Four German facades with a Chinese touch Photo

Photographer’s Note

Some 40km southwards along the Romantic Road from the famous Rothenburg ob der Tauber is Dinkelsbühl, a real jewel with an immaculately preserved townscape of 15-17C. In contrast to its neighbour, it has somehow managed to avoid being overrun by tourists (and this is refected in the fact that this is only third upload from Dinkelsbühl on TE) and thus has a rather more authentic air. The town walls with more than 20 towers survive intact, and even the side streets are flawless, sometimes verging on clinical, while on the four main streets almost every building is an architectural treasure. My next several posts will be from this town, which was the main discovery during our last trip to Germany. We were so lucky to base ourselves in this town for four days and explore the region from there. The only drawback was the weather; except for one morning, it was grey and dull, so for this image I boosted saturation a bit to present the colours better. Maybe no architectural jewels here, but these houses are typical of Dinkelsbühl's side streets and I found them quite photogenic...

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holmertz (9328) 2008-01-19 3:23

Hello Alexander,
You've chosen a good POV and an inventive and tight cropping, making this a really interesting picture. Very neat.
Regards,
Gert

bobocortis (14130) 2008-01-19 3:23

Hi Alexander.
The telephoto lens gives back straight lines to this perfect architecture picture.
Absolutely beautiful.
Bobo

Budapestman (41086) 2008-01-19 3:24

Hi Alexander,
Very attractive architecture image with superb composition. I like the vivid colours and the atmosphere, Well done! Have a nice weekend
George

gildasjan (23393) 2008-01-19 3:25

Bonjour Alexander
Qu les couleurs claquent bien dans cette composition bien contrastée.La netteté et l'exposition sont parfaites.Du très beau job.
Bonne journée et bon week-end.
Amicalement
Gildas

jorgi (3798) 2008-01-19 3:31

Hi Alexander,

excellent capture. I love the minimalistic approach of front POV, showing characteristic of houses and their roofs. Repetition of variations. There is absolutely no sense of chinese presence until you read the sign. Great capture.

Kind regards,
Jeri

smarcell (14105) 2008-01-19 3:38

A toy city !
Very nice composition, clean and well balanced.
Regards Stefano

Buin (36988) 2008-01-19 3:51

Hallo Alexander!
A beautiful, an inventive and a bit fascinating view - with this typical Bavarian restaurant! ;-) It often was written here on TE - but here it fits: Very well seen! A wonderful photo!
Greetings from very wet Siegen - and have a nice weekend!
Frank

xavshot (61947) 2008-01-19 4:00

Bonjour Alexander
bien vu ! j'aime beaucoup le cadrage qui met en valeur les couleurs et le graphisme de ces façades. Belle photo.
Xavier

MarcT (20983) 2008-01-19 4:14

Hi Alexander,
Beautiful colors, funny subject with a chinese restaurant in Bayern..!
Cheers
Marc

snunney (34186) 2008-01-19 4:37

Hello Alexander,
This is an excellent beautifully framed composition that gives full rein to these colourful façades. Superb colours and clarity. Nice work.

Merline (6574) 2008-01-19 4:49

This looks like a miniature street! Almost too lovely and neat to be true:-)
Very good composition, original with the tight frame, the many lines and angles. The rendering of the colors is superb, never seen such ones on the roofs, those pink tiles are a treat. Funny detail of that Chinese restaurant, wonder how the food is:-)
Well done, Alexander.
Have a great w-end.
Michèle

jonathan_hart (22564) 2008-01-19 5:47

hi Alexander
very nice and interesting architecture shot, excellent crop :) sharpness, colours, very good :))
regards
jo

Floydian (30970) 2008-01-19 6:37

Hallo Alexander,
Heel mooi spel tussen kleur en architectuur. Heel strak gekaderd maar nergens verspilde ruimte, alles kloipt precies in het kader. Als je dit zo rechtstreeks uit de kamera hebt gekregen dan mijn complimenten. En als het nabewerking is dan betekent dat je een goed oog hebt voor detail en compositie...
Fijn weekend, Henk

Gustaw (21670) 2008-01-19 6:50

Hi, friend!
It is very interesting photo. I like your oryginal architecture. Specialy IO like colours of your houses. Good composition. Good light. It is very nice and oryginal photo.
Marek

mesutilgim (36337) 2008-01-19 6:57

Hi Alexander,
Great graphical effect. Very good pov and very nice compo.
İt's ture, quite chinese; but I'm affraid that they won't be able to copy it !!
TFS and have a nice weekend
Best regards
MESUT ILGIM

cherryripe (18830) 2008-01-19 7:19

Hi Alexander
These colourful buildings are so cute and look well looked after. I like the way you've got a bit of each building in and the line separating the footpath and the road to add depth. Your tight framing works really well here. Good sharpness too.
Regards
Nikki

PixelTerror (86036) 2008-01-19 10:52

Nihao Alexander,
I find this framing effective and managing to reduce the bad weather effect on the overall photo brightness, colors are strong and the view is actually double chinese for the owner of the restaurant must live in this house with the red facade !
Have a nice week end JY

hatti52 (12654) 2008-01-19 11:50

Hi Alexander.
excellent capture with wonderful vivid colours
congrats

markstaples (15670) 2008-01-20 1:56

Very clever framing and the perfect angle to show off these wonderful façades. Great colours, great graphical qualities. I like this image a lot.
Best wishes
Mark

Cretense (54954) 2008-01-20 4:15

Hi Alexander!\

Amazing architecture photo, fantastic "cropping" that gives a special graphic result, an impressive "play" of shapes and colours! Outstanding job, congratulations!

