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Smoking outside a coffeeshop.
For decades the touristic area around Utrecht's Cathedral tower was also a concentration of 'coffeeshops' - not really a coincidence because the Dutch permissive attitude towards soft drugs has drawn foreigners as much as the tulips and windmills.
Although the coffeeshops are still going strong in the area, the general climate is changing though - the authorities are imposing ever more limitations, clamping down on hash 'plantations' in attics (using the stuff is tolerated, but growing production quantities and selling it without a licence isn't) and border towns are banning coffeeshops althogether. The stuff has changed too: stronger and therefore also more addictive.
Photoshop CS3: crop, bw, curves.
Shot from the hip, within 2 m of these guys.
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in his journal [link] 
For decades the touristic area around Utrecht's Cathedral tower was also a concentration of 'coffeeshops' - not really a coincidence because the Dutch permissive attitude towards soft drugs has drawn foreigners as much as the tulips and windmills.
Although the coffeeshops are still going strong in the area, the general climate is changing though - the authorities are imposing ever more limitations, clamping down on hash 'plantations' in attics (using the stuff is tolerated, but growing production quantities and selling it without a licence isn't) and border towns are banning coffeeshops althogether. The stuff has changed too: stronger and therefore also more addictive.
Photoshop CS3: crop, bw, curves.
Shot from the hip, within 2 m of these guys.
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in his journal [link] Image size
1359x1988px 551.01 KB
Make
Panasonic
Model
DMC-TZ3
Shutter Speed
10/600 second
Aperture
F/3.3
Focal Length
5 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
Oct 3, 2009, 2:15:37 PM
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I liked the comment about the face of the bald guy being a poem, or it could really tell a story just by viewing his expression, it really provokes ones thoughts. Great capture! That appears to be a busy little district there!