need was a long exposure to smoothen out the water. This one is taken at 21:27. Sun is setting behind me, and there is a nice warm glow in the clouds in front of me.....179 seconds is all you need.
Enjoy...

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Technical Details;
Camera; Canon EOS 1Ds mkIII
Lens; Canon 70-200m/m 2.8L IS USM
Exposure; 179 sec
Aperture; f16
Filter; Singh-Ray Vari-ND
ISO; 100 RAW
Tripod; Gitzo 3541L
Ballhead; RRS BH-55 with B2 AS II clamp
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Taken in: Nederland / Noord-Holland / Marken (show map)

Taken on: May 20, 2010

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