St Pauls Passau Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is St. Paul's Church towering of the building along the Danube River in Passau Germany. Passau is a town in Lower Bavaria, Germany, known also as the Dreiflüssestadt (City of Three Rivers), because the Danube is joined there by the Inn from the South, and the Ilz coming out of the Bavarian Forest to the North.
Passau was an ancient Roman colony of ancient Noricum called Batavis, Latin for "for the Batavi". The Batavi were an ancient Germanic tribe mentioned often by classical authors, and they were regularly associated with the Suebian marauders, the Heruli.
During the Renaissance and early modern period, Passau was one of the most prolific centres of sword and bladed weapon manufacture in Germany. Passau smiths stamped their blades with the Passau wolf, usually a rather simplified rendering of the wolf on the city's coat-of-arms. Superstitious warriors believed that the Passau wolf conferred invulnerability on the blade's bearer, and thus Passau swords acquired a great premium.

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carper (64746) 2008-10-03 9:59

a very nice place you have here for us Asa,
the light on the church is nice, good trekearth job and good note with it, have a nice day.
regard jaap

jemaflor (39305) 2008-10-03 10:02

Hi Asa,
Nice church with a nice colours wuth this light, strong and interesting contrast with this dark wall in the bottom of your shot.

gracious (20017) 2008-10-03 10:50

Hello Asa,
Nice image with a good displayed of light and shadows over it! and good use of the angle of the sunlight to achieve the best sharpness, good colour and details! I especially loved the whole colour contrast against the beautiful sky!
have a wonderful weekend
greeting
Tony

Buin (37572) 2008-10-03 11:34

Hallo Asa!
It's a pity that the lower part of this picture is a bit dark. Nevertheless I like how the church towers the houses here, it nearly grows out of them. Seeing the architectue of this parish church one can see why Passau also is called the "most Italian" city of Germany. A picture without the colour yellow ... ;-)
Greetings from autumnal cool and wet Germany!
Frank

UnTrained (0) 2008-10-03 11:53

Hi Asa,
a bit dark in the foreground but not by the light, more the architecture of the wall and the church is very well placed in good contrast. Clear and sharp, the trees at the sides are good for framing.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

jurek1951 (25952) 2008-10-03 12:09

Hallo Asa,
Nice lightness, very nice delicate colors. Good POV. Wonderful architecture. Original shot.
Georg

romalek (2505) 2008-10-03 12:25

Hi
A nice staff, beautiful light and colors, very good sharpness.
regards
Roman

papagolf21 (56305) 2008-10-03 14:36

Bonsoir, cher Asa,
Il n'est pas toujours facile de trouver l'angle idéal pour mettre en valeur un édifice, mais le choix ici se révèle excellent.
J'aime beaucoup la composition avec l'église qui domine l'ensemble des maisons, semble assurer une protection de l'ensemble.
Très belles couleurs.
Amitiés.
Philippe

Clementi (43943) 2008-10-03 14:37

Ciao Asa,
una bellissima chiesa che sembra prigioniera dei palazzi. molto bello il campanile che si staglia contro un bellissimo cielo.
ben fatto
Giorgio

Juntas (3217) 2008-10-03 15:08

Hi Asa. Nice and unsual pov, nice natural colors and definition. Well done. Paulo

buscape (3669) 2008-10-03 15:23

Hello Asa,
very nice picture with excellent colors and details.
I especially like your POV here and how the church tops all the other buildings. Well done.
Best wishes
Helmut

jplebrun (16902) 2008-10-03 15:49

Bonsoir Asa
superbe photo de cette église photographier par le bas de la côte, belle luminosité et très bon cadrage.
Amitiés
Jean-Pierre

tedesse (13154) 2008-10-03 16:41

Hello!
Good POV,wonderful architecture,beautiful light and colors, very good sharpness.
Have a nice weekend
Tadeusz

danos (32364) 2008-10-03 23:28

Hello Asa,
nice presentation of the St. Paul's Church,with the bell tower to contrast perfect in the blue sky.I like the vivid colors and the light that falls on it.Informative your note,as the sharpness and the clarity of the scene.Well done.

