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Dome of the Reichstag, Berlin, Germany.

The Reichstag building in Berlin was constructed to house the Reichstag, the original parliament of the German Empire. It was opened in 1894 and housed the Parliament until 1933. Today's parliament of Germany is called the Bundestag.

The Reichstag Building became again the seat of the German parliament on the 12th of July, 1999 after a reconstruction led by internationally renowned architect Norman Foster. The new dome of the Reichstag was designed by Sir Norman Foster, as one of the main highlights of the new era. It is made of steel and glass and was placed over the meeting-hall. Foster was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 1999.

A ramp leads from the top of the roof up to the top of the Dome, from where you've a magnificent view on Berlin! This is to recommend to every visitor. Waiting cues are sometimes long, but entrance is free. Also on the top of the Reichstag is located a small restaurant, with a wonderfull view.

The original colorphoto was converted into B&W in PS. Somehow I felt like this fits ...

Sekhmet73, peter1892, Anna--, PixelTerror, cobraphil8, bruce_wayne has marked this note useful

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Sekhmet73 (4133) 2007-04-23 17:01

Good b&w shot, reflections are really nice. And I regret I missed that, but the queue begun in the middle of the in front garden...
Sabrina

canan (963) 2007-04-24 1:25

futuristic indeed....very nice graphic lines..tfs..

Anna-- (7739) 2007-04-24 4:00

Ciao Mike,
Great framing and tonality.
Excellent lights, shadows and graphical impact
Anna

sowhat (981) 2007-04-24 4:13

Impressive building, and a very telling photo. Nice choice of colors, great composition, very graphical image. Great modern architecture pic.
Thanks for sharing,
Ioana

PixelTerror (86282) 2007-04-24 4:49

Bonjour Mike,
Voila une structure fort spectaculaire qui avec ces courbes a du etre un regal a prendre pour le 10-20, ca le transforme presque en fisheye ! J'aime bien l'effet spirale qu'on ressent, je ne suis pas du tout un specialiste du NB mais il me semble manquer un peu de force dans les tons noirs ?
Bonne journee,
Jean-Yves

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peter1892 (3201) 2007-04-24 5:18

The wide angle lens really captures the whole of the interior here (with a great POV), and the conversion to sepia works well.

cobraphil8 (11652) 2007-04-24 7:54

Bonjour Mike,
le grand angle donne ici une sacrée dimension à cette architecture, et puis le N&B est parfaitement adapté. Par contre comme le dit Jean-Yves, cela manque de noirs profonds.
L'architecte a fait un super boulot.
a+
Philippe

bruce_wayne (1507) 2007-04-27 8:04

Wondeful buildings, lines and shadows makes a great picture...very very well done!

Bruce W.

jirivrobel (534) 2007-05-16 10:08

Excellent b/w and POV.. looks like from sci-fi movie. Great photo.

claudeblasen (127) 2007-05-24 9:18

You just got the right touch in grey scale
I love it
Claude

Yeoman (1009) 2008-08-26 12:35

Hi Mike,

What a beautiful picture, graphic, with a subtl and well balanced B&W !
The effect is striking and we really appreciate the architecture of the place, thanks for this.

Regards,

Emmanuel