*6 Million Visitors* Photo

Photographer’s Note

Cologne Cathedral

- after 600 years the construction was finished in
1880.

- it has a height of 157.38m and is the second tallest
church in germany and europe and the third tallest
in the world.

- with 6 million visitors per year it is the building
with the most visitors in germany.

- the costs are 30000 euros per day for maintenance,
personnel, heating,...

- in 2011 the cathedral will be representing
North Rhine-Westphalia on a special 2-euro-coin.

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Kameramodell Canon EOS 40D
Firmware Firmware Version 1.0.8
Aufnahmedatum/-zeit 12.01.2009 09:14:37
Aufnahmemodus P (Programmautomatik)
Tv (Verschlusszeit) 1/250
Av (Blendenzahl) 11.0
Messmodus Mehrfeldmessung
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Belichtungsreihenautomatik 0
Filmempfindlichkeit (ISO) 320
Objektiv EF-S17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Brennweite 64.0 mm
Bildgröße 3888x2592
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Blitz Aus
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Buin (38196) 2009-01-25 2:05

Guten morgen, Thorsten!
Da ist er wieder, der Dom - und man kann ihn immer wieder "vertragen", besonders wenn er technisch so perfekt vorgestellt wird. Hier hast Du ein wunderschönes winterliches Licht gehabt - und ich sehe sogar Schnee! Schnee in Köln - Glückwunsch! ;-)
Einen schönen sonnigen Sonntag aus den Bergen ca. 80 km östlich!
Frank

mikolaj_kawa (31161) 2009-01-25 2:21

Hello Thorsten! Amazing cathedral, wonderful picture. Good POV. Nice weather, very nice light and bright, ideal natural colours. Good work. Well done!

aristo (1565) 2009-01-25 2:26

Hello Thorsten!
Beautiful architecture image!
Great composition with natural colours.
The Cathedral looks imprest.
Regards.

aristo

jhm (83276) 2009-01-25 3:36

Hello Thorsten,

Cologne Cathedral a very lovel building, almost totally destroyed during WAR II.
I love the light and shadows displayed also the good pov
Amazing environment pleasant for look at
Nice composition and good presentation. TFS.

Have a nice sunday,
John.

dip (12834) 2009-01-25 3:54

Hallo Thorsten,
ein "klassiker" aber immer wieder sehr interesant und schön,
guter Blickwinkel und schönes Licht,
Grüße,
Dimitris.

asajernigan (14268) 2009-01-25 7:35

Thorsten,
This is a well composed shot of this fine cathedral with the inclusion of the fish market in the foreground and the train station to the right. The lighting and colors are great with excellent sharpness and DOF. The sky provides a nice backdrop to the well lit spires of the cathedral.
TFS,
Asa

pedru (1649) 2009-01-25 7:52

bonjour
tres belle lumiere
les couleurs sont splendides
une tres belle compo,bravo
A+

Greg1949 (8519) 2009-02-04 9:41

Thor, wonderful light and the color is rich and saturated. Looks like one of the spires is under maintenance tho that must surely be an ever ongoing process. Great shot.

Greg

barrufeto_77 (25935) 2009-02-04 23:24

Hi Thorsten.

What a pity that cranes! A really pity. Anyway, excellent pic of the Cathedral (Dom in German?) and colours!

Rgs, Oscar

il_corsaro_nero (1367) 2009-02-05 16:05

Hi Thorsten,
very good composition. I like colors and POV. Very sharp.
Good work
Benedetto

Loic_bzh (7061) 2009-02-27 9:08

Nice shot of this beautifull cathedral again. It looks like it would really need to be cleaned...

Cheers,

Loïc

Photo Information

Copyright: Thorsten Buchen (thor68) (5537)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-01-12
Categories: Daily Life, Architecture
Camera: Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF-S 17-85 mm f/4-5.6 IS USM, SanDisk Ultra II 2GB, Hoya 67mm UV
Exposure: f/11, 1/250 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-01-25 1:59