The weather here in The Netherlands has been unseasonably cold lately. Last week the snow and cold was so bad it caused many delays and cancellations in both flights and the train schedule. Although it was cold and nasty out it didn’t stop many of the Dutch residents from taking advantage of the icy conditions to strap on a pair of ice skates and hit the canals.
I was amazed to see the volume of people over the last few days take to the canals for some recreational skating. Personally, the ice was a little too thin for my taste, not to mention the many sections of open water that had yet to freeze. Needless to say I was happy to watch from a bridge and take some shots of those daring skaters. The image here was taken in Leiden Netherlands, just a few miles south of Amsterdam.
The image above was a handheld shot taken with a Nikon D300s and 35mm Nikkor f1.8 lens.