{"id":6130,"date":"2017-01-09T18:59:48","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T17:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/blog\/?p=6130"},"modified":"2026-05-15T08:51:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T12:51:49","slug":"artisplein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/blog\/artisplein\/","title":{"rendered":"Artisplein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While my main focus for the little photography I did in December in Amsterdam was the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/blog\/index.php\/travel-europe\/light-festival-2016\/\">Light Festival<\/a>, I did take a few minutes to shoot one of my favorite places near our current house: the Artisplein.\u00a0This little square is tucked in at the west end of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artis.nl\">Artis <\/a>Zoo and is especially picturesque at night when the lights strung from tree to tree are lit and the glass veranda of the <a href=\"https:\/\/caferestaurantdeplantage.nl\">the Caf\u00e9-Restaurant De Plantage<\/a>\u00a0is full of people and light.<\/p>\n<p>I used a GorillaPod tripod\u00a0\u00a0permitting a low ISO, using one of the tables for support.\u00a0 The biggest challenge was trying to a spot where the various garbage cans did not overwhelm the scene. 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