Århus Reflections Photo

Photographer’s Note

Århus Reflections

My next picture is a reflection again and again from Denmark, but this time from the city of Århus, the second-largest town in the country (after Copenhagen).
The photo was taken last month.

Århus (or Aarhus) is situated on the east coast of Jylland (Jutland) in Region Midtjylland (Region Central Jutland) (and formerly in Århus Amt). The city claims the unofficial title of Jyllands hovedstad (Capital of Jutland).
The city (municipality) has almost 300,000 inhabitants. Århus got city rights in 1441, but the city is probably older than 770 A.D, making it the oldest big city in Scandinavia. Its name is derived from the Old-Danish name Aros, Åens munding (Mouth of the river).

Nowadays it's most famous for the open-air museum Den gamle by (The Old Town), the town hall, designed by Arne Jacobsen and the new art museum ARoS. The centre of the city is concentrated around the shopping street (often refered to as Strøget, like in Copenhagen) and Åboulevarden, which you can see here and which is a place with many restaurants and cafes.

Hope you like this view. I was glad I found a new glass facade with an interesting reflection again. :-)

UlfE, bakes888, jonathan_hart, carper, emjleclercq, jhm, pablominto, riclopes, paura, siolaw, papagolf21, danos, bertolucci, alvaraalto, Tort, AiresSantos, leonorkuhn, atus, John_F_Kennedy, elmec, Didi, Emile, Jeppe, Merline, stego has marked this note useful

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verswe (4469) 2007-11-23 14:04

I like these kind of pictures, a combination of lines and colours.
Good note.
greetings

jonathan_hart (22627) 2007-11-23 14:43

hello Lars
nice reflection with the repetitive patterns of the building in BG and the colored houses of the restaurants,
i've just watch one of my photos which is the reflection from the opposite POV, and i see the bridge from where you took this one ;)
the result is fine, well done
regards
jo

xavshot (63137) 2007-11-23 14:57

Bonsoir Lars
excellents reflets et joli graphisme de l'ensemble. Une photo qui fait perdre nos repères. Beau travail.
Xavier

danyy (69499) 2007-11-23 15:05

Bonjour Lars,
photo riche en graphisme, les réflaectiopn se mêlent intimement à la réalité, le moderne au plus ancien.
Bien vu.
Bst regards.
Daniel.

emjleclercq (14524) 2007-11-24 0:21

Very nice reflections thanks to the contrat between the modern architecture of the wall walled building and the traditional one of the houses reflected.

All the best,

Emmanuel

carper (65742) 2007-11-24 0:25

zeer fraai Lars,
die reflection is wel heel apart, zeer fraaie foto, goed lijnen werk en mooie details, fraai fotowerk. prettige dag verder.
groet Jaap

jhm (83378) 2007-11-24 1:31

Dag Lars,

Ik heb het reeds diverse malen geprobeert om weerspiegelingen uit glas gevels te halen, maar ik heb nooit dergelijk mooi effect behaald.
Het is echt fantastisch Lars wat u hier ten beste geeft, mooi gedaan.
Bedankt!

Groeten uit Vlaanderen,
John.

pablominto (41398) 2007-11-24 1:41

Hello Lars,
I wonder what makes me believe you're specializing in reflections..! Hehehehe, this is well done as always...
This time the wall of windows gives a fairly true to reality image; great colours and an awesome amount of details!
Greetings,
Pablo -

riclopes (33135) 2007-11-24 1:56

Olá Lars, excellent adition to your theme. Great POV and mix of old and new architecture. That's the good thing with façades made of glass - they can give us new shapes and reflected images constantly. The composition is very good, giving us context of reality at right. Love the detail of the tree spying you... ;-)
Have a nice weekend,
ricardo

paura (39376) 2007-11-24 2:05

Lars,
A well composed shot, full of interesting elements. The buildings reflections are a very beautiful detail.

Abraços

Paulo

siolaw (25834) 2007-11-24 2:14

Hi Lars,
Funny how these old houses reflect and fit perfectly in the modern glass building... Good angle, sharp details and fine exposure.
Cheers
Laurent

papagolf21 (56765) 2007-11-24 2:35

Bonjour, mon ami Lars,
Savoir utiliser l'habitat urbain pour jouer avec les reflets est une excellente chose.
Miroir du temps qui passe ! Très bonne photographie et pleine d'originalité.
Amitiés.
Philippe

danos (33330) 2007-11-24 3:37

Hello Lars,
nice the reflections of the opposite and colourful buildings on the facade of this sun lounge of Åboulevarden.The combination of the old buildings with the new in the background make the composition more interesting.Informative your note too.Well done Lars.

Have a nice weekend,Danos

bertolucci (12014) 2007-11-24 6:15

Hej Larz, wat een heerlijke en meervoudige reflecties hier aangevuld met andere levendige stedelijkheid! De hoek is zeer goed gekozen en het is fraai hoe ook in de reflectie zelf de sterke oud-nieuw contrast terugkomt. Heel sterk werk weer!
Fijn weekend,
Bert

dip (12852) 2007-11-24 8:52

Hi Lars,
beautiful reflections on the glass facade,
good POV and clarity,
well done,
Dimitris.

alvaraalto (5303) 2007-11-24 9:27

Hallo Lars,

Het lijkt wel of de huizen zijn omhuld door een glazen vliesgevel.
Daardoor zit er een mooi dubbel effect in deze foto.

groet Rob

Tort (2266) 2007-11-24 11:01

Hi Lars,
Excellent picture with incredible reflection. Wonderful colors and lighting.
Best regards
Juan Tort

Graal (58786) 2007-11-25 0:09

Hi Lars,
unusual modern architecture, fine composition with the reflections in glass windows. Good idea and realization. Interesting informations. Well done photo.
Gr., Aleksander

AiresSantos (42964) 2007-11-25 0:47

Hi Lars
Very nice reflections and lines in this beautiful composition.
Very good POV, details and colours
Thanks and have a nice week
Aires

leonorkuhn (14071) 2007-11-25 8:52

Hej Lars,

Wow! You surpass yourself, my friend. Very good composition, perfect point of view, fitting perfectly the reflections of the old houses into a floor.
Good job!

