Magnolias with Castle Photo

Photographer’s Note

As you can see spring gathered momentum here in Germany. My photo shows magnolias in front of the electors castle in Bonn - since 1818 the main building of Bonn University.
It was built for the Cologne Elector and archbishop Clemens August of Bavaria in it's present form about the year 1700 according to the plans of the Italian architect Enrico Zuccali. Because this wasn't enough, the elector in addition had a great summer residence , 30 km away near the small town Brühl and some other smaller castles.
The electors and archbishops of Cologne since the Middle Ages weren't allowed to spend the night in Cologne because of differences with the Cologne citizenship. These even culminated in a battle in1288. So the holding of court mainly took place in Bonn and in its surroundings.

In 1777 the castle in Bonn was totally destroyed by fire and after this partly rebuilt. In 1926 it was originally rebuilt but once again destroyed during the World War II in 1944 and than rebuilt in 1951. It is situated in the middle of the city. In front of it there's a wonderful park, the "Hofgarten". You can see this in the map view left hand.

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bema (8615) 2009-04-14 23:10

Guten Morgen Frank,

da kommt ja die Osterkarte.. ;-)) (auf diesem Weg auch nochmals herzlichen Dank..), eine sehr schöne Kombination aus Natur und Architektur, toller Blickwinkel und sehr ausgewogene Farben..

wünsche Dir einen schönen Tag, Gruß Bernd

besnard (30446) 2009-04-14 23:11

Bonjour Frank
Une superbe composition de ce bâtiment à l'architecture intéressante et colorée. Bonne idée d'avoir inclus l'arbre en fleur qui est un + et est du plus bel effet.
Merci pour cette jolie photo et bonne journée.
Nicole

edouard_lauer (1063) 2009-04-14 23:14

Hallo Frank,

eine sehr gute Idee die Magnolien mit ins Bild zu nehmen da sie die Farben der Burg noch mehr hervorheben und ausserdem ein Stich Natur hinzubringen. Sehr gutes framing und toller Kontrast.

Grüsse aus dem sonnigen Luxemburg,
Edi

atif_ge (658) 2009-04-14 23:20

Superb composition. Nice idea to bring these flowers in the foreground. Thanks for sharing, Atif

Hellas (5109) 2009-04-14 23:32

What a beautiful composition, Frank!
Magnolia, an impressive tree, indeed! What a great embellishment for this image!
I love the saturated colours and the created perspective, too.

Have a nice day,
Athanasios.

gildasjan (23621) 2009-04-14 23:36

Bonjour Frank
Beau mariage de couleurs entre le bouquet de printemps du premier plan et la couleur des murs de ce château.Le bleu dans le ciel équilibre parfaitement l'ensemble de cette belle perspective.
Bonne journée
Amicalement
gildas

jasmis (50044) 2009-04-14 23:59

Happy, sunny, optimitic. Nice composition with flowers.
Smart, suitable note.
Maybe some retouch is needed? I mean the branch on top...
Regards my dear friend.

mesutilgim (36551) 2009-04-15 0:07

Guten morgen Frank,
Neue Version der Deutschland Hymne a la TE : "Farbe, Farbe ueber alles" !
Siehst Du, bischen Farbe und schon innerhalb knapp einer Stunde schon 39 Besucher und 14 Punkte !
Wetten dass, innerhalb 24 Stunden ab jetzt insgesamt mindestens 40 Punkte !
Spass bei Seite, tolle Aufnahme mit dieser wunderbaren Magnolie im vordergrund. Gutes Standpunkt und gute bildliche Geometrie. Ganz schoene frische Farben und wie immer tolle İnfo's.
Danke schoen und alles Gute
mfg
MESUT ILGIM

PS.Gestern die Ergbenisse der ganzkoerperscan erhalten, alles bestens ! Gott sei Lob und Dank.

ktanska (16486) 2009-04-15 0:14

Hi Frank,
Interestin to read that this palace has been rebuilt many times. Very nice spring shot combining beauty of flowers and grand architecture. It's reasonably sharp all over, but I think you could have chosen smaller aperture.
Kari

dta (4786) 2009-04-15 0:46

Bonjour Frank ,
Une superbe bâtisse , bien présentée . La présence du bouquet de magiolia est un plus indéniable . Une jolie lumière sur la façade , aussi .
Bravo

BlueRaven (35) 2009-04-15 1:30

Moin Frank,

Jaaa, da kommt er endlich, der Frühling... Unglaublich, wie die Blüten jetzt regelrecht explodieren!
Tolle Komposition - ich hätte allerdings das Bild oben noch ein klein wenig zugeschnitten, um den einen Ast zu eliminieren, den ich ein bißchen störend finde. Ansonsten aber tolle Farben und ausgezeichnete Schärfe im Vorder- und Hintergrund.

