Under the Schwarzwaldbrucke Photo

Photographer’s Note

Under the Schwarzwaldbrucke

Basel, Switzerland

Playing around under a bridge. Tethered boats knock together in the surprisingly fast flowing Rhine.

Grafitti, of course, and cigarette butts a-plenty - the two perpetual disturbances to the otherwise manicured nature of urban Switzerland.

Regards

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chicken (1781) 2009-07-20 10:56

Love the oof grafitti in the foreground (you forgot to mention the broken beer bottles ;-), and the boats with the colorful waves.

And welcome back! I hope you enjoyed your time in Basel.

phwall (5582) 2009-07-20 19:39

Hi Colin,
Good to see you back.
Ah, cigarette butts, broken glass and graffiti, welcome to the new age.
I like the four layers, steps, pebbles water and boats, an interesting composition that's for sure.
Good quality image.
Regards
Peter

baba_flies (8013) 2009-07-20 23:14

Hello Colin! Welcome home ... and already back on TE with this great shot. I love to see how other people see Switzerland and I think you put it right "manicured nature" with a dark side of course - and thank you for that. I don't mind grafitti at all but I hate it when they do it on trains or old buildings which we pay in the end with higher ticket prices and taxes. Great one really how you mixed the grafitti with the Rhein and the boats that are so typical for the area. Very very good, Sir! You have the eye ... Happy week, more later, I have to work now but I thought I had to say a quick hello ... Barbara.

Waylim (10843) 2009-07-28 16:15

I remember this River well, I was here last spring in Basel visiting a friend and was walking around in the small city and along the river. It is charming little city. Good POV to lead us down the steps into the river. and nice details of all the pebbles. I'm not sure if the graphic foreground does any thing for me other than a little distracting, but I guess you want to show the contrast of nature and the urban mess that peopel created.
Way