Have a nice week
Leonor

atus (15476) 2007-11-25 14:53

Hej Lars,
you had good eyes to see this perfect reflections of the nice houses. The diagonal perspectice works very well and the clarity of the picture is excellent. Well done! Tfs and best wishes.
Attila

Stepan (27175) 2007-11-25 22:57

An excellent visual effect : old buildings in a modern glass wall. Ans the tree at the end of the perspective produces unexpected colors and shapes.
Very well seen.
Stéphane

John_F_Kennedy (32032) 2007-11-25 23:53

Lovely shot full of colour and good light on the reflections. Well detailed and its a very special composition.
Best wishes,
Achim

elmec (12194) 2007-11-26 5:47

Hello Lars!
Amazing scene catch in the middle of city with their fool of colours and noisy heart!
Very good done!
Best regards!

markstaples (15670) 2007-11-26 10:23

Hej Lars
The graphical qualities of this shot are second to none and the reflections are well seen. Nice work.
Best wishes
Mark

Leonie (8647) 2007-11-26 11:15

Hello Lars!
I prefer the reflection to the actual building in the picture. :) BUt the composition is cool and original! Nice colours as well!
Cheers, Léonie

jaywalker (12308) 2007-11-26 14:47

Hi Lars, A great eye you have, most people walking past this place would not see these wonderful reflections, however you did & have photographed them very well, I like the even level of your POV, the light is very good & it’s superbly composed, kind regards Wilson.

Aviller (3108) 2007-11-27 9:07

Very interesting reflections. I've seen this done a couple of times now and feel that the pic might perhaps look a bit better of you only saw the facade+reflections, with everything else (railing, bridge, building on the right) cut off. Don't know, maybe that's just me. Still a nice capture.

UlfE (9188) 2007-11-27 11:44

Hi Lars,

Amazing relections. With such a lot of glass and dull weather it not easy to see if it is relections or something inside the glass. Excellent composition and a lot of exiting lines. A really fine job!

Cheers,

Ulf

Budapestman (42876) 2007-11-27 15:35

Hi Lars,
Great architecture image and the composition is refined and very spectacular. Details are splendid, creative and exciting shot, Very well done! Have a nice day
George

Didi (36516) 2007-11-28 10:38

Hi Lars
Very interesting play with mirrorswho makes a good graphism in your subject.
Well done.
Cheers.

bakes888 (18353) 2007-11-29 23:42

Hi Lars. Nice capture. Well seen and well captured. Good colour and sharpness. Nice work and thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

batalay (21213) 2007-12-03 17:54

Hello Lars,

You present extra dimensions in the exquisite composition. The reflection, refraction and transparency of the plate glass is beautifully employed; the colors and resolution are first rate. As usual your note is highly informative.

Warm regards from Virginia,

Bulent

Emile (20151) 2007-12-08 20:33

Hola Lars.
Superb reflection of the old colorful houses on the glass facade, very interesting composition with the old and the new in the same building. Excellent POV, great colors and sharpness. Very well captured.
Well done. TFS.
Best regards.

jafadabret (40369) 2007-12-18 7:55

Lars, c'est une photo qui demande réflexion sur toutes ces réflexions et laisse perplexe. J'aime me perdre dans une photo comme celle-ci faite d'une multitude d'images et de constructions. L'opposition entre deux âges d'architecture est remarquablement construite.
Jacques

Jeppe (18623) 2008-01-06 11:52

Hej Lars

Også et Godt nytår til dig - Et fint stemningsbillede fra "flod"-bredden - Nu er det naturligt at have åen løbenden igennem byen men fra 1920erne og frem til 1980erne var den faktisk overdækket til ære for trafikken og så kunne man heller ikke se forureningen der blev ledt ud.
De tider er heldigvis forbi
Venlig hilsen
Jeppe

Merline (6578) 2008-01-09 16:12

Hi Lars,
I am a lover of reflections, urban or in nature and this is very good indeed. The oblique composition makes the image nicely graphic, a mix repetitive lines in very good colors. The mix of old and new is interesting, and I like the inclusion of a bit of bridge and a few people for a lively feeling.

TFS
Regards
Michèle

stego (22482) 2008-01-14 12:21

Hi Lars,
Very interesting 'study' on the reflections and glass patterns. It's funny to see the 'old' face of the street reflect on the brand new buildings. One imagines something like 'the memory of architecture or of the street'. It's also pleasing to see the persons and the half of the tree, the only thing 'natural' beyond the humans.
Regards, José.

Photo Information

Copyright: Lars Zwemmer (Tue) (25608)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-10-17
Categories: Daily Life, Architecture
Camera: Canon Powershot A75
Exposure: f/4.8, 1/40 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Map: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): My Reflection Photos, Architecture, streets, monuments, etc. [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-11-23 13:57
Favorites: 1 [view]