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Photographer’s Note

Slotsholmen

Yesterday the weather was more like Spring, so I had a good opportunity to take some new pictures in the centre of Copenhagen.
On this picture you can see the little island of Slotsholmen in the heart of the city, the island I already mentioned some times before. I took this picture from the bridge over Slotsholmskanalen, called Christian IV's Bro.

The most important building on the island is Christiansborg Slot, here in the middle of the picture, the building of among other things, Folketinget (the Parliament), Statsministeriet (Prime Minister's Office) and Højesteretten (the Supreme Court).
Christiansborg Slot is located on the place where the founder of Copenhagen, bishop Absalon of Roskilde, built the castle 'Absalons borg ved havn' in 1167.
The present castle was designed by Thorvald Jørgensen and completed 1928.

The building on the left hand side is Børsen (the Stock Exchange). It is built between 1620 and 1640 by King Christian IV as a market place. It is one of the oldest buildings in the city. It was designed by the Dutch architects Lorents and Hans van Steenwinckel in Dutch Renaissance-style, the same architects and style as Frederiksborg Slot in Hillerød.
The building is best known for its tower, Dragespiret (the Dragon Steeple), representing four dragon tails intertwining. Nowadays the building is the office of the Danish Chamber of Commerce.

The church on the right hand side is Holmens Kirke, which isn't located on Slotsholmen. The building was orignally an anchor smithy (built in 1563), but King Christian IV transformed it into the Church (1619) for the Danish Navy, what it still is.
It is also the church where Queen Margrethe II (when still Crown Princess) was maried to the French Count Henri de Montpezat (Prince Henrik) in 1967.

The cupola between Holmens Kirke and Christiansborg is part of Christiansborg Slotskirke.

This is also my 250th picture on TE.
I hope you like this photo!

edal, shal, glyn, Seiei, Tayon, capthaddock, papagolf21, alvaraalto, jjbach, atus, danyy, weswang, singuanti, jafadabret, riclopes, pastadog, feather, markstaples, john_c, cessy, Fixfocus, ChristianS, Didi, cjmm, MarekP, emjleclercq has marked this note useful

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edal (6601) 2006-03-25 14:40

Crisp colors and focus, vibrant atmosphere and a very good explanation.
Thank you, Lars!
Anton

shal (934) 2006-03-25 14:42

Hey Lars,
excellent exposure :) and great compo.
you have a neat POV here aswell, lovely colours and reflections off the water.
Great post,
Cheers TFS,
Vishal Sabharwal

rosaline (0) 2006-03-25 14:51

Hi Lars
Good perspective, exposure and composition. The weather seems much better than in London, and the picture brings this out well. I love the blue sky and reflection in the water. Good work and framing. Well done.
Aubrey

Seiei (424) 2006-03-25 14:55

very nice comment for a nice picture ^^

well done

Tayon (1840) 2006-03-25 15:24

Hi Lars
what a photo !
Good DOF, POV and sharpness, I liked the awesome colours you got here. Good composition too and great text.
well doen,
Tayon

capthaddock (28640) 2006-03-25 15:57

Hi Lars - the 3 different spires look fantastic, I also like the sideway angle of the sun, and congratulations on your 250th.

eleana (58) 2006-03-25 16:31

Hello Lars,
nice view and composition, well seen reflections, very good work!
TFS and best wishes,
Elena

alvaraalto (5303) 2006-03-25 17:10

Hallo Lars,
Mooie monumentale 250e foto. Echt weer Koperhagen op zijn best. Mooi ook dat nieuwe koperen dak op het gebouw van de 2e kamer.
groet Rob

jjbach (9111) 2006-03-25 17:30

Hi Lars,
Very nice and crisp composition with good clarity and beautiful colours. The perspective is great as well as the point of view. Very well done!

Regards John

danyy (69499) 2006-03-25 18:08

Bonjour Lars,
les teintes vertes, ont ici la faculté de bien se mélanger aux bleus.
Une photo qui montre la vie dans cette ville mais qui est gatée par la présence de ces voitures, trop visibles.

Excellentes lumières, tout est net et bien éclairé, pas de surexposition.
BIen à toi.
Daniel.

weswang (18223) 2006-03-25 19:38

Hi Lars, I like your PoV to have the three different towers well lined up along the perspective view of the canal bank. Good use of light to show the cheerful sunny days in the city. Good capture of the reflections and the contrast. A well taken picture.

singuanti (15240) 2006-03-25 22:18

Hey Lars. Well at least one of us gets to enjoy the warmer temps. The good light and sky helped you to some great clarity. I bet this POV would be nice at night. Congrats on #250! I'm slowing inching my way to #200. tfs Las.

jafadabret (40369) 2006-03-26 2:07

Bravo pour ta 250ème, Lars !
Elle témoigne d'un grande maîtrise de la composition. J'aime cette perspective donnée par l'eau et qui nous conduit à ces monuments d'une beauté architecturale rare. La lumière et les couleurs sont au top.
Jacques

riclopes (33135) 2006-03-26 3:06

Hej Lars,
Congratulations for your 250th post.
Good POV from the bridge, where we can some interesting buldings and their towers. I like specially the Stock exchange with its marvellous spire of the four dragons and the repetition of the roof volumes along the façade. Excellent note and quality of the image, as usual.
Hilsner,
Ricardo

atus (15476) 2006-03-26 3:29

Hi Lars,
really compliments for Your 250th photo on TE. It's a very nicely composed clear shot,as usual.The perspective is very good and the details are well visible. I like a lot The Stock Exchange's tower representing the dragon tails. Compliments and have a nice Sunday.
Attila

papagolf21 (56765) 2006-03-26 3:29

Bonsoir Lars,
Félicitations pour votre 250ème publication ! Vous êtes sur la bonne voie pour devenir un membre imminent sur Trekearth !
Grâce à vous, nous découvrons Copenhague avec ses immeubles, ses édifices, ses architectures diverses.
La composition est excellente !
J'aime beaucoup.
Amitiés.
Philippe

pastadog (12821) 2006-03-26 3:35

Hi Lars, welcome to spring. The shot is enchanted, with the spires, waters, reflections. Nice repetitions on left and excellent sharpness overall. Cheers :) Daniel

