The transaction Photo

Photographer’s Note

The transaction

City: Berlin – Quarter: Mitte – Location: Brandenburger Tor.

This year the Berlin wall was breached 20 years ago. And the city underwent an enormous transformation after that, both physically and socially. So no more heavily armed border guards, but only young entrepreneurs posing as such, likes this guy selling DDR stamped visa for 1 Euro a piece. He was doing brisk business and had its own place in the Brandenburger Tor tourist pandemonium ;-)

Have a great start of the week!

I post this from Berlin, using my sub-notebook which its uncalibrated screen and only a trail version of PSE installed, so I hope it looks okay. I will be slow commenting, but will catch up with y’all later. Oh, yes I used a new tool: the Panasonic G1 – both in term of handling and picture Q a real delight.
Tech: I altered the saturation, contrast, curves and levels, USM-ed, added a frame and resized, enhanced the edges

exif data
Camera Manufacturer : Panasonic
Camera Model : Lumix G1
Exposure time [s] : 1/60
F-Number : 10.0
Exposure program : Aperture priority (3)
ISO speed ratings : 400
Date taken : 2009:03:07 11:07:01
Exposure bias value : -33/100
Metering mode : Multi-segment (5)
Light source : Other (11)
Flash : No flash
Focal length [mm] : 62 mm (35 mm equivalent)

Tue, syd1946, lucasgalodoido, jhm, danos, UlfE, Floydian has marked this note useful

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Jeppo (12072) 2009-03-08 13:30

this is also berlin!
I experienced something similar some 12 years ago...when I bought a soviet military hat!

berlin still bears the scars of its past...although this city underwent a great and deep surface change!

well done
silvio

MiguelP (14336) 2009-03-08 13:51

Hi Bert, is the woman with the camera what gives sense to the photo in my opinion, the all thing has become a touristic attraction, for good I should say... Good eye!

Miguel

wolf38 (13069) 2009-03-08 23:50

Hello Bert. Your photo gallerie shows an interesting personal handwriting. Also the today's photo is worth seeing. Above all also the skillful composition is outstanding. A Workshop with several perspectives would have been very instructive. Altogether a good shot. Best regards, Wolfgang.

Tue (25608) 2009-03-09 8:50

Hey Bert,
Mooie impressie van Berlijn! Goede timing precies ten tijde van de transactie. De tilt vind ik ook erg goed en zo te zien was je niet de enige fotograaf hier! :-)
Groeten,
Lars

syd1946 (17965) 2009-03-09 11:04

Hello Bert,
Beautiful captured my file mou and so nice diagonal frame to give another dimension to the transaction.I enjoy it very much together with the note about the past years in DDR.

Many wishes,
Thomas

lucasgalodoido (16789) 2009-03-09 14:38

Hi Bert,
interesting shot, and I´d like of this angle and presence of photographer in your composition. Good quality too. Great shot, my friend.
Regards,
Lucas

jhm (83276) 2009-03-11 4:41

Hoi Bert,

Ik ben pas thuis uit het ziekenhuis na een ongeval met mijn fiets, maar we zijn thuis.
U was even in Berlijn, voor u is dit maar een droom en u bent weg, bij mij is dit niet het geval.
Maar u toont opnieuw een interessante foto, dit houd ons goed bezig.
Bedankt.

Groeten uit een 1/8 bewolkt Vlaanderen en 11.7 ° C.
John.

brevbrev14 (372) 2009-03-12 2:49

Hi Bert, oh you have been in Berlin!
i would like to go there soon, but i have read in some forum that there are a lot of wasps and bugs and i have really a phobia for this type of animals...Is this a problem of summer season? do you know something about that?....
The image is veru good and the moment well captured
have a great start of the week! :)))))
ciao
Valeria

danos (33192) 2009-03-12 6:12

Hello Bert,
clever the guy that sell the DDR stamped visa for 1 Euro! If i were there i'd like to pay one Euro to take the Visa.Nice your snapshot that looks like as a reportage shot.Well done.

Have a nice afternoon,Danos

UlfE (9158) 2009-03-12 11:29

Hi Bert,

Excellent shot. About the only thing that reveals that this is not a picture taken before the wall fell is the 5 EUR note. Having travels though DDR I still have all these crazy stamps and controlling in fresh memory. TFS and have a fine week!

Cheers,

Ulf

Floydian (30970) 2009-03-31 15:58

Hallo Bert,

Ik was daar twee jaar na de val van de muur en de Russen verkochten daar hun hele huishouding van het leger. Schijnt dat men er nog steeds staat ;-)
Timing en extrme tilt maken dit een boeiend onderwerp. Zit heerlijk in de verf en die zogenaamde sub-notebook doet het uitstekend...

Groet,

Henk

Photo Information

Copyright: Bert Hoetmer (bertolucci) (11994)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-03-07
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: Panasonic Lumix G1, Lumix G Vario f/3, 5-5,6 / 14-45 OIS, SanDisk SDhc U2 8GB, Hoya HD Protector 52 mm
Exposure: f/10.0, 1/60 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-03-08 11:58