papagolfade - Oosterkerk Photo

Photographer’s Note

The Oosterkerk ("eastern church") is a 17th-Century Protestant church in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

The Oosterkerk was built in the period 1669-1671 by architect Daniël Stalpaert and completed by Adriaan Dortsman. The church bells were cast by Pieter Hemony.

The layout of the church is in the shape of a Greek cross in which the space between the arms has been partially filled by lower volumes. On the canal side is the main entrance, the elevation of which is supported by a balustrade. The cornice of the lower volumes follows the relief of the walls, whereas the cornice of the Greek cross strictly conforms to the layout without acknowledging the indentations of the wall.

Some 500 people were buried in the church, including Adriaan Dortsman.

The church is no longer used for church services.

pablominto, snunney, alvaraalto, asajernigan, jaywalker, axiotea, bobocortis, ChrisJ, patdeph, dareco, AiresSantos has marked this note useful

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pablominto (40056) 2009-05-17 1:20

Hello Gerrit,

A good angle on this outstanding church design!
Excellent details in the architecture, and the fine light renders a fine colour palette...
The design is quite outstanding for a church, and I have to look hard to find characteristic church features...!

Greetings,
Pablo -

snunney (34186) 2009-05-17 2:00

Hello Gerrit,
A very imposing church standing four-square and nicely framed by the trees. The brickwork is captured to good effect and benefits from a pleasing warm light.

alvaraalto (5227) 2009-05-17 6:02

Hallo Gerrit,

Het blijft toch steeds weer een prachtige uitdaging om foto’s van kerkjes te maken in de onovertroffen, maar hier wel geëvenaarde stijl van Papagolf.
Mooi werk, maar wat minder “landschappelijk” geleden dan de meeste kerkjes van Philippe.

Groet Rob

asajernigan (13929) 2009-05-17 8:15

Gerrit,
This is a nice shot of this fine church. The trees provide nice framing for the church. The lighting and colors are great with nice sharpness and detail. The shot seems to be tilted to the right a little but not a major problem.
TFS,
Asa

Fis2 (45286) 2009-05-17 13:31

Witaj Gerrit!
Next interesting church.
Good POV and interesting composition.
I like delicate colors.
Well done.
Regards
Krzysztof

jaywalker (12186) 2009-05-17 14:41

Hi Gerrit, A truly gorgeous brick built church & the golden clock at the top adds real beauty, it is opened up by the wonderful light & the superb blue sky, excellent quality, TFS, kind regards Wilson.

axiotea (15933) 2009-05-17 21:03

Hello Gerrit
Indeed an imposing church, here pleasantly framed in between the trees, and a good light which gave lovely color tones.
I think, I might have cut off a bit the down part, to remove the road...
Cheers
Marilyn

bobocortis (14130) 2009-05-18 5:47

Hello Gerrit.
This red-brick-built church is well framed and the shot is taken from a well-chosen pov.
Very good one.
Best regards.
Bobo.

ChrisJ (69618) 2009-05-18 7:34

Hi Gerrit

A superb upward pov on the clocktower, with excellent color, sharpness, & warm cold colour contrasts. Tfs!

patdeph (17462) 2009-05-18 8:13

hello Gerrit
this is a very imposing church,it was not easy to have thewhole building in the picture!The light gives to the walls a nice warm colours and I like how the 2 green rees are framing it!Very well done!
Regards
Pascale

dareco (17024) 2009-05-20 8:10

Very nice architecture and good lighting and colors. Excellent pov and detail. TFS

AiresSantos (41468) 2009-05-22 23:36

HI Gerrit
Beautiful view of this amazing church. I like the architecture and how you framed it.
It looks a litle bit tilt to right anyway is a good photojob
Have a nice weekend
Aires

jemaflor (38911) 2009-05-23 12:31

Hi Gerrit,
good angle for this interesting architecture, well taken.

Photo Information

Copyright: Gerrit van der Linden (Gerrit) (35499)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-04-06
Categories: Architecture
Camera: Canon EOS 400 D, Tamron 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II, B+W 62mm Circular Polarizer
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/100 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-05-16 23:38