Stepan (27175) 2006-03-26 4:46

You like that place, don't you ?
The channel drives us to the castle : the perspective works well. The light is OK too. Classical but good compo.
Hilsner,
Stéphane

feather (50168) 2006-03-26 4:58

A quarter of a millennium! Congratulations for reaching another milestone.
Well composed using the perspective as lead-in. I love the rippled refections which add depth and texture to the image.
Kath

rbcy1974 (20746) 2006-03-26 5:47

Hello Lars
Very nice diagonal lines cutting thorugh the photo, I like the reflection in the water and the nice crispy clear sky,
well done
regards
Daniel

markstaples (15670) 2006-03-26 8:17

Hi Lars!
A great shot with great perspective. I love the colour of the water. The green reflections in the ripples and the blue make it look very attractive. As usual the image is of a very high quality with excellent sharpness allowing us to see much detail. Nice work and thanks for sharing.
Best wishes
Mark

john_c (24635) 2006-03-26 10:28

Hi Lars,
A superb shot of this beautiful part of the city. Your POV is great and I like the crisp clarity of the buildings. The colour balance and variety seems perfect and there are definite signs of spring. Well captured, Lars.
John

cessy (13647) 2006-03-26 11:34

wonderful city, looks neat and nicely captured
the colors, composition, all are very good
seems you had wonderful day
and congrats for the 250 wonderful pictures :)

Fixfocus (9377) 2006-03-26 12:32

Hoi Lars,
Looks like you had some good weather in the last days!
Good perspective with the view over the water to the slot,again an excellent illustration to your interesting note.
Prettige zondagavond,
Hermann

xavshot (63137) 2006-03-26 13:27

Très belle profondeur et très belle netteté sur cette photo. Une agréable lumière qui met en valeur ces très belles teintes. J'aime beaucoup l'architecture du toit de gauche.
Bravo
Xavier

sixTL (8586) 2006-03-27 3:18

Hello Lars, i like the picture. Very interesting architecture.

Regards Artur

jhm (83378) 2006-03-27 6:31

Beste Lars,
Gefeliciteerd met uw kaap van 10.000 punten en dit met 250 foto's, dus 40 gemiddeld absoluut niet slecht.
Mooi perspectief hier, goede diepte zachte kleuren, maar de kopere groene daken geven iets speciaals aan uw foto, het is een mooi stads beeld maar toch met veel open ruimte.
Goed gedaan Lars,
Groeten,
John.

ChristianS (2997) 2006-03-27 9:35

Hej Lars,
Nice composition and perspective overlooking the canal and the beautiful buildings in this part of Copenhagen. I passed by many times the building to the left and every time I payed notice to its impressive spire, but I didn't knew that it was the seat of the Stock Exchange. I like how the spires crown the skyline of this part of the city. Well done and thanks for the informative note!

Mvh, Christian

MvS (4163) 2006-03-27 16:16

Hallöjsa Lars,
Fina färger och bra skärpa på dagens bild.
//Magnus

Didi (36516) 2006-03-29 12:34

Bonjour Lars
J'apprécie encore cet avant-plan dégagé sans élément perturbateur qui guide mon regard vers cette belle architecture.
Le cadrage est très appréciable pour cette 250ème.

jbweasle (9294) 2006-03-29 12:57

Hi Lars, this is a nice architectural shot with the river leading the eye nicely to the subject. The river banks define the shape of the image well. I like the lighting especially on the green roofs.

cjmm (4019) 2006-03-31 10:24

Hej Lars!

You managed a great exposure, with very good light, contrast and natural colors. The idea of perspective is also very good.

But I specially enjoy the 'natural feeling' that I get from your pic Lars, it is almost as if I was standing there.

Saludos, hilsner,
Carlos

MarekP (4744) 2006-04-20 15:12

Hi Lars,
Congratulations to your 250th photo. It's a beautiful one, with good colours and perfect composition.

Thanks,
Marek

MIG13 (0) 2006-04-23 21:34

Hi, Lars! What a nice pic! Colours and composition are great! Congratulations! Miguel.

carper (65742) 2006-04-29 14:43

Even je gallerij bekeken Lars en er zitten hele mooie bij zoals deze zeer goed genomen foto, prachtig perspectief, goede compositie en uitstekende kwaliteit, proficiat Lars.
gr. jaap

Hanssie (9133) 2006-05-03 7:48

Again, the light, it must be Copenhagen:-))
Very nice view on th city with the water as a triangle in the foreground, Lars !

emjleclercq (14524) 2007-01-02 19:16

I hasd missed that one, which I had not seen. The three towers are really nice, especially the one on the left. A good framing and always the combination of water and nice colors of the North, when the weather is good. Very good sharpness.