Riga from above Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is a view of Riga, the Latvian capital, taken from one of the cathedral towers in the old town, in the foreground you can see the old town rooves, then the freedom avenue with the freedom obelisk bearing the incriptions "Tevzemei un Brivibai" (To the Freedom and the Homeland) that played a significant role as a gathering point during the short struggle for independance in 1991.
The uggly rising structure behind it is the hotel Latvija, the representation of the tourist accomodation dream as seen by the soviet authorities, similar "hotels" can be seen in a number of ex-soviet cities. This view is a bit old, hopefully Riga now has hotels more appropriate to its standard !

jemaflor, supereira, papagolf21, ChrisJ, dolin, huynt, tityop, singuanti, Xalkida, capthaddock has marked this note useful

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bantonbuju (48856) 2005-06-27 5:16

bonjour jean-yves, baltic states have alwats been my goal for the visit one day, and when i think it is only 3 hours drive from me and i can enter latvia, and can go northwards further on...
interesting picture and note;
have a nice week, jerzy

jemaflor (39871) 2005-06-27 5:38

Salut Jean-Yves,
La tonalité générale (surtout du ciel) donne un côté un peu rétro à ce joli panorama, c'est vrai qu'on aimerait voir la tour un peu excentrée pour faire un bel équilibre de la photo. Et puis comme je suis exigeant ce matin, ca penche un peu vers la gauche.

supereira (9576) 2005-06-27 5:50

Good composition and prespective.Good colors,light and sharpness.I like the contrast between the sky and the building.Good note.Well done!

papagolf21 (57015) 2005-06-27 5:55

Bonjour Jean-Yves,
Je salue l'homme qui a parcouru une grande partie du monde et qui nous donne la chance de voir du "pays" ! Sérieusement, c'est toujours avec un grand plaisir que de découvrir des vues des différentes villes. Grâce à toi, Jean-Yves, nous apprenons davantage du monde qui nous entoure.
Quel scanner utilises-tu pour tes diapos ?
Amitiés.
Philippe

dolin (15647) 2005-06-27 6:05

Et nous voici en Lêttonie....décidémment ;)
Moi je crois que j'ai plus besoin de partir en vacances, j'ai qu'à regarder ta galerie ;)
Merci pour tout ces beaux coins que tu nous fais visiter.
Un très bon point de vue pour ta photo, par contre ca penche un poil...mais si t'avais redressé, t'aurais la tour qui serait partie à la renverse, donc je me tais.
Joli
Fred

jhm (83786) 2005-06-27 6:32

Hi Jean Yves,
The scanning have a little grain to the sky, but I like very much your panorama view, perhaps it horizon is not horizontal a few slope down to the leftside, the colours are very attractive.
Best regards,
John.

AmiBe (6042) 2005-06-27 7:37

Hello Jean-Yves,
tu as eu très bonne idée d'aller visiter la Letonie juste après son ouverture. Moi à l'époque je ne savais même pas que ça existait ! ;-)
J'aime ce point de vue, ça à l'air très vert comme ville.
Pour moi ça ne penche pas... si tu redresse l'horizon on se retrouve à Pise...

huynt (5077) 2005-06-27 7:55

Salut Jean Yves R
A wondewrful landscape.All is perfect. Thanks for sahring. Rg. Huy

greg64g (11193) 2005-06-27 10:13

Salut Jean Yves,

Superbe cette photo, mais dis moi tu as fais le tour du monde a velo ou quoi ?
amities
greg

carper (66132) 2005-06-27 11:04

very nice one jean Yves,
I like the good composing shot,the light is soft an I like that too, very good job, Jean Yves,
gr. Jaap

tityop (6225) 2005-06-27 14:07

Bonsoir Jean Yves,
Très belle vue de Riga ! On y voit beaucoup de détails et differents monuments. Merci de nous faire partager cette photo ;o)

Amicalement Thierry

sergecross (3438) 2005-06-27 14:33

Jean Yves, good one. This city is fantastic and your exposition is cool. Congratulations!
Remember to make critiques to me...
Sergio

eco (84) 2005-06-27 19:24

Hi
fantasic perspective
good shot
nice detal, good sharpness, color and lighting
very good job and very good place
regards
rafal

singuanti (15240) 2005-06-27 21:44

Hey Jean-Yves. Nice shot of a beautiful place. But I messed around with the shot and it might be beneficial to run an Auto Color in Photoshop. I know scanning isn't easy and you did a good job. I'm going to feel some of your pain when I post my first scan in the next week. Nicely done Jean-Yves.

ChrisJ (70521) 2005-06-28 3:32

Salut Jean Yves

A superb pov, with excellent sharpness, color, & lighting. I like the contrast in architectural styles & the domed turrets. Tres bon!

Xalkida (11740) 2005-06-30 14:36

Nice shot Jean Yves. Actually I wanted the colors more vivid but your photo is very clear and have very fine depth! Nice job!

john_c (24635) 2005-07-02 15:42

Bonjour, Jean Yves. This is a pleasing, first class composition giving a grand view of the city. The greenery nicely separates pockets of urban areas in the scene and it all flows together with great depiction of architecture, rendered with clarity and detail. A superb shot.
John

capthaddock (28640) 2005-07-10 12:46

Hello PT - I like the presence of all of the basic elements one expects from an ex-soviet city: beautiful but neglected old buildings, a golden domed church, a concrete high rise monster, and tall smokestacks. I visited Riga last October and can tell you this view is hitoric now, the Latvija has been renovated with a 21st century glass façade (I did not stay there, too $$$), and the old town is as well kept as any in western europe.