Who's laughing at who ! Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is the 7th picture in a series from my recent tour of France's Alsace region, and on the wine trail route to which this series will attempt to give a focus to.

Caught this image at the castle of Koingsburg , I am unsure of what this is or why it was built into the castle wall .
I think it was possibly a gutter spout . I could not keep my eyes off him as he seemed to follow me around .

The castle was rebuilt in the early part of the 20th century circa after more than two centuries of semi-neglect. In 1865 , together with the adjacent forest, it became the property of the town of Sélestat, which in 1899 presented the remarkably well-preserved ruins to the German Emperor William, who entrusted the restoration to architect Bodo Ebhart; this took from 1900 to 1908
Under the Treaty of Versailles 1919, France acquired ownership of this property from the German crown,

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femkevdh (2633) 2003-10-17 18:29

Thanks for the history lesson! ;-)
Very funny and interesting subject. Love the structure of the wall and the subtile colors!

bodinux (359) 2003-10-17 21:52

A very interesting picture with a great note. Thanks for sharing.
This said even in the thumbnail I had the feeling that the picture is tilted. Seeing the full scale image, I'm sure rotation would improve the picture (verticals are not vertical, and the top left stone is not horizontal). The carved stone being not rectangular is already puzzling (so another reason to correct the tilting).
Even if the picture could benefit from improvement, I am happy to give you big smiley for the note. :)

papagolf21 (56733) 2003-10-18 5:08

Qu'il existe une légère inclinaison de la photo, ce n'est pas bien grave. La photo est amusante et particulièrement intéressante en matière d'architecture. Que la tête de lion fasse office de gargouille serait surprenante, la gueule n'est pas suffisamment éloignée du mur. Et les yeux ne devaient pas rejeter l'eau, enfin je le suppose (était-ce un point d'observation ?).
That there is a light slope of the photograph, it is not quite serious. The photograph is amusing and particularly interesting as regards architecture. That the head of lion acts as waste-gas main would be surprising, the mouth is not sufficiently far away from the wall. And the eyes was not to reject water, finally I suppose it (this was a point of observation?).

dovi (1068) 2003-10-18 6:26

Very nice object and overall composition!

Didi (36434) 2003-10-18 6:49

Très bonne composition agrémentée d'une aussi bonne description. Cependant, j'aurais équillibré la "balance des blancs" avant de prendre la photo ; j'ai effectué un WS avec des tons plus chauds qui à mon avis se marient bien avec le sujet.

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dominique (11403) 2003-10-18 17:58

What I like it is the framing which also emphasizes the wall with stones of any form and any color, it is well seen

touristdidi (8561) 2004-01-04 6:06

nice indeed...... I love these kinds of sculptures!