Hercules

gary91 (15319) 2008-01-21 2:33

Hello Alexander,
Wonderful take and very original.
The graphic impression of hte various lines and colors are great.
This is not really how I imagine China ;-)
Have a nice day.
Best regards, Christian

teutza (10558) 2008-01-21 3:00

HY Alex,
you posted a beautiful geometry..and a strange but succesfull combination between german and chinise elemnets:)
teo

carper (64194) 2008-01-21 3:37

mooie foto Alexander.
uitstekend genomen, goed lijnenspel, prachtige kleuren, goede compositie. Ja wat kan ik nog meer zeggen. goede fotojob.
prettige dag verder.
groet Jaap

gilou530 (34755) 2008-01-21 6:27

salut alek
belle symétrie et graphisme de cette image ou les couleurs des différentes facades rendent bien dans le cadrage, c'est net et bien ficelé, beau travail
amitiés
gilbert

Gerrit (35499) 2008-01-21 11:55

Hi Aleksander,
excellent composition in perfect colours. Great work.
Regards, Gerrit

MarianneS (14262) 2008-01-21 23:53

Hello Alexander,
Wonderful colours and perspective for thes typical houses.
Well done.
Regards,
Marianne

papagolf21 (56044) 2008-01-22 3:06

Bonjour, cher Alexander,
Excellente prise de vue mettant parfaitement en valeur cette architecture
typique.
Le cadrage est choisi avec beaucoup de soin avec un coup d'oeil photographique de premier ordre.
Amitiés.
Philippe

ElAprendiz (7370) 2008-01-22 12:48

Hello Alexander:

Very interesting composition presented in this shot. I like the balance presented in geometric elements, established and largely accurately. The soft tones, his good contrast, determining a magnificent scene.

John

jemaflor (38911) 2008-01-24 11:16

Hi Aleksander,
Intereting effect with these different houses, well the frame to give a good graphocal effect with colours.

danyy (68088) 2008-01-24 13:55

Bonjour Alexander,
une photo qui ne manque pas de relieef, on le ressent bien.
Un sens de l'esthétique dans le décoration de ces façades et une photo qui le restitue avec précision.
Un super cadrage très efficace.
Regards.
Daniel.

barrufeto_77 (25619) 2008-01-24 14:30

Hi Alexander.

A great image! The contrast of the buildings is excellent!

My compliments!

Elaine_Blath (6170) 2008-01-24 23:19

Hey Aleksi,

great shot, especially thanks to the perfectly cropped composition, I like this colourful shot, really well done! And nice to see you again ;-)

Ivana

MayaG (2393) 2008-01-25 5:14

Privet Mr Pasternak, the-one-with-the-cutes-intro-pic-on-the-site :)))

I love the way you composed this shot, to get a super nice, 2D graphical composition. as someone before already mentioned, they resemble toy houses, indeed. Great shot!
p.s. what's the name of that road again?...;))

avene (10894) 2008-01-25 8:53

I'll have to remember about Dinkelsbühl next time I'm in Germany, from your photos it certainly looks like a place well worth visiting.
I like a lot the precise alignment of the houses in this shot, I'm tempted to say "very German-like" :D beautiful colours and patterns, and the Chinese restaurant sign is a nice accent. excellent shot.
best,
Kristine

marietom (31782) 2008-01-26 1:09

Hello Aleksander,

Elles sont joliment colorées, ces façades. Superbe compo.
Je repasse
Marie

rodgerg (23207) 2008-01-26 13:09

Une magnifique composition: alternance des couleurs, netteté. Une excellente photo.

anes_lc (14762) 2008-01-27 3:01

hi alexander
wow...how you have the eyes for such interesting cropp?
i bet i could't see it.great graphical effect
well fram my friend
thanks sharing
anes

pboehringer (770) 2008-02-17 20:10

Alexander,
absolutely outstanding composition and perfect in its tight crop. The different colors succeeding each other as domino is simple great. Extremely well seen and executed. The title is really very funny and oportune.
Peter

vasariste (981) 2008-02-19 12:05

Zdravstvuj!
Very nice details. Good perspective.
Natasa

janneman (1182) 2008-05-24 10:34

The four facades in a way are all the same but the use of colours makes them different.
You have seen this very well. The perspective is clear allthough we only can see the front of the houses: super!