Viele Grüße aus dem sonnigen München
Claudia

P-S-I-G (24482) 2009-04-15 1:38

Salut Frank,
Tu associes très bien dans cette composition le printemps avec l'architecture. Lumière et cadrage très agréables.
Amicalement,
Fabrice

saxo042 (15428) 2009-04-15 1:59

Hi Frank,
This familiar look is very attractive, whenever you see it! Beautiful flowers in combination with this marvellous architecture!
Kind regards
Gunnar

Royaldevon (5888) 2009-04-15 3:09

Hello Frank,

The use of the beautiful magnolia blossoms as a f/g was well conceived; they add a softness to the strong, repeating, angular lines of the building.
You have done well to keep quite a sharp focus on such a deep depth of field.
Excellent sense of perspective achieved by the diverging lines leading towards the focal tower.

Kind regards,
Bev :-)

snunney (34538) 2009-04-15 4:12

Hello Frank,
The magnolias, one of my favourite trees which unfortunately do not stay in bloom very like, make a lovely frame for the beautiful castle. I like the long deep perspective and the well captured detail in architecture and flowers. Beautiful natural tones and superb clarity. I like it a lot.

Muse (30821) 2009-04-15 4:31

Hello Franck,
Une très belle architecture et une superbe compo avec ce magnolia fleuri à l'avant plan qui fait tout son effet.
Très belles couleurs et cadrage parfait.
Une photo très nette et très bien composée.
Excellente fin de journée
Denise

jhm (82155) 2009-04-15 4:48

Hello Frank,

You placed the blossom excellent as frame to the right.
The splendid architecture that offers us this capture, the perspective obtained with your setting, and the magnificent effect created by the light and the shades in this urban scenery, they form a really beautiful composition, with a great technical execution.
Nice work, my friend.

Best regards
John.

amaryllis (17293) 2009-04-15 5:59

Bonjour
il est certain que cet arbre qu'est le magnolia est vraiment superbe et en plus ton cadrage est excellent avec ce chateau en prime avec une couleur des murs qui se marie bien
a bientôt
juliette

berek (28838) 2009-04-15 6:05

Hi Frank,
I feel spring from your beautiful picture. very good point of view. you caught very good perspective with it.
Greetings.
Burak

COSTANTINO (22475) 2009-04-15 6:36

hello Frank,
interesting point of view of the
castle and very nice natural framing with
the magnolias on the right. Magnificent flower and nice springtime photo.
Regards,
Costantino

mvdisco (11440) 2009-04-15 8:02

Bonjour Frank,
Jolie présentation et composition,
Excellent POV./DOF. bien présenté,
jolies couleurs et détails,
Beau château et perpective ...
C'est beau avec ces fleurs en avant-Plant..
Ici le printemps est au rendez-vous aussi..
Bonne journée
Michel +6 celcus sous un soleil radieux...

Didi (35920) 2009-04-15 10:01

Hallo Frank
Merci d'avoir publié cette image
La qualité du cadrage est parfaite et la perspective latérale de l'architecture donne un très bel attrait à cette image.
Chapeau !
Amitiés depuis orléans sous des averses orageuses.

bracasha75 (21900) 2009-04-15 12:35

Halo Frank
Ein zauberhaftes foto dieses schlos mit schone teile dieses fruhling.Ein heerlicher tag wahr das fur foto machen!!!
Gute arbeit
alles gutes ,Bratislav

pauloog (6354) 2009-04-15 13:12

Hello Frank,
A fine romantic view of a classical architecture.
Regards,
Paul

edal (6567) 2009-04-15 13:45

Hallo Frank,
danke noch einmahl fur diese shoneste Magnolia und Schloss Foto.
Here, besides the beauty of colors, it is the dof that makes the difference - the near magnolia and the distant palace - are equaly well focused.
Best wishes,
Anton

Guenther (6805) 2009-04-15 14:10

Hallo Frank,

jetzt gibt's kein Jammern mehr... wunderschöne Frühlingskombinaton voll Frische und Farben, die Magnolie im Vordergrund und der perspektivische Blick auf das majestätische Schloss sind perkekt aufeinander abgestimmt!

