Witmarsum, a photo from Parana, Sud

Photographer's Note

This is the “Museu Histórico de Witmarsum” (Witmarsum’s Historic Museum), placed in the “Colônia Witmarsum” (Witmarsum Colony), Paraná State, southern Brazil.

Situated in the municipality of Palmeira, the Witmarsum Colony was established in 1951 by the immigrant menonites that came from the city of Witmarsum, Santa Catarina state.
These menonites belongs to the group of German-Russians, originally from Friesland, actually in the North of Holland and Germany. Through the Prussia, they had immigrated to Russia around XVIII century, where from they had escaped in 1929, when the communism was established. In 1930 they came to Brazil, where, after some time in Santa Catarina, they had established in 1951 the Witmarsum Colony of Paraná. The North American menonites gave them a financing, and with this help they bought the “Fazenda Cancela” (Cancela’s Farm) in july 7th, 1951.

The area’s size is about 7800 hectares where there are around 1500 inhabitants. There are five settling nucleus, without denominations and disposed around the administrative, commercial and social center. The colony was organized as a communitarian system, but actually there are private properties with average 50 hectares each.
Its economy is based on agronomy, soybean, corn, cattle raising, chicken, pork and, with emphasis, dairy.

The museum was founded in 1989, September 15th, in the old house of the farm. It’s a wooden house, typical of the german-menonite colonization, inventoried and protected by the law as a Historic Patrimony. Inside we can see old furnishings and lots of old objects and equipments used by that immigrants.

This is a side view of the musem.

Regards,
Zeca

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jmcl (14535) 2007-10-01 19:38

Hi Jose,

I love the patters on the old wood on the side of the building .. wish the shadows were a nudge brighter . very nice image .. thoughtful place.

take care,

John

mbasil (2129) 2007-10-01 19:48

I noticed the dramatic lighting in the thumbnail. But it's really better on the full size image. It is almost a quiet, subtle scene, but then there's the surprising spalsh of bright yellow and sunlight. Well seen and recorded.
Mike

robertosalguero (292) 2007-10-01 20:07

Hello Zeca. The sky look great here. It has a nice clean blue colour. Good contrast of shadows and light and the house is quite a sight in this setting. I imagine the interior of the house is very interesting. Good historical image. Cheers :-)

Roberto

nivaldo (15417) 2007-10-01 22:06

Olá Zeca,
que pena que a sombra escureceu um pouco a sua foto, mas não deixa de ser um bonito trabalho e uma nota bem interessante!
Abraço recifense ao amigo paranaense,
Nivaldo

barrufeto_77 (28888) 2007-10-01 22:27

Hi Jose.

From my POV...it's a little bit dark. Anyway, the view should be lovely...

Rgs, Oscar

axiotea (21651) 2007-10-01 23:30

Olà José
I like very much the light/shade contrast over the wooden museum and the park with its green vegetation. Nice color contrast as well and good inclusion of the foliage on the left side.
Cheers
Marilyn

vincz (19113) 2007-10-02 0:40

Very deep colors. i love how you played with light an shadows. A very interesting shot.

japiey (10163) 2007-10-02 0:47

Hi Jose,

Fascinating details and a lovely image.
Dreamy lights and tones.
Salutes, dear friend.

jean paul

agbonavita (0) 2007-10-02 6:46

Olá Zeca, gostei bastante de sua nota, desconhecia sobre esse pvo que veio para cá durante a década de 30.
A foto do museu é bem interessante, possui uma arquitetura bonita em madeira. As sombras, fizeram a parede se destacar no ambiente.
Boas cores e nitidez.
Andre

cfreire (11741) 2007-10-02 11:50

Olá Zeca.
Bela composição, com excelentes contrastes, dou aqui o destaque para a escala amarela com o azul que ficou impressiva. Ótimo POV e enquadramento. Bom trabalho. Um abraço, Consuelo.

lucasgalodoido (27698) 2007-10-02 11:54

Olá Zeca!
Muito bonita essa foto, que cores conseguiu capturar, achei o melhor da foto!
Parabéns e Abraço!
P.S. O Bicho ta pegando pra gente mesmo agora...