Have a nice weekend,Danos

vbbreizh (2622) 2008-10-04 0:50

Hi Asa,
A good POV for this nice church. I like your managment of light and appreciate the beautiful colors.
Well done !
Regards, Gilles

Jean-Luc (5488) 2008-10-04 3:04

Bonjour Asa,
Une belle composition avec un cadrage vertical tout à fait réussie, celui-ci met en lumière cette intéressante architecture du clocher de l'Eglise St Paul!
Amicalement
Jean-Luc

jlbrthnn (37817) 2008-10-04 3:30

Hello Asa,
I like much the effect dominating of the church and the orientations of the frontages. Clearness and colors are very good quality. Excellent photograph.
Have a nice day and a good week-end
Cordially
Joël

stego (22352) 2008-10-04 7:54

Hi Asa,
That charming pink tower really stands out here. You chose the POV and framing very well. I guess that the dark FG can be seen as a minor flaw or a clever way of focusing more the attention of the viewer on the ed house and the church.
Regards, José.

mpb001 (4600) 2008-10-04 7:58

Hi Asa,
Wonderful exposure with supurb light. I like the details displayed on the church and the rich colors are rendered perfectly.
Regards, Mike

saxo042 (15592) 2008-10-04 8:05

Hi Asa,
An interesting POV, the church seems to grow up from the darker lower part of the picture, up to the sunshine! Very good colours and also an interesting note!
Greetings from Gothenburg
Gunnar

Nicou (44719) 2008-10-04 12:18

Hello,

prise de bas en haut, mangigique ce cloher de cette belle églsi,e j'aime beaucoup les couleurs rouge es blanche, mangigique cadrage avec le mure les maisons, superbe.

Bravo et amitié

Nicou

gunbud (27819) 2008-10-04 19:55

Hi Asa,
This lovely pink and white church tower is seen in all its intricate glory as it stands out prominently against the beautiful blue sky and wispy clouds.
Love how it peeks out above the red and white city homes.
Wounderful clear colors and excellent sharpness to go along with a very informative historical note about the city of three rivers.
Regards, Tom

npecanhuk (13809) 2008-10-05 2:33

Hello Asa!
In the thumbnail, without seeing the exact location, I thought it was Italy! When I opened it up, I saw where it was, but I still think it looks like Italy, but it's Germany! Oh, well! Mistakes! However, you did not do a mistake, you shot perfectly and the result is a fine image of this precious german place!
TFS - Congratulations!
Warmest regards,
Neyvan

dumbo (4358) 2008-10-05 3:29

Hi Asa,
I like that beautiful church against the strange looking sky. The colors and this composition are really good.
Have a great day.

Regards,
Eino

tabora (13638) 2008-10-05 14:03

Hello Asa,
Joli endroit,avec beaucoups de tons bien contrastés,la lumière est excellente,accompagnée d'une bonne note explcicative.
A+ Joseph

Cretense (55946) 2008-10-06 12:13

Hi Asa!

Fantastic architecture photo, great compo of interesting buildings, fantastic lines and shapes and brilliant colours! Excellent framing and composition! Congratulations!

Hercules

Muse (30941) 2008-10-07 3:47

Hello Asa,
Une jolie architecture et de belles couleurs.
Le format convient très bien.
Best regards
Denise

lrw1966 (1630) 2008-10-07 10:40

Asa Hi;
Marvelous architecture with excellent PoV and wonderful natural framing.
Wonderful educational note, as well
Congratulations, very nicely composed and presented
Larry
USa-tfs

hay_kes (28562) 2008-10-07 12:51

Hi Asa,
What a great architecture vith excellent POV, colours and perspective.TFS.
Regards,

hAyAti

gilou530 (35156) 2008-10-07 14:03

salut asa
un image simple mais bien réalisé avec beaucoup de naturel dans les couleurs et le cadrage, bien vu
amitiés
gilbert

Bluejeans (32173) 2008-10-08 11:14

Ola Asa ,
Bonito ponto de visão sobre esta igreja que se encontra bem alta o céu ficou grandioso com aquelas nuvens brancas, a igreja faz um belo contraste com o azul , bom uso da foto na vertical , parabéns!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

Graal (57821) 2008-10-09 23:37

Hi Asa,
pity that church is in BG. Nice vertical format and composition. I like the colours also. Good presentation from Passau.
Gr., Aleksander

jhm (82421) 2008-10-10 2:57

Hello Asa,

The St.Paul's church tower high above the village is exactly as the tower supervision hold about the village .
A well balanced composition and beautiful natural area.
TFS.

Best regards,
John.

denisn72 (6979) 2008-10-11 5:28

Hi Asa
I like the architecture of this church. Its colours are unusual too. The church is correctly placed in the picture respecting the rule of thirds. Very good contrasts and colors. well done!
Best regards
Denis!

pablominto (40578) 2008-10-13 4:29

Hello Asa,

This is a well composed view to the church, as it sits on top
of the hill overlooking the city!
The fine light makes the colours and architectural details
stand out with an almost 3-D feeling...

Greetings,
Pablo -

AiresSantos (42010) 2008-10-15 0:41

Hi Asa
St. Paul's Church has a very beautiful architecture.
Interesting POV and details. Very good note and fine colours
TFS and greetings
Aires

mafegan (4159) 2009-10-13 2:28

Hello Asa
The jet trails and the green leaved branches provide a nice frame for this street scene. The composition works well. Tfs, Marlene