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• Dpbours (7562)
• [2008-04-23 2:01]

Hi Thorsten,

Jeez, just seeing your title I immediately get Elton John in my head with his song, and I'm not even a fan of Elton John!! ;-)

But you must be joking about your comment on the bombardments, are you not?! You are really wondering how someone can be desensitized to bomb a cathedral... Well, it's war... There is not often sense in what happens:

1941 The Luftwaffe bombed the city of Belgrade on April 6 (Palm Sunday) without a declaration of war, continuing bombing until April 10. (Later on, Belgrade was bombed again in 1944 by the allied forces...);

1941 September 22: Hitler issues "Directive No. 1601" ordering "St. Petersburg must be erased from the face of the Earth" and "we have no interest in saving lives of civilian population.";

1941 - 1942 January–December: Direct Nazi artillery bombardments of the Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments from a distance of 16 km from the Hermitage;

1942 April 4: Operation Eis Stoß (Ice impact) begins under the personal control of Goering. Hundreds of Luftwaffe bombers make a series of air raids on Leningrad with incendiary and heavy bombs.

Well, the list continues and continues and is also easily made of all the allied strikes on German and Nazi-occupied cities in Europe during World War II.

So if you wonder how someone in his right mind would start bombing a cathedral... To damage morale and to test a new military concept. The Strategic Bombing Offensive as it was called.

Greetings, Dennis

It was anticipated that the concentration of bombing over such a short period would overwhelm the Cologne fire brigades and cause conflagrations similar to those inflicted on London by the Luftwaffe during the Blitz.
(This military strategy had been proven very succesful in destruction under Nazi command, so I think the allied forces did not feel like changing a 'succesful strategy'. It is just all so sad what happens in times of war...)

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• HulyaTaskin (640)
• [2008-04-23 2:06]

Hallo Thorsten,
Meine Mutter ist aus Koblenz, und ich habe jetzt festgestellt dass ich Heimweh nach Reinland habe :)
Ich lebe in der Türkei,
Alles Gute,
Hülya T.

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• aes_thor (249)
• [2008-04-23 2:22]

Hello Thorsten!
I didn't know that You are on TE as well. I like the composition and light of a rising sun. Interesting architecture, fine, smooth colours.
cheers
Adrian

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• Buin (25250)
• [2008-04-23 3:39]

Hallo Thorsten!
Als ich Deinen Kommentar las, dachte ich sofort, au weia, da kommt was... naja, und es ist gekommen. Ich war mir sofort sicher, dass der Name Hitler hier erscheinen würde - und er erschien. Naja, .... no further comment...
Dein Foto zeigt den Dom in einem großartigen Morgenlicht (...aus Richtung Siegen ;-)
das irgendwie eine wunderschön feierliche Stimmung erzeugt.
Grüße aus "den Bergen"!
Frank

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• dkeus31 (25406)
• [2008-04-23 3:42]

Hi thorsten
nice light on that magnificient building and good foreground plant.
I was in the believe the RAF did not touched the cathedral since it is a very good repairing point.
regards
didier

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• mpb001 (4495)
• [2008-04-23 9:55]

Hi Thorsten,
Really great composition. I like the sharp details and forground detail as well.
Mike

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• wolf38 (7364)
• [2008-04-23 11:26]

Hallo Thorsten. Der Kölner Dom. Wundervoll beleuchtet und gut komponiert. Ein gutes Bild für TE. Gruß, Wolfgang.

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• Jeppo (5643)
• [2008-04-23 11:45]

Hallo Torsten,

tja...der titel ist besonders gut fuer was geschach.
es war ein bisschen typisch von US Amerikaner, Denkmaele zu bomben....
trotz meiner Meinung mag ich dieses Photo sehr....das Licht ist ganz mild und kuesst zartlich die gotische Architektur des Doms
eine gute Arbeit muss ich sagen.

ciao
Silvio

PS: to Dpbours...in 1945 allied force has practically already won the war..therefore it was a non-sense to erase monuments. nevertheless I do agree on the fact the failed painter from branau was the devil.

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• rajiv_077 (1247)
• [2008-04-24 1:10]

Hi Dear

What a nice view of those building's and entire location, Mostly i like the color tone of this picture, the golden lights, nice composition. Shrub in water and water looks good, although if we can see the reflection than could be more better (may be i wrong). But nice picture with so much informative note.

kind regards

rajiv

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• Silversnow (1348)
• [2008-04-24 8:45]

Very inspiring morning light on a great building.
Personally I'd have sought a POV without reeds, but it does add scale to the foreground so it works well with the branches on the left.

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• mikolaj_kawa (14917)
• [2008-04-26 7:54]

Hello Thorsten! Wonderful Koelnischer Dom! Amazing perspective. Nice lightness. Good shot. Well done!

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• tomescuc (1211)
• [2008-04-26 10:54]

Very pretty postcard - excellent light and tones, with a good POV.
tfs,
CT

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• dip (9026)
• [2008-05-02 2:43]

Hallo Thorsten,
Der Kölner Dom im Morgenlicht,ein Foto wie aus dem Bilderbuch!
Sehr schönes Licht und Farben,tolle Einrahmung auch,
super gemacht!
Grüße,
Dimitris.

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• evanrizo (21630)
• [2008-05-05 11:20]
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• npecanhuk (5778)
• [2008-05-19 13:30]

Hello Thorsten!
Now you give us another landmark - a german one!
What a nice cathedral, wonderful architecture!
Fortunately, it's still standing and you captured a great POV, adding the river, some vegetation and boats!
TFS - Congratulations!
Greetings from Brazil,
Neyvan Peçanhuk