Hillside town, a photo from Fribourg, West

Photographer's Note

On our way southbound to the lake of Geneva we stopped for a walk at this famous cheese town in the Kanton of fribourg.
It is a beautifully fortified town situated on top of a fairly big hill.
I borrowed my girlfriends canon ixus 850 IS which actually take pretty good photos.

Decided on yet another B+W conversion with some use of the clarify filter and removed digital noise afterwards.

albertopiubello, isabela_sor, Sekhmet73, cuneyt-sb, Cretense, adores, bertolucci has marked this note useful

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albertopiubello (2621) 2007-04-10 13:50

Hi Harry,
it seems go out from a medioeval tale!
Technically it's perfect: you successfully removed every noise and you obtained a great sharpness.
Very well done
Alberto

isabela_sor (47265) 2007-04-10 14:00 [Comment]

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Sekhmet73 (4143) 2007-04-10 14:08

Great contrast in this b&w shot, a little bit noisy sky, but it adds more drama!

lorenzetti (1584) 2007-04-10 15:44

Hello Harry,
Nice picture of Gruyères. It looks like an old painting. Good choice of teh BW.
Kind regards - Franco

feather (51128) 2007-04-11 9:53

This B&W with the clarify filter gives a look of an etching, even from the thumbnail. Your low POV and diagonal composition of the buildings works very well in the composition.
Kath

cuneyt-sb (6559) 2007-04-11 10:57

Hi Harry
Like jump from history of swiiss,
Very good B/W capture ,
I like it very much
TFS/Kind regards

Cretense (68663) 2007-04-11 14:56

OOOHHHH, yes!!!

Another great b&w photo with this incredible contrast of yours. It has a 3D feeling. Besides that perfect composition and perspective and excellent overall definition. Congratulations!

Hercules

adores (28182) 2007-04-11 18:57

Hi Harry!
This pov is fantastic, it seems a really interesting city. Once more you have made a very good conversion. I really like those heavy clouds. Great work!
Regards, Anabela

agbonavita (0) 2007-04-12 19:35

Another pretty BW photo Harry. You made a nice work here. It pass a strange felling, something evil, I like that!

Thanks
Andre

jonathan_hart (21268) 2007-04-14 5:28

nice architecture, good framing & composition, fine light, good PP, good work
I did not know how Gruyere was looking like, I just know the cheese gruyere, TFS, good photo of a nice place
regards
jo

Charo (51174) 2007-04-14 11:23

Hola Harry,
Impresionante foto con una atmósfera extraña, misteriosa y una arquitectura preciosa, muy bonita tu serie de fotos en B/N.
Cheers
Saludos cordiales
Charo

Stepan (27210) 2007-04-16 16:43

The B&W PP works very well with that kind of place/architecture. Makes it looking like a compo from old centuries. Interesting and troubling effect.
Well done then...
Stéphane

mfonda (891) 2007-04-28 17:30

Hi Harry,

I love this shot. Beautiful composition, and excellent choice on using black and white, it makes the image much more powerful. Thanks for sharing!

-Matt

Photo Information

Copyright: harry hansen (abulafia) (4900)
Genre: Places
Medium: Black & White
Date Taken: 2007-03-24
Categories: Architecture
Exposure: f/5.0, 1/1000 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Castles and Forts, My B+W, Switzerland and Germany road trip 2007 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-04-10 13:38