St. Stephanus in Westerhever Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is the small church of Westerhever, St. Stephanus. Westerhever is situated in the very north of Germany - not far away from banks of North Sea (please see map view right hand) on Eiderstedt peninsula.

A first church on this place was built in 1123 and it was destroyed by a disastrous storm flood in the year 1362. In 1370 a new church was built, this time on a dwelling mound - with the still existing gothic steeple - today the oldest steeple of the region. The nave of this church was rebuilt in 1804.
The oldest artwork in the church is a baptismal font from 12th century. You can see it in workshop.

In workshop you also can see the somehow homey interior of St. Stephanus.

Muse, snunney, holmertz, thor68, vasilpro, asajernigan, pauloog, Uhu has marked this note useful

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mesutilgim (37342) 2009-10-11 0:08

Lieber Frank, guten morgen
Gutes Standpunkt und ein tolles "Licht" . Kraeftige "blau" des Himmels bildet einen straken Kontrast mit dem "rot" der Bau. Sicherlich sind die Stuetzen am Turm im nachhinein gebaut worden. Wohl auch die "X" s am Turm und auf der Hauptgebaeude dienen zur stabilisierung.
Danke schoen und schoenes Wochennende
mfg
MESUT ILGIM

Muse (31059) 2009-10-11 0:36

Hello Franck,
Une papagolfade charmante et de très jolies couleurs.
Beau ciel et bonne lumière mettent l'ensemble en valeur.
Je te souhaite un excellent dimanche.
Amitiés
Denise

snunney (35564) 2009-10-11 1:10

Hello Frank,
A small church with a splendid and massive tower. I like the point of view and, especially, the blue/red colour contrasts. Very good clarity. Greetings from a dull Charente-Maritime.

holmertz (10029) 2009-10-11 1:31

Good morning Frank,
Your low POV gives this church a majestic appearance. The old steeple looks huge, compact and very beautiful. The church is nicely framed by the trees.
Regards,
Gert

ifege (1997) 2009-10-11 1:59

G'day Frank
You've made good use of the light, the blue sky and the clouds for produce a magical photo.
Great one
Ian

gildasjan (24157) 2009-10-11 2:11

Bonjour Frank
Bon angle de prise de vue qui rend cette église imposante,les couleurs de ses matériaux s'accordent bien avec ce ciel et son nuage blanc.
Bon dimanche
Amicalement
gildas

wolf38 (13087) 2009-10-11 2:13

Hallo Frank. Die kleine backsteinrote Kirche ist ein prachtvolles Exemplar. Du hast sie mit Deinem Photo gut zur Geltung gebracht. Vor dem blauen Himmel wirkt sie sehr schön. Viele Grüße, Wolfgang.

PixelTerror (86957) 2009-10-11 2:45

Hallo Frank
Good weather and a nice dynamic angle to have the red papagolfade tower rise into the blue sky I like this
have a nice sunday JY

hardyuno (2617) 2009-10-11 3:07

Hallo Frank,
wunderbare Farben und Bildaufbau. Die Backsteinkirchen im Norden unterscheiden sich so gänzlich von unseren Kirchen im Süden. Dies ist wieder ein sehr schönes Exemplar.
Viele Grüße
Hartmut

chinchini (27841) 2009-10-11 3:26

Hello Frank,
Wouahhh!!! Quelle architecture et quelles belles culeurs ! Ces clés de renforts en façades n'altèrent pas la beauté de l'édifice. Ton POV le grandit dans ce beau ciel polarisé. Bien vu !
Mes amitiés
Pierre... sous le soleil ;o)

bema (9128) 2009-10-11 3:28

Hallo Frank, guten Morgen..

mal wieder eine schöne "Papagolfade" von Dir, tolle farben und ein klasse Blickwinkel..

schönen Sonntag, Gruß Bernd

thor68 (5537) 2009-10-11 3:54

what a cute old church! :-) excellent capture and pov showing us thise jewel of the north.
the vivid colors and wonderful sunlight are really great. terrific addition of the interior in the WS as usual.
well seen & captured, thor.

vasilpro (9531) 2009-10-11 4:09

Hello Frank,
Very nice composition, interesting architecture church, very good colors, POV and contrast with the blue sky.
Have a nice Sunday, Vasilis.

jasmis (51047) 2009-10-11 7:08

An impressive massive construction. Superb photo.

Regards my dear friend.

asajernigan (14318) 2009-10-11 7:31

Frank,
This is a nice Papagolfade for this hot Sunday morning. Your composition is great showing the church from an angle that gives the scene depth and direction. The tree provides nice balance for the shot as well as providing a sense of depth. The lighting and colors are great with excellent sharpness. Your WS shot are a nice addition to the post.
Greetings from hot and humid Florida 90's again today.
Asa

pauloog (6963) 2009-10-11 8:50

Hello Frank,
Your poibnt of view highlights the massive support to the small fragile tower. A good lwo point of view and beautiful colours and contrasts.
Regards,
Paul

Fis2 (46465) 2009-10-11 10:26

Witaj Frank!
Interesting church.
Curious POV and composition.
I like the frame, colors and light.
Well done.
Regards
Krzysztof

Uhu (7448) 2009-10-11 12:01

High!
Very interesting church indeed - and quite a POV to show it! Interesting stitches - or how to name them - on the walls of the church. Usual things for the medieval buildings - but the design of that particular stitches are quite interesting.
Greetings from St-Petersburg - with a bits of blue sky today, and 0+6 C!

Royaldevon (5944) 2009-10-11 14:07

Hello Frank,

What a beautiful little church.
I love its interior. I have never seen one so brightly painted and cheerful!
Your sharply focussed shot captures the lovely details aof shape, form and textures whilst the angled presentation gives us an understanding of the depth.
Good light management and fine saturation.

I would really like to see a little more of the grass in the f/g as a leading f/g to the church but, maybe that was not possible.

Kind regards,
Bev :-)