MarcT (20964) 2007-10-02 12:33

Hi Jose,
excellent colors and mood on this "easy" and nice picture.
BW
Marc

Bluejeans (64251) 2007-10-02 14:55

Oi Jose,
Muito bonita esta tua foto parece que foi tirada na Alemanha , a arquitectura da casa e muito bela cheia de detalhes , gostei das sombras e luzes das arvores a envolverem a casa , o ceu ficou muito bom , parabens!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

Flavia (10352) 2007-10-02 15:06

Oi Zeca,

Deve ser interessante visitar esta fazenda com uma comunidade tao particular. osto da arquitetura da casa e o jogo de luz e sombra atira a atencao para a foto.

Abracos,

Flavia

markstaples (15670) 2007-10-03 1:12

Love the shadows on the building. A nice off-centre frame, good angle of view and a nice blue sky!
Best wishes
Mark

belido (19934) 2007-10-03 4:44

Olá Zeca,

poxa desculpe não ter criticado essa aqui antes. Estou com a caixa de entrada lotada de avisos de postagens de meus favoritos. Aos poucos vou eliminando essas mensagens. Tenho trabalhado umas 14 horas por dia e fico bem decepcionado de não poder postar, nem mesmo criticar.
O bom fotógrafo é assim: consegue transformar uma imagem de fortes contrastes numa apresentação belíssima. A verdade é que as sombras nessa foto estão em perfeita sincronia com as faces iluminadas, reforçando os detalhes da fachada desse museu. Sinto que essas luzes são particulares de uma bela manhã, não é? Parabéns!
Abraço,
Carlos

bucanas (2218) 2007-10-03 6:02

Ola Jose,
A luz com sombras e contrastes estao excelentes.Otimo colorido.
Abracos.
Ralf

pboehringer (770) 2007-10-03 7:10

Zeca,
imagem classica para mostrar o poder de um filtro polarizante. As cores amarelas contra este ceu polarizado esta um contraste sensacional. O elemento sombra e luz no predio esta excelentemente balanceado sem o minimo elemento de sobreexposicao. Adorei do sol nas pontas das arvores da a impressao que estou escutando o vento passando por estas folhas.
Abracao, Peter

Docarmo (9767) 2007-10-03 18:08

Oi Zeca,
As cores e o jogo de sombras aqui fazem o espetáculo, que está muito bonito.
A arquitetura e a vegetação estão parecendo com as daqui do Canadá, apesar de ter uma palmeira ali para fazer jus ao nome da localidade. É uma palmeira mesmo, né?
Abraço,
Maria do Carmo

Ann75 (0) 2007-10-03 21:26

Hello Jose,

Great POV and you have seen the beautiful light on this building so well! Great composition with excellent colors, details and light! Great work, Jose!

Greetings,
Ann

emjleclercq (15778) 2007-10-03 22:24

Good sharpness, and an interesting note about a little known part of the colonization of Brazil.

All the best,

Emmanuel

edal (6804) 2007-10-03 22:30

Ola Zeca!
It's a very interesting story about that colony and the strongly contrasted shot is a good illustration of the fate of those people.
Greetings!
Anton

mikeo (12129) 2007-10-03 22:34

Hi Jose!,

Very good photo! I like this building framed by trees... Very nice colours of grass and sky... But the best is lightnes... Game of shadows on building - great!

greetings,

michal

Tort (2266) 2007-10-04 5:17

Olá Zeca
O jogo de sombras e luzes sobre a fachada resultou numa maravilha de foto. Excelente enquadramento e ótima nitidez.
Bela arquitetura da típica casa da fazenda dos imigrantes alemães aqui muito bem captada.
Boa nota explicativa. Parabéns
Abraços
Juan Tort

AiresSantos (56155) 2007-10-04 12:52

Ola Zeca,
Cores e contraste admiraveis.
Gosto muito do contraste entre o verde, amarelo e azul.
Excelente POV e controlo de luz.
Um abraço Amigo
Aires

Emile (20352) 2007-10-06 10:58

Hola Zeca.
You did a good work taking the advantage of the deep blue sky to enhance the lovely wooden house museum with it's yellow color, there is a nice gallery on the right side. Good light and shadows composition with great colors contrast.
Well done. TFS.
Best regards.

shevchenko (20560) 2007-10-07 20:06

Hi Jose,
Interesting composition of an old wooden house become a museum, I like the colour and effects created by the sunlights to present shadows every where, great color, well done.
Ally