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Ghent FLORALIEN 2015
I was a visitor with the camera in my hand
But difficult because of the many people present
Since 1648, flower festivals have been organized in Ghent by the Confrerie of Saint Dorothea. The city had no fewer than three, who adorned the altar of their church each year. After the abolition by Joseph II, the flower growers founded a new association in 1808, the Société d'Agriculture and the Botanique de Gand (from 1818 the Royal Society for Agriculture and Herbal Sciences of Ghent). This happened in the inn room of Au Jardin de Frascati on the Coupure. Their goal was to hold flower exhibitions after the English example, but then together.
The association organized the first Floralies on 6 February 1809 in the Frascati. The room was just 48 m² in size. There were many rare plants before that time, because they just had flowers in the winter period. There was also a kind of competition with prizes for the most beautiful plants. Erica triflora won the incentive medal and Camellia japonica and Cyclamen persicum also received an honorable mention.
Due to the success of this first edition, a summer exhibition was held from 29 June to 2 July 1809 in the same Au Jardin de Frascati. 137 plants were exhibited. The first prize went to Plumeria floribunda, which received a silver commemorative medal.
The Au Jardin de Frascati became too small for the winter exhibition of 1810 and they moved to a party room in the Korte Meer, the room was called Sodality and was close to the Kouter. The exhibition took place from 6 to 9 February and 243 plants were exhibited.
The summer exhibition of 29 June 1810 took place in the same room as the winter exhibition. In the meantime, innkeeper Lanckman was from Au Jardin de Frascati to another location in the Holstraat where he opened Le jardin botanique (later Hof van Flora, now HTISA). The winter exhibition of January 6, 1811 took place at this location.
In 1835 the Casino of Ghent was built where an exhibition was held twice a year until 1908. Then the exhibition moved to a new building, the Feest- en Bloemeniënpaleis, in the Citadel Park. From 1990, Flanders Expo was finally exhibited. The most recent Floralies took place from April 16 to 25, 2010. Ambroise Verschaffelt (1825-1886) became Vice President of the Floraliën for a long time.
I hope that you enjoy it
Camera Model Canon
EOS 300D DIGITAL
Shooting Date/Time
20/04/2005 20:32:30
Tv(Shutter Speed)
1/6
Av(Aperture Value)
3.5
ISO Speed
100
Lens
18.0 - 55.0mm
Focal Length
18.0mm
Image Size
3072x2048
Image Quality
Fine
Flash Off
Parameters Settings
Contrast
Standard
Sharpness
Standard
Fis2, pajaran, pierrefonds, mcmtanyel, COSTANTINO, papagolf21, Cricri, snunney, ikeharel, PaulVDV, claudeD, Silvio1953 marcou esta nota como útil
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mesutilgim
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(0) 2019-03-17 11:30
Hello John,
Nice capture from your archive.
Perfect pov and ligth management. Nice warm colors.
Many interesting and usefull notes makes your entry a perfect TE job.
Nice framed.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM
Fis2
(155649) 2019-03-17 11:34
Witaj John!
Interesting photo from Your archive.
Curious place.
Good framing, composition and light.
The colors are impressive.
Good evening.
Krzysztof
pajaran
(102662) 2019-03-17 11:59
Dobro vece.
Lep pogled, interesantan i dobar tekst ...
Lepo pokazano, dobar kontrast, lepe boje.
Lepa fotografija i secanje na festival.
Lepo uredjeno mesto sa cvecem za festival.
Dobar tekst o kroiscenoj tehnici i elementima snimka.
Zelim vam lepu i mirnu noc, sve najbolje.
Paja.
Good evening.
Nice view, interesting and good text ...
Beautifully shown, good contrast, beautiful colors.
Nice photo and remembering the festival.
A beautifully arranged place with a flower for the festival.
Good text about the technique and elements of the recording.
I wish you a nice and peaceful night, all the best.
pierrefonds
(103567) 2019-03-17 13:09
Hi John,
The point of view is showing the details of this section of the Ghent Floralien 2015. The sharpness is very good. The ;ight is giving good rendering of the colours. Have a nice day.
Pierre
emka
(152228) 2019-03-17 15:14
Hello John, Nice picture from this flowers exhibition. No wonder so many people want to see beautiful flowers. Wonderful flower arrangements.
Kind regrads MAlgo
rychem
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(72179) 2019-03-17 22:36
A very nice photo from your archive, and the event offered a lot of opportunities for beautiful photo, very well captured
regards Ryszard
Tue
(82264) 2019-03-17 23:33
Hallo John,
Een mooie impressie van deze tentoonstelling vol kleurrijke bloemenarrangementen. We hebben er hier mooi zicht op zonder dat iemand in de weg stond en dat terwijl het duidelijk drukbezocht was. De kleuren zijn aantrekkelijk.
Lars
papagolf21
(152599) 2019-03-17 23:59
Bonjour, cher ami John,
Superbe prise de vue haute en couleur à travers un décor étonnant.
Une fois encore la réussite est au rendez-vous.
Bonjour, cher Paul
Merci pour ces photos originales et insolites. Vous avez fait preuve de respect par rapport aux us et coutumes du pays et de l'édifice religieux, cela est à souligner - (l'on peut regretter qu'un certain tourisme de masse oublie le respect des pays visités...)
Très bonne journée
Amitiés.
Philippe
Cricri
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(176) 2019-03-18 0:16
Bonjour John
Bien présenter, l'exposition de fleurs attire toujours beaucoup de monde, c'est joli a regarder et a sentir :-)belle lumière et couleurs
Bonne journée
cricri
ciel clair, un peu de soleil, frais 4°D a 8h20
snunney
(130967) 2019-03-18 1:36
Hello John,
Excellent capture of this lovely floral exhibit. Pleasant warm lights and colours and some nicely rendered textural detail.
holmertz
(92884) 2019-03-18 2:12
Hello John,
It is a well composed photo with those two small pavilions (I don't know what else to call them) very nicely placed on each side and seen along a diagonal. The abundance of flowers must have been almost overwhelming. I am not totally keen on the colours, probably because of the artificial light. The yellow and red tones seem to be rather strong.
Kind regards,
Gert
Nicou
(193806) 2019-03-18 2:33
Hello
Pas faciele quand il y a du monde de prendre en image quelle beuaté quelle oeuvre d'art fantasitque vue et quel jardin et toute les fleurs un festival de fleurs uuperbe vue et cpatage et couleur chaudes
Bravo et amitié
Nicou
Sergiom
(117241) 2019-03-18 6:48
Bonjour John
On reconnait bien la couleur de la lumière artificielle dans cette photo. Ce sont les néons qui donnes cette teinte et ils devraient changer pour du LED. Il y a foule dans les jardins
Amicalement
Serge
Royaldevon
(75420) 2019-03-18 8:27
Hello John,
What interesting notes about the history of this flower festival!
It seems to have found a perfect location now, judging from the queue of people wishing to see it!
You have angled the photograph nicely so that we move naturally across the frame to look at the focal images of the wooden decorative features and their associated flower arrangements. The details are fine, with lovely warm colours.
My warm regards,
Bev :-)
PaulVDV
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(54865) 2019-03-18 22:44
Hallo John,
In 2016 bezocht ik voor het eerst de Gentse Floraliën en het loonde zeker de moeite.
De massa bezoekers moest ik er dan maar bijnemen. Ook op deze foto is de grote publieke belangstelling goed zichtbaar maar je slaagde er wel in om een mooie foto te nemen zonder iemand voor de camera.
De verscheidenheid aan bloemen en planten is enorm en de beschikbare ruimtes worden meesterlijk versierd.
Mooi overzicht van deze zaal.
Vele groeten, Paul
claudeD
(47754) 2019-03-19 2:31
Hello John,
excellent contribution to TE with this interesting shot from your archive. Very good informative note.Very well done.TFS.
With regards fromm Luxembourg
JC
Silvio1953
(205753) 2019-03-19 5:27
Ciao John, lovely composition with beautiful flowers, wonderful colors, fine details, excellent clarity and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio
jmdias
(102932) 2019-03-20 10:31
john
very interesting this exhibition of plants. these kiosks in evidence looks like the mogul style. nice details of the plants and even the crowd ahead. I like a lot plants and I would like to visit such place.
take care
jorge
COSTANTINO
(104191) 2019-03-28 23:08
Hello dear John and have a nice time
and a happy new day
a different photo from the usuals
with useful notes you have your
own style and all your photos
bring your personal stamp
this one seems so different!!!
welldone
regards
costantino
Miguel82
(47106) 2019-08-08 11:23
John, many people were attracted by this flower exhibition taking place in Ghent. They are queuing up to enter. Nice orchid in the fg. Vivid colors, sharp post.
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Copyright: John Maenhout (jhm)
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(203039) - Genre: Lugares
- Medium: Cor
- Date Taken: 2005-04-20
- Categories: Acontecimentos
- Camera: Canon EOS 300D, 18-55mm/f3.3-5.6, SanDisk Ultra II 1GB, Hoya UV 58mm
- Exposição: f/3.5, 7 segundos
- Versão da Foto: Versão Original
- Date Submitted: 2019-03-17 11:13