Liebe Grüße aus einem ebenfalls frühlingshaften Südtirol
Günther

buscape (3535) 2009-04-15 18:27

Hallo Frank,
hier stimmt glaube ich so ziemlich alles. Ganz tolle Bildgestaltung mit guter Perspektive und klasse Farben. Ein Meisterstück, wie man so schön sagt.
Viele Grüsse aus dem Donautal,
Helmut

Aviller (3088) 2009-04-16 3:02

Wirklich ein hervorragendes Bild. Mir gefällt auch, dass das Schloss im Hintergrund noch scharf ist und man auch dort alle Details erkennt. Generell gefallen mir besonders die Farben und Schärfe an dem Bild.

ellelloo (4729) 2009-04-16 9:42

Hallo Frank,
A beautiful spring photo, where one can admire both the magnolias and the great architecture of the castle. Good composition with the magnolias framing the photo. The castle sure has had bad luck during its history. TFS!
Greetings,
Lasse

vinicio (22322) 2009-04-16 10:49

Good one Frank, excellent idea and image, great DoF and very nice view, compliments.
Ciao
Vinicio

polpo56 (7880) 2009-04-16 13:38

Hi Frank,
you showed here the first signs of spring and an excellent architectural picture.
Great depth.

Ciao
Ludo

batalay (20804) 2009-04-16 17:58

Hello Frank,

What a spectacular image of the Elector's Castle converted into a building of the University of Bonn. It has the Palladian window treatment, the round and triangular pediments alternating. But your framing with the the blossoming flowers, and the use of one-point perspective is superb.

Warm regards,

Bulent

pablominto (40364) 2009-04-16 23:12

Hello Frank,

I can see the spring blossom is well advanced, I'm afraid we have to wait for a while up here after the most snowy winter for ages!
I like the point of view that is adding fine dynamics in the composition, and a good sense of depth...
Attractive colour palette and fine details!

Greetings,
Pablo -

TopGeo (21609) 2009-04-17 5:52

Guten Morgen Frank,A pleasant cheerful atmosphere the picture here! with flowers the corner and a architecture in the composition that I like! also for colours the prospect the management of light and the sky that it beautifully adds in the all total!
Georgios

delkoo (34120) 2009-04-19 12:38

hi frank,
this is an excellent framing, what I like the most is the harmony of the colors of the magnolias and the colour of the building.

exposure and perspective are also well managed.

best regards
didier

Jakab (3446) 2009-04-22 7:32

Hallo Frank,
na, ich werde meine Version schon nicht mehr aufladen, weil die Deine so viel besser ist. Die Magnolien im Vordergrund und die farbechte Abbildung des Schlosses lassen keinen Raum für die Konkurrenz.
Viele Grüße
László

Yar (795) 2009-04-26 5:53

a magnificent play of colours and nice combination of the manmade and the nature

dareco (17100) 2009-05-20 8:50

You have so many great pictures in your gallery. I like this one very much, both the castle and the magnolias! Nice pov and depth. Very good detail. TFS

asajernigan (14054) 2009-08-15 5:08

Frank,
This is a great shot of this great building taken from a fine POV. The angle of the shot creates a nice sense of depth and direction. The flowering tree in the foreground add nice depth and framing for the scene.
The lighting and colors are great as is the sharpness and detail.
TFS,
Asa

westcoastgirl1 (945) 2009-10-16 3:52

Hello Frank

Great historical write up and presentation. I like how you captured these Magnolias and the castle at the same time. Everything is perfectly in focus. Not sure how you achieved this. Great POV. Great colours and perspective with the people on the walkway. Are you able to go inside?

Well captured,